SABINE AND SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTIES-SCHOOL H. B. No. 140.] SYSTEM. CHAPTER XXIV. An Act to transfer Sabine and San Augustine counties from the district school system to the community school system, and to authorize and empower said counties to organize and conduct all of their public free schools under the community system, as provided by the laws now in force. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: SECTION 1. That the counties of Sabine and San Augustine be and the same are hereby transferred from the district school system to the community school system, and said counties are hereby authorized and empowered to organize and conduct all of their public free schools under the community school system, as provided by the laws now in force. SEC. 2. Whereas, under the community system the assessors will have to take the scholastic census; and whereas, said assessors will soon be at work, an emergency and a public necessity are created, requiring the suspension of the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house, and that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. [NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote, yeas 99, nays 1; Senate amendments concurred in by a two-thirds vote, yeas 87, nays 0; and passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 23, nays 1.] [NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the ninth day of March, A. D. 1899, but was not signed by him nor returned to the house in which it originated with his objections thereto within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature.-D. H. HARDY, Secretary of State.] Became effective March 22, 1899. SOUTHERN KANSAS RAILWAY COMPANY OF TEXAS-CONSOLIDATION WITH PANHANDLE RAILWAY An Act to authorize the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas to purchase the Panhandle Railway, and to operate the same under the charter of the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, as a part of its own line, with the right to extend the same, and to construct branches therefrom, by amendment of its charter, under the General Laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase the Panhandle Railway, extending from Washburn to Panhandle, a distance of 14.72 miles, together with all the property, real, personal or mixed, incident or pertaining to the said railroad; and the owner or owners of the said Panhandle Railway, and of such property incident or pertaining thereto, are authorized and empowered to sell, transfer and convey the same to The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas; and when the said property is purchased by The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, it said The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas shall and it is hereby authorized to own and operate the same under its charter as a part of its own line, and shall have the right by amendment of its charter, under the general laws of the State, to extend and construct branches of the said road, or the extensions thereof. SEC. 2. The said The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas shall not pay more for the said property than the valuation fixed on the same by the Railroad Commission of Texas. In addition to the stocks and bonds heretofore issued by it the said The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas is hereby empowered and authorized to issue its stock and bonds, either or both, to make payment for the said property, but the said stock and bonds shall not be so used at less than their par value, and before the same shall be issued they shall be approved by an order of the Railroad Commission of Texas, and registered by the Secretary of State; provided, that The Southern Kansas Railway of Texas, in consequence of the permission hereby given to purchase the said Panhandle Railway, shall not assume any part of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the Panhandle Railway amounting to five hundred thousand dollars, or merge or consolidate any of such indebtedness with the present stock or bonded indebtedness of The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, except as to the purchase price of said Panhandle Railway as permitted by the Railroad Commission of Texas. SEC. 3. The fact that the public interest will be promoted by the purchase of the said property by the said The Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, and the great number of bills now pending before the Legislature, creates an imperative public necessity and emergency requiring the suspension of the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, and the same is so suspended, and that this act shall take effect from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. [NOTE.-The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the House of Representatives, no vote given; and passed the Senate, vote 19 yeas, 2 nays.] [NOTE.-The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the ninth day of March, A. D. 1899, but was not signed by him nor returned to the house in which it originated with his objections thereto within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature.-D. H. HARDY, Secretary of State.] APPROPRIATIONS-DEFICIENCY BILL. S. H. B. No. 43.] CHAPTER XXVI. An Act making appropriations for deficiencies in the appropriations heretofore made for the payment of expenses in support of the State government, from March 1st, 1895, to February 28th, 1899, being for claims registered in the Comptroller's office in accordance with law, and for outstanding claims not registered, and for other deficiencies. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated for deficiencies incurred in support of the State government for the period beginning March 1, 1895, and ending February 28, 1899. Deficiencies under Article 2828, Revised Statutes of 1895: JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT. Fees for county judges, justices of the peace, sheriffs and constables in examining trials for the year ending February 28, 1898: Registered Estimated Fees for county judges, justices of the peace, sheriffs and constables in examining trials from March 1, 1895, to February 28, 1899: Estimated Fees for attached and subpoenaed witnesses for year ending February 28, 1898: .$12,842 05 157 95 $13,000 00 23,000 00 Registered 89,359 73 Estimated 640 27 90,000 00 Fees for attached and subpoenaed witnesses for the year ending February 28, 1899: Registered .... 37,604 79 Estimated 37,395 21 75,000 00 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS. Clerks' fees in felony cases for the year ending Registered 220 00 220 00 59 75 59 75 Contingent expenses for the year ending February 28, 1898: Registered Deficiencies under Chapter 46, General Laws of 1897: COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, SECOND DISTRICT. Registered deficiency up to February 28, 1899..$ COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT. 85 25 155 25 MISCELLANEOUS DEFICIENCIES. Railroad Commission: Total registered and estimated deficiencies to ORPHAN ASYLUM. Maintenance of inmates, registered and esti mated for year ending February 28, 1899.... 10,881 40 DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. 10,881 40 Estimated deficiencies for maintenance until HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND REFORMATORY. Estimated deficiencies for maintenance until Registered deficiencies to January 31, 1899... EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. For printing for ending February 28, 1899.... 750 00 750,00 PAY OF SPECIAL JUDGES. Under Articles 4841 and 4842, Revised Statutes of 1895, commissioned by the Governor, and also for special judges elected by the bar or agreed upon by the parties or their attorneys, and pay of special judges of the Courts of Civil Appeals for the two years ending February 28, 1899.... DEPARTMENT OF STATE. For the year ending February 28, 1899: 1. To Eugene Von Boeckmann Publishing Company, for stationery, printing, book, files, etc., duly sworn to and account approved by the Expert Printer and Printing Board, now in the hands of D. H. Hardy, Secretary of State, amount to..... ..$ 2. To George P. Assman, for repairing, cleaning and changing combinations and locks, and repairing on furniture in Department of State, duly sworn to and approved by Expert Printer and Printing Board, amount to..... 3. Corner's Book Store, for repairing typewriter, duly proven and certified to as other bills ... 4. To Hamilton Jones, for washing for the months of December, 1898, January and February, 1899, duly proven.... 5. To Austin Book and Stationery Company, for repairing one typewriter, duly proven and approved as aforesaid..... 6. To two volumes Sayles' Annotated Statutes, duly proven and approved as aforesaid 7. To repairing clocks in office, duly proven 8. To drayage and carrying of mail from SEC. 2. Whereas, there being no appropriations to pay claims against the State herein provided for which are outstanding and are legal claims against the State, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity which justifies the suspension of the constitutional rule which requires 'bills to be read on three several days in each house, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. [NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote, yeas 103, nays 6; House of Representatives concurred in Senate amendments; and passed the Senate as amended by a two-thirds vote, yeas 22, nays 1.] Approved March 10, 1899. |