The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-04
A BIZ Making an Appropriation for the
support OF Prairie View Nor.
NAL School Passes
the Senate.
The General Appropriation Bill is
Taken nup and. After Amend.
meat, Passed.
The Governor Netoes llOuSe Bill No.
Is aud Sets Forth Reh.
sons Therefor.
That Committee of Investigation Sub
nit Report.
Gleanings from Capital NoOks an
CrannicS.
Other Interesting State News.


Other Interesting State News.
seyententeenth Legislature.
SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN, May 3.-The senate convened
pursuant to adjournment. The speaker
was in the chair prayer was held by the
chaplain the roll was called, and the min.
utes or the previous meeting were read.
Mr. Shannon called up senate bill to sus-
pend the collection of taxes in the organ
lied counties for the years 1871 to 1876
inclusive. The bill was read the first time,
ordered engrossed and passed.
Mr. Buchanan called up house bill making
an appropriation for the support of the
Prairie View Normal institute. The bill
was read third time and passed.
Mr.. Burton called up senate resolution
looking to having convicts confined within
the walls of the penitentiary. Adopted.
House bill to provide for the supervision
and management of the construction OF the
new capitol, with amendments increasing
the salary of the experimenting architect
to $500 year, and requiring his entire
time, was passed.
The senate reCeded from its amendments
on the tax bill.
The general appropriation bill was taken
up and the amendment to purchase por-
traits of the presidents and governors of
Texas was lost
The amendment appropriating 81 900 to
pay the members OF the veteran board for
services was adopted.
The amendment appropriating $i4, 200
to build cottages at the lunatic asylum, to
erect kitchen and laundry, and purchase
200 acres of land was adopted.
An amendment to pay Senator Burton
S6OOfor the expenses incurred in the contes-
ted election case, was adopted.
An amendment appropriating $i5, 900 to
have sewers constructed at the lunatic asy.
lum and other public buildings was
adopted.
An amendment appropriating $4,000 to
pay pensions to Texas veterans was adopted,
and the bill passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
House bill No. A. tor supplying the pub.
lie grounds and buildings with water and
fire protection. with committee amend.
ment limiting the expenditure to $7,CC1
per annum, was taken up under suspension
of the rules and passed, with an amend
ment limiting the contract to ten years.
The deficiency bill was taken up and
| passed to third reading.
Bruce, for the special committee ap
| pointed to examine the erection of the new
| building at the lunatic asylum reported a
| follows:
| Your committee, after making such exam
ination as circumstances permitted, fount
| the work to be very inferior. Therefore W,
would respectfully recommend that tn,
capitol commissioners and superintendent
be and they are instructed to requir,
to be made thorough examination of thu
| building referred to, and TO the terms of tn,
contract, and report all the facts TO th,
governor, that he may take such steps a.
will secure the state against the conse
quences of defective construction of sait
asylum building.
The report was signed by all the mem
bers of the committee and was unani
mously adopted.
The senate substitute to the house bill
authorizing the secretary of state 10 pur
chase Texas reports, to contract for the re
| linquishmcnt of the copyright and to pre-
vent the Copyrightiug of future volumes I,
the exclusion OF the state, bein,
the special order, was taken up, and th,
house resolved itself into committee of til,
| whole on its consideration.
An amendment by Foster, changing th,
character of type, led to u lively discussion
To alter the type would be to alter TN
plates owned by the Gilbert Book CON
pauy.
McCord said he saw job in this. Els
why all the lobbying
After much elimination and rccrimina
tion the committee rose and reported ad
yersely on the bill and the report wa
adopted.
The following veto message was received
read and laid on the speakers table
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Austin Texas, May st
the Honorable House of Representatives Il
legislature assembled
respectfully return to your honorab
body the bill No. 2S, entitled an ac
to amend articles 1906, and E6
lit the Revised Statutes, wthou
my approval thereof aud with my objec
tions TO its passing as u law. Said bill
provides that the commissioners court
of the several counties of this stat
shall have power to levy % cents ol
the SlQ0 valuation as taxes an,
equal to onc.half the maximum stat
tax authorized by the constitution of tn
state. IL is unnecessary to quote the othe
portions of the bill relating to the occupa
tion taxes, as they do not change the la,
h'N W iulNcpn NldN suulNNNs lht tNlNtll
effect of this bill is TO Civ
n construction to section
article $ Of the constitution under th
head of Taxation aud Revenue" whicl
read as follows to wit;
THE state tax on property exclusive oi th
taxnecessary to pay the public debt shoul,
never exceed 30 cents on the Sl00 valai
tion, and no county, city or tow
shall levy more than e.hali of said stat
tax except for the payment of debts alread
incurred and for the erection of publ
buildings, not 10 exceed 50 cen,
on the Sl00 in any ono year an
except as In this constitution is othervis
provided
Ny objections to the bill are as follows
First From. the manner In which Il
worded II is capable of literal constru
ton that would authorize the court to IN
pose tax OF - cents on the 500 valuation
and In addition thereto tax equal to on,
half the maximum state tax authorized b
the constitution.
. Second-The bill Is an act of useless legi
lation, because II is simply constructlo
Of the meaning of the said ninth section
the constitution, which construction Is n,
and cannot be a judicial determinatic
binding on the courts. The con
missioner's court Is q tribunal establishe
by the constitution with It's powers of Ia.
alton defined expressly by said ninth se
ton. Its powers on that subject cam,