Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — TEXAS CAN’T RUN RAILROAD [ARTICLE]

TEXAS CAN’T RUN RAILROAD

Attorney General Calls Unconstitutional a Measure Passed by House. Austin, Tex., May 4.—Attorney General Davidson rules that the state cannot constitutionally engage in the railroad business. Davidson holds that while the legislature can complete the extension of the state penitentiary railroad *from Rusk to Palentlne, it can be done only as an incident to facilitate the work of the penitentiary. A measure passed by the house contemplated the permanent operation of such a line.