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Lobbyist Legislation AUSTIN The State Orphans Home at Corsicana has not produced a juvenile delinquent since 1951 and a social service survey has judged it to be among the finest such homes in the nation, possibly the best. The legislature is considering a bill to put it under a new state I administrative department and the people of Corsicana are drawing lines to fight the proposed change to the last ditch. It promises to be a unique battle amid the general legislative demands for change and reform. The bill which was introduced by Rep. Frates Seeligson, San Antonio, would put the Corsicana home under the administration of the State Welfare Dejartment, instead of the Board of Hospitals and Special Schools. Opposition to the change broke into the open last week when a dozen leading Corsicana citizens, including the mayor, appeared I constitutional rules requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 659 be placed on its third reading and final passage. It prevailed. Saul voted no, Smith and Heatly were absent, and Seeligson voted yes. that “people have grown concerned about legislators taking retainers and wanting something done.” Earlier he had stated he considered major means of legislative corruption to be the placing of some members on retainer s, which he termed “bribery,” and paying members to “go or to stay away from committee hearings or other sessions” where certain bills were being considered. Citing current statutes, Burkett declared that both lobbying and bribery already are thoroughly covered in Texas penal law and, in fact, call for much harsher penalties than those, suggested in Zbranek’s bill. He declared: “All you’ve got here that’s new is a registration act …I don’t want to weaken law already on the books.” He expressed fear that Zbranek was “creating a mouse trap that won’t spring.” Zbranek argued that his bill is a “realistic approach to the problem.” He said the current lobbyist statutes are “so strong they are ignored. This doesn’t outlaw lobbying. It legalizes it.”‘ He said that as things now stand all members of the legislature know of violations under the “unrealistic law” which, if followed would put many in jail. Spillman asked Zbranek whether he thought the law would really be effective. “A man is not going to report his illegitimate operations to the Secretary of State,” he declared. “Wouldn’t this make everyone a lot more careful?” Zbranek answered: “Oh, yes. They’d certainly be more careful I think the net result would be a lot less such transactions,” he said. Referral of the four bills to subcommittee was reminiscent of the 1955 session when a battle developed over the MaverickHughes bill which saw it stalled in state affairs. ,move to the committeee on penitentiaries, adoped in the House, and finally died in the Senate. LAST SESSION, the following five key votes were on the Mayerick-Hughes lobbyist control bill. Current subcommittee members, Saul and Smith consistently voted against the bill, as did Heatly,1 the present committee chairman. A motion to table the mos -ion by Maverick to instruct me committee on rules to report back at immediately prevailed. Saul, Smith, Seeligson and Heatly voted A motion to instruct the committee on rules to report immediately on H. B. 659 prevailed. Saul, Seeligson and Smith were absent. Heatly voted no., pend all necessary rules for the purpose of recommitting HBB 659 ‘ to the committee on penitentiaries. I It prevailed. Saul, Smith, and Heatly voted no. Seeligson yes. necessary rules be suspended for the purpose of taking up and conprevailed. Saul and Smith voted no, Seeligson yes. Heatly was absent. the proposals because of mounting public opinion in support of such measures. Rep. Jerry &Allier, Percilla, introduced a resolution “to restore the confidence of the people of Texas in their elected representatives.” It would require each House member to file a sworn statement with the Secretary of State by March 15, 19557, listing all his “income, gifts, retainer fees, monies, and anything of value received by any source whatever, together with the source from which it was received …” late. The committee had already passed out the bill for House approval. Seeligson explained that there certainly was no intent to give the orphans any less beneficial treatment, but that it would be economic to put all the state schools and orphans hopes under one administrative head. Rep Robert Jackson, Corsicana, told the committee Corsicana people don’t want the home under the administration of the welfare department. He said there was a feeling among some who worked with the welfare department that “it places more emphasis on the dollar than on the care of people. We don”t want a dollar sign placed on our youth. Every agency that has checked says “Corsicana has -the. happiest children they have seen in a home. We are afraid administrative change might change this,” ‘he explained. J. Dave Walker, a Corsicana business man, declared: “The boys are gaining the right spirit It provided that statements filed by House members who had served last term should include such information from the period beginning Jan. 1, 1954, and ending Feb. 28, 1957. The statements would remain on file for a period of two years and be open to public inspection. Any member failing to comply with the resolution, should it pass, would be subject to immediate expulsion from the legislature. The resolution was referred to committee. BOB BRAY out there and we are afraid to gamble with another system, when the one we have is working so well. Why gamble with success?,” he inquired. District Judge Jim Sewell told the committee, ” a recent survey showed the Corsicana school was run better than any in the nation, with the possible exception of one school which was heavily endowed.”