The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-16
XYIITH LEGISLATURE.
THIRTY- SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
A Memorial From the County Court
of Dallas Presented by MIR. Daniels
Relative to the Location OF
the Supreme and Appellate
Courts - Petitions, Bills,
Etc, Acted Upon.
SENATE.

Special to the Herald.
Austin, Feb. 15,-The senate mot pursuant
to adjournment, acknowledgements Storey
in the chair.
Roll called; quorum present.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Bunting.
The reading of the journal was dispensed
with.
Petitions were presented as follows;
By MIR. Davenport--A petition from citi-
zens of Hamilton county, in regard to the
right of-way of the Gulf Colorado & Santa
Fe railway.
By same-A petition from citizens Of
Callahan county, in reference to the stock
law.
By Mr.. Duucan--A petition from two
hundred citizens Of Gregg county, asking for
a prohibitory liquorlaw.
BY Mr.. Shannon--A petition from citizens
of Mosley county, asking TO be attached to
Baylor county for judicial purposes.
| BY Mr. Homan-A petition from Mrs.
Hubby in behalf of herself and other teach
ers in free schools in 1871.
r ports of committees were submitted as
follows:
Mr.. Swami, for the penitentiary committee
-Favorably on the bill to dispose of useless
state property in peniteutiaries,
Mr.. Buchanan of Wood, for the COMMITTEES
on educational affairs--Favorably on the bill
leasing public public free school lands. One
hundred copies were ordered printed.
Mr.. Lane, for the finance com.
mittcs, recommended tho passage of SUBJ
stitute for the general appropriations
bill, and two hundred copies were ordered
printed.
Bills and resolutions were introduced as
follows:
By Mr.. Davenport--A bill authorizing
counties to take up warrants outstanding fol
public buildings, and in cases of issue of
others.
By Mr.. Homau--A pill prohibiting the
sale, importation, Manufacture or use of GER
tain d adly weapons in tho state.
BY the same "A bill repeating articles
4462, AGA and 446G Of the code, relating to
the salaries Of certain officers.
Mr.. Martin, of Cooke, from tue committee
on public printing, reported favorably on the
bill to change the form Of printing the jour
Lals 10 querto.
Mr.. Henderson, from the committee on
asylums, sent in a supplemental report.
A message wss received from the house
announcing the passage of the bill inserting
article G63 A to the penal code; also the bill
in reference to the sale of un-
approp lated school lands; also Tho
bill creating the thirty-fourth Judi
cal district; also the adoption of the res
olution sympathizing with the Jews in Ger
many, and non-concuuence TO the senat
amendment TO the bill decreasing the iuris
diction of certain courts in southwestern
counties.
Joint resolution No. u, tho much veXe(
question of immigration, again came up as
substitute for the resolution reported bac
f1d was lost--not q two-thirds vote.
Senate bill No. Z, with reporte
sub tiLute providing for sale Of the publ
domain known as the university and asylum
lands, was taken up. The senate went int,
committee of the whole on this bill and con-
sumed the morning in amending, substitut
ing and discussing the question.
The committee rose and reported the bill
with amendments.
Messrs. Stewart and Henderson wer
excused from the committee TO visit the
Agricultural and Mechanical colleg
and normal schools, and Messrs. Harris ant
Shannon were appointed.
Mr. Hightower was added to the com
mittee on judicial districts.
Messrs. Henderson and Stubbs were ex
cused from the senate for snort period.
The senate then adjourned.