The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
Eightieth Days Proceedings.
SENATE,


AUSTIN, April 10, 1888.
The senate met at $3.50 a. m, Lieut..
Gov. MHrtin presiding and quorum
present.
The following prayer was offered by
the chaplain, Rev DIR. Smoot.
o Lord, we thank Thee for the kind
Providence which has brought us safely
through the night to the light of another
morning. And now, o Lord, in the closing
hours of this session, may Thy blessing
be upon these senators as they go down
to their homes and their constituency.
May they DE men who fear Sod and hon
or the laws. May they be impressed with
the brevity of life and the frailty of hui
man nature, the certainty of death and
the awful :act that they will soon have to
appear before the judgment seat of God,
to give AN account for the deeds of the
life they have lived here. May they seek
Thy p1rdoning love in the person of Thy
son. Our Father, bless this common
wealth in all things, in lis officers and its
people. Let Thy benedlction rest upon
us, and when life is closed here receive
US unto Tbyself, for Christ's sake. Amen.
heading the journal was dispensed
with.
Mr.. Terrell, chairman judiciary COM
mittee No. l, reported favOrably house
bill No. So, to dissolve and extend the
MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE
Announced the passage of senate bill No.
l2O, providing for payment OF expenses
of attached witnesses in felony cases.
Senate bill No. 209, with amendment,
fixing compensation of tax collectors.
The adoption of senate concurrent
resolution, to adjourn sine die at II M,
Friday, with amendment changing the
hour to 10 m.
Concurred in senate amendment to
house bill No. 50 and house bill No. 226.
406, amending article 1190, revised civil
statutes.
On motion of MIR. Traylor, house amend
ment to senate bill No. 266, was cOncurred
in.
Also concurred in house amendment to
resolution of adjournment.
Mr.. Peacock called up house bill 800, to
dissolve and extend the charter of the
Jeffel son iron company. Passed.
Mr.. Patton: Resolution authorizing
senate porters to ASSIST assistant SER
geant-at-arms for term of five days
Adopted.
MIR. Fleming-Your committee to wait
upon the governor have performed their
duty. and were informed by him that he
had no further communication to make
to the senate, except the document which
l herewith present. which he requests to
be read.
The governor said: In closing the la
bors of the eighteenth legislature, l can
not withhold the expression of genuine
qualification at the result of your meet
ing That there was at one time feeling
of unquist and apprehension that the re-
form measures looked for by the people
would not be made is true. This fear
arose from the imperative demand for
these measures.
The country may not congratulate it,
self and you that most of the important
measures looked for have become an ac-
complished fact. In providing for an ad-
ditional lunatic asylum and the improve
ment of the one now in operation, the
lunatics of the state will be
cared for.
In Withdrawing the school and asylum
lands from market, and devising Jystem
by which something may be real
lied for said lands. The perma-
nent school and university fund may
be materially augmented and enaole tho |
state to educate the children without q |
heavy burden being laid upon the people. |
BY submitting an amendment TO the |
allowing separate school
tax to be levied we may be able 10 aid ]