The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-15
Austin: The House Passes Large
Batch of Important Bills.
The Senate Does but Little Save Re
eelve Committee Reports.
Gorernor Ireland Appoints three Uni-
versity Regents..Conilrmed.
Paris: County Local Option is Most
Decisively Defeated.
Fort Worth viii Soon Have n New
Jail building.
Colorado: A Cowboys Pistol Does
Its Work.
Other Interesting State News.
)lher Interesting State News.
Eighteenth Legislature.
sENATE.

Eighteenth Legislature.
SENATE.
AUSTIN, March n,-[Specal. / Petitions
were presented as follows:
BY Mr.. Chesley-From students Of Bay
lor university and citizens of Independence,
asking a prohibition amendment.
BY Mr.. Fowler--From citizens of Texas,
on the same subject.
Mr.. Pleutfer, from the finance commit
tee, reported uniayorably the resolution
requesting the committee to inquire into
the sutllciency of the bond of the state
treasurer.
unfavorably-The bill to pay the claim
OF Brownsville and other claims for quaran.
tine expenses.
| Uniavorably-T bill to pay the claim
of w. NJ. Wilson for work ON the East
Texas penitentiary.
| Mr., Patton, from the committee on state
affairs, reported back the house bill to
pension veterans, with several amend
ments.
Mr.. Terrell introduceda q resolution revok-
| ing the penitontiary leases if the house does
not adopt the senate amendment before the
adjournment of the legislature.
Mr.. Davis called up the bill amending the
law condemning property for opening,
widening or altering streets, and introduced
n substitute changing manner OF assessing
damages and providing for appeals.
The substitute was adopted.
Mr., Gibbs moved to amend by providing
for the condemnation of property for LAYING
water pipes, Adopted, and the bill passed
Mr.. Jones called up the bill TO authorize
county commissioners to issue bonds for the
erection OF co,At-houses and jails, and Ia
| levy q tax not TO exceed one-fourth of one
per cent. to pay the same. Engrossed.
Mr. Pleutler called up the bill prohibiting
! tax collectors who are their own successors
| from collecting taxes until their bonds are
approved. Passed
The president laid before the senate the
bill to exempt Wise county from the opera
ton OF the inspection law.
Mr.. Jones moved TO amend by exempt.
ing Harris county. Adopted, and the bill
was eugrossed
The bill TO pay school vouchers, audited
under tho act of 1876, was laid before the
! senate.
! Mr., Buchanan moved to amend by pro.
| viding that the tax to be levied TO pay
claims shall only be levied and collected IN
the school district against which the
claims is held. Adopted, and the bill
| passed.
| A message was received from tie governor
appointing the following university re.
gents; b. Il. Hadra, J. u. CLARK, NJ. W.
| Garnet.
sion lnG cgnlrined THO aberskappoi-,,
ments.
The bill to pay the claim of the temper
ary capitol contractor passed.
The bill to organize a system OF summer
normal schools and appropriatiDg $1,000
to sustain the schools for the years 1883 and
1881 was taken up.
Mr. Harms moved to amend by increas-
ing the term of schools to six weeks.
Adopted, and the bill passed.
House bill granting M annual pension to
veterans, signers OF the Declaration of Inde.
pendenco and The surviving widows OF
signcrs was laid before the senate.
Pending consideration, the senate ad
journed until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
On motion Of Moursund the bill defining
the boundaries of Gillespie county was
taken up, and under II suspension OF the
rules passed the house.
| The folio wing bills were put upon their
third reading and final passage:
House bill Furnishing persons for negli-
gently burning prairie or wood land.
House bill requiring justices of the peace
and other officers to make quarterly instead
OF monthly reports to the commissioners
court.
House bill prescribing the manner in
which whistles shall be blown and bells
rung by railroads ut crossings.
House bill creating the county Of John
| Upton.
House bill giving Il. s. Crosby the right
to construct and maintain boom across
the Bra2os river, in McLeDnan county, for
the stoppage OF flowing material.
Nash's bill, authorizing the commission
ers courts to appoint public weighers. and
defining their duties, was defeated by a
small vote on engrossment, and motion
was spread on the journals to reconsider.
| Substitute house bill, comforting upon
the county courts OF Burnett and Comanche
counties the civil and criminal jurisdiction
heretofore belonging to said courts under
the constitution, passed the house after the
following counties were included under the
provision OF the bill, viz. Comal III Paso,
Preside, Pecos and Tom Green.
House bill providing separate ballot
boxes for the election OF state and Federal
officers passed.
Philips bill granting land certificates to
the Texas " Mexican Central railway COM
pany, was defeated on its final passage
ayes 50, nays 52.
The house bill exempting certain coun.
ties from the operation of the fish and game
law was taken up, and on motion the sem
ate bill was substituted In its stead, and $50
copies ordered printed.
Wurzbach's bill, making II misde-
mcanor to adulterate food, drugs, wines and
liquors, passed the house with minor
amendment.
Parsons bill, defining the boundaries of
Roekwal county, passed the house.
The bill authorizing the secretary Of state
to sell the general and special laws of the
state passed.
The bill giving the chief clerks of the dit.
ierent departments 5000 per annum
passed the house.
Mr.. Nash, indeiatigable in.hs efforts and
determined not to be thwarted by any jila.
tory motions ON the part of opposition,
called up the motion TO reconsider the vote
by which the bill relating to the appoint,
ment of public weighers was defeated.
Rosenthal moved to lay the motion TO
reconsider on the table.
The ayes and nays were called for and the
motion was lost-ayes, 20; nays, 6i.
The question recurring upon the mo.
tion to reconsider, the ayes and nays were
again demanded and the motion TO recon.
slider prevailed.
The question being upon the final pas.
sage of the bill, Moore offered All amend
ment making the Office Of public welgher
elective at county seats, providing that the
commissioners court may appoint one or
more public weighers at railroad stations
outside Of county seats.
Cundif offered an amendment to the
amendment which was accepted, providing
that parties may weigh their cotton any.
where they please, and Moore's amend.
mrnt was adopted.
Pending further discussion the house ad.
iourned TIL 3p. m. b
EVENING sRssioN.
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