The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-06
THE Law MAKING LEGION
The SolOus or the State Show Dis
position 10 Proceed with Leg
islaties at a More Than
Usual Pace.
The Farmer Comes In for His Share Of
RecognItiOn-A Bill Introduced
to Offer $10as a Reward
For the First Bale of Cotton-The
Public Lands Receive Their Share
of Attention, and
The Use OF the intoxicating Extract,
hnOwn rs Red.Eye, Coues In
For Its Pro Rata
Of LegislatlOn-The Insane Asylum
Text of the Bill-lts Object:
70 Establish, Equip and Maintain an
Asylum in North Texas.
Notes and Happenings at Austin, AS
Cleaned by Special
Reporter of the Herald, in His Quiet
Searching Way,
For the Ediilcation Of Herald Readers.
Notes and Happenings at Austin, a
Cleaned by Special
Reporter of the Herald, in His Quiet
Searching Way,
For the EdiilcatiOn Of Herald Readers.
Eighteenth Legislature.
sENlgE.

SENATE.
AUSTIN, Feb. 5.-lSpecisl. BY Mr.. Ches-
ley-A petition Of the citizens of Washing
ton county, praying for a law to proven.
drunkenness from being an excuse for
crime.
Mr.. Terrell, from the committee on edu.
cation, reported back the bill providing a
permanent endowment of the university
from lands, or the proceeds thereof, with a
substitute providing for the endowment,
by setting aside 100000 acres heretofore
set aside tor the public debt.
Mr., Terrell, from Judiciary committee No.
], reported favorably on the Till continuing
commissioners of appeals two years.
Mr.. Chesey, from the same committee,
reported fayorably on the bill regulating
the issue of citations.
Bills referred: Mr.. Gooch. for the relief
of officials and sheriiis who have delivered
convicts at penitentiaries.
BY Mr.. Chesley-To protect enclosed
lands from trespass by hunting and fishing
parties.
BY Mr.. Matlock-To protect stocl;-rais.
ing and encourage stock-raising.
By Mr.. Randolph Iph-Prohibiting county
judges, clerks or their deputies, from max.
ing out papers in suits pending in the
county courts.
Resolutions:
BY Mr.. andolph-Requesting the print.
ing committee to ascertain why the co1lD.
trOller's report has not been sent in.
by Mr.. Stratton-Joint resolution urging
members OF congress to have the citizens ol
l'renham paid for losses sustained by IRE
in 1866.
Tha h;li ,,olJpr IInpsto, . ,,a.l -.
and providing for appointing health officers
with committee amendments, providing nj
ttu purchase OF u steam tug for quarafl
tine purposes, and making the health officer
at Galveston give bond in $4,000, was read
and the amendment adopted.
by Mr.. GetSendaner-An amendment
that no person shall be required to furnish
evidence to convict himself. Lost.
Mr.. Stratton moved to suspend the rules
to place the bill on Its second reading,
Lost.
The bill repcali& the law defining who
are the officers in this state which refuse
the insurance OF nandanus or iDiupc;ious
against executive officers, was laid before
the senate. On a call OF the senate it was
ordered that the senate have the full ad.
verse majority reported, read.
Mr.Dayls moved that the minority reuoTt
lavoring the bill, be substituted for the ma.
jority.
A long debate ensued, touching upon the
right Oi issuing mandamus and iniunCtinns
against the heads of departments, pending
which the senate adjourned, rather hastily
smoke having been discovered pouring out
from between one of the window iacinps.
An investigation showed it was from de.
teCtiye ilue.
Tho hpncn mat al Al
present. Several members were cxcu,ed
because of sickness and important busi-
ness
Hon. w. IL. Tooyton was, on motion,
invited to a seat in the house.
Slagner introduced a petition for prohibi.
ton from the Christians convention at San
Marcos.
Bills and resolutions were introduced as
follows
by Acker-Three bills, tho first to appro.
pirate and set apart for the benefit of the
public Tree school funds, all escheated
lands which have been, or NAV
be, hereafter bought in by the stale under
the escheat law and to provide ior the sale
OF suoh lands; the second one is
an amendment so u. to make article
llO of the Civil Statutes apply to foreign,
rs well as domestic, corporations the third
is an amendment of the Revised Stat.
utes, SO as TO require ailidavlts
in regard to title, the papers arranged 10
be filed two days bsfore trial, instead of
three, as now required.
by Mckinney provide for the pay.
ment of persons holding inquss,s over the
bodies OF penitentiary convlcts.
by Latham-To carry into effect section
3, OF an act approved February 10th, 1852
to relinquish the right OF the rtate to GER
tain lands.
BY Frank-To prescribe the manner in
which land certificates may be issued under
a previous act; also, n bill to restrict the
marriage of minors, under IL years of are.
BJ Durant-To encourage agriculture by
giving u premium $40 to the first person
who may carry to market the first bale of
cotton before the first OF November.
By Patterson-A constitutional amend.
ment prohibiting the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors in any part OF the
state except for sickness and sacramental
purposes, aud providing for an elec.
ton 10 be held the 2nd of August
for ratification by the people.
By Mathews-Making the fees of asse,
sors 81 so on each 81 orc 1000 valuation state
and $500 each 81 100000 valuation county
tax,
Cochran introduced resolution author
ising the speaker to appoint committee
oil three to inquire into and
report rs soon as possible why
the late comptroller ana other heads ol dc.
partmcnts had not made out their roporls
and had n en- printed tor the use OF the
house as provided by law. After the adop.
tion Of the resolution, the speaker ap.
pointed Cochran, Upton and Mckinney, q.
the committee.
A resolution that II shall always be the
sense g. the legislature TO patronize schools
Of learning, as will best promote the pub
lie good, was rejected
Browns resolution. that the mem Der,
meet at o "a, M, and hold evening sessions,