Journal of the Senate of Texas being the Second Called Session of the Forty-Third Legislature Page: 5
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SENATE JOURNAL. 5
thereof as may be necessary out of
any funds in the State Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, to pay the
contingent expenses and to pay the
mileage and per diem of members
and the per diem of officers and em-
ployees of the Second Called Session
of the Forty-third Legislature; and
declaring an emergency."
'tead first time and referred to
the Committee on Finance.
By Senator Hornsby:
S. B. No. 2, A bill to be entitled
"An Act to amend Article 7336, as
amended by Chapter 117, Acts Forty-
second Legislature, providing the
time when taxes shall become due
and when they shall become delin-
quent; providing penalty for non-
payment of said taxes and for inter-
est thereon; providing that current
ad valorem taxes hereafter paid in
October and November next succeed-
ing the return of the assessment rolls
of the county to the Comptroller of
Public Accounts shall be discounted
two per cent, and that current ad
valorem taxes paid hereafter in De-
zember of each year next succeeding
the return of the assessment rolls of
the county to the Comptroller of
Public Accounts shall be discounted
one per cent; providing for the pay-
ment of current ad valorem taxes
hereafter in monthly installments at
option of taxpayer, not to exceed ten
installments, the first installment of
current ad valorem taxes hereafter
to be paid by November 30th of each
year, and providing that taxpayer
paying in installments shall be given
no discount and charged no penalty
or interest if installments are paid
continuously, and providing that
break in continuous' payment of in-
stallments shall operate to impose
penalty for the monthly payments
are resumed, together with interest;
providing for graduated penalty on
all current taxes not paid on Feb-
ruary 1; providing methods of as-
sessing penalty and interest; provid-
ing for the payment of delinquent
taxes in installments; providing that
the Comptroller of Public Accounts
shall prescribe forms for tax rolls
and receipts to be used by the
county tax assessors and collectors
of taxes; providing that all laws in
conflict with this Act are repealed;
and declaring an emergency."
Read first time and referred to
the Committee on State Affairs.Senate Simple Resolution No. 8.
Senator Purl sent up the following
resolution:
Whereas, The Forty-third Legisla-
ture has been called into extraordi-
nary session by the Chief Executive
of this State for the purpose, among
other things, to authorize the Texas
Relief Commission to issue addi-
tional bonds, and
Whereas, Section 6 of S. B. No. 46
passed at the First Called Session of
the Forty-third Legislature requires
"... It shall be the duty of the Texas
Relief Commission, through its chief
auditor, to make monthly statements,
duly itemized as to all moneys ex-
pended, showing to whom paid and
for what said money was expended,
such statement to be filed in the
office of the Secretary of State and a
copy with the State Comptroller."
tional bonds; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State and the
State Comptroller be required to
furnish the Senate such monthly
statements as required by Section 6
of S. B. No. 46, and that the Secre-
tary of the Senate shall give a receipt
for said documents to be made avail-
able to the Senate of Texas in its de-
liberation on pending legislation per-
taining to the issuance of bonds.
PURL.
The resolution was read.
On motion of Senator Purl, the
rule requiring resolutions to be re-
ferred before consideration was sus-
pended.
The resolution was adopted.
S. C. R. No. 1.
Senator Moore called up from the
table S. C. R. No. 1.
The rule requiring resolutions to
be referred to a committee before
consideration was suspended by
unanimous consent.
Senator Woodward moved to set
the resolution as special order for 2
o'clock p. m., Wednesday.
The motion prevailed.
Senate Bill No. 1.
The Chair laid before the Senate
the following bill:
S. B. No. 1, the mileage and per
diem bill.
The rule requiring committee re-
ports to lie over one day was' sus-
pended by unanimous consent.
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