The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-14
EXTRA SESSION.
The Bill Reducing Passenger Fare
Over all Railroads in the State
Passes the Senate and
House.
Mr.. buchanan Introduces q Bill In Re.
lation to the Prairie View
Normal School.
In the House Several Bills, Covering
Different Measures, are Intro
duced.
James ii. Jones, OF Rusk, Appointed
University Regent.
The Dining Halls OF the Lunatic Asy.
lum Burned.
Other Interesting State News.
Other Interesting State News.
Legislature.

AUSTIN, April 13.-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 of the previous meeting were read. 1
The president laid before the senate the
bill reducing passenger fare over all rail-
roads in the state to three cents per mile.
Mr.. Terrell moved it be postponed and
made the special order for tomorrow.
Lost
MIR. Harris offered an amendment to
strike out three cents and insert three and
u half cents. Lost.
The bill then passed-ayes, 22 nays. s,
| Messrs. Davenport, Stubbs, McLane, Pat
ton and Wethered, voting in the Negative
Mr.. Terrell introduced bill to destroy
| certain engraved state bonds which have not
been sold. Referred.
Mr.. Terrell also introduced bill to re.
| peal sections3, 8, lO.and II of an act .provi-
ding for the sale of public lands. Re-
| ierred.
The committee on Federal relations, re.
ported bill providing for the survey and
| location of the boundary line between
the United States and Texas. Read the
first time.
| Mr., Buchanan offered bill to provide for
the deficiency for the support of the Prairie
| View Normal school. Referred.
Mr.. Davis offered bill to provide for the
sale of a portion of the public lands. Re-
'eIsSu' Mr. swan introduced bill
to make an appropriation for completing
the Rusk penltentiary and to provide liber.
| ally for the penitentiaries at Rusk and
Huntsville. Referred.
Mr. Shannon, for the committee on in
ternal improvements, reported back the
bill repeating the law granting land to rail
ways.
II was taken up and passed.
10 and IL, of the Revised Statutes, was
reported back with the recommendation
that ii pass.
1t was Immediately taken up and an ami
mated discussion followed.
Several amendments were offered, and
substitute by Mr. Harris, pending which
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE,
Woods introduced bill defining the Of
hce OF librarians of the supreme court and
prescribing and fixing salaries. The bill
makes the clerks of the courts librarians.
| Referred
Kendall offered the following resolution:
WHEREAS, at the regular session of the
seventeenth Legislature the Code of Crimi-
nal Procedure was so amended us to allow
Jurors in criminal cases two dollars o day
and by an oversight grand jurors were not
included, therefore be IL
Resolved, That the governor be re-
Quested to present to the extra session of
the legislature an opportunity to correct
the mistake. Adopted.
The senate bill reducing passenger fare
on railways to three cents per mile was
taken up and passed.
Labatts bill authorizing the purchase of
4 thousand copies OF the~Reviscd Statutes
was taken up, and the committee amend
ment striking out three dollars and in
serting two dollars per copy was adopted,
and the bill passed TO engrossment
The house bill authorizing commissioners
courts to levy an nd valorem tax equal to
half the maximum ad valorcm tax author.
lied by the state constitution, on which the
committee on taxation and revenue had
presented majority and minority reports,
and the minority report being ayerse be-
cause of the presumed unconstitutonality
of the measure, was, after short debate,
referred. to judiciary COMMITTEES No. 2.
House bills No. 20, providing that
county convicts may be hired out within
the limits of the county in
which the convict was convicted, was put
upon its second reading.
Considerable debate followed, when Fin
lay offered to amend by adding "any per.
son who may be convicted Of u misde.
meanor, or petty oilense, and who shall be
committed to jail in default of the payment
of the fine and costs adjudged against him,
may be hired out 10 any individual, com.
of conviction, and the proceeds
of such hiring shall be applied
first TO the payment OF tho costs and sec.
ond to the payment of the fine; provided
that no convict shall be hired for n greater
length Of time than one day Tor each dollar
of line and cost"
Peacock offered an amendment substi.
tuling fifty cents for dollar d day.
He regarded the existing law as horrible
IL imposed the seyerest penalty on the
weak and sickly.
Hills amendment provided that con-
yicts. can be hired out for less
than one dollar day, but In every
case he will be entitled to a credit
of.not less than owe dollar n dny TO be dc.
ducted from the me and costs. Adopted.
Peuoock's amendment provided that the
convict 30 hired shall be discharged when
the term OF service under such contract has
been performed. Adopted.
Dayidson's amendment provided that sny
person convicted and hired out may be al.
ed.
A vote was taken and the substitute as
amended passed TO engrossment. On mo-
ton the house adjourned.
CAPITAL MOTHS.
The north Texas Coal COMPANY of
Stephens county, cApital $3.50. 600,
filed charter to-day.
The governor to-day appointed James II.
Jones, Of Henderson, Rusk county, one of
the regents OF the university.
The building In which the dining halls Of
the lunatic asylum were situated burned
to-day. Loss, 5000.
1,slton.
Special 70 the Herald.
BrLroS, April ia violent storm passed
over this county yesterday, accompanied
by some rain and hail. Thus far no serious
damage has been reported One year ago
to-day we. were visited by cold. dry
norther and one year ago also by q killing