The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-05
EXTRA SESSION.
What the Senate Did Yesterday...A
Creditable Amount Of Business
Disposed Of by that Au-
gust Body.
The House Spend n Very Busy Day..
Bills Acted Upon by the Rep.
Sentatiyes.
Interesting Data from the Capital...
Gleanings by Reporters Worthy
Of Perusal.
Some Entertaining Items from the
Island City.
Crop and Stock Reports from Different
Sections.
Other Interesting State News.
Seventeenth Legislature.

SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
AUSTIN, May 4.-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 were read.
The president said the report of the exec.
utive session which appeared in the Jour
nal was an oversight of the assistant Sec
retary.
The house bill providing for the publica-
tion of 1000 volumes of the Revised Stat
utes passed
The bill setting aside the public lands in
Green county for veterans and school pur-
poses went to the table on its final passage,
through failure to suspend the rules.
Mr.. Shannon, from the commitree on
internal improvements reported unani-
mously the house bill for the appointment
of railroad commission.
The bill providing water and fire extin-
guishers for public buildings and grounds
was passed.
The bill providing for the leasing of school
land at not less than $50 section of 6i0
acres, was passed.
A substitute preventing the sale of tim.
Der land at not less than IS was passed.
The house bill withdrawing public lands
from sale was substituted for senate bill
and passed.
A joint resolution to proceed to an
election to select place tor branch
passed, which provides that the election
shall be held the same AZ state elections
are.
The senate insisted on its amendment
increasing the salary of the experimenting
architect of the new capital to $500.
The senate passed the bill compelling
railroad companies to deliver freight on
charges in bin OF iading.
| 1t also passed the bill remitting license to
liquor dealers closed up by law.
| Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Joint resolution, providing for O
branch of the university for colored youths
was taken up and passed.
The bill providing for remission of the
license to liquor dealers, who have been
driven from their occupation by local op
tion, was also passed.
| Stewart. OF Hopkins, made a strong but
fruitless effort to have the senate railroad
commission bill taken up. He said ht
wanted to place the members on the re
cord.
BY vote on the suspension of the rules Q
vote was taken and the motion to suspend
the rules was lost-ayes Al; nays 40.
Daily called up the county tax bill ant
governors veto, and moved that the bill
be passed, Notwithstanding the obstruc
ton of the governor.
Finlay contended that the governors OBJ
jections were misleading.
Caldwell, ,Grayson, and several othel
counties levied 25 cents, aul
the legislature Of 1870 actually put \
construction upon this clause OF the consti
tuition, and the governor signed the law
Why, then, does the governor hold that 1
has not the right to put construction OF
the constitution? The commissioners
cour}s have not undertaken TO con
strue the constitution; but they hav,
the statute books by the seventeenth legis
lature. If the commissioners court hay,
placed the same construction on the ac
that the governor has, they have not don,
1t but once, agreeable to any public senti
ment, or by their own construction of th,
constitution, but the law which is upon tn,
statute books of the country.
Finlay took the position of the framer,
OF the constitution, that thu
amount of county taxes be 9
cents on the 500 and sot on slidin,
scale. In proof of which he called
In evidence the opinions of Gainther
Dahoney and Ballings, members of tn,
convention, A vote was taken on Finlay'
the vote Yeas-Anderson, Arnold
Barry, Gennock, Blocker, Beck, Brown
Brace, Coyen, Davidson, Douglass
Evans. Faulk, Finlay, Frymaer
Gather, Gibson, Grant. Fry, Haidusick
Haynes, Hall, Hutchinson, johnson, Ken
DALI Keene, Kindred, Labatt, Lewis
Lynn, Matlock, Mathews, McComb, Nc
Cord. Paddock, Parker, Peacock, Perrenot
Policy, .Richards, Riggs, Roach, Ro,'
rigues, Scott, Stewart OF Hopkins, Stril
ling, Stringfellow, Thompson, Tomkins
Upton, Woods, Wooldridge-total,5 52.
Nays-Ayers, Bike, Broker, Benevides
with, Donnell, Denman, Fly, Foster
Geiger, Cranberry, Linton, Mack, Merri Il
Moursund, Nash, Oliver, 0xsheer, Patter
son, Plumley, Ragsdale, Smith OF Hunt
Stewart of Kinney, Storey, Tarleton, TEN
pleton, Todd, Traylor, Truit, and Wurz
bach.
The senate university bill was taken u,
and indefinitely postponed. Pending th
consideration. Mr.. Gather, referring TO tn
university and school bonds Of doubtful
,au lity, said: /, forone, am willing for thi
ueot 70 remain Wnere Governor Dhvi
placed II, as debt Of doubtful validity, an,
that should the same misfortune as war, etc
A letter was read from COMMISSIONS
Walsh inviting attention for immedi late &C
tion to protect public mineral lands agains
absorption by spectators at present value
Maddox made several iruitless efforts 4
get the bi before the house meeting, IN
requi tment In this line as also Of timbe
lana.
The pension bill was taken up and kille,
at engrossment, ater much flllibustering
In which the house consumed the create
part OF the afternoon session.
Objection was raised to the senate amend
ment 10 the appropriation bill, making pre-
vision for the purchase OF 40 acres Of Ian,
for lunatic asylum farm.
The house failing to adopt the report q
comnittee Of conference committee Q
free conference was appointed, and the sen
ate recedcd from its objections,
The amendment Of tie bill providin
against the collection Of taxes In unorean
ised counties from 1871 10 1874 Was passed
Adjourned.
cArrrAL NOTES. .
Judge. II. L. Henry, Of Dallas, b IN