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Capital Notes and Gossip.
Seventeenth Legislature.
SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN, April 25,--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 we're read.
The special order being tho consideration
of the congressional appointment bill, that
bill with Mr.. Houston's amendment was
taken up.
Mr. Swain moved that the bill with the
amendments be recommitted to the com
mittes that existing difficulties might be
overcome and more acceptable bill be
prepared and presented. The motion was
lost.
Mr.. Houston opposed the bill because
he thought the district as framed would be
turned over to the republicans.
Mr.. brown opposed the amendment and
stated that Senator Houston was the only
senator from west of the Colorado river
that favored the amendment. He would
vote against 1t. The amendment was lost.
Mr.. Houston offered as u substitute bill
No. 10, known as the Cooper bill.
Mr,Buchanan moved that the vote by
"niou 'iic "ihenuineh' oi'ercu py mr. DAVIS
was lost, be rcconsidered. Carried.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Davis was
from the 9Th and adds IL to the 1lth district
and takes Archer and BAYLOR counties
| from the llth and adds them to the 5th
district.
Mr.. Houston moved to reconsider tbe
vote had attaching Navarro comfy IN the
9th district, The senate refused 70 re-.
consider the substitute offered bv Mr.
/ Houston--yeas, Q: nays. q.
The pending bill was then ordered en-.
| crossed by the following vote.
Yeas-Buchanan Rl1rgess naverpor,
Duncan. Gooch. Harris. Hich
| tower. I,air Martin. McDnnald Monya
| Patton. Ranev. Ross. swain ,riison ond
Wynne--tctal IL.
Nays-Prown Burton Davis Uoman
! Houston. iightf1ot. Shannon Stesart
Stubbs. Terrell and Weatbe ed--totaI, n
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Woods offered ioint resolution granting
leave of nbseuce to Hon. ". Carleton,
Judge of kaufman county. Referred.
C6enault introduced a bin providing fo,
the sale of school lands. Ii fixes the mini.
mum price at from 81 to SO nm ocre
money to be paid in ten mn.
nual installments; the purchaser aftc,
six months NAV nav the whole purchase
msaev on all or portion of the purchase
which gives him the right 10 cut timber tS
the extent of the full purchase maid. The
| hin makes IL n penitentiary oiIense to cut
the timber off The land before flll novment
Is made. Referred.
Oliver, for tho committee on public
health and vital statistics iavorabiy re-
norted the bill exempting druCgists from
license for the sale of pure alcohol
Paddocks railroad bill was taken I'M and
passed to epgrossment.
The house ioint resolution allowing tho
employment Of statistical clerks from the
appropriation of Sll 900 dollars made by
the seventeenth legislature was passed.
Fmlay had the following reasons for hi.
vote spread upon the record ~ vote no.
| because the commissioner has uniformly
refused the press of the state the use of stu.
tistics in his office for publication, ON tho
ground that IL would be taking the cream
of his forthcoming book. and because | re
gard the office of insurance, statistics and
history as fraud" '''''
The house bill authorizing county com.
missioners courts to levy tax equal to ono.
half of the state tax allowed
by the constitution and half the occupatio,,
tax, was then taken up and passed. ''''
The committee substitute for the b,r
I looking to the appointment of boar5 y,
railroad commissions was taken up. TLe
bill provides for the appointment of tl,rae
commissioners by the governor with be ,he
advice and by the consent of the
I senate, at annual salary each ~,
50. 800, to have general supervision
over all railroad freight or transportaton
companies IN the state; to examine and ;n'
spect the same when necessary; to kee,
themselves fully informed as to the man.
ner in which roads are operated with reG,.r,
encc to the security, convenience and rights
of the pnblic; TO inform themselves To the
compliance OF such railroad or transporia.
ton companies with all the provisions nj
I their charters; to report unsafe track.
bridges, culyerts etc, to the COMPANY III,
recting the speed under penalty untii thr I,,
necessary repairs are made. TLe board sus ars