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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1935
Page
7
A joint resolution proposes amending Sections 3 and 5 of Article 7 to authorize a permanent school fund plus ad valorem taxes to provide free textbooks for all scholastic age children in Texas. It includes voting instructions and directs the Governor to issue necessary orders.
The Texas Legislature proposes a constitutional amendment to add Section 51-b authorizing general laws to provide old age assistance up to 15 dollars per month for bona fide Texas citizens over 65, with residence and conduct restrictions, and allowing federal aid. Voter submission set for the fourth Saturday in August 1955. The governor to issue the proclamation and arrange printing.
The proposed constitutional amendment changes Article XVI to ban open saloons while allowing local option votes on liquor sales. It mandates state regulation of intoxicants, potential state monopoly on distilled spirits, and procedures for local referendums by majority vote in counties precincts or cities.
The text outlines proposed constitutional amendments for Texas. Section 11A grants courts power to suspend sentence and place defendants on probation with legislative conditions. A special election in August 1935 is described to approve or reject the amendment, with spending authorized for publication and election. The document includes provisions on probation, funding, and related legal text.
The Governor must issue the proclamation for a special election to decide amending the Texas Constitution to abolish the fee system for district and county officers in counties with 20 000 or more population and to allow commissioners courts to decide salaries or fees in smaller counties. A $5 000 appropriation funds publication and election expenses. Secretary of State Gerald C Mann signs.
Voters are asked to approve an amendment allowing the Legislature to provide for temporary commitment of mentally ill persons not charged with a crime by the County Court without a jury trial. The measure appears amid sections detailing election notice and a $5,000 appropriation for administrative expenses.
S J R NO 6 proposes adding Section 61 to Article 16 to replace fee-based pay for district and county officers with salary pay in counties of 20,000+ population and authorize Commissioners Court to decide fee or salary for precinct and county officers. The measure directs funds for submission and requires laws to implement the salary system. The resolution instructs legislative action and directs submission to voters.
S. J. R. No. 3 proposes amending title XVI to strike out sections 20a through 20e and to prohibit open saloons. The measure would vest in the Legislature authority to define and enact liquor laws, regulate manufacture and sale, and possibly establish a state monopoly on distilled liquors. It aims to prohibit intoxicating liquors in counties, precincts, or municipalities where such sales had been banned by law.
House Joint Resolution No. 406 proposes amending Article VII to allow courts with original criminal jurisdiction to suspend or defer sentences and place defendants on probation with reimposition under legislative rules. It directs for an election on the amendment and provides funding, proclamation, and ballot form details.
A lengthy 1935 Texas measure proposes amending Sec. 15 Article 1 to allow temporary commitment of mentally ill persons not charged with a criminal offense for treatment or observation without a jury trial. It also outlines how constitutional amendments may be proposed, published, and voted on, with a $5 000 appropriation for the process.
Three wells advanced this week in Loving County. Evans et al in Section 12 Block 57 TSP 1 underreaming six and five eights casing at 2145 struck a hard brown lime formation causing completion delays. Drillers estimate three weeks to finish this rauke wildcat with pay expected at SOS. Eppenauer Co No 2 il iss at 2450 in anhydrite Wednesday. Mason No 1 Kyle wildcat north of Mentone at 1800 in salt.
Fort Stockton golfers Lyle Scott and Hart Johnson spent last weekend in Pecos for the Pecos golf tournament. They participated in the event and contributed to local competition at the course.
The Thos. Pickett Co of Dallas wins an instructed verdict upholding the Pecos County contract to render oil property services. Suit by Charles Cannon J T Baker Marathon Oil argues fees were excessive, claiming $17,000 to Pickett in 1938. Notice of appeal filed.
Mrs H R Lancaster and her daughter from Crystal City along with Mrs Boyd and her son from San Antonio visited Dr and Mrs D Gipson this week. Both visitors are sisters of Dr Gipson.
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