The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

House met at usual hour, Speake
Gibson in the chair, and a quorum
present, all but five members answer
ing to the roll.
Prayer by the chaplain, Rev. DR..
PoindeXter.
Reading of the journal was on mo-
ton dispensed with.
Minor corrections were by request
corrected.
Mr.. Chambers, of Tarrant, was ex-
cused on account of important bust
ness.
The Speaker added Messrs. Moore,
of Mcclellan; and Lindsay to commit
tee on stock and stockraising, and an
nounced that b. f. Fly, r. S. Kings
bury and Nat. Q. Henderson would be
assigned to duty as clerks of commit
tees.
Mr.. Moore, of Washington, was
added to the committee on penitentia-
ries.
Mr.. White, of Burleson, was ex-
cused attendance.
Mr.. Rushing presented petitions of
citizens of Kaufman county, to allow
pay to justices in examining trials in
felony cases. Referred to judiciary
committee No. 2.
Mr.. WurZbach offered a resolution
that bills that may be reported favor
ably by committees, and not recon-
mended 10y such committees to be
printed, shall not be printed. Lies
over under the rules.
Joint resolutions were read and re-
ferred.
By Mr.. Mckinney: Providing for
election of superintendent of public
instruction at Il salary of $500 year.
Mr.. Elliott: To provide for install
lation of governor on the first day Of in
auguration.
Bills were read and referred as fol-
lows:
By Mr.. Jackson: To appropriate
100000 for branch insane asylum at
Paris, or some other point in north
Texas.
Mr.. Townsend: To compensate
sheriffs or other peace officers for re-
moving prisoners.
Mr.. Fisher: To provide pay of mag
istrates, sheriffs and Others in exam
lining trials in felony cases.
Mr.. Etheridge: Providing for work
ing of convicts on public roads,
bridges and other public works.
Mr.. Mcbride: Increasing penalty
against road overseers for failure to
perform legally required duties.
Mr.. Kendall: Requiring quarterly
reports from district and county
clerks and justices of the peace in
stead of monthly as now provided.
Mr.. Rogers: To create the county
of Upton. The bill embraces the same
territory rs that DILL offered last ses-
sion.
Mr.. Browning: To provide for sale
of alternate sections of school lands,
surveyed by railroads.
Mr.. WurZbach: To make it penal
for any one connected with land office
to be interested in or connected with
by receiving emoluments for any bust
ness done by that office.
Also, two bills, one to add 239a and
the other to amend article 11S, chap
ter Z, criminal code, relating to false
certificates of work by surveyors.
tax collectors for issuing receipts
without signature of the comptroller.
Mr.. Cochran: To make Dallas
SedI 1OI ScSSlOuS VI Luo SupIolu6
court.
Mr.. Browning: To amend school
laws, making scholastic ages eight
and eighteen years.
Mr.. Mathews: Making pay of grand
jurors two dollars per day.
Mr.. Swan: To require tax collec-
tors to properly record all their Off
cial acts in the levying upon, adver-
Using and sale of property for taxes.
Mr.. Thompson, of BeXar: To regu-
late fees of county officers.
Mr.. Finch: To limit conventional
interest to II per cent.
Mr.. Peers: To amend the law as to
carrying concealed weapons.
Mr.. Rosenthal: To allow appeals
from justices courts upon affidavit in
lieu of appeal bond.
Mr.. Moursund: For relief of persons
having had lands surveyed under pre-
emptiOn laws.
Foster, of Grayson: Repeating the
law which makes 1.-THE use of techni-
cal words imply covenants which are
not expressed.
Parsons. of Rockwall: To amend
articles 1887 and 1910, C. II, re-
vised statutes, giving jurors in JUS
tees courts one dollar in lieu of fifty
cents.
Mr.. Brown: To amend arts. 3707,
1888, 3747, 1858, 1859, $3.50, C. 3. t. Is, rev.
statutes, relating topublic free schools.
Mathews, of Grayson: To amend
article 1851, C. 40, of general laws rela-
tive to pay of grand jurors.
Hurst: To enable the various coun-
ties to buy land and improve same
for manual labor.
Swan, of Clay: To require tax col
lectors to make a record of all their
official acts in levying upon, advertis-