The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-16

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Creating the office Of assistant nliOr
ney-gencral amending charter Of th'
sherman aud Wichita railroad oompa
ny amending the school law, all pass
cd finally,
The following bills passed the son
nle only
Authorizing the governor 10 burn re-
deemed state bonds, under the fundlnl
bill introduced yesterday.
Regulating fees IN oOnptrolloT6 Of
flee. Fees from Insurance companies
under the now Insurance law, 10 70
In the treasury.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
The following bills passed Amend
Ing the law providing for the sNlo OF
school lands, extending time 10 pul.
chnsers of additional six months.
Senate bill bnck from the house with
emgrossed order repeating the pension
law OF 1874. Tho senator from BcXur
was the only dissenting vote heard,
Bill requiring county oil ders having
extra copies OF the : preme court re-
ports 10 send the same to the secretary
OF state 10 bo distributed among new
counties md where court houses have
been harmed.
House. ON motion of MI. Delany,
the deficiency bill for the present fscn
year was made the special order for to-
morrow NJ 1880 A. NJ, and one hundred
copies ordered printed.
Mr. Cards called up bill relative tc
vngrOnt on mendlcunt children, pro-
hibiting Juveniles under sixteen year,
of age 10 be employed as musicians
rope darccrs, etc., for the purpose d
deriving plotlt thereof Passed.
The general appropriation bill foi
The next fiscal year Was then taken up
the house going into committee of tie
whole The sections relating To the
deaf and dumb and lunatic asylums
bureau of immigration, the peniten.
tiary, interest on the public debt, old
pensions, and miscellaneous, were
adopted, and few changes made. From
tier defense was raised to $500, 900. The
geological department received but
~, 900 for salary Of state geologist. The
bill, after much discussion, was passed
TO its second reading.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
ON motion of Mr.. Delany, the gener-
al appropriation bill was carried to its
third reading and passed under sus-
pension of the rules,
Mr.. Hart called up the bill creating
the county of Sommervlle from slices
of Hood and Bosque counties. Passed.
The following bills also passed {:
Amending the act changing the mode
OF criminal procedure.
Amending the act prescribing modes
of proceedings in district courts.
Validating official acts of j. j. Met
colpe, county surveyor of Palo Pinto
county.
Amending charter of the Pacific and
Great Eastern railway company to run
from Sherman, instead of Denison, to
Weatherford.
Amending the pension law.
Amending estray law.
Appropriating uneXpended school
moneys for educational purposes in
the school districts to which they be-
long.
Joint resolution amending sections
one, two, six and seven of article five;
sections forty-four, forty -flve and forty
SIX OF article twelve; sections one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight and
nine of article nine and section forty
one, general provisions of the consti-
tuition. After much tllibustering the
resolution was adopted by vote of 81
ayes to % nays. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, March 3.-Senate-The
senate refused to appropriate 5,0O0 to
represent Texas in the centennial eX-
hibition.
Senate went into executive session
on the message from the governor ap-
pointing Hon. J. l.. Camp Judge of the
new criminal court of Jefferson, Mar
shall and Palestine, and the nomina-
ton was confirmed.
The weighers' bill was reconsidered,
amendments lost and bill passed.
The senate refused to concur i'm the
house amendments to the general an.
preparation bill, and asked commit
tee of free conference.
AT the afternoon session, the conf
mlttee of conference agreed to the
mouse amendments to the general ap-
preparation bill, except that increasing
frontier defense appropriation to $500,
00O, and their repOr was adopted.
The bill empowering the governor TO
commute the sentence of convicts in
consideration of good behavior, pass
ed also house bill authorizing convicts
for petty ofienses to he hired out, with
their consent also bill to print the
penal code in Spanish.
Senate adjourned.
HOuse-lhe house refused TO post
pone adjournment 10 the 22d instant,
ana after passing some private bills
adjourned for the morning.
On opening of the afternoon session,
the house passed the Dallas and South
western railroad bill. After the pas
sage aud reference of number of iills
OF minor Importance, the house passed
.ne general extension bill, granting
tWeiVe months additional time for the
construction of all railways In the
slate. The International and Great
Northern excepted
Mr.. Delany submitted the report of
the committee Of free conference. on
me disagreement between the two
houses on the general appropriation
OH recommending that the house re-
ceue rom It's amendment increasing
The appropriation for frontier defense
from Sl5O,OO To $500, 600, and that the
senate concur In the balance of IN.
house amendments. The report was
adopted.
The senate refusing to concur I'm the
house amendments to the general de-
ficiency bill for this fiscal year, 1t was
referred TO committee of free confer
ence.