The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-20

seventeenth "a sistarc

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Armis, April i7..-,fho Senate convened
pursuant 10 adjournment 4 rs speaker
was IN the chair. prayer wiq held ny The
Ilchaplnin, the roll was called, and the min
sutes Of the previous meeting were read.
Mr.. Holman introduced q iii correspond.
ing. TO tie house bill prohibiting railroad
Transporting freight than Is specified III the
bill OF lading, under penalty or fine equal
10 the amount of freight for each day the
freight Is withheld. Referred.
Mr.. Burgess introduced. Congressional
.apportionment bill. Referred.
The presdentlaid before the senate. the
university bill that was under considera-
ton pending adjournment Saturday.
Mr.. Gooch offered the following amend
ment: "Fof every acre set apart or sur
yeyed for the university an equal quanti-
" shall be set apart by
the same mode for public
schools, and each fund shall pay its equal
proportion for locating and surveying"
Mr.. Davis opposed the original BILL hold;
ing that the certificates issued are valid
claims against the state.
Mr.. Patton offered an amendment to in
sert between university" and the
words "or where they occur
in the amendment offered by
Mr.. Gooch, land for the three. hundred
ties ana surveyed or to be surveyed"
Mr. Shannon opposed the original bill in
one of the ablest speeches ever delivered in
the senate. He held that the
state was liable TO the holders OF
its certificates, and concluded as follows :
.'Texas, Mr.. President, owes all that it can
boast of to-day of its wealth, its grandeur
and its greatness, to its wealth-producing
classes; not, sir, to its lawyers, its doctors.
its statesmen or its divines, and | deny
that it is degeneration to belong to the
wealth producing classes. If it is the object
of the endowment OF this institution Is to
elevate the children OF the state above the
plans of honest industry, whether of Drawn
or brain, | for one have no land to dispense
in that direction"
Pending further consideration the senate
adjourned.
An invitation was read from the Fire
mems Association and citizens of Palestine
Inviting the members to attend an e1cur-
sion to Long Lake on San Jacinto day.
Faux introduced resolution of thanks
in reception of the invitation and regrettng
the inability Of the members to attend.
Adopted.
lowing appropriations beginning, March 1.t,
1852, and ending February 2Sth 1883 Build
ings already commenced for the lunatic
asylum and additions, $4,000; completing
work on Rusk penitentiary, $4,000;
support of state penitentaries in case
state resumes control of the same
.Sl5O000; settling with Messrs Cunning
ham d Ellis in case the state results control
of the penitentaries $4,000; fitting up
halls for the present session of the legisa-
ture, buying furniture and rent, $1,000 /;
buy the Raymond house in
the city for the state departments and leg
islatuIe, $4,000. For fitting up the same,
$25, 900.
House bill No. So. Kendall's bill, pre-
venting further publication and sale in Texas
of the supreme and appellate court reports,
being the special order of the hour, was
taken up. The bill provides that the state
shall copyright, publish and sell the re-
ports. and fixes the cost of the books fully
20 per cent. less than they can be obtained
under the present system.
Upon motion, the special order. was sus-
pended to allow Todd to introduce
a bill amendatory of chapter 4, title 81,
Revised Civil Statutes. The bill affixes a
penalty OF fine and forfeiture upon railroad
companies in Texas, n majority OF whose
directors reside outside of the state,
The special order was further suspended
and Carson gave notice of motion
to reconsider the vote by which Todd S
amendment of Saturday to the Mack anti
consolidation of railroads bill was
Consideration of Kendalls bill was
then resumed and it passed under
suspension of the rules, the vote on
the final passage being, ayes, II; nays, B.
Davidson introduced bill 10 reguJVe
the duties and rights 1E., railroad
companies owning or operating railroads
=, ia Texas connecting with or intersectlng
each other, and to prevent determination
by them. The bill was referred. The bill
.obligei the railroads, under damages, to
provide suitable depot, transfer, shop
and side track, and keep an agent
there for the prompt transaction OF busi-
ness. 1t further provides no railroad COM
many shall have the right 70 discriminate
Tor or against any other railroad connect
ing or intersecting with or crossing
its own road, ana shall be liable to any
!, company tor injury by the violation OF this
Requirement. it further provides that no
kaiiroad company which does not make
General requirement of charges on freight
Tnom solvent parties, or on delivery TO all
connecting roads shall make any dlscrimi-
n3tion in requiring such prepayment. 1t
saSo provides that no railroad company
shall divert from the point OF delivery,
benman offered resolution requesting
---YfIe governor to advise the passage OF an
act suspending the collection oftaxes until
September l.
Baker amended by stiking out September
1st and inserting November 10th. Adopted.
The resolution, as amended, was adopted
yyeas, As nays, "a.
Nash introduced joint resolution re-
>uuesting the Texas delegation in con-
nress to use their best endeavors 10 secure a
thorough investigation of the subject OF
the denial OF speedy trial OF American citi-
Gems in British prisons, that such citizens
may be speedily discharged, If such i'm
.prisonment is lawful.
Carson made the point Of order
that the subject matte. of the resolution
L.. l..l In. fha
age Overruled.
Nash said that he trusted that abe
motion would prevail. He deiied any gen.
1leman in the house to point out single
line in the resolution that II was not duty
TO comply with. 1t is the duty Of
the United States government TO see that
its citizens imprisoned in foreign dungeons
get speedy trial, guaranteed them under
-tbe constitution. The indefinite
imprisonment of those citizens is contrary
70 the rules of the constitution and OF the
spirit of international law. There IS nothing
in the resolution but what every member
of this house is prepared 10 vote upon
Then why refer II. A vote was then taken
and Cartoons motion prevailed.
Barry called mp the bill repeating the law
granting land to veterans and the widows
n those who fell at the Dawson massacre
He said he was not willing that the Texas
veterans should have more rights than
me crippled Confederate soldiers. Post
poned and made the special order Of 10 a
sm. Monday. -
Having resolved itself into committee Of
The whole on the bill looking TO the boun'
Diary survey to determine the owhership o.
Greer county, the committee reported IN
favor Of paving each commissioner s. q
.dav and reasonable necessary expenses
The report was adopted and the bill en-
crossed.
An executive message was read recom'
rnending that Crockett county be attached
to some unorganized county for Judicia