reading and final passage, and take effect from and after its passage and it is so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 26, nays 0; and passed the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote, yeas 91, nays 3.]

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1905, 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.-O. K. SHANNON, Secretary of State.]

Became a law April 26, 1905.

STOCK LAW-PLACING KNOX AND CLAY COUNTIES UNDER PROVISIONS OF.

An Act to amend Chapter 71, Acts of the Twenty-eighth Legislature, entitled "An Act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 24 of the Acts of the 27th Legislature of the State of Texas, being 'An Act to amend Section 1, Chapter 128, of an Act passed by the 26th Legislature of the State of Texas, and sent to the Governor for his approval on the 20th day of May, A. D. 1899, and entitled 'An Act providing a mode by which horses, mules, jacks, jennetts and cattle may be prevented from running at large in the following counties or in any subdivision of said counties, viz: Cooke, Bell, Ellis, Montague, Fayette, Johnson, Collin, Rockwall, Lamar, Milam, Denton, Falls, Navarro, Fannin, Hunt, Tarrant, Grayson, Guadalupe, Dallas, Austin, Brazos, so as to place Lavaca, Colorado, Washington, Williamson, Smith and Delta counties under the provisions of said Chapter,' so as to place McLennan, San Patricio, Limestone, Coryell, Kaufman, Rains, Bastrop, Bee, Camp, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cass, Comanche, Erath, Hill, Harrison, Hopkins, Jackson, Bosque, Montgomery, Morris, Upshur, Parker, Rusk, Red River, Titus, Trinity, Victoria, Van Zandt, Wise, Walker, Wood, Wilson, Comal, Nueces, Bexar, Eastland, Cherokee and Travis counties under the provisions of said Chapter,' and to provide for the holding of an election for the purpose of enabling the freeholders of such counties or subdivision thereof as may have adopted said law to repeal the same," so as to place Knox and Clay counties under the provisions of said Chapter.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That Chapter 71, Acts of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, be amended so that it shall here-after read as follows:

Sec. 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 24 of the Acts of the 27th Legislature of the State of Texas be amended so as to hereafter read as follows: Upon the written petition of one hundred freeholders of any of the following named counties: Cooke, Bell, Ellis, Montague, Fayette, Johnson, Collin, Rockwall, Lamar, Milam, Denton, Falls, Navarro, Fannin, Hunt, Tarrant, Grayson, Guadalupe, Dallas, Austin, Brazos, Lavaca, Colorado, Washington, Williamson, Smith, Delta, McLennan, San Patricio, Coryell, Kaufman, Rains, Limestone, Bastrop, Bee, Camp, Caldwell, Colorado, Calhoun, Cass, Comanche, Erath, Hill, Harrison, Hopkins, Jackson, Bosque, Montgomery, Morris, Upshur, Parker, Rusk, Red River, Titus, Trinity, Victoria, Van Zandt, Wise, Walker, Wood, Wilson, Comal,

Nueces, Bexar, Eastland, Cherokee, Travis, Knox and Clay counties, Texas, or upon the petition of fifty freeholders of any such subdivision. of a county as may be described in the petition and defined by the commissioners court of any of the above named counties, the commissioners court of said county shall order an election to be held in said county or such subdivision of a county as may be described in the petition and defined by the commissioners court on some day named in the order for the purpose of enabling the freeholders of such county or such subdivision of a county as may be described in the petition and defined by the commissioners court, to determine whether horses, mules, jacks, jennets, and cattle shall be permitted to run at large in such county or such subdivision of a county as may be described in the petition and defined by the commissioners court; provided, that where there is an application for an election to include an entire county, there shall not be less than twelve freeholders from each justice precinct of said county as signers to the petition for such election.

SEC. 2. Upon the written petition of two hundred freeholders of any of the above named counties or upon the written petition of fifty freeholders of any subdivision of the above named counties, if the law be in force in that subdivision only, the commissioners court shall be authorized and required to order an election on the date therein named to determine whether or not said law be repealed; provided, that such petition be not filed within less than two years from the date this law goes into effect; and provided further, that such petition be signed by at least twenty-four freeholders from each justice precinct in such county. But if this law becomes operative over any of the above named counties, as prescribed, it can in no case be repealed by any subdivision, except by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast by the freeholders of such county at an election held in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. From the fact that the citizens of said counties desire an opportunity to vote on the question as to whether stock should be permitted to run at large, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this Act 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, no vote given, and passed the Senate by a twothirds vote, yeas 26, nays 0.]

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas. for his approval on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1905, 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.-O. K. SHANNON, Secretary of State.]

Takes effect 90 days after adjournment.

COURTS-FIXING THE TIME OF HOLDING IN THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

An Act changing and fixing the times of holding the courts in the Third Judicial District of Texas, and providing for three terms in Anderson county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That the Third Judicial District shall be composed of the counties of Houston, Henderson and Anderson, as now constituted, and the district courts shall be held therein as follows:

In the county of Henderson on the first Monday in February and September, and may continue in session five weeks.

