The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-13
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Adjourned.

HOUSE.
u. W. Meade, mem Der OF the iteenth
legislature, was invitel to seat within the
bar ofthe house.
Petitions AM memorials were presented
as follows:
By Davis, of Lamar--A memorial from
the citizens OF Lamar county, asking for re.
lief nom the occupation tax
MessrS. Scott, Chambers, Rogers and Me.
Harlty presented petitions ON prohibition
from the citizsns OF Texas.
By Cotton-&A petition from citizens of
Hamilton county against hiring out con.
yicts. IL
Bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred as follows; ''''>
By Abbott To govern the transportation
and care OF aAlMals within the boundaries |
OF the state. ~
BY Gar,isoaAA An amendment relating to
BY Camp, offimestone-An amensnep, |
sherlNS.
BY Odom-To provide for the arbitration |
between parheS owning and controlling
| land under thl same enclosure
| by brown-iA resolution that thenumber
of committesielerks be reduced. Referred
by Davis, Ipf Lamar-An amendment
making counN surveyors x.otiicio notaries
public Ii
by MoursuAd-To regulate the enclosing
and occupatltn OF public school land.
Also, biil TO regulate the enclosing and
occupancy ofhnd by persons or corpora.
tions not owners thereof
By Flnch-To hx the fees of the DEPART
ment OF state and to regulate the collection
of the same.
by Frauk-To amend the Statutes so AZ
TO require district clerks to issue capiases of
citation on oil original wrils of citation
issued in civil cases.
Also, bill amending the Code, providing
lees Tor district clerks in habeas corpus
cases, and fee OF $40 instead of 50 i'm
felony cases, rolle crossed or dismissed.
Also bill regulating the mileage and
per dlem OF witnesses in criminal cases.
committee reports were received as fol-
lows;
The committee on finance reported un.
tavorably on the bill increasing the hire of
committee clerks, and recommended that
the present number ofclerks be reduced TO
six.
Hin, for judiciary No. 2, reported tayors.
bly, house bill No. GO as to the practice in
justices courts in forcble entry and dc.
tainer cases, providing that the trial can be
had without aJury, as in other cases.
House bill No. 23O, committee substitute
amending articie 4327, by providing special
damages of per cent. per month on Inc
value OF freight when received. for the viii.
ful or negligent detention thereof beyond
reasonable time.
4 Adversely--Bills Nos, and II, seeking to
hconfer Jurisdiction on county and justices
courts TO ioreclose attachment liens on land
The asylum bill, reported back To- the
house from the senate, with amendments
locating the asylum at Mineral Wells, Palo
Pinto county, and providing that not less
than 6OO acres be purchased, was taken up.
The house refused to concur in the senate
amendments.
, Cochran moved a Suspension of the rules
to take up the bill making an appropriation
clerk to the secretary of the boarl of
education.
i, Brown-"I believe if the gentleman who
holos the othce now was to resign his 81, 500,
there would be one hundred men Knocking
at the door for the same position. II the
gentleman %nuld get up and wash his face
IN tinie for breakfast, ae would have pfeply
of time to do the work.
. Cochran, Frymier, Labatt and linton
contended that there was an imperative ne
cessity for clerk, owing to the increased
business of the Office.
Cochran explained that the former secre-
tary had had assistance from the clerks of
o,hef departments, hut that there was no
Nash opposed the motion, and stated he
was not opposed to the appropriation, but
thought the bill ought not to come up till
the general appropriation bill was reached
Lakewood contendcd that the reno. nr
{ the committee should receive du' l-
slderaiion; that they had made the ...,.,.
tigation and found clerk necessary.
The speaker-"The motion is upon the
suspension of the rules.
Inc vote fesmted-ayes, 81 noes, IS. So
lhe house refused to suspend the rules,
The substitute bill by the committee for
Sc 'eral bills that had been referred, relating
to change in the election laws, was taken
up and adopted by sections.
various amendments were proposed To
seCtlon /, IN regard to the CONVERSATIONS of
officers OF elections, which were rejected,
Cotton moved to amend section ., by in.
sertlng the words together with - thereby
requiring the total returns to be made out
rs well as the tally sheets.
scott offered an amendment soas to allow
the returns TO be made either by mail or IN
person, and in support of the Smendment
argued that this would ObyiAte difficulty
TO winch the western counties had been
subjected.
Chambers, of Tarrant vsarcasticallyJ-"I
move to amend the amendment by adding
the words, "C r by telegraph"
The speaker ruled that the gentleman
was out of order.
Moursund offered an amendment to the
enactlng clause, striking out that part
Wnlch was lmmaterial. Adopted
fehulng the consideration Of the remain
ing sections, the house adjourned.
The bill allows the officers of election 30
Tor each day and each night necessarily EN-.
ployed IN the discharge of their duties, and
provides That tripliCate returns of the
poll and tally lists shall be made
out Que list to be delivered
to the county judge and one to the county
court Jerk, to be kept open for inspection
Tor twelve months from the dav of election
the other OF said lists to be kept for twelve
! mohths by the presiding officer. In case
the once OF the county judge is vacant, the
returns are to be delivered to the county
court clerk, who shall deliyer the same 10
The county commissioners court on the dav
polls, P'''o '''0
ADJOURNED I'LL 10 q. M tomorrow.
CAPITAL CuRoNICIIYGs.
ARRANGEMENTS have been about perfected
between the railways and the cattle drivers
LOT transporting stock cattle from southern
,lexas, Arkansas and Louisiana to Wichita
Falls, the extensive fencing OF lands along
trans heretofore used, making driving ha2.
ardous and expensive, and the railroads
entering the cattle belt have agreed with
the Fort Worth ~ Denver to make rate
lhat VIII lust pay cost OF transportation. to
encourage this class of shipments. One
driver wlll ship 5000 from Arkansas, and n
large shipment will be made from southern
Texas. Ample facilities will be furnished
at Wichita Falls to handle the stock, and
there IL an open route from there 10 any
part oil the northwest. This will enable
urlYers 10 save time and rlsk. In nllin,,