The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-25
The Senate Considers House Apportisn.
ment Bill...Amendments are
offered and Acted Upon
...PrOpositiOns.
In the House Mr.. Foster Introduces a
Bill Regulating Railway
Freight Tariffs.
Bill Introduced Setting Apart 1,OOO,.
600 Acres for the University
and Asylums.
The County Convict Bill Passes to En-.
grOssment.
BepOrts Of House Committees are Re.
ceiyed.
Capital Notes and Gossip.
Seventeenth Legislature.

Seventeenth Legislature.
SENATE.
Special TO the Herald.
AUSTIN, April 2i.-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.
The time of the senate to-day was taken in
portionment bill with the following amend
ments:
First-Add Shelby county to the third
district.
Second-Change Navarro county from the
ninth to tie sixth district: and .Bosaue
county from the sixth to the ninth district.
Third-Change Live Oak from the seventh
to the eighth district and DE Witt county
from the eighth to the seventh district.
In the discussion on the
first amendment motion was made
by MIR. Houston, to rccommit. Tothis Mr..
Stuart offered an amendment by adding
that the committee be instructed to divide
the Gulf coast into three or more districts.
He supported his amendment by very
able speech, showing what he believed to be
under consideration.
Mr.. Houston accepted the substitute. A
vote was taken and the substitute lost.
The first amendment was then adopted.
The, pending question being. on the
second amendment, Mr.. Rainey op.
posed the amendment because
he was satisfied that the citizens OF
Navarro county did net wish to be con.
nected with q district in which Dallas
county was situated, nor did the people OF
Dallas desire to be attached to a district in
\ which Navarro county was situated. To
adopt the amendment would create confti-
sion in the district and he favored the bill
as reported from the house.
Mr.. Martin opposed the amendment for
the same reasons and because he believed
that the house bill would be satisfactory to
hispeople.
Mr.. Harris favored the amendment be.
cause it made the districts more compact
He believed that the opponents to the
amendinent were working In favor of GER
tain congressman whom he vchemently
characterized rs masters of the people
when they should be servants.
Mr.. Ross supported the amendment and
believed If 1t was adopted it would be salts.
factory to the people. The vote being taken
the amendment was adopted.
The third amendment was adopted with
out much discussion. ,,- -
Pending motion Of Mr. Houston chang.
ing the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
and eleventh. districts, the senate ad.
journed.
The following bills were introduced.
| By Foster-Prescribin the maximum
rates of freight to be charged by railroad
companies. The bill prescr!bes that rail.
road companies may charge not exceeding
80 cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles for the
transportation of freight over their roads.
but the charges for transportation shall be
uniform, and no unjust discrimination IN
rates or charges for the transportation OF
any freight shall be made against any per-
son or place on any railroad in the state. =
BY Carleton-To pay the experimenting
architect OF the new capitol an annual sal
ary of $500 and each of the commission.
0rs 81 900. Referred.
BY Wood-Setting apart and appropri-
nting from the reservation of July 18th,
1879, 100000 acres to the university and
Agricultural and Mechanical college, 100,-
600 acres. to the Prairie View school, for
the payment, by the sale Of these lands, OF
lidity OF the university and
free schools, and the opening
Of the balance of the reservation TO the
location of the land certificates. Referred.
Wood also introduced bill repeating the
law reserving from the proceeds of the sale
OF land in the reservation one-half to the
free schools and half to the redemption Of
the public debt. Referred.
Committee reports were received as fol.
lows: Kindred, from tie committee on
state affairs, reported adversely on bill
looking to the pensioning Of veterans.
for their adverse report that te''ths the
subject-matter is contrary to the provisions
of the constitution, and the further reason
that the governor had withdrawn his re.
commentator in favor Of such law.
Matlock, for tae committee on public
lands and the land office, reported adversely
on the bill which recently passed the sen.
ate. appropriating 100000 acres for the
benefit of the university out OF the reserva.
tion made by the act OF July IA, 1870. The
committee were unanimous In their report.
Matlock for the same committee reported
adversely on the house bill to appropriate
ZOO, 600 acres to the university
Todd for the committee on education re.
ported adversely in regard to the reference
to the eighteenth legislature Of the memo
rial OF the grand jury and the proceedings
OF the teachers meeting of Grayson county
In regard to additional legislation and the
"hViiuueut VI Tue constitution III regard To
public schools, inasmuch ns q constitutional
amendment cannot be adopted ut an extra
session.
Todd for the same committee reported
favorably on the Joint resolution recurring
an election TO be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday IN November, iss3,
for the location Of branch OF the
the state university for the instr uction Of
colored youths.
Todd for the same committee reported
favorably with amendment on Hutcheson's !
bill TO supply the deficiency of the Prairie
View norma school to purchase a library.
wagon and mules and TO pay for repair,
heretofore made and for damages by the
late storm.
Baker for the financial committee 70.
ported substitute for the house bill max.
ing appropriations for the state govern.
ment from March 1, 1850, to February
%, 1883. The substitute gives
the following items; Completing
the lunatic asylum buildings and additional
ones, $4,000.
Completing work on the Rusk peniten.
tiary, $4,000.
support Of state penitentiaries in case the
control OF them is assumed BY the state.
aud to buy material, etc.. $l5O000. -
! Settling with Cunningham 8 Ellis, Of tho
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