The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-12
W-MAKlNG LEGION.
4 Spirit of Compromise Abroad IN
the Capital,
Materially Aiding in the Despatch
Of Business.
The Dallas CessiOn Bill Passed Over
the GOyernOr'S Veto.
Minority Report of the Free Confer.
ence Committee on
General Appropriation Blll by Both
Of the Houses.
Message Received from the Governor
on Postonlce Subject-Matter.
Hon. Richard Coke's Great Speech.
Message Received from the Governor
on PostOIllce Subjcct-Matter.
Ion. Richard Coke's Great Speech,
SENATE.


SENATE.
Austin, April l1.-ISpeciall- Mr.. Gibbs
c allied up the bill cedipg certain territory
TO Dallas with the governors veto. The bill
passed-22 yeas, Messrs. Pfeuiler and Pat
ton not voting,
Senate went into executive session and
confirmed appointments sent in yesterday.
House deficiency bill WAS laid before the
senate and after some debate was referred
10 the finance committee.
House bill amending game laws so as to
prevent killing deer between January 10Th
and August LIST passed and goes into effect
at once.
Adjourned till three O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Pfeutter, from the committee on
finance, reported back house deficiency bill
with committee amendments, and the SEN
ate went into committee of the whole TO
consider the same.
Tue amendment apprOpriatng $50 for
the hire OF porter at Galveston for the
court OF appeals ard to buy stationery for
the court of appeals, was adopted.
The amendment to perfect the title to
property Tor the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college, $500, was adopted.
The third amendment, to pay Shackellord
county s2,i9i Tor quarantine expense, and
appropriatlng S25, 900 to pay unaudiied
smallpox quarantine claims, was adopted
The amendment striking, out $G75 to pay
W. W. Searcy, $50 to pay W. NJ. Milby,
IED IN | NJ GuinI,t1c e.
executive clerks, was lost.
The amendment, striking ont $l5G TO pay
I, j. Sink, penitentiary guard, in 1867, was
lost.
The amendment adding $207 to pay s.
W. Pickens for services as inspector of east
Texas peuitentiary, was adopted.
The amendment adding Sli7 to pay the
sheriff OF Van Iandt county, and Sl0 to
pay the sheriff of Bell county for conveying
prisoners to the penitentiary, was adopted,
For the amendment striking out $3.50 TO
pay the board of veterans and insert $3.50
to pay A. Dillerpaugh, $3.50 to pay W. H..
Hunter, and $500 to pay Frank Johnson,
the latter having done extra work, Mr..
Matlock offered II substitute, appropriatiug
81 iA TO pay for the services. Adopted.
The amendment increasing the appro-
priation from $4,000 to s20,00t to pay
N0thlANlo anu lboptIlOl vi lItt nIilDUis, lDI
services rendered prior to July /, 1888, Mr..
Johnston offered to amend by providing for
payment of the balance of the salary due o.
NJ. Roberts, jr., and II. H. Spain for services
as executive clerks.
A message was received from the gov
ernor transmitting q letter from the post
masters general, stating that pOstmasters
are no longer authorized to endorse on
depositlons from whom they receive the
same. The governor suggests that the Law
regulating the mailing OF dispositions he
changed.
The message was referred to committee.
The lree conference committee reported
back house bill amending the game law
with certain amendments, and the amend
ments were adopted.
The amendment to pay the quarantine
claim Of NeuCes and Duval counties, aud
the claims of certain persons connected
with quarantine service was adopted, and
the committee reported progress.
The report was adopted, and the bill
passed the senate.
The amendment increased the amount
OF deficiency $4,000.
The Tree conference committee reported
back the land-iraud bill with amendments,
providing that suits shnll be brought with.
IN twelve months in the county where the
land is situated, except in certain cases,
Then they are to be brought in the district
court of Travis county. The house is re-
commended that it shall recede from its
amendment striking out the senate amend
ment requiring the board TO investigate
INTO the management OF the land Office, and
TO inquire into the appraisement OF lands
in Haskell county. The report was adopted.
MIR. GlbOs called up the motion to recon-
Al uIA nut. t0tt, -
OF the conference committee on the general
appropriation bill, the house having adopted
The minority repori.
The vote was reconsidered.
Mr.. Davis moved that the minority report
be adopted. Carried.
The bill regulating the manner Of taking
and mailing depositions passed. The bill
remedies the evil alluded to In the cover.
nor's message, sent in to-day.
The bill to provide for the election of O
district attorney in the 18th district passed
House bill amending the law regulating
appeals from justices courts.was cngrossed
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Moore, Of McLennan, called up the mo.
tion TO reconsider the vote by which the
house concurred in the senate amendment
to the public weighers bill, and moved To
The pending business, the penitentiary
bill, was taken up, and the question being
upon Taylors amendment providing that
tonvicts may be worked anywhere, instead
OF on certain specified works, IL was lost.
Elliott offered an amendment 10 prohibit
convicts from being employed for any pur-
pose III cities or towns, the bill prohibiting
them from being employed only III the mt
chanical trndes. Adopted.
Taylor offered substitute, providing that
the penitentiary board shall hereafter con-
sist OF three com nissioners, to he APP
pointed by the governor aud approved
Dy the senate. Said board may
employ q clerk at 81 600 per year SAID
BOARD shall have control over the superin.
tcndcnt and other officers of tue ptni,en.
tiary. They shall approve all contracts
aud collect oil moneys Said commission.
eis shall receive $1,000 per annum each.
Patton offered an amendmen, TO the sub.
stitute, striking out three commissioners
and inserting two, and striking out 5000
and inserting $500.
On motion of Nash, the pending business
was postponed, and the bill ceding TO the
United states government certain lots in
Dallas Tor the erection OF 4 building which
was vetoed by the governor, was taken up,
when tue nouse refused to pass IL over his
excellency's disapprovOl. The vote stood.
ayes, ~; nays, 81.
Hill, Garrison and Leo were appointed
As u committee on the part of the house to
settle tho differences between the two
houses Uu the iish aud game law.
Consideration oi the pen,entiary was
resumed. Both raylor's substitute and the
amendment to II were defeated.
Mckinney offered on amendment author.
i1ing the boar to appoint u financial
agent to perform such duties as may be
designated Uy the hoatd which was further
amended by allowing the agent 5000 per
anuum aud rs Anlcndeh was adopted.
Garrison offered ON amendment au,horiz.
ing the board any time 1t might bp
deemed advisable 10 purchase a
farm or fa'm- on which to worx convicts