The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

sionet was kept NJ Ia original figures, and
tho appropriation Of 5000 was made 70 AID
II In its legitimate work. The bill offending
the time twelve months for the redemption oil
lands sold for taxes and boaght In by the
state, became law, and 1t 10 good law The
90 vernon was authorized by net 10 purchase
the portraits of tho presidents OF The
republic of Texas, and the governors OF the
state, all Of which have been painted up TO
the close of Governor Hsmilton's military
administration, and $4,000 we're appropriated
for the purpose These pictures we're painted
bv A Young man who is a native of Paris'
Texas, and who, poor boy, evinclng
talent for art was sent to New York and
educated in his profession by some kind geh-
tlemen of Paris. he ia SAID to be III artist OF
splendid promise, and these portraits are
pronounced by those who knew the
originals to be perfect pictures. An
amendment TO the Constitution making
but one court of final adjudication, to con-
sist of nine members, three to have exclusive
civil jurisdiction, three exclusive criminal
Jurisdiction and three as an adjunct to help
the other two in stress Of business, was
adopted and will be voted on by the people
in September. Another constitutional
amendment, increasing the regular session OF
the legislature to one hundred days. with pay
for members not exceeding SIS per day, also
was adopted and will be submitted to the
people for ratification or rejection in Sep
tember A bill was introduced to purchase
artificial limbs for all disabled Texan ex-
confederates not able to purchase them
themselves, but as it was agreed that the
constitution was in the way of an approprla-
ton of this nature, bill granting to all ex-
confederate Texans who were disabled 10 the
war, or the widow of, any such who
does not pay taxes on exceeding
$1,000, 1890 acres Of land, was subst-
tuted for it and became law.
A bill granting to all surviving veterans OF
the Texas revolution or their widows and
to the widows of the members OF Dawson's
company massacred in the war of Texan I'M
dependence, 1880 acres of land, became
law. This law requires that such veterans
and widows must be citizens of Texas. For
quarantine purposes, whenever the author
tiles in charge of the matter to establish 1t
in cases of epidemics abroad, $4,000 were
appropriated. A bill authorizing the fish
commissioner to procure and supply any
county in the state with fish to stock its
streams, such county to pay all necessary
expenses, became law, and fish commits
sioner at salary of 81. 200 per annum, was
appointed. A law to protect game
in the breeding season and tsh IN
the spawning season under heavy penalty
for violation, was passed. a new contract
bill for the conveyance OF convicts was
passed, whereby the expense of this duty, IL
is said, will be greatly lessened. Numerous
bills of local nature and of local import
ance we're passed, but these OF special
general interest we have enumerated. NO
railroad legislation succeeded of consum-
nation, nor WAS the bill for advertising legal
sales in newspapers reached in the house, nor
did the prohibition amendment to the con-
stitution receive the necessary two-thirds
vote in the house, though 1t passed the
senate. The Sunday law was let severely
alone, and stands now as passed by the
sixteenth legislature. The drummers' tax
was modified so as to make it a personal tax
Of $50 on each drummer doing business in
the state, instead o 5000 on his house. The
payment Of the tax is the end OF the
law, too, SO that if a drummer be
arraigned before cours for failure TO pay the
tax, he can escape fine by immediate pay
ment, though he cannot escape sccrued COZ"
Making it personal tax of 500 for each
commercial traveller, a house that sends more
that one to the state must pay that amount
for each one, whereas $500 as before, covered
all it might send, be 1T ont or dozen.
From what we know and what we have heard
of the personel of the Legislature ius'aojourn-
"a. we must think it AVERAGES with proceed
iov legislatures and has accomplish some
work that will be of benefit to the state,
though it left undone no little that oushtto
have peen attended 10. On tho whole, we
presume that tbs Legislature has done rs well
as could be expected, until those more advan-
ced and progressive ideas and principles
conpatiable with the Ggs and the times, get
n ermer hold upon the minds of the people
oftho state.