The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13
EXTRA SESSION.
Seventeenth Legislature.
SENATE.
Special TO the Herald.

state for taxes. The bill grants twelve
months from the passage of the act within
which to redeem lands.
Mr.. Wynne introduced university bill.
The bill was referred. 1t gives the regents
authority to expend the interest accrued on
the university fund for the maintenance OF
the university branches, except the medical
branch.
Mr.. Homan offered a resolution asking
the governor to submit the question of poll
tax reduction. Lost.
Nv Harris introduced bill providing
chafpg99v fpg99v 80 Il three hrt"1ss and hall half cents s
per mile for passengers, and not exceeding
twenty cents per 100 lbs. per 100 miles, for
freight Referred.
Mr. Cooper-A bill on congressional ap-
portionment. Referred.
Mr.. Homan offered resolution author
izing the printing of 100 additional copies
ofthe senate journal. Adopted.
Mr.. Shannon with leave withdrew his bill
amending section 5, chapter l05, of the
| general laws.
The house resolution of thanks to Lieu
tenant Bulls was referred to the COM
mittee on state affairs.
The governors message reported in the
| house proceedings was received and re-
| ferred.
The concurrent resolution resembling the
resolution of the regular session on the ap-
portionment committee was read and
adopted.
The house resolution appointing
a committee to investigate charges against
| the blind asylum in recent number OF the
San Antonio Express was adopted.
| Mr.. Stubs offered a reso-
luton instructing the judiciary
committee No. 2 to inquire into the subject
Of the abuses of hiring out county convicts.
| Referred.
The house bill making provision for the
courts and law library was taken up and
passed.
The contingent expense bill was taken
up, amended and passed.
Mr.. Buchanan introduced q,
bill reducing the ad valorem and
Adlourned.to $3.50 a. m. Monday.
HOUSE.
Matlocks bill repeating the law grant
ing certificates to railroad companies, was
taken up and discussed at great length,
and finally postponed till Monday at .
o'clockp. m.
A communication from the commissioner
of the general land office showed that the
total number of acres of public domain not
subject to location IS to date s, ,403, $50.
A bill was passed authorizing the secre-
tary of state to contract for rent
ing the upper story. and six rooms OF the e,
second floor, of the Brueggerhoff
building for three months for the higher
courts and law library, for $562.5O. The
bill also appropriates 81 900 to pay expenses
of moving the furniture of the courts and
library, such amounts to be paid out on the
certificate of the secretary.
The bill passed under a suspension OF the
rules. The committee stated that MI,
Brueggerhotf had offered to sell the build
ing for $4,000 and give bond to purchase it
again at the same figures, when the new
capitol is completed.
Ten:o'cloc a. m. on the % inst. is seta side
as day for memo rial services in honor OF
H. G.. Bruce of Johnson county, deceased,
and committee was appointed to draft
| suitable resolutions.
The congressional apportionment COM
mittee. was created consisting of eighteen
members, three hf each congressional dis
trict;
| The membersare decidedly down on the
effort to bring. merely local legislation
time of holding district courts, etc.
A committee of three from the
house and three from the senate was
| appointed TO select a suitable building for
| the senate chamber, hall of representatives
and for the comptroller's and trcasurer's
offices.
| = A bill introduced yesterday to print a
thousand copies of the Revised Statutes and
allowing $500 per volume, and APP
propriating $3.000 was amended so as to al
| low only $500 per volume, and the
appropriation was made accordingly.
| The bill repeating the law granting dis
abled Confederates the $50 acre certlh-
ates was reported --favorably upon by the
ommittee on public lands and land office.
Daniels offered resolution to reconsider
| the vote upon the resolution appointing
| legislative committee to visit the Sam Hous-
ton normal school.
McComb, from the judiciary committee,
reported bill No. . favorably.
House bill No. ~, TO repeal articles 42Ol,
426S 1863, 1870, 4271, 4272, 1878, 4274, 1875
and 4276 Of the Revised Statutes, was then
called up.
Finlay said he would like to understand
what he was to vote upon. The only indi-
cation of the subject of the bill was by
| reference 70 articles in the digest 80
far as he knew the bill might be looking to
the repe al ofthe district courts ofthe state.
| Mem bers at least might have time to ex-
anime the sections referred to in the bill.
He would like TO have an hour TO exam-
nett
need to give the member from Galveston an
hour for that purpose, as any page in the
house could explain it TO him in five min
utes.
Woods said he had ascertained from the
commissioner of the land office that there
are certificates issued for 100000. acres
of land over and above the public domain
/ subject TO location, and that within forty
| eight hours there would be / 10000 acres
/ in land certificates issued to railroads. If
| this Is not stopped, new certificates
| to the amount of 100000 or 1000
600 acres will be issued before
/ the next legislature meets, going into the
hands of the capitalists who will haunt the
| legislature for forty years.
Barry said il he thought the bill would
deprive railroads Of their vested rights he
would vote against IL, but 10 did not and
I the bill has been necessary for the last
1 two or three years. He saw the neces-
sity for such a bill at the reg
I bad introduced bill on the subject
which was buried by the committee on pub
/ lie land and land claims
Baker said he was not prepared now TO
vote for the bill. Ii occurred % him that
/ its effect would be not only to prevent the
future issuance of certificates, but that 10
repealed the sections Oi the revised statutes
authorizing their location, and hence
would prevent the location Of certificates
already issued, and to obtain which,
some roads had compiled .fIllg With
the laws Of the state that u was also a
question 70 be well CONSIDERED whether,
after ALL in some sections which nov has
railroads constructed thr0u gh them By this
act Of the state, that the act would b. with
drawn 10 the great deiriment OF those sec
tions into which the roads are now being
projected. lie would be glad q have q
better solution q the question than this
I bill seemed 20 uiier.
Todd said be would vote Tor the bill but
be would not unless given time 90 under
stand its scope.
Kurzbach moved 70 amend by striking
out sections 4Z7I. 4Z72. 4Z73, 4Z7s. sZ75 and
EZ76 This amendment, while repelling
the laT granting the certihcates. would uot
interfere with the location q certiIcates al