The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-27

evidenced much division of sentiment upon
the great question oftaNation.
Camp moved the prey<ous question on
Illson'S motion TO strik ont the enaeting
clause. Seconded and ,hs main question
ordered. The ayes and nays being called
the vote resulted-ayes, 81; nays, IL; and
the motion 20 strike out was lost.
Cochran withdrew his amendment.
Stringer offered an amendment to strike
out bagatelle tables and other devices for
gambling which are sprohibited by the
Penal Code, and for the same reason TO
strike out the lines iixieg license of $500
for ten and nine'pin aEey, or other alley
used for profit.
Upton called for division OF the cues.
ton, and IL was so ordered.
The first division ofs,ringer's amendment
was adopted, leaving only billiard-tables
in the section, upon which = license of $25
shall be levied.
The question then required on the
amendment TO strike out, ten and
nine-pin alley, upon which considerable
discussion ensued. The vote resulted
ayes,l6; nays, 56.
The house then adjourned until 3p. m.
AFrERSooi SESSION.
On motion of Frymier the house agreed
TO suspend the pending business, in order
their third readingAs follows:
Douglass bill, known as the "pension
bill, was taken up, with senate amend
ments, which were concurred in. The
principal amendments withhold the pension
from veterans worth as much as 81 900.
Fosters, OF Limestone, bill, TO authorize
the secretary OF state 10 sell copies of the
general laws, with senate amendment
adding the emergency clause, which was
coneurred in.
House joint resolution fixing the state
al valorem tax AT the maximum of 33l
cents on the 500, the senate amended by
advancing the ma. imum tax TO 95 cents,
excepting debt Il 4 red up to the time OF
the passage OF the resolution, and striking
out the proviso allowing incorporated
towns and cities 10 levy tax of y cents
Tor public improvements. The house re.
fused to concur in the senate amendments
| House Joint resolution, providing for a
school tax, with senate amendments incor-
porating q district school system, was laid
on the table subject to call.
kendalls bill requiring county and dis.
trict courts and justices of the peace tC
make reports TO the commissioner, with
senate amendment, requiring such reports
to be made under oath, which was con-
CURED in.
Armsted moved to reconsider the pas
sage of the pension bill.
Frymler moved TO lay that motion on tn,
table, wherenpon Upton moved call of tn,
house, and the ahsentees were sent for.
RosenthaPs bin allowing appeals from
justices courts by the filing of affidavit
that appellant is unable to pay cost, etc,
passed.
Matthews bill for uniform weight pc
bushel was passed.
Stringers bill prescribing the course o
claims of county Officers before the comp
troller, was passed..
Fosters, fGrayson. .billregulating appeal
from justices courts was passed.
upton's bill granting league and labor
OF land to Fanny A. Darden, sole heir O
Moses Barker, was passed.
I Davis, of Campbell, preventing the chas
inE OF hogs with dogs on uninclosed lands
except wild hogs, came up on u motion Il
reconsider the engr0ssment. The motion
to reconsider prevailed
Robinson, of Jack, offered an amend
ment that the law shall not apply to un
marked hogs.
Harrison offered substitute that no pei
son shall so chase hogs not his own.
long and humorous debate ensued in
dulged in by about halt the members of tn
house.
Durant moved TO strike out the enactin
clause of the bill, fappausel, which motiol
prevailed and the bill was Killed.
Wurzbachs bill providing for the dissolu
ton of attachments
Pending the consideration Chenowetl
moved to suspend the rules and take up tn
bill allowing the State Firemen'a associa
ton to erect n monument in the capitO
grounds ut Austin. The bill provides tha
the monumeni shall not cost less tina
5000. The bill passed under suspension
OF the rules, 'iter which the house ad
journed.
rft uR9stC'INaS,
The governor to-day pa.uouod uaore
Lacy, convicted Of murder in Bosau
county in 1879 and sentenced TO the PEN
tentiary for fifteen years.
Senators Peacock, Buchanan, Flemini
and Terrell deserve the credit OF the peopl
OF this entire state for the patriotic, geneI
GUS statesmanlike stand they took in tn
senate to-day, urging an appropriation L
remove the dangerous and old woodel
buildings which now constitute the dea
anu dumb asylum, and replace them will
sale, fire-briCk ones, with modern improve
ments for the comfort of the pupils, Tn
buildings, as they now stand, are abso
lutely dangerous and no city ia the stat
would allow them to stand an hour within
heir fire limits.
The penitentiary lease comes up to-mor
row in the house, and it is the opinion 0
some it will be ratified.
The opinion obtains that the legislator,
will adjourn certain on the 1lth of April.
The senate will go into executive session
tomorrow to consider the appointment OF
fish commissioner.