Laws Passed by the Legislature of the State of Texas (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPROPRIATIONS?MILEAGE AND PER DIEM OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS, 1905. H. B. No. 122.] Chapter 4. An Act making an appropriation to pay the mileage and per diem of the Presidential Electors of Texas for the year 1905. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That the sum of Sixteen Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the mileage and per diem of the Presidential Electors. That the certificate of the Secretary of the College, stating the number of days that the College was in session, shall be sufficient authority to the Comptroller to draw his warrant upon the Treasurer for the amount due each Elector. Sec. 2. Whereas, the Electoral College has already met and performed its services as required by law, public policy demands that the/ shall be paid, and an emergency exists and necessarily demands that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this act 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 106, nays 0; and passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 25, nays 0.] Approved January 25, 1905. Became a law January 25, 1905. COURTS?FIXING JURISDICTION OF, IN GRAY COUNTY. H. B. No. 44.] Chapter 5. An Act to diminish the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the county court of Gray County, to conform to the Iurisdiction of the District court thereof; and to repeal all laws in conflict herewith. Section 1. Be it enacted ly the Legislature of the State of Texas: The county court of Gray County shall have and exercise the general juri...