The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-22

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lute offered by Browning, II WAS adopted
frank moved that that tho substitute DO
oonslderod section by section, and that Iur.
iher confederation be postp0ded untll wy
tomorrow Adopted, and the house ad'
journed.
CAPITAL onaoNIcLfEds.
Heavy rains have fallen and the season u
very favorable Tor planters VINO are Dusy
| planting. ,t
Tile lii introduced In the senate having
for It's object reduction OF the salaries OF
the capitol commissioners Will hardly
become a law, as the opinion Is that II the
Commissioners are needed at all, and no
one doubts this, they should DO paid q re-
munerative salary 1t lisa very responsible
position and TO reduce the salary VIII pre-
vent competent and honest men serving.
the postponement oil the railroad pr p,,, M M
the house Is creating the gossip that no
legislation looking TO the efficient reguia-
ton OF railway management, IN TINS state,
will be passed at this session..
The legislature will probably be in session
the full ninety days, as much important
business is yet to be attended to- u.
The talk about holding constitutional
convention is dying out.
The rney-general to-day directed the
attention of the treasurer to the fact that
the commissioner Of the land office has
submitted a question for his opinion in re-
gard to the school lands in Preside county.
| He saws 1t is q questioned Importance, and
NAV involve a great deal Of land in that
county Pending the investigation he sug'
gests that the recorder receive no more
moneys as first payments on school lanus
| in Presidio county. He also suggests that
| IL is q matter of serious doubt about there
being any authority to receive money on
lands belonging TO The school fund since the
passage on February the 3rd ultimo OF the
act withdrawing land from sale. r :,
The governor to-day respited Wyatt
Banks, sentenced to hang at Franklin, ROD,
ertson county, on the 23d instant, TO Aprh
23d,
The comptroller paid into the treasury
to-day So, 500 to the general revenue.
The house penitentiary committee Will
| consider the lease tomorrow evening.
Much opposition is cropping out in the
c1ty to the bill introduced the other day
authorizing the city to issue bonds Tor Sloo,-
0O0 for sewer purposes.
| SENATE.
AUSTIN, March 15.-[Special. bills were
By Mr.. Terrell-To make an appro.
priation TO pay the claim Of the heirs OF Ell
| Kirk. for services rendered and money adj
vanced the sta in 1854.
By Mr.. Martin-To repeal all laws author
izing the sale of school, university and asy-
lum lands
farm for convicts under the age of twenty
wears. was laid before the senate, and
amended SO as 10 leave it's location to the
pepitentiary board and increasing the ap-
propriation from $4,000 to $l00, 900. Sew.
eral other amendments were adopted, and
the bill engrossed.
A message was received from the gov
ernor appointing notaries. anu the senate
will consider the same tomorrow.
In the afternoon there was no quorum,
and the senate adjourned till tomorrow.
| HOUSE.
Hurst moved to reconsider the vote by
which Brownings substitute was adopted
on Yesterday for the senate land Dill. 8,
Ayres opposed the motion, and considered
the Substitute far superior to any measure
lat had yet been presented IN reference TO
the sale of school land.
Mckinney contended that 1t would pc
more expedient to accept the senate bill
and engraft upon it the opinions OF the
house, and thought that unless this was
done all legislation on the subject would be
defeated.
Moore, OF Eastland, thought that the.sub-
stitnte would directly or Indirectly bring
more to the school fund than any. other
means which might be adopted, and ridi;;
culed the argument advanced by seVera
that it was necessary to adopt the senate
| bill in order to get any legislation.
Patterson hoped that the motion to recon-
slider would prevail, and commended that the
sena bill had never received its marked
consideration from the house. The substi-
| tute. he argued, embodied nothing more
nor less than the old ideas OF appraisement,
which had never proven satisfactory to any
one. 49,. L.,
unon the statute book was far preferable to
either the senate bill or the substitute, and
thought that if the present law was amend
ed so as to prevent a person from purcnas-
inc sections of land through fictitious
names, it would be the best for the people
Browning said that he asked no man to
follow his banner, but that the question
should be, (which is the best measure
the senate bill or my substitute. II the
latter, then support it.. Notwithstanding
have the the old law with Walsh IN the
chair than to have this senate bill adopted.
II il an abortion and should not receive our
fHazlewood favored a reconsideration
and in a clear, logical manner ventilated
what he considered to be the fallacles OF
Browning's substitute, costending that its
provision for the appralsement OF tne ianu
was equally as expensive, II not more SO,
than the method provided in the senate
bill. ,u-
otbers which have heretofore been consid.
cred. was one OF conflicting interests, anu
that we should endeavor to meet on com
mon plane with the spirit OF compromise,
determired 10 do what would be for the
hest interests of the people. de Thought
the senate bill was the best and should be
Frymier moved the previous question.
The question recurring on the motion 70
reconsider. Upton moved call OF the
house. -. r.o,,.
son. Moore, of Washington, Phelps, Rosen'
Ths sbsentees were excused aud the mo
ton TO reconsider prevailed. Ayes, OIL
@ he question recurring upon the adop
ltion of Browning's substitute, the suosti-
tute was lost-ayes, al; nays, 4s,
Cramer, by leave, introduced phi 70 re-
neal ali laws authorizing the sale oil iret
school. university and asylum LANDS.
nv Kepdall-k bill TO withdraw all tht
above lands from sale.
VI Hill introduced petition from the cit
zens of San Jscinto county as 70 restoring
the civil and criminal jurisdicuon OF sAo
county court.
Adjourned till sp. m.
EvKNINo SESSION.
On motion Of Stout, Il. q. Mills, membel
of congress, was invited 20 a seat withir
the bar Of the house.
The pending business was the senate lanf
, bill.
Frank offered an amendment 10 section
1. striking out that portion providing tina
lands may be leased.
McDaniels approved the amendment, ant
, tbouebt that the lands ought to be kept 10
The benefit Of future generations.
Frank coutended that the land.Tas Tor tn'
benefit Of the children Of the present. gener