The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-01

would no5 prevail. That IL would be better
TO lay the motion On the taolc. The frauds
should be thoroughly investigated.
Barrett am opposed TO the resolution
\ We have three separate and distinct de-
partmeuts Of our government. the execu"
live, legislative and judiciary. To adopt the
resolution would be 10 displ2ce the judi
Ciary function of our government. am
decidedly in favor of leaving the matter to-
our courts.
Frank-'sThe resolution is simply to set
the facts before.his house, in order that we
may devise some means by which the
proper officers may take stops to ferret out
and disclose tlle sWindles which have been
perpetrated."
refer. Carried.
Foster, Of Lin, estcae, moved the previous
question. The yes and maya were called
tor-aye5, "a; nays, y.
Under a susp ension of the rules, the
house Joint resolution spproprlatlng
$3.50 for the repairing OF the governors
mansion, was taken up and passed.
House bill No. 156, outitied IAN act to
create o board for the assessment and
equalization of raihoa rolling stock and
other movable properly of railroad COM
panies III this state" YVES taken up as the
special order for the hou-.
Chenoweth, the author of the bill, said
that the taxatirn of property should be
made uniform; that there was now such an
assessment of the railroad rolling stock and
their movable property as virtually
amounted to no taxation. he called the at
teution Of the house 10 the -act that on TWO
separate occasions the comptroller had
recommended that q tribunal of some kind
should be organized for the purpose OF
erualiZing the taxation on this species OF
PROPERTY; that under the law as it now ex-
listed, q clerk or agent OF a rai!Way corpora
ton made his report to the assessor, and
cd n
to him by the agent of the
railroad without having any means, as the
law now exists, of inquiring into the just.
ness of the report. Chenoweth discussed
the bill Mt some length, pointing out the
defects in the present law, and showing how
the taxation on the wagons and carriages
and coaches in the state amounted to more
than that received from railroads on their
vast amount of movable property. He said
that some of the members considered the
bill unconstitutional, but he Thought there
was nothing III IT Whlcn CONNECTED Win ZIG
constitution.
Wurzbaoh said he agreed with the gen.
| tleman from Fannin in great measure,
| but that he considered the bill unconstitu--
| tiona that the constitution provided board
| of EQUALIZATION for the taxation OF property,
and that he could endorse no measure con-
| ficting with its provisions:
| Chambers of Collin, said that he thought
his friend from Bexar (WuIzbach) was la
boring under Misrepresentation; that he
was in the legislature when the constitution
was framed, and he was sure that none OF
| the provisions to which Mr.. Wurzbach had
referred were intended to operate against
anything proposed in the bill:
Scott objected to the bill because he
| thought the constitution made ample pro-
visions for the assessment and equalization
of all taxes on railroad property, roilhg
| Los rpaI. bod
Moore, Of Eastland, thought the bill pro-
posed was contrary to the constitution. we
might as well say the legislature has rlght
/ to create supreme court as TO create q
| board OF commissioners as provided III the
| bill: that he thought the commissioners
courts were as capable OF acting as the
| board offered US in the bill, which makes
the governor commissioner OF the land
! office and the comptroller the board that
| those gentlemen mentioned had enough
already to do in their respective positions.
Patterson hoped that the bill would not
become q law saying that he considered it
wholly unconstitutional; that even If the
| hill became law the railroads would never
pay q cent of the tax under its provisions.
He was in favor Of leaving the law as 1t Is
for the present.
of the bill and could see nothing in its pro-
visions that was unconstitutional.
| Robertson, of Jack, considered the bill
unconstitutional, and hence he, believing
as he did, could not give it his endorse
ment Pending the consideration OF the
bill, the house adjourned till 1880 tonight.
EVENING SESSION.
The house met at 1880 p. IN. The special
order of the evening session was the memo
rial services of George r. Reeves, deceased,
late speaker of the house. The hall was
appropriately draped in mourning, and
many ladies were present to do honor to the
departed speaker.
/ After singing by the Presbyterian choir,
the resolutions expressive Of the sympathy
of the house for the great loss the state had
sustained by his death, were taken up, and
I -r, OF Grayson, in a very appropriate
a., tss, reviewing the life of HOi. George
II. Reeves, moved an adoption of the resolu-
uons, which was seconded BY MosST5. Cooh.
ran, Graves, Chenoweth, Frymier and
Others, all of whom spoke Of the integrity
and purity OF the man.
Alter the adoption Of the resolutions, the
house ad oprued till 10 a. m. tomorrow.
CAPITAL CHRoNIcLIHGs,
Senator Glib. is disguised With the
secrecy Of the executive sessions, and will
Introduce bill repeating the law relative
thereto. .,
Receipts at the treasury to-day, SSO,OJ)r
of which Si7,0 900 were for pubic lands.
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