The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-11


passed.
On motion of Mr.. Stubs, senate bill No.
| y, to extend the time within which all
| persons whose lands have been sold for
taxes and bought in by the state may re.
deem them.
The same was taken up, the rules sus.
pended and passed.
on motion of Mr.. Davenport the senate ad
/ ionrned until $50 tomorrow morning,
1 tlT HOUSE
| The house convened pursuant TO adjourn
men.. The speaker was in the chair;
prayer was held by the chaplain; the roll
was called, and the minutes of the previous
meeting were read.
McComb offered resolution that COM
mittec of thirty-one, to consist of one from
each senatorial district, be appointed ON
senatorial and representative apportion-
ment, to include the committee appointed
at the regular session of this legislature on
senatorial and representative apportion-
ment.
The chairman to same, Todd, moved its
postponement till Monday Lost.
A vote was then taken on the resolution,
and 1t was adopted.
Faux moved to reconsider the vote taken
on Saturday ON house bill No. 0, fixing
the yalue Of unsold public domain and
school lands. He iought there were am
biguous terms about the bill that needed
amendment. The bill embraced two sub
jects. 1t proposed to mix up school lands
with the anticipated public domain when
in truth and fact there is no public do
main subject to location. He
undertook to say the bill was deficient in
constitutional particulars.
The law itself, under the constitution,
will not be sufficient, and neither caption
nor enacting clause of the bill vas suili-
cient.
A vote was taken and the motion adopted.
Faux moved to recommit the bill. Lost.
McOord offered resolution recinding
: the Joint resolution of last session
+ undcs which the joint committee on .ene
torial anl representative oppoiHonmen'
vas appointed, Adopted:
I Burke offered Il re oluticn that the com
8 mittee on revenue ana taxation are re
: 9pecttully requested to consider IN wha
amount taxation can be reduced, and to re
+, port bill making the reduction entirely
Il upon ad yalorem and poll tax. Referred.
= Matlock, from the committee on publ,
. lands and land Office, reported as q sub
!, stitute for house bill No. 10
d under consideration on Saturday, hous,
: bill No. 43, which provides that the com
I missioner of the land office is prohibited
:, other land certificates, except To-
e internal Improvements already con
e cluded. The third section provides tina
s the commissioner shall receipt OF
i the face of the certificates, provided ther
is is vacant land to be found" but shall no
Z be otherwise claim against the state.
s. Mack offered an amendment by striking
y out Except for internal improvements al
x ready completed
D. ton from the land office to the effect tina
d land certificates have been issued largel
ID in excess of the land subjeC
y He did not believe the state could be he'll
m responsible for the surplusage, hut that
j, not q question for the house to determine
CT They could, however, stop any further IL
suance of certificates and curtail any ful
I. ther responsibility, if responsibility ther
I'd be.
,e Traylor hoped the amendment would nC
IS, carry. IL involves rights already acquired
ne and so would be unconstitutional
o. Gibson asked the friends of the bill If i
d. passage would not authorize the issuanC
nd OF certificates upon miles of railroad III
e. completed, and in cases of forfeiture
d. charter, certificates have been refused,
r. the amendment does not prevail
'e- was question In his mind wheth,
the term completed" as embrace
is in the bill referred to th
or to the time at which application Is mac
nd bill he held, in this regard was susceptib
y of twofold Interpretation.
Gather said there was good deal OF daI
II. ger in the bill. Not twenty minutes ~
c. the governor had told him that he had d
te MED lands for 500 miles of complete
On railroad in consequence OF Il
forfeit of charters. 1t occurred to hi
~ (daither) that this bill would give railroa
ie companies land certificates denied them
IA the legal authorities Of Texas.
of Baker offered q substitute that the con
X, missioner OF the general land office shall Ii
10 corporate In the body Of all land certificate
hereafter issued: 1.-The state of Texas shal
IL in no case, be responsible In any way 4
this certificate In case the public domai
" is established before its location; and iu
be ther onacting that the state shall in no ca
nd be liable in any form for the value of Ian
oil certificates when the public domain is G
re hausted, In case II should ut any time b
es come SO.
e. Baker contended for his substitute tn
re- certificates would not pass into the han,
re OF innocent purchasers and the state won
'c- not be responsible If there is domain to
OF cate them upon.
ty Barry opposed the substitute because
10 attempted to do something In n roun
in about way which might be done in
ng straightforward manner. The amen
mcnt OF tne GcntltIucil lTulu NVll
he denying certificates to those who ha
nit already complied with the law, he won
he call population. The difficulty encou
he tered by the member from Ellis Gibso
10 MS to the time referred 10 in the bill cou
&c be very easily remedied by amendmer
and he would support an amendment
lse that kind.
he The substitute was Objectionable 10 hi
th because It lacked plainness Of intcntio
by II said that we can refer this question
Ial the proper tribunal hereatler-we want
ed more law 80, -. -. edle
nly any question that can be settle,nesiis, ,
ST. FLY sAid there was .aIo was ,espons
ad to whether or not thP, 6"o,es aIreatv /
rat ble for superlluous .,i,nic was adont:d
lar sued, but it the sgghe responsibility woul
or s..uSS h D,nh Discussions this morning ha
he sa,;ssus v aSih him more than ever that q
80. hnnss wss nc. prepare g ae, and
NJ Moved that the bill, With all
br r,ibstitutes and amendments, be made "a
order O. the day ser "a c'clcck Thrrdl
nj next, and that the bill be printed.
kc Foster hoped the motion would nor pr
et- vail. lie didn't believt that ne hons
nd would be any more enlishteneS on Thur
rt, day, or more competent tc take actioi
~. than this morning, II past Do evidcr
al