The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-02

W SfNouu WI tuc minutes.
roster, oil Limestone, called up the mo-
the table, '"' " on
Upton moved call of the. house.
ihe roll was called and ihe seryesnt.at.
abseutees. ''s ="
follows: '".i'' aS
by Frymier-A petition from the super.
intendent OF the deaf and dumb asyinm
asking Tor the balance due him forepasi
by Peers-A petition frcm citizens of
h9oertson county on prohibition.
By llnch-A petition FROM citizens Of
Collin dnnty, asking an amendment To the
constitution so as to allow the commission.
ers court to cpate greater number of
justices precincts. "
Bills and resolutions were introduced a,a
referred as follows: "'"
BY Browning-To authorize counties to
iund their indebtedness, and to- provide for
raising means TO pay the same.
by Henderson-To require hotel and
noardins-house keepers to keep posted a
erty is insured fNf
BY Robertson-An amendment author.
izing the board OF commissioners of the1u-
sistants. -"''''o""A As
by Fisher-To establish public city libra.
ries, TO regulate ths same, and to authorize
cities to levy taxes for said purposes,
By Frankie allow Confederate certifi.
cafes 10 be |. -s headlight certificates.
Allowing theh ,e divided and sub.
divided TIL TIN iole certificate Ia ex.
BY Townsend->An amendment of Me
renal Code relating to lottery tickets.
BY Abbott-To restore the civil and crim;.
nal jurisdiction Of the county court of Tom
Greene county.
by Patterson--To repeal section 3, chap
Ter %, OF the Statutes, approved in 1879.
ny hurst-To provide for taking up and
selling estrays and fence. breaking animals.
by Moore, OF McLennan-To proyide for
the issuance Of executions in certain cases.
by Hnrst-To allow persons to- volunta.
rliy designate homestead, and make other
eal estate subject to mortgage without
cloud or claim as a homestead.
by Wurzbach-rA resolution requesting
the committee on constitutional amend.
mems 10 report back the necessity of con-
that amendments have been offered 10 the
constitution upon almost every subject.
BY Peers-For the relief of i. 7. Sink.
By Nash-To permit the elementary
principles OF agriculture to be taught in the
common schools of the rural districts.
| By Acker-To ascertain what amount is
due J. s. Coleman on claims due teachers.
| by Frymier-An amendment providing
lor = probate record book to separate the
papers of an estate required to be recorded
| from the minutes of the court.
| by Townsend-To give charter institu-
| tlons the right, when their charters expire
l In 4 In, .,al,.
all the rights and privileges that existed nm,
der the old charters.
Chalmers, of Tarrant, and Frymier, by
request, were added to the committee on iu-
| dicial districts.
Reports of committees were received as
| follows: 40
Hill, for judiciary No. 9, adversely TO the
blll amending the law of adoption so as to
give the person adopting the power.to chas-
| tise.
Also, to the bill changing the law of In.
peas corpus 80 as to allow bail when per.
son is arrested under a capias pro fine.
| Fayoraoly-The bill providing for bind.
ing county commissioners in the sum of
| $4,000 ~
| Ihe serseant-at-arms having announced
| that the aDsentees had been brought into
tne mouse, the espeakeJ announced the ones
tbe vu 100 70 ee on the motion to lay on the table,
Hamilton county. Tie motion fttos ltlroome ttlroom
slider was lost.
The committee on constitutional amend.
ments reported substitute to bill No. 100,
which makes the tax on property not to ex-
ceed 40 cents on the 500. and not to exceed
| 10 cents on the $180 tor roadsand bridges.
| Mr., Upton, tor the finance committee,
reported uniavorably to the bill authoriz.
ing the comptroller to audit and pay claims
due superintendents and directors Of public
Tree schools, forsservices rendered prior to
September l, 1879.
| Favorably-The bill providing clerk for
the secretary of the board of education,
| Mckinney, for the committee on educa.
tional affairs, reported substitute to bill
| No. 2I2, which recommends, ,the payments
of bonds OF doubtful validity. due free
schools and universities from the sale of
public domain, after half of the proceeds of
sale have gone to tree schools.
J Foster, for the committee on public
| printing, reported uniavOrably to the bill
providing that laws passed by the legsla-
ture shall be printed in one paper in each
| judicial district.
Favorably-The bill to appropriate 81, 900
for deficiency in the amount appropriated
Tor public printing for the year 1882 and
1883.
Woods, for the committee on privileges
and elections, reported that the confession
OF Dull, OF Brazoria, had never appeared
against defendant, and that Duil be consid-
cred the rightful owner of the seat.
Mckinney called up the house joint reso.
| luton to appoint committee to visit
the schools at Bryan and at Huntsville,
which had been reported back by the sen.
ate, with the amendments, first, that the
committee consist on one from the senate
and two from tho house. ands second, that
the expenses of the committee be paid out
of the contingent fund of the house. The
house dlssented from the first amendment,
and adopted the second.
Frymier' s resolution, that the house con-
vene at p. m. daily to consider adverse re.
ports from committees, was tabled, on mo-
tion OF Upton.
Swan moved to reconsider the vote by
which the minority report was adopted, for
the majority report Of house bill No. 26,
relating to the tax to be levied for bridge
purposes.
On motion of Levi. Of Lamar, the mo.
tion to reconsider was tabled.
House bill No. 20, re iuiring no person 10
work over fiye days per annum on public
roads, passed the house.
House bill No. %, authorizing the county
commissioners court to provide for the
payment of all claims audited as valid
claims due teachers, passed the house.
Durant said that, although $l73 inter-
! ested u be was opposed to the bill
House adjourned until 10 a. m. to.mor-
row.
| CAPITAL CHRoNICLINGs.
Mr.. Pleuller's appropriation bill pro.
vidcs $4,000, annually, for militia encamp-
ments.
The Northwestern National Insurance
company. of Milwaukee; the Hanover FIJI @.
of New York, and Germania Fire, of New
| York were authorized To do hnsiness In