The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-08

The bin increasing the scholastic age
passed.
Mr.. Gibbs called up the bill to amend the
act Incorporating the city Of Dallas, with
the amendment Of the committee striking
out that part providing for extending the
city limits.
Mr.. Gibbs offered substitute for the
providing that the new terri
tory added to the city BY this act
shall not become part OF the
city until majority of those living In said
new territory, who are qualified voters,
shall have voted to have the territory
added, Adopted.
The second committee amendment strik.
ing out exclusive original jurisdiction
and inserting concurrent jurisdiction,
was adopted.
Mr.. Gibbs moved to strike out the sec
tiou authorizing citizens OF said territory to
petition the mayor to hold an election Tor
the purposes of annexation. Adopted.
Mr. Gibbs moved to amend by striking
out $500 fine for keeping disorderly houses.
Adopted.
Mr.. Harris moved to amend by providing
that a majority of the resident property
owners of the territory may add It to the
city. Lost, and the bill passed.
Adjourned.
On motion Of Davis, of Camp, the pend
ing business was postponed and the bill di-
minishing the civil and criminal iurisdic-
tion of the county court OF Matagorda
county was taken. up, and after being
amended so as to include the counties OF
Kerr, Houston Camp, Presidio, Live Oak.
Donley and Young, passed the house under
suspension of the rules.
On motion Of Moore, OF Eastland, the
senate bill for the relief of certain parties,
w n
up, and under suspension OF the rules
passed the house.
The special order was the railway COM
mission bill, and the pending question to
strike out the proviso in section II, which
permits intersecting roads at stations to Tx
rates without reference to the schedule OK
charges on the balance Of the road.
Ayres offered a substitute to the amend
ment, striking out the whole Of section Y,
and said " don't know what scope the
members intend to give to this bill, but
wish to state in explanation to this amend
ment, that it Is not my purpose to vote Tor
any bill fixing schedule Of rates. l am
profoundly impressed with the idea that
the question Of railroad legislation can
never be settled until IL IS settled upon the
principles Of justice to all. | apprehend 1t
will be objected that some further legisla-
tion is needed in order to prevent discrim-
ination. To this will say that oil the efii-
cacy that section IL contains in the way OF
providing means for the prevention Of dis
elimination Is in my opinion provided for
by articles 4257 and 1858. of the Code OF
Criminal Procedure, and the language OF
this section Is almost identically the same
as that"
The speaker ruled that the authors Of the
bill would be permitted to perfect the sec.
tion before the vote on the substitute could
be taken.
Foster, of Grayson, spoke against the
amendment and in favor of the pr0viso.
and read from the testimony OF j. j.. Far
ley, in which he testified that owing to the
statutes as they now exist, the New Orleans
merchants are able to drive from competi-
tive points in Texas the Galveston mer.
chants by getting cheaper rates OF trans
portation. <
Jones. contended that the proyiso should
DC stricken out, and argued that unless this
was done the efficiency OF the bill would be
destroyed.
Foster, OF Limestone, said, in answer to
the gentleman from Greyson, that SO far as
'ne oiii related 70 commerce between the
states u has no effect whatever, and that
therefore the testimony did not apply,
Crayens contended that the bili should
pass with the proyiso, in order to do Justice
TO all parties, and said that the gentleman
from Limestone HAD frequently spoken Of
the thundcrlngs Of the people asking for
railroad legislation; that tho gentlepiat
himself seemed to be inconsistent, and read
irom q comment of the Weekly Ledger in
which 1t is set forth that Mr. Foster favored
the proyiso, and he thought it strange that
now ne should be on the opposite side, and
was y Tor political effect that the gentleman
had thus undergone such radical change?
Foster said, in regard 70 tho article re-
M As ~, s'p', ~ wa. s characterization
aaitEaL there Was five dollars fine In his
county Tor any man venturing to quote
nom 1t. He contrasted the action OF the
gent leman from Montgomery with that of
another gentleman whom he said had re-
Seived marked copy Of the same paper,
put VINO had the Kindness TO hand the
paper saying, you may do as you please
WIN " lie asserted with much emphasis
tnat ms desire Tor railroad legislation was
not ior ihe purpose of political ambition,
and said that he never expected to run for
another office
Cravens--"I find an article in that same
himself
Robertson, fJack, said that the interests
OF ms people would naturally prompt him
70 vote against the proyiso, but that In the
for 1t ' "'u" 'oc
Taylor held that railroads were public
nisnWays, nnu that any provision which
permitted the people of one town In have
less rates over the same distance of road
than the people of some other section was a
ted. -o' w 'o'e'"
Pending. further discussion motion was
made 10 adjourn, and Withdrawn 10 permit
;Armistead 70 introduce the following reso.
lution: That In the death of Hon. Alex.
anuer IL. stephens, late governor of Geor.
ga the country has lost great statesman.
society p5iitiant ornament, the nation a
large true philanthropist. Adopted
Adjourned till 8p. m,
~, AFTERNOON sEssIoN,
The special order was the general annro.
priatlon bill and the pending Question the
adoption OF RosenthaI's substitute. nnpro.
prlauns SZ3,V00 to the Agricultural and
MsShanlcal college for various purposes.
me substitute was adopted.
seven tnonsand live hundred dollars were
appropriated to the Prarie View normal
school, to be paid out of the senerai rsvs.
nue.; also, $500 for building a school-room.
koscntal offered an amendment mskinp
the following additional appropriations "a
the Prairie View school: For ,cnair;nv
a,S,I,mi'ory ,.,,nn male Department., $500 for reci'
library nanSy apparatus, $500; for lamps ana stoves.
SoVV; ior wagon and two horses
anu harness, $500; FOR eniarg.
ing and furnishing laundry. s50O. fSnr
furniture Tor the new house, 5000: for fsnc.
Ing pasture and farm, $500 ' ~ ~
:, Ihe appropriation Of 500, 900 for quaran-
tine purposes was ad, pied.
Inc clause appropriating $4,000 for con.
veying prisoners To the penitentiary was
auop,eu, w ., ana me amendment by Garrison
library for convicts. ''' "
Under the head Of the clause for the nav
ment OF the public debt, the fuliowinr an
preparations were made For immntured
nonds, Ss2i ,sl0.s0; Tor malured bonds.
S-p'noogii SiI, i9r debt certificate, $1,000. 20.