Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-15
IagislatiYe.

ate, which was adopted, setting FORTH that
the Ordinance of the Convention which re-
pudiated the civil debt Of the State incur
red in the administration and enforcement
of the laws, being neither general nor or
ganic but special and objective, should have
been submitted to the people for ratitica-
ton; and therefore, it is the sense Of the
Senate that tho said ordinance should be
repealed ",he same being in principal i'm
'moral and unconscientious, its purposes
"dishones, and fraudulent, and its opera
"tion pcrfdious and unjust aud that the
"Committec on the Judiciary be instructed
80 report the proper mode of repealed the
"same, and a bill or resolution for that pur-
pose.
JuDrclAL DisrRicTs.-T Joint Special
Conmilr.c srpontei to redistrict the State,
reported through its chairman, Hon. u. T..
Sclman, on the 29th ult., reducing the Dis
tricts from 90 to IT, The 18th, 9th, and 7th
Districts were divided and parcellcd out to
other Districts. The BILL as reported, was
taken up, read first time, and 250 copies
ordered to be printed. Under this bill the
old 10th district will be composed of the
counties of Kaufman, Dallas, Tarrant, Par
ker, Hill, Palo Pinto, Johnson, Ellis, Jack
and Young. Senator Sclman, in reporting
the bill expressed his unqualified disappro-
baton OF the same.
The Finance Committee Of the House Of
Representatives, in reporting upon n bill
";o regulate the fees Of Office of all officers
entitled to fees under the laws of Texas, "
say that
They cannot safely raise the fees
of office to tho present currency
rates, as the currency is constantly
fuctuating in value, and they can
not recommend o law declaring the
fees of office payable in specie, or
its equivalent in currency, as they
believe such law would conflict with
the law Of Congress, making legal
tender currency legal tender ut
their face value for all debts. The
committee have grave doubts as to
whether any law can be made to
avoid the painful necessity Of re-
ceiving the legal tender notes at
their face value for all debts. AS
the committee are not supposed, or
perhaps not suspected, to be law
ycrs, they have done their '1evel
best" on the subject to enable Off :
GERS to get their fees in coin value.
If they have failed they have the
consolation Of knowing there are
able iurists enough in the House to
amend the act and make it efficient,
if such thing is possible.
The following preamble and resolution
were offered in the House, on the 2'th by
Mr.. Barrmore, read and referred to the
Committee on Judicial Districts:
WHEREAS, The Legislature has
under consideration the imposed
duty of re-districting the State, as
contemplated by the late Conven-
ton, which action is likely to cause
many changes in the times OF hold
ing the District Courts and
WHEREAS, Much confusion is like
Iy to arise by the conflicting juris-
iictiops OF old and new districts,
and from acts of Judges, whose
functions may be suspended; there
fore,
Be il Resolved, That no term OF
any District Court of the State shall
be holden until after the State be
e-districted by the present Legis-
laturc. or until further action shall
be had upon the subject by the Leg
islature.
On the 2sth, the Committee reported as
follows:
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred a Joint resolution suspending
the District Courts of the State un-
I'll the State shall have been re-dis-
trictcd by the present Legislature,
have had the same under considc-
ration. and the committee instruct
me to report the same back to the
House, and recommend that tho
same do not pass.
Your committee are of the opin'
ion that much more confusion and
disorder would arise from the sus-
pension of the Courts than other
wise. and that it will be in the pow
er Of the Legislature to provide
that there shall be no interruption
of the Courts pending the re-dis-
tricting of the State, as contempla
ted by the amended Constitution )
aud we deem the passage Of such
bill as impolitic, and well caieu-
lated & rIes U-.rf
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