The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-13
LAW MAKING LEGION.
The Governor letoes the Asylum BIZ
on Constitutional lnaceuraey.
The Sif,ings Committee Report Having
Made Water-Haul.
Colonel ChenOweth Has One More Ex.
planation Made.
Bewildering Number of Bills Acted
on In Both Houses.
The Legislature will Adjourn To-day
Senator Johnson Ill.
The Comptroller Awards Tax.List
Printing Contract. y
Charfpr naIIas nuara unupn r;IoJ
The Siftings Committee Report llayin
Made a Water-Haul.
Colonel ChenOweth Has One More Ex.
planation Made.
Bewildering Number of Bills Acted
on In Both Houses.
The Legislature viii Adjourn TO.da
Senator Johnson Ill.
The Comptroller Awards Tax.IiSt
Printing Contract.
Charter Dallas Opera House Filed.


SENATE.
AUSTIN, April 2.--[Specis'. Tho Joint
resolution appropriating an additional
$1,000 to pay the per diem of members was
adopted.
House bill amending the NV regulating
appeals from justice courts passed.
A message was received from the gov
ernor vetoing the asylum bill, for the rec
son 1t conflicts with the constitution by not
limiting the term of Office of superinteu-
dents.
House bill providing for appeals from
Justice courts where person is unable TO
pay or give bond for costs passed,
The bill diminishing the Jurisdiction OF
the county court OF Madison county
passed.
Ihe committee to whom the asylum bill
with the veto, was referred reported gov
ernor' OBJECTIONS were valid and the bill
was amended and passed.
House bill fixing the boundary line OF
Gillespie county passed,
The house bill restoring the criminal in
rlsdiction OF the county court OF Titus
county passed.
The, bill amending the estray law
passed.
The bill for the relief of liquor dealers in
loealopti1n counties, with house sMend.
ments, was taken up and the amendments
concurred in.
The house penitentiary bill with com,
mlttee amendments, was taken up.
The amendment increasing the salary of
the financial manager OF the prisons from
S2,01O to So 600 was adopted.
The amendment striking out the appro.
prl0tion to maintain prisons from the bill
was adopted, and the bill passed.
The necessary amount is provided in
the general appropriation BILL
The bill fixing the bond Of state treasurer
at S25O,000 passed.
Adjourned till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN.
The bill for the relief OF w. s. Anderson.
by retunding taxes Illegally collected,
passed
The bill to validate the sale of certain
town lots of Coleman City passed.
The Dill liking the boundary lines of Mon.
tague county was referred TO committee.
Mr.. Pleuller offered resolution that the
exhibit showing the cost per capita of
maintaining the asylums be printed for the
use OF the senate and house. Adopted
The deficiency bill was called up and re
terrcd to the free conference committee.
The bill regulating the appointment of
superintendents ofthe asylums, and proyid.
ing Tor the more efficient management OF
the institutions, was called up with the
house amendments aud amendments con
Cured in.
Adjourned till 7:3O tonight.
NIGHT SESSION,
The committee on free conference re-
ported back the deficiency bill. recommend.
ing that the house concur in certain
amendments, among them to paw $50 TO
the porter Of the court ofeppeas and SIS to
purchase stationery for the court of an.
peals; $500 to perfect title to land connected
with the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege and to pay the veteran board 81 .l2i,
and that The senate recede from certain
amendments, among them to pay Shackel.
ford, Nueces and Duyal counties for quar-.
antine expesses, aud that 1t recede from
me amenument approprating $25,0C) for
smallpox quarantine. The report was
adopted.
The house bill fixing the penalty for set
ting fire to prairies and timber passed.
The bill to create the new county of
Reeves was taken up and the house amend
ment concurred in.
The bill providing the manner of assess
ing bankers, brokers and exchange dealers
passed
The bill exempting college and university
students whi lie in actual attendance OF said
institutions from road duty passed.
The hou.e bill arranging time of filing
counter atlidavits passed.
The house bill amending and regulating
suits against chartered companies and cor
porations passed.
The house bill compelling tax collectors
to report promptly to the comptroller and
to the county commissioners all taxes col
ecte' nv tbeni every three months passed,
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Frymier called up the bill diminishing
the time and criminal jurisdiction of Ger.
tain county courts, and offer the adoption
of an amendment striking out Houston
county. The bill passed.
Fisher called up the bill authorizing com.
missioners courts TO issue bonds for court.
house and Jail purposes, and it passed to a
third reading.
The bill to pay attached witnesses In fel.
ony cases came up, but was suspended
under call OF the house.
Ffymier's bill providing for a board O,
managers for the lunatic ASYLUM. and
transferring the appointing power from the
governor to said board, was called up. and
after slight amendment, passed under n
suspension Of the rules,
Woods called up the bill to better provide
for the opening and classification of public
goods.
The majority report of the committee
was adopted, which kills the kill.
The senate bill TO refund money to liquor
dealers where their license has been re.
voked by local option laws came up and
passed.
The senate bill liking the fees Of tax col.
iIectors came up. After good deal of iili-
clustering and several roll-calls, the bill
passed.
The concurrent resolution for adjourn.
ment tomorrow at 10 o'clock came up and
motion was made to postpone considera
ton until tomorrow ut halfpast o.
A motion was made TO lay this motion on
tue table, which resuted-ayes, 3s; nays,
co.
The motion to postpone was then carried
Frymier moved to reconsider the passape
OF the lunatic asylum bill, In order to offer
an amendment curing constitutional
objection.
The amendment making the term of
oilice OF the superintendent two years was
adopted aud the bill again passed.
Senate bill providing for the disposition
OF minerals on the public school lands OF
the state, was taken up and passed under n
suspension OF the rules.
Moore, OF MoLennau. moved to recon-
slider the passage OF the bill fixing the fees
OF tax collectors, and that his motion be
spread upon tho journals.
Cochran made the point OF order that
under the rules the motion to reconsider
must be acted upon when made within the
last SIX days OF the session. The point was
sustained and, after some discussion.
Moore appealed FROM the decision of the