The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

On ulOClOn Oh MI. MdrGln, Cne SEN
ate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
House met at 10 a. H., Speaker Glib
son and quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Reading of the journal was dis
pensed with.
For reasons offered Messrs. Camp.
ROSenthal, Foster of Limestone, Hen
.derson, Thompson of Austin, and
Cayen were excused for limited
| period.
Messrs. Booth, page, and Kidd, COM
mittee clerk, were excused indefinite
ly On account of sickness.
The speaker stated that he had
| signed house bill No. 8, to protect the
wool growing interests of Texas; and
house bill l57, to withdraw the free
school, university and asylum lands
from sale.
a message from the senate, passage
of house bill 100, making special ap-
preparation for governors mansion;
senate bill IL relative to lands sur
veyed by railroads for benefit of the
| free schools; and senate bill IA, to
amend article 1865, chapter 8, title 90
revised statutes, relative to verified
answers in civil cases.
AT the request of Messrs. Frank
and Dennis, minor corrections were
made in the journal,
Mr.. Cravens asked that Mr. Wyatt
be excused indefinitely, on account of
sickness in his family. Granted.
Bills, resolutions and petitions were
referred or otherwise disposed of
| us follows:
By Mr.. Cochran: Petition of citi-
Zens of Dallas county against being
included within the city limits of
Dallas.
Mr.. Lindsey: Asking that civil and
criminal jurisdiction be restored to
COmanche county,
Mr.. Graves; Against the practice
of leasing out convicts.
Mr.. Hearne: From citizens in Cof-
feeville, in Upshur county, asking for
vote of the people on prohibition.
Mr.. Leo: From citizens of Starr
county asking restoration of jurisdic-
ton to that county.
The speaker assigned to proper COM
mittee a petition on the subject of
| prohibition.
BY Mr.. Townsend: An act to grant
to Mrs. Fanny A. Darden, sole heir of
Mosely Baker, deceased, league and
lahore of land in lieu of a headlight
certificate issued to her father by the
republic Of Texas for services rem
| dered.
BY Mr., Brown; Resolution that on
account of the shortness of the session
and press of business before the legis-
lature there was no reason for daily
| adjOurnments to 10 a. m, and that the
house adjourn daily instead to a. m,
and unless there were good reasons to
the contrary the house have long ses-
sions.
Mr.. Upton-This prescribes rules
| for the conduct of the house. So l
move to refer to committee on rules.
Mr.. Brown humorously said he was
afraid constitutional objections would
be raised, and that it might be re-
| ferred to committee on public health,
asylums or county boundaries. We
should work, or adjourn sine die and
save the state expense.
The resolution was laid over under
the rules, on motion of MIR. Cochran.
On motion of same member Hons.
F. NJ. Henry and ID. w. Ford, ex-
members of the legislature, were in
vited to seats.
By Mr.. Thompson, of Bexar: To
amend Article 1894, revised statutes
adopted February 81, 1879. The bill
provides additional pay to county
! clerks for keeping the indexes and
books of his office; also for keeping
1 re Inf tn N u
finances.
Mr.. Kendall; Joint resolution to
amend section %, article l6, of the
constitution. giving to qualified vot-
ers the right to vote to prevent Ger.
tain kinds of sock from running al
large, instead of to freeholders, as
now provided.
Mr.. Cramer: Resolution to adjourn
daily at 3 p. m, to consider adverse
reports of committees. Lies over.
Mr.. Woods, of Lavacca: To amend
title 8, chapter 4. penal code, prohib-
iting sale of deadly weapons to mi
nors.
Mr.. Lindsey: To create and organ
ize county of Mills.
Committee reports were sent VI
without reading by Messrs. Acke
and Hill, chairman respectively o
the judiciary committees.
Mr.. Dennis, chairman of committe
on federal relations, asked for furthe
, time to report on Greer county.
Mr.. Fisher, chairman of committee
9 reported house bill 157, to WITHDRAW
5 the university and school lands froI
l sale. correctly enrolled.
Subsequently Mr.. Hill for sam
D committee reported enrolled the hi
e relative to lands surveyed by railrOa
T companies for the benefit of the fire
! schools,
The speaker had referred to finanC
3 committee the bill making special al
: preparation for supreme court at Ga
! weston.
I Regular order.
Senate bill No. 58, to amend articl
1000 of the revised statutes, so as
e read that there shall be printed nc
e less than 5000 nor over 1900 copies {
E, other laws of special character, an
{, 1000 copies of the journal of bot
e houses. was, under a suspension {
u the rules. finally passed by the hous
n in committee of the whole.
Z Mr.. Upton offered a resolution il
It viting Hon. Ashbel Smith, as a di
r tinguished citizen, to a seat in IL
Ie house. Adopted.
q Mr.. Hill, chairman of judiciary con
le mittee No. 2, reported:
L Adversely, house bill 256, amendir
E law as to bail bonds taken by justic
n of the peace.
T. Favorably, house bill 238, restorir
y the civil and criminal jurisdiction
u the county courts of Ell Paso al
Z Presidio counties.
lie Favorably, by substitute for hou
ne bill 285, allowing county judges 50
u habeaS corpus cases.
Favorably, house bill 232, requiril
m persons placing gates across thi
III class roads to keep them and a
ne proaches to them in repair.
ed On motion of Mr.. Hurst, senate b
1T No. 161, to restore jurisdiction to p
e, ker county. was laid on the table 81
We jecf TO the speakers call.
al Senate bin requiring printing of &c
a. copies of the general laws OF the res