Alexander. Ayers. Bailey. Barrett. Good. Beaird. Bell. Benson. Bertram. Bird. Blair. Bounds. Brewster. Browne. Burns. Kirk. Dorroh. Pfeuffer. The 'Speaker laid before the House, as pending business Substitute House bill No. 236, a bill to be entitled "An act to prevent the blacklisting of railroad and other employes, and providing a penalty therefor." On its engrossment, With the following amendment by Mr. Rogan pending: Amend by adding to section 1 the following: "Provided, that this act shall not apply to former employers of discharged employes who give truthful information in regard to the habits. character, competency and antecedents of such employe when requested so to do." The following amendment to the amendment by Mr. Neighbors, which was accepted: "Provided, the employes be served with a copy of such information." And the following substitute for both by Mr. Fisher: "Provided, this act shall not apply to any person who shall give a truthful account of the habits or character of such employe when such employe is guilty of negligence, drunkenness or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or felony." Mr. Fisher, by consent, withdrew his substitute, and Mr. Welch offered the following substitute for the amendment by Mr. Rogan: Amend by striking out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: "Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to any private individual or officer or agent of a corporation who may give truthful information concerning any employe of any corporation or individual." Mr. Maxwell moved to table the amendment by Mr. Shropshire, upon which yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Shropshire, Mr. Tucker and Mr. Mercer. Lost by the following vote: Beaird. Crawford. Fields. Logan. Love. Manson. Maxwell. Moore of Lamar. Neighbors. O'Connor. Reubell. Savage. Sluder. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That no corporation, company or individual shall blacklist, or publish, or cause to be blacklisted or published, any employe, mechanic or laborer with the intent and for the purpose of preventing such employe, mechanic or laborer from engaging in or securing similar or other employment from any other corporation, company or individual. Sec. 2. If any officer or agent of any corporation, company or individual, or other person, shall blacklist or publish, or cause to be blacklisted or pub-| lished, any employe, mechanic or laborer with the intent and for the pur-Evans of Grayson. Skillern. pose of preventing such employe, mechanic or laborer from engaging in or Fisher. securing similar or other employment | Harris. from any other corporation, company Holland of Harris. Vaughan of Collin. or individual, or shall in any manner Jones. conspire or contrive, by correspondence or otherwise, to prevent such employe, mechanic or laborer from securing employment, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or be imprisoned not less than 30 nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and such corporation, or company, or individual shall be liable in both actual and exemplary damages to such employe, mechanic or laborer so prevented from obtaining employment, to be recov ered by him or her in a civil action. Sec. 3. The near approach of the end of the session, and the great number of bills before the Legislature, creates an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and it is so enacted, and this act shall take effect from and after its passage. Lillard. Alexander. Bird. Tracy. Wallace. Nays-67. Martin. McFarland. McGaughey. McKamy. Benson. McKellar. Melton. Pitts. Randolph. Robbins. Tucker. Turner. Staples. Garrison. Thaxton. Thomas. Thompson. Vaughan, Gua'lupe. Wall. Hill of Gonzales. On motion of Mr. Love, the motion Hill of Travis. to postpone was tabled. Mr. Shropshire offered the following amendment to the amendment by Mr. Welch: Amend the amendment as follows: Lotto. Bailey. Skillern. Vaughan of Collin. Welch. Absent. Pitts. Rudd. Schlick. I vote "aye" because the same restriction is incorporated in the substitute for the original bill. SAVAGE. Mr. Harris moved the previous ques- Evans of Grayson. Seabury. tion, and the main question was or- Graham. dered. Green. On the amendment to the amend- Henderson. ment, yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Love, Mr. Welch and Mr. Browne. Adopted by the following vote: Hensley. Barbee. Smith. Stokes. Tracy. Williams. Excused. Feild. Yeas-65. Alexander. Manson. Boyd. Ayers. Martin. Collier. Beaird. McFarland. Dorroh. Barrett. McGaughey. Bell. McKamy. Benson. McKellar. Bertram. Meade. Bird. Blackburn. Blair. Bounds. Peery. COMMITTEE REPORT. By Mr. McGaughey, chairman: Austin, Texas, March 5, 1897. House bill No. 500, a bill to be entitled "An act to provide for the employment of joint county and town superintendents of public instruction, and to prescribe their duties and compensation." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. MCGAUGHEY, Chairman. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Senate Chamber. Austin, Texas, March 12, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. I am instructed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed the following bills: Senate bill No. 109, a bill to be entitled "An act relating to the presence of minors in court rooms." Senate bill No. 33, a bill to be entitled "An act to protect accountants, bookkeepers, artisans, craftsmen, factory operatives, mill operatives, servants, mechanics, quarrymen and common laborers; to provide a lien and to prescribe the time of payment, and in lawful money of the United States; providing for attorneys' fees in foreclosing such liens, and prescribing the rights of the assignees of such persons, and to repeal all laws in conflict with this act." By a two-thirds nays none. vote: yeas 21, Senate bill No. 162, a bill to be entitled "An act granting permission to M. T. and M. C. Chapman, or their assigns, to bring suit against the State |