The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13

. THIS Dill provides Tor general reduction y
, all occupation taxes, leaving out many
{ items.
Benayides introduced bill amending
article 1862 chapter |, title xcv of the re
yised statutes, approved March "a, 1881
Referred.
Faulk offered resolution that u com.
mittre Of three be appointed to act in CON
junction with u like committee from the
senate for the purpose Of selecting suit
able building, etc, for the senate cham
Der and house of representatives, and ne.
cessary rooms for the comptroller's and
treasurer's offices. Adopted.
The speaker appointed Messrs. Faux,
Gibson and Tarleton as such committee.
Barry introduced bill to APP
portion the state into congressional
districts. Referred.
Stewart offered resolution asking that
the unorganized county OF Crockett be at
tached, for judicial purposes, to some Or
ganized county. Tabled
Nash introduced bill relative to articles
29S2, 2090, 299l, 2902, 1903 and 1854, re-
lating to land grants to canal and bitches.
Referred.
Mack introduced bill to amend
articles 1915 and 42i7, chapter X, Re-
vised Statutes, prohibiting railway
companies from consolidating their
stock franchise, etc, and fixing penalties
therefor. Referred.
Barry introduced bill to repeal the
act of March 10Th, 1881, granting certificates
of l $50 acres of land to the veterans and
soldiers of the Texas revolution, and the
surviving widows of those who fell at the
Dawson massacre. Referred.
By McComb-A bill to define the duties
of common carriers with regard to the state
of freight damage while in transit and pre-
scribe penalty. Referred.
Matlock reported fayorably on
| Al III - Alt.pn
passenger pas '"Th traffic to three cents
per mile with the following amendments:
That all railways constructed or to be con-
structed west Of the Tooth degree of longi-
| tude may charge not to exceed five cents
a mile, and for children under II years a
proportionate reduction.
| The same committee reported unfavorably
house bills ten to twenty-eight, and the bill
favorably reported gave nearly the same
subject matter for the public end. Also
favorably on the bill repeating the act
granting land certificates to Confederate
soldies.
Paddock for the committee on public
to the bill providing for the
Statutes, reducing the cost from $500 to
$2.00p per copy.
Mr. Wurzbach, from the committee on
revenue and taxation, presented the ma
jority and minority reports on the bills
amending sections A. ,666 and 4,6sS OF the Re-
vised Statutes. The minority report of Mr..
Upton represented that the minority
favored some means of authorizing coun-
ties, cities and towns to levy a higher rate
of taxation, they questioned the constitu-
tionality of the measure and they
recommended that it be referred to the at
torney-general and the judiciary commit
tee for their information.
fn, tln mil ffDn
ported favorably the bill to extend the law
for the redemption of lands condemned by
| the state for taxes, with the following
amendment: Strike out 8 and insert Is.
McComb introduced a bill to apportiOn
the state into congressional districts. Re-
| ferred.
Matlock's bill to prevent the sale of pub
lie domain or public school lands Tor less
than dollar an acre. was read second
| time.
McCord moved to amend by striking out
one dollar and inserting two dollars.
Finlay took the position that under the
constitution it was only possible to arrest
the proceeds from the state of the school
lands in the United States courts or by tax
bonds. A law should be enacted with
drawing those lands from sale
until the constitutional difficulty could
| be overcome and the proceeds in
vested in better interest-bearing
! Securities. The money might be loaned 10
the counties of the state for the building of
| court-hOuses.
Matlock took issue with Finlay, contend
ing that the effect of tying up the lands
would retard immigration, and be great
| injustice TO exact the adoption of McCord's
amendment. lie contended it would lead
to a like result, as the lands taken in body
were not worth more than dollar an acre.
McComb was opposed to tieing up the
| 10 nh m ia a :
went United States bonds will be worth
| less than now when the greenback party
shall have the country in their power, but
that will be after our grandchildren are
dead. He was in favor Of doing something
for the present generation. lie did not
favor McCord's amendment, because 1t
proposed to virtually put them out OF the
market.
Arnold thought there was "A large body
of land that in his county will never be
worth over 50 cents an acre. The counties
along that line were poor and needed the
tax that would spring up from having the
| lands taken up.
Wurzbach moved an adjournment TIL
o'clock. Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tarleton said he was not going 70 vote
recklessly on the subject. lie had not seen
| the bill, and for that reason he would move
that it be made the special order for Mon
day at 3 p. M, and that sufficient number
of copies be printed for the house.
Matlock was fearful ofdelay. lie thought
that the land sharks, when apprlscd of the
| fact that the bill was before the house,
would grab up all they could. lie asked
the gentleman from Travis to withdraw his
motion. i.
Fly did not favor haste. Too much of
the public domain had already been dis
/ posed of in q hurry. MatlocK said he
would state TO Fly that this bill
/ did not affect alternate certificates. Fly
/ said he was as much interested in the land
| I'm the Pan Handle as in Gonzales county.
Rodriguez moved that the amendment be
| lard on the table.
Roach thought the house as well prepared
to vote on the bill now as on Monday.
| He was not disposed to give the land sharks
az opportunity TO gobble up this land. In
! the meantime after futher debate partici-
pated in by WurzbOch, McCord and
| Purlv, a vote was taken OF the motion 20
postpone ard il was lost.
Finlav offered the following amendment
as a substitute for McCOrd's amendment
! Insert after the word acre in lieu thereof
| land reserved from sale, under tdapter II,
gCaeral laws Of the special session %
the sixteenth legislature. and two dollars
does BOi give notice Of some e.. afterpd stock
company orranizgn Tor the purpose oi
stock -rsisirr in western Texas. Thee
companies say The land b valuable. aud
they are willing 20 pay f0T ID, because they
will reap pront from %. Tie Hisled
the minimum price could he placed So ns to
keen the land uut Of The market. IL tHuk
issue With McC0mb GA the subject ui
posicrity. What was the meaning of per
manent fund IL not that il vas a benefit
per rcre for all other public school lands.
Mccord accepted the substitute.
McCOnl, IN n very able speech.
which ELECTED applause from she
gailerr. reminded the house fhat
however low the minimum price
ST might Be. the best lands would be- taken
M. for railroad operators on the frontier
are now preparing % gobhle up the DO
main. lie was told that river land sas
worth as high ns s. an acre