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SENATE.
| Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN April 2J-The senate COW .enet
pursuant to adjournment. The speG. e
was in the chair; prayer was held by The
chaplain /; Tie roll was called, and the min
utes Of the previous meeting We're read.
Mr.. Shannon, from committee on inter
nal improvements, reported back the bill
to protect manufacturers Of railroad ties
and recommended its passage.
Mr. Holman introduced a joint resolution
granting Judge ID. McAdoo, county judge
of Washington county, leave of absence.
Referred.
The tax bill was then taken up.
Mr. Stubs moved to amend by striking
out the taxing of palace sleeping or dining
room cars $3.50 for each and every mile
run, and providing that they be taxed upon
their gross receipts.
Mr.. Duncan offered a substitute for the
amendment striking out $3.50 per mile for
each ard every mile run, and inserting 70
cents. Lost.
The pending question was the adoption
of Mr.. Stubs amendment.
Mr.. Harris offered a substitute TO strike
out mot owned by the railroad company"
and that all palace, sleeping or dining.
room cars, no matter by whom owned, be
taxed for each and every mile run.
Mr.. Houston moved the previous question
on the substitute. The question was order
ed and the substitute lost; and Mr.. Stubs
amendment was adopted.
Mr. Henderson moved to amend by
striking out receipts" and inserting met
receipts" Lost.
Mr.. Gooch moved to amend by exempting
solicitors for newspapers. and grayestone
drummers from the drummers' tax.
Adopted.
Mr.. Patton moved to amend by striking
out anyone soliciting subscriptions for re-
ligious literature Lost.
Mr.. Terrell moved to amend by exempt
ing free wagon-yards from taxes. Adopted.
Mr.. Houston moved to amend by exempt
fruit peddlers, who deal in fruit exclusively,
from occupation taxes.
Mr.. Lightfoot moved to amend the
amendment by including fruit trees. Ac-
copied.
Mr.. Duncan, to protect the children,
offered to amend by inserting ripe fruit
Lost.
Mr.. Houston's amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Gooch moved to amend by striking
out Occupation tax of SO upon physi-
Clans" Adopted.
Mr.. Terrell moved to amend by pro-
viding that a sworn statement of messages
sent by telegraph companies can be made
by any officer of the companies authorized
to do so. Adopted.
Mr.. Stubs moved to amend by making
dealers in stocks, securities and exchange
pay the same occupation tax required from
bankers and brokers. Adopted,
Mr.. Patton moved to amend by increas-
ing the occupation tax upon lawyers from
So to $40. Lost.
Mr.. Swain moved to amend by striking
out occupation tax upon lawyers. Lost.
Mr.. Duncan moved to amend by striking
out "cock fight" and inserting COCK pit, !"
and to increase the tax on the same to $50.
Adopted.
Mr.. Buchanan moved to amend by tax
ing all persons selling the Police News,
Police Gazette and similar illustrated jour
nails $500 per annum in each county where
in said papers are sold. Adopted unani-
mously.
Mir. Davis offered to amend by reducing
the tax on concerts where a fee of admission
is charged, from So to 80. Adopted.
Mr.. Cooper movcd 70 reconsider the vote
adopting the amendment of Mr.. Stubs,
striking out the mileage tax on palace
sleeping and dining-room cars.
Mr.. Houston moved to lay on the table.
Lost.
The vote adopting Mr.. Stubs amend
ment was then reconsidered.
Mr.. Duncan offered a substitute for the
am endment, striking out Sl.5O and insert
ing 80 cents in exchange for every mile such
cars may run Adopted.
The substitute was then adopted by
striking out in the section taxing peddlers,
the words exclusively religious i'll charac-
ter" Adopted.
Mr.. Brown offered to amend by imposing
tax upon all palace sleeping or dining
room cars, no matter by whom operated.
Adopted.
Mr. Buchanan moved 10 amend by pro-
viding that persons who peddled literature
of doubtful morality shall not be exempt
from peddlers' tax. Adopted.
Mr.. Duncan offered TO amend by exempt
ing persons who travel and sell drugs or
medicines bv sample or card from the $40
tax, and confininB it to those who denver
the goods. Lost.
NJ. stuhbs offered To amend bv exempt.
ing sleeping cars from the mileage tar
which run in excursion trips. Lost.
The bill to protest makers and manfsct
urers Of railroad ties was taken up and
passed. -,
The senatorial and representative bill
was taken up.
The house amendment striking from The
fourth district Bowie as a returning county
and inserting Cass was not concurred in.
The amendment striking form the seven
| teen district Bowie as returning county
and inserting Morris was not concurred In
| All the other amendments were adopted.
The bill granting land certificates TO sur
vivors of the Dawson massacre passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Hutchinson introduced a bill to recog
nize the validity and pay the interest OF
the debt due by the state TO the common
school and university fund. Referred.
The bill providing.for the necessities OF TN
Prairie View normal school was taken vi
and passed.
The railroad compromise bill was takeI
| up on its third reading and passed.
] PaddOck's bill Obliging railroads TO de
] liver freight on the charges given in the BIZ
Of lading and prescribing penalty, wa
taken up.
Mack offered an amendment providing
that the bills Of lading be issued by rail
roads in the state OF Texas, or by those will
which they have working arrangements
/ Lost.
StringfellO- offered an amendment add
ing seven additional sections to the bil
providing against discrimination in freight
McCOrd made the point OF order that tn
proposed amendment was one OF the bill
reported from the committee on internal
improvements with the Recommendation
that il lie on the table, and was, cOnse
quently, not admissible. The speaker aus
tanned the point Of order.
Foster moved the previous question. Or
dered, and the bill passed.
The general appropriation bill was ther
taken m in the committee Of the whole
tha ouesfion being the APPROXIMATION o