In the county of Houston on the fifth Monday after the first Monday in February and September, and may continue in session seven weeks.

In Anderson county on the twelfth Monday after the first Monday in February, and may continue in session eight weeks; on the twentieth Monday after the first Monday in February and may continue in session until the business is disposed of; on the twelfth Monday after the first Monday in September, and may continue in session until the business is disposed of.

SEC. 2. All writs and process returnable to the courts at the terms and at the times now fixed by law shall be returnable at the terms and times as fixed by this Act, and shall be valid.

SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. The near approach of the end of the present session of the Legislature, and the crowded condition of the calendar, create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this Act shall take effect on the first day of August, 1905, and be it so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the House of Representatives, no vote given; and passed the Senate, no vote given.]

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1905, 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.-O. K. SHANNON, Secretary of State.]

Takes effect August 1, 1905, by expressed provision.

SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT-RELAT

S. B. No. 277.]

ING TO.

CHAPTER 96.

An Act to amend section 17 of an Act incorporating the trustees of the Independent School District of the City of San Antonio, Texas, passed at the regular session of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, Chapter CXXVIII of the General Laws.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

That section 17 of the above recited Act shall hereafter read as follows: Section 17. On the first Monday in February of each year, or as soon as the city assessor of said city shall have completed the assessment roll of said city, said assessor shall deliver to said Board a statement of the total amount of assessed valuation within said district, and said Board shall then determine the amount of taxes within the limits voted by the voters of said district (including the tax of ten cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation voted for school purposes by the voters of said city on the 8th day of May, 1882, and another tax of ten cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation voted for school purposes by the voters of said city on February 28th, 1894) that shall be necessary for the maintenance of the public free schools of said district for the current fiscal year of said city; to pay the probable costs, if any, of the negotiation of the sale of any bonds which may have been issued by said Board, and for the payment of the annual or semi-annual installments of interest thereon at the rate specified in such bonds and coupons, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds at maturity, such sinking fund to be not less than two and one-half per cent of such bonds, and the amount of taxes thus determined and arrived at, shall then be levied by said Board, (including the said ten cent tax voted on May 8th 1882, and the said ten cent tax voted on February 28th, 1894), against all the taxable property and values within said district and against the owners thereof, and certify by writing under the seal of said Board, signed by the President of said Board, or in his absence, by the vice President of said Board, to the said city assessor, that such levy of taxes has been made by said Board. The said taxes so levied shall be a lien upon said property and all of the taxable values in said district just as are the taxes levied by the City Council of said City of San Antonio, and shall be a lawful claim against the owners. thereof for the payment of said taxes. The said city assessor shall include upon the assessment roll for that current year the amount of said tax levied by said board, and the different persons whose duties it is, or shall be, to collect the taxes, both current, delinquent and otherwise of the city of San Antonio, shall collect the said taxes so levied by said Board in the same manner as the taxes of the city of San Antonio are collected now, or shall be in the future, and such person or persons shall pay over weekly all such taxes for school purposes so collected by him or them to the treasurer of said Board.

The near approach of the end of the session and the crowded condition of the calendar and the importance of this amendment to the present law governing the collection of taxes for public education in the City. of San Antonio, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity

requiring that the Constitutional rule which provides that all bills be read on three several occasions be suspended and the same is hereby suspended, and 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 Senate, no vote given; and passed the House of Representatives, no vote given.]

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas. for his approval on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1905, 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.-O. K. SHANNON, Secretary of State.]

Takes effect 90 days after adjournment.

DENTISTRY-REGULATING PRACTICE OF, AND PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF EXAMINERS.

An Act to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Texas, to provide for the appointment of a board of dental examiners, prescribing their duties, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to practice or attempt. to practice dentistry or dental surgery in the State of Texas without first having obtained a certificate from the State board of dental examiners; provided, that physicians and surgeons may, in the regular practice of their profession, extract teeth or make application for the relief of pain; and provided further, that nothing in this Act shall apply to any person legally engaged in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery in this State, at the time of the passage of this Act.

SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to extract teeth or perform any other operation pertaining to dentistry for pay or for the purpose of advertising, exhibiting or selling any medicine or instrument or business of any kind or description whatsoever, unless such person or persons shall first have complied with the provisions of this

title.

SECTION 3. A board of examiners consisting of six practicing dentists of acknowledged ability as such is hereby created, who shall have authority to issue certificates to persons in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery in the State of Texas, who are legally practicing the same at the time of the passage of this Act and issue certificates to all applicants who may hereafter apply to said board and pass a satisfactory examination.

SECTION 4. The members of said board shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve for two years, excepting that the members of the board first appointed shall be made as follows: three for one year and three for two years respectively and until their successors are duly