The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-04

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and governors Waf hIutdod, amended BY Y
dndng the purchase uonry Nv .9.TJ
Tue 0fhrf ltpmg and tbo tIpuiilt
amendments heretofore tclNpmplpd Nh
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She state spuIuHd and Representa- Nv
Upp0r'i0nmont bil WIS tnkcu up md M
~ house, on motion NJ Woods, fcccdc
IT. from it4 amendment
r Scott, hy leave, introduced % bill chang
Ing the time Of holding the state elections
q. Referred.
The account Of Cnptnin Mlllolt for the ~
3. of the opera house, 81 u, and $3.50 for fur
L n,hup the same, was allowed.
The tax bill was taken up and Che houH
refused to concur in several Of the senate
amendments.
The bin appointing The boundary com
. mission to determine IN concGr! win
United States commission 10 which Greer
county belongs, to Texas or the Indian ter
ritory passed.
+ Adjourned.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The Lampasas Spring coifpany, capita
stock $500, 900 lii Il charter to-day. The
object is to erect hotel and lighthouses al
LgmpasaS, and put up, and man
tain water and gas-works. The following
are the directors:
George L. Porter, c. p. Howe, L. c. Rice,
w. d. Cleveland, j. II. Blake, j. Waldo,
B. A. Bolts and 7. J CLANCY, OF Houston,
George Sealey and Waiter Gresham, of
Galveston.
The Laredo Water company, capital
$50 co.. filed charter.
The comptroller decides that where a
| farmer distis his own grain into spirituous
! lI""rs and sells the same he must pay
| liquor dealers license.
Rec,i at the treasury during the month
Of April, from the sale Of lands, were &c.,
0JO
Mrs. Swisher's lecture tonight was
the abest ever delivered in this
city. She treated her subject, isel
Il different one with such complete mas
terry of its metaphysics and with such log.
cal force, proceeding from premises To
conclusion, that it was simply impossible
TO escape the convincing power of her argu-
ment. She certainly holds high rank
among the talented Of America.
Wild rumors have been in circulation for
several days to The effect that the
sional apportionm,nt bill. One rumor
is to the effect that member
of one of the houses. on leave, was tele-
graphed to hurry back to sustain the veto.
Per contra, it is stated tonight from
one in high author y that the
governor, though dissatisfied with
the party carvir g-knife, will not call
Since it has become an open secret that the
governor will not al ow the use of his name
for a third term, Il e friends of Judge Ire
land have been working ike beavers.
SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN, May 1.-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.
| A number of bills were reported fay
orably by committees. Looking to the
| leasing of school lands; another to
prevent railroads, their employees or
others from making excessive charges;
another to withdraw public lands
| from sale: another to lease the university
Ian DIS, none of which will be likely to
receive attention, owing to the lateness or
the session.
The railroad bill, which was pending ad-
iournmsnt yesterday, was taken up, and
the minority report was killed ut engross-
ment.
The senate refused to reCede from some
of its amendments to the tax bill.
The bill regulating the hiring of county
conviCts was amended and passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Baker, from the committee on finance,
reported iavorably on the deficiency bill.
On resolution of Taylor. Hon. }. E>tis
from Hood county, was invited to IL seat on
the floor.
Bruce presented a memorial from the cit
liens OF Austin, representing that the work
being done in the new addition
TO the lunatic asylum, now in process
of construction, is not being executed
in accordance with the contract plans and
! Specifications therefor in the following ma
| teriu particulars: The specifications re-
quire that the foundation shall he
| built of stone equal in quality to that used
| in the Travis county courthouse; that
every stone laid in said foundation shall be
u three-quarter band stone, that is,
every second stone shall reach
| three. fOurths OF the thickness OF
the wall. Your memurialisis allege that
! the stone used in the tnuniJt'on Is com
mon rubble stone, that Is common lime
stone, which is wholly unsultrd aud unht
for the foundation OF such building ana
and not band stones rs TIE specifications
| rpuu red The speClliCat Ons pro-
vided that both the s'one and brick
| work of said building should &c lalu III
| Texas cement and the same shdil be Kept
and used Immediately after mixing. Tue
memorlalists allege that tue cement being
used is not Texas cement, but lime cement,
which is wholly inadequate and unhJ
| 10 be used in such structure. Inc
| specifications require that the bull ing
| shall be constructed in wnrkmanllke
manner. The memurial,sts allege that the
| material used aud the work being done are
unsubstanlial, unsafe and not according TO
contract The memOrialists further allege
that II the building is completed as II Is
being erected it will prove dangerous
structure and little il any value To the
state The memorialists further allege
that IN their humble opinion II would be
entirely useless for them To lay this matter
before the present management oil the
llunatic asylum. and hence they come
directly 10 the legislature of the
4 .tate and present the facts,
that they may take such action as may be
necessary to protect the state. They, there:
fore, request that a committee be appointed
10 investigate and report the facts, and that
such final action may be taken AS the law
and facts warrant and demand. Re
spectfully submitted. Signed by Schuber,
w r. Brown, w. Keye, l.. Dalme, A. W.
Iunsen and W. Atulbert.
Bruce said he was authorized by tie
signers of that memorial TO state that il II
is the sense Of the house 10 appoint com
mittee, they, as practical mechanics, Will
render their services TO the state Tree o.
charge. lie moved that committee Ol
three be appointed 20 investigate the mat
ter. Adopted.
The speaker appointed Messrs. Bruce
Carleton and Gather such a committee.
The house took up THE senate amend
ments to the house tax bill, and a lively
DISCUSSION occurred Rejecting the moral
and the economical efr,t Of the amend
ment imposing a tax Of so on tine sale %
the Police Gazette, Police News, ami Illus
rated papers Of their character. The
, amendment, however, was adopted by q
large majority.
kvers. BY leave, called mp the house
Joint resolution providing for an election
b be held Tor the loc-tiUn 81 a branch uni
Versitv for the Instruct ION OF the cOlOreC
!. | youth Passed 90 enErossment
The hOu-e bill withdrawing IRON sale tl'