Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-16
AUSTIN.


careles handling of firearms
came up. Itinflicts a fine
of $50 for wilfully pointing gun or
pistol, whether loaded or not at an
other.
After some discussion the bill was
engrossed and the bill to reorganize
the twenty-fifth judicial district )m-
prising the counties of Cameron, Hi
dalgo, starr. Zepata, Webb, Euciral,
Duval and Neuces was read the third
time and passed and the joint resolu-
ton placing the state advalorem tax
at % cents on the one hundred dollars,
and poll tax at one dollar, and allowing
school districts to levy tax not to eX-
coed % cents on the one hundred dol
lars, was taken up.
Mr. Dennis moved to insert
l2l cents, instead of D.
Pending . the discussion of the
amendment the bill was made
special order for tomorrow.
The house bill for the surrender of
charters by incorporated cities and
towns came up.
Mr.. Armstead offered the following
amendments to change the caption to
read "a bill to be entitled an act to
provide for the protection of the bond
holders of insolvent incorporated cities
and towns and to authorize the speedy
collection of fraudulent claims against
said cities and towns by constituting the
commissioners courts of the counties
administrators of the estates OF said
cities, with plenary powers to plumber
said estates and to enact such ord
inances and levy such taxes as will
best secure that object.
Mr.. Armstead said he thought the
foregoing caption entirely conformed
to the provisions of the bill. He then
went into an argument to show, first,
that the bill was unconstitutional, and
second, that its enactment would open
wide the doors tor corruption and
\ fraud. He contended that cities owing
debts could be ruined by the operations
/ OF the bill and made n strong argument
illustrative of his propositions.
! Mr.. labatt cottended that because
OF the peculiar condition of the bill it
would affect Galveston alone.
Mr.. Hill made strong speech
against the bill, and at the conclusion
offered an amendment, that no city
could take advantage of the bill unless
four-fifths of the commissioners reside
| in the city.
Mr.. Labatt said he would accept the
amendment.
.Caven moved to strike out the
! enacting clause and said he thought
the bill meant something.
Mr.. Fisher favored the bill and said
1t would relieve the people of Calves
ton OF hundred thousand dollars tax
/ alton, and he considered it unjust for
the legislature to withhold such relief.
Mr.. Caven opposed the bill on the
ground that il did not grant relief TO
Galveston ms it did not provide for u
stoppage of the civil government. His
motion was lost and Mr.. Hills amend
ment adopted.
Mr.. Foster of Grayson offered an
amendment to strike out section Is,
providing when any city fails to hold
an election the charter shall lapse.
Adopted.
An amendment by Mr.. Frank that
,he law snail not apply to cities with
less imam lo00 population was adopted
An amendment by Mr.. Moursand
that counties hold an election ON sub
Ject the same as cities was lost
me bill passed by ayes 81, nays 80.
Mr.. Chenoweth for the committee on
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railroad commissioners bill. which
was ordered printed. A minority re-
port was filed 10y Mr.. Wurzbach.
Adjourned.
Mr.. kendall's investigating COM
mltlee began work yesterday and the
chairman says is having its labors
facilitated greatly by Commissioners
Walsh, Apropos of this subject
q prominent senator remarked yester-
day that Governor Roberts told how ia
violate the law, having reference most
probably to the alcalde's speech before
the stockmen hast year. This same
senator helped to smother Mr.. Ken-
dalls resolution in the senate. but
admitted yesterday that he knew the
law had been violated.
Members of the house have offered
KIND congratulations TO the GAZETTE
upon the settlement of its troubles with
the printers, ANA will give ii another
Doom TINS week. Meantime the GA
AEFPE reporters are strictly on their
metal and will make up for last time
Already the paper, the youngest in the
race, Is largely ahead of all competi- |
Tors here IN circulation, except the
StdtoSmdn, published on the ground y |
and tho Galveston NewS, the oldest
paper in the staten
The house is disposed to await the
action of the senate on the land Iii
now being considered
The stockmen of Texas are STRONGLY
represented in this legisla ure but the
Trouble Is these representative can
not agree among themselves. Il
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