Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-03-07
STATE NEWS.

Senate, March 3.-The bill
to regulate juries in capital cas-
es passed. 1t provides one We
nire to be summoned at the be-
ginning of court to apply to all
capitol cases tried at that term.
Bill to regulate railroads and
for rcimbursing persons injured
thereby. passed.
Bill to sell public domain for
school and public debt was ia
ken up and engrossed. Pasture
lands are placed at IS cents and
arabic lands at so cents an acre.
Bill appropriating $500 for
painting portraits of presidents
and governors of Texas passed.
Finlay's bell punch bill order
ed printed.
J. R. Ham chief of the land
forgers has been before the COM
mittce on land frauds making
revelations.
House.-Mr- Finlay moved
to take up bill to authorize Gal
weston county to sell its stock
in the G., c and S. F. railway:
amendment by Finlay that the
county's stock may be sold at
private sale to citizens OF Gal
weston county, but purchasers
must enter into bond condi-
ton to build the road to Bolton
the time the charter requires.
Adopted, and bill passed.
Bill repeating pension act
passed.
Bill authorizing issue of 5 per
cent bonds for counties to in
vest proceeds of school lands.
The governor sent in a mes
sage in which he favors a suf-
fcient appropriation for offering
rewards for criminals.
Senate. March Favorable
report on bill to erect shaft on
Fannin's battle ground ; favor
ably to specify fees for collect
ors of delinquent taxes; favora-
ably to regulate fees of grand
and petit jurors, with amend
ment to make pay not over 81
per day.
Favorably on bill to author
ize Galveston county to sell her
stock in G., C. and S. F. rail
way. Public weigher's bill pass
ed. The following bills were
passed:
Bill to re-organi1e the sd dis
trict. and for fixing times Of
holding courts in the third and
fifth districts; for times of court
in the 22d district to change
the jurisdiction of the county
court of Trinity county, etc; to
sell the public domain for the
public debt and free schools; to
require railways of the state to
stop trains thirty minutes at the
Texas state line /; to provide for
the disposition of witnesses in
courts in counties where wit
nesses reside; to preserve fish
and provide fsh-ladders.
House.-Bill to protect wool
growing interests, engrossed.
Bill to abolish Office of peni-
tertiary commissioner.
Bill to make it a misdemcan-
or for physicians to prescribe
liquor to evade local option law.
: Billto appropriate $500 to
purchase stereotype plates abb
stract of land titles.
The bill providing for the sur
render of charters of cities after
some amendments, was passed.
The bill postponing the col
lection of taxes sixty days,
which passed some days since,
was reconsidered and lost on f.
nal passage.
Motion to reconsider action
engrossing Linn's funding bill
adopted.
Senate. March 5.-Mr. Stew
art: Memorials from Harris
county, that criminal court of
that county, be abolished.
Favorable on house bill to
repeal state pension laws.
Favorably on bill for grant
ing Austin college at Huntsville
to state for normal school.
Amendment to constitution
making it more difficult to OBJ
tain continuances, passed. The
judge is given discretion as to
the credibility of defendant in
making his statement for con
tinuance.
Bill extending time for COM
pletion of G., C and S. F. Ry.,
passed.
Bill introduced to amend civ
il code so as to embrace Lee
county in 5th district.
Smoke house tax discussed.
House Motion to reconsid-
er vote to which the bill post
poning the collection of taxes
was lost tabled