Boyd.

Burney.

Burns.

Carpenter.

Curry.

Dickinson.

Dorroh.

Yeas-31.

Manson.

Martin.

Melton.

Moore of Lamar.
Morton.

Reubell.

Rhea.

Savage.
Shelburne.

Evans of Grayson. Smyth.

Freeman.

Garrison.

Henderson.

Stamper.

Stokes.

Thomas.

I vote against this bill because the people have just adopted an amendment relating to foreign voters which is yet untried; hence I favor giving it a trial before tinkering further with our Constitution. MERCER.

I vote aye on House joint resolution No. 10 because I believe the people of Texas ought to have the privilege of voting on this subject. MORTON.

I desire to give some of my reasons for voting no on pending joint resolution No. 10, which are these: Texas is a great country of vast, unsettled territory and some of the best and most prosperous citizens we have in the State are among the sturdy Germans, who come here from a foreign country and almost invariably at once declare their intention to become a Citizen and never return to the father| land, but at once purchase property and begin to pay taxes for the support of the government, and to deprive them of the right to vote for six years after they have come here for the purpose of becoming citizens and allow hundreds and thousands of persons, who never accumulate any property, nor even pay any poll tax toward the support of the government, to vote, is not just and right. Besides this, it would retard immigration to this State of the best class of emigrants that we now have, and would in this way be a great injury to the State. Besides, I think that the law or constitutional amendment passed at the election of 1896 is a sufficient safeguard in that direction, and in my opinion it would not be just and right for Texas to add this amendment to her Constitution. HILL of Gonzales.

Mr. Bailey moved to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to

engross House joint resolution No. 10, and to table the motion to reconsider. The motion to table prevailed.

SPECIAL ORDER.

The Speaker laid before the House, on its engrossment, as special order for to-day,

Substitute House bills Nos. 16 and 192, a bill to be entitled "An act to make it a penal offense for any person in this State to unlawfully sow, scatter or place on any land the seed or roots of Johnson grass or Russian thistle, or sell or give away any hay, straw or oats or grain containing or intermixed with the seeds or roots of Johnson grass or Russian thistle, or to transport same or allow same to mature on his land, providing adequate penalties therefor, and providing a right of action for all damages sustained thereby, and providing for the restraining of said acts by writ of injunction, and repealing all laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act." Another reading of the bill was demanded, and it was read again.

Mr. Dickinson offered the following amendment to the bill:

Amend by adding to the bill a section to be known as section 12, in the following words:

Tabled on motion of Mr. Burns. Mr. Brigance offered the following amendment to the amendment: Amend by exempting Grimes county. Lost.

Mr. Pfeuffer offered the following amendment to the amendment: Amend the amendment by striking out Hays and Blanco counties. Mr. Feild moved the previous question, and it was not seconded.

After further consideration, Mr. Seabury moved the previous question, and the main question was ordered.

The amendment by Mr. Pfeuffer was adopted.

The following

amendments were then offered and adopted seriatim: By Messrs. Smyth and Barrett:

After the word “repealed," in line 12, page 3, add, “And provided further, that sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 shall in nowise relate or apply to the counties of Carson, Castro, Armstrong, Bailey, Driscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Foard, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Wheeler, Caldwell, Jack, and Clay, provided that persons in said counties shall not have the right to ship the hay or seed or other grain mixed with it into the prohibited district."

By Mr. Lillard:

"Section 12. That the counties of Webb, Encinal, Nueces, Duval, Aransas, San Patricio, Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector, Fisher, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Haskell, Hockley, Howard, Kent, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Reeves, Scurry, Stone-ing wall. Terry, Upton, Ward, Winkler, Yoakum, El Paso, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Brewster, Buchel, Foley, Pecos, Val Verde, Kinney, Maverick, Guadalupe, Hays, Blanco, Medina, Uvalde, Dimmitt, Zavala, Frio, McMullen, La Salle, Irion, Sterling, Schleicher, Crockett, Sutton, Edwards and Concho, shall be exempted from the provisions of this act."

Mr. Gilbough offered the following amendment to the amendment:

Exempt the following counties from the bill: Galveston, Brazoria, Austin, Washington, Bell, Milam, Lampasas, McLennan, Tarrant, Hill, Johnson,

Cooke, Dallas, Lamar, Fannin, Fayette, Ellis, Brown, Coleman, Runnels,

Tom Green.

Tabled on motion of Mr. Shelburne. Mr. Peery offered the following amendment to the amendment: Exempt the counties of Archer, Baylor, Knox, Throckmorton, Stephens, Young.

Amend the amendment by exempt-
Freestone county from the law.
By Messrs. Dean and Randolph:
Amend by adding to the counties ex-
empt the counties of Madison and
Leon.

By Mr. McKellar:

San Jacinto and Polk from the proviAmend by exempting the counties of sions of this law.

By Mr. Rogan:

Rains, Burleson and Wood.
Amend by exempting the counties of

By Mr. Holland of Harris:

Amend by exempting the county of Harris from the operations of this bill.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid the following amendments before the House, which were considered and voted upon as one whole:

By Mr. Hensley:

Amend by adding to counties empted Brazoria and Matagorda. By Mr. Mercer:

ty.

ex

Amend by exempting Franklin coun

Question recurring on the longest time first, yeas and nays were deI vote no for the reason that I thinkmanded by Mr. Wolters, Mr. Evans of it will destroy the effects of the bill to exempt any county, because I consider the exemption unconstitutional.