‘ Seeligson pointed out that the bill changing administration . of the home was simply a part of a recommended plan toward the “streamlining” governmental operations. He reported that Corsicana home and the state orphans home in Waco are located only 50 miles apart yet the Waco home is crowded to overflow and the Corsicana home is not up to capacity. The committee did not take any action on the bill, which already had been sent to the House. SPONSORS of the bills are optimistic about chances for final passage this session because they say there has been a sharp change in “legislative attitude” toward “Why Gamble With Success?” LEGALS THE STATE OF TEXAS To any Sheriff or any Constable within the State of TexasGREETING: You are hereby commanded to cause to be published, ONCE, not less than ten days before the return day thereof, in a newspaper printed in Travis County, Texas, the accompanying citation, of which the herein below following is a true copy-\(but if there be no newspaper so printed in said county, then that you cause the said citation to be posted for at least TEN days before the return CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO all persons interested in the estate of Charles Irwin Durham, a minor. No. 15,455, County Court Travis County, Texas. G. A. Durham, Guardian thereof, filed in the County Court of Travis County, Texas, on the 25th day of February, A.D. 1957, the Final Account of the condition of the Estate of said Charles Irwin Durham, A Minor as administered by G. D. Durham, Deceased, and requests that this report be considered and approved and the bondsmen of the said G. D. Durham, Deceased, be discharged. Said Final Account and Application will be heard and acted on by said Court on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of Posting or Publishing this citation, the same being the 18th day of March, 1957, at the Courthouse thereof in Austin, Texas, at which time and place all persons interested in the Account for Final Settlement of said Estate are required to appear by filing a written answer and contest said account and application should they choose to do so. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in Austin, Texas, this the 28th day of February, A.D. 1957. EMILIE LIMBERG Clerk of the County Court, Travis County, Texas By M. Ephraim, Deputy THE STATE OF TEXAS To any Sheriff or any Constable within the State of TexasGREETING: Ydu are hereby commanded to cause to be published, ONCE, not less than ten days before the return day thereof, in a newspaper printed in Travis County, Texas, the accompanying citation, of which the herein below following is a true copy-\(but if there be no newspaper so printed in said county, then that you cause the said citation to be posted for at least TEN days before the return CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO all persons interested in the Estate of Mary E. McVey, Deceased, No. 17,620, County Court, Travis County, Texas. W. Elliott McVey, Executor thereof,: filed in the County Court of Travis County, Texas, . on the 28th day of February, A.D. 1957, his Final Account of the condition of the Estate of said Mary E. McVey, Deceased, together with an Application to be discharged from said Estate. Said Final Account and Application will be heard and acted on by said Court on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten days from date of Posting or Publishing this citation, the same being the 18th day of March, 1957, at the Courthouse thereof in Austin, Texas, at which time and place all pei sons interested in the Account for final Settlement of said Estate are required to appear by filing a written answer and contest said application shouild they choose to do so. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof , and make due return as the law directs. Given under my hand and the seal of said court at office in Austin, Texas, this the 28th day of February, A. D. 1957. , EMILIE LIMBERG Clerk of the County Court, Travis County, Texas By M. EPHRAIM, Deputy. NOTICE OF INTENTION TO INCORPORATE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES Notice is hereby giyen of the intention of Gulf Beverage Company, 1515 North Tancahua, Corpus Christi, Texas, to incorporate under the name of Gulf Beverage Company with the same mailing address. T. G. GLISPIN, d /b /a Gulf Beverage CCITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Rena S. Doe, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: by commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A.M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof: that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 1st day of April, 1957, and answer the 1st amended petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 105,987, in which Roy M. Doe is Plaintiff and Rena S. Doe is defendant, filed in said Court on the 14th day of February, 1957, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges abandonment by defendant of her for a period of more than three years, with the intention on the part of Defendant of making such abandonment permanent; Plaintiff further alleges that two children were born of this union and their names are Elizabeth Inez Doe, age 17 and Jacqueline Faith Doe, age 15, and plaintiff prays for custody of said children. No Community was accumulated during this marriage. Plaintiff prays for costs of suit and relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from plaintiff’s original petition on file in this office, and to which reference is here made. If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned served. WITNESS, 0. T. MARTIN, JR., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 14th day of February, 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR. Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas. By ELI GREER, Deputy. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO W. A. Little, Pauline Sheldon, Pauline McFarland, Robert Giddings Sheldon, R. G. Sheldon, Charles A. Newning, J. W. Hannig, Simeon J. Drake, James R. Sheldon, if living, whose places of residence are unknown to plaintiff; and if dead, the legal representatives of each of said named defendants, and the unknown heirs of each of said named defendants; the legal representatives of the unknown heirs of each of said defendants, if the unknown