The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-11
XYIITH LEGISLATURE.
.EIGHTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS,
The Senate University Bill Amended
SO rs 10 Include Females. and
Then EngrOssed-FuIT Text OF
the Bill-Other Legtsla.
tive Proceedings.
SENATE.

Austin, Feb. l0.-The senate met pursuant
to adjournment, acknowledgement Storey
in the chair.
Roll called; quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
Petitions were presented as follows:
By Mr.. Homan-The petition of II. S.
Simpson and over one hundred other citizens
of Texas, asking prohibition of the sale and
manufacture Of liquors in the state. Re-
ferred.
Reports of committees were submitted
as follows:
Mr.. Rainey, from the committee on ooun-
ies-Favorably on bill No 145, amending
the act prescribing the manner of ascertain
ing boundaries of counties.
Mr.. Weathered, from the committee on
judicial districts Recommended that bill
No. LAG, creating the county of John Upton,
be referred to the committee on counties.
Mr.. Patten, from the committee on state af-
fairs-Favorably on bill No. l52, amending
section 241 OF the civil code.
Mr.. Stubbs, from the committee on COM
merce, reported back the substitute for the
bill protecting fish and appointing commits
sioner with salary.
The committee on engrossed bill No. 70
| general elections billy reported the same
correctly engrossed.
Bills and resolutions were introduced rs
| follows:
BY Mr. Gooch--A resolution instructing
the committee on retrenchment and reform
TO enquire and report whether any employees
of the senate can be dispensed with.
Adopted.
By samoa bill providing for the lease of
public free school lands. Referred.
By samoa bill defining the duties and
liabilities of employees, advancing the cost of
transportation of immigrants to this state and
prescribing the penalties for violating the
provisions. Referred.
BY Mr.. Powers--A bill reorganizng the
twenty -fflh judicial district. Referred.
BY Mr. Hightower-A bill 10 establish the
Sears normal school at Marshall, Referred
By Mr. Buchanan, of Wood-A bill to
ascertain the amounts due county school SUI
perntendents and directors for the year
lCiO anu lOIOi huu pIONluo lOE tue pay 1hout
of the same Referred.
BY Mr.. Burton-A resolution to employ
an additional page in the senate. Referred
with Mr.. Gooch's resolution.
The rules were suspended, on motion of
MIR. Stewart, and bill No lis, relative to
hiring out convicts for fine and costs and
remedying the rigor of the present system,
was taken up and passed.
The rules were suspended and on motion
of Mr.. Martin of Cook, bill No. l04,
chaging the time Of holding county crimi-
nal courts in Greyson and Dallas counties,
was taken up and passed.
The rules we're suspended and bill No. 70,
changing the time of general elections, WAS
taken up and passed.
Joint resolution No 20, providing for a
specific and ad valorem school tax of l23
cents on the one hundred dollars and y
poll tax of one dollar, being the special
order, was amended by making the poll
tax two dollars, and providing an ad valorm
tax not exceeding fifteen cents, and en-
crossed.
Special order No. being bill No. 9S, to
establish university of Texas, was taken up
and amended SO as to include females, and
the bill was engrossed.
Following is The report of the committee
Hon, John Young Gooch, President pro tenn.
OF the Senate;
SIR-Your committee on educational
affairs have considered senate resolution re-
curing them TO consider the proprety OF
establishing state university, and report by
bill or otherwise, and senate bill No. 9S "An
act to establish the university of Texas" and
said committee instruct me to report the said
bill back to the senate with the recommen.
dation that it do pass, and that 100 copies
thereof be printed for the use of the senate.
BUCHANAN, of Wood,
Chairman.
The bill is as follows;
[S B. No. 9S, BY Senator Buchanan of Wood. ]
IA BILL.
To he entitled an act to establlshstho Untver-
sity of Texas In the senate, February /
lssl-Reierred to Committee on Educa-
tiOnal AGeirs, and reported fRvorably same
day; read first time and 100 copies ordered
printed.
Section l. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of Texas That there DO established in
this state at such locality as may be deter
mined by vote of the people, au institu-
tion of learning which shall be called and
known as "The University of Texas"
Section 2. An election shall be held on
the lst Tuesday of August 1881, for the pur.
pose of locating the University of Texas, and
the governor is hereby authorized and in
,tructed to issue his proclamation ordering
an election on said day for said purpose
and returns of said election shall be made
in the manner prescribed in the general elec.
lion law.
Section 3. All localities put in nomination
for the location Of university shall be for
warded TO the governor ~ least forty days
anterior to the holding of said election, and
the governor shall embrace ia hls proclama.
tion ordering said election the names of said
localities; provided, that any citizen may
vote for any locality not named in said proc.
lamation.
Section 4. The locality receiving the argest
number of votes shall be declared selected
, and the university shall be established at sucl
locality; provided, that the vote cast for saiC
locality shall amount TO one-third OF thl
vote cast, but if no place shall receive one
third of the entire vote cast another election
shall be ordered within ninety days of tht
first election, between the two places re
ceiving the largest number Of votes, and tn,
one receiving the highest number at sale
second election shall be declared TO be SO
lected by the people as the location Of 9Th,
University of Texas"
Section 5. The government of the unver
sity shall be vested in a board of regents Il
consist Of one member from each congres