San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-04-19
i..si-,.,v. Proceeding.
FRIDAY, APRIL IL.


,a,s. Deficiency bill was taken up
AMI amend ment made to clause ere
atlug AN additional board 70 pass on
c,s,lns OF Halls command was str.ck-
IN out. An additional board WAS Gre
.led to pass on pension Claims On
which the land commissioner takes the
place OF the governor. Items aggre'
eating $l29, 929 we're added to the de-
icisucy bill, $4,000 Of which is to
pay teachers, directors, etc.. OF pubic
schools, for services rendered previous
to July 1873. The bill was passed
and sent back to the house. In the
house the general appropriation bill
wac resumed, and motion to strike out
$50, 600 Tor protection of the frontier
produced a good deal OF excitement
The motion to strike out the approprIl-
alton was 6ually laid on the table.
At night session bill was passed FRO
y,ding mode for compromising indebt
edness of towns, cities and counties.
The railroad tariff bill was discussed
and amended by adoption OF clause to
DrcVtUI INSTRUMENTATION
SATURDAY, APRIL IL.
The senate passed bill to levy and
collect tax on property OF non residents
OF unorsanized counties. The def
cheney bill was recousidered, and ap'
preparations added to provide for pay
IN, nj of costs in delinquent tax suits
md back pay due the adjutant gene
raj, and $500 provided ior recovering
tueitives from Mexico. Emergency
clause was added To the bill regulating
district attorneys. The house spent
most of the day debating the bill
making appropriation for frontier pro
lection. In afternoon session. amend
ment was adopted appropriating So,
600 annually to frontier defense and
for suppression Of lawlsssness and
crime. ..u..
MONDAY, APRIL ID.
The senate passed bill putting all
school money collected under control
OF the county commissioners. The
school question was re- pened and sew
eral speeches made, but the bill was
indefinitely postponed. Tax bill was
taken up and discussed. The tax on
drummers from other states was fixed
at 500 per year, and $40 for each
county visited in the wsy of business.
Many amendments were made to the
bill and Sunday clauses adopted.
Nominations sent 10 by the governor
we're confirmed The frontier pro.
teotion clause of general appropriation
| bill was changed so as to allow SlOO,.
OOO, $4,000 Of whic'. is for suppress
sion OF lawlessuess nd crime; pre-
vious action ha, ing been reconsldered.
the amendment was adopted. The
question OF fixing salary of chief clerk
| OF the general land off e was discuss
ed and previous action reconsidered,
but the same amount was again fixed
nn. Amendment was made to the
general appropriation bill, that the
limits of expenditures of the depart
ments should be the amounts appro
priated. which was adopted. Res"ln.
ton adopting the house amendment.
fixing on April 22nd as day Of final
adjournment, was passed. Sundry
bills, resolutions and amendments
were adopted, and great deal of rou-
tine business disposed OF.
TUESDAY APRIL ID.
In the senate reports Of sun'ry COM
ml,tees, were presented: Bill defining
lawful ieuce, reached fnal pa ssage
by a small majority; as amended. 1t Is
| lawful tor cattle to be impounded for
| trespasslug On iuclosed lands, by les.
sees. House amendment to senate
bill, providing that where local option
law is 10 force, it shall not be lawful
for more than one drink to be sold on
the same prescription. Amendment
by the senate TO house Dill levying a
tax of 81 per mile on Pullman palace
sleeping cars, not owned by the rail.
road company. was adopted and the
bill passed. In the house, the senate
fish bill passed to third reading, as did
bill allowing chief clerk sixty days
after adjournment to have the journals
and laws printed and distributed Bill
passed authorizing sale of school lands
in unorganized counties. Senate bill
amending public weighers act, was
passed; the bill as amended allows
seven weigh hers and an indefinite mum:
Der OF deputies for Galveston. The
general deficiency bill coming up, the
house refused to concur in senate
amendments, and a conference COM
miltee was appointed. Message WAS
received from the governor, accompan-
led by letters from the attorney gene
raj, informing the legislature of insti-
tuition OF suit in the United States
sourt to compel issue of patents to
Nercer's colony, and restraining the
lsnI Office from granting patents to
psrtieS who have located certificates
on the ssme. The claim covers about
q million Of acres; the governor recon-