The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-04-12
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


House met at the appointed hour.
Speaker Gibson and quorum pres
ent,
Prayer by the chaplain.
The house took up the senate bill
redistricting the judicial districts, and
it was finally passed.
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
The house considered the senate
amendment to the bill.
The house refused to concur in the
senate amendment increasing salary
of three additional clerks in the treas
ury department from $1,000 to $1,000.
Same action as to amendment in
creasing salary of receiving clerk
in general land Office from $500 to
$1,000.
Ditto as to senate amendment, one
draughtsman for compiling county
maps, $500.
Ditto as to amendment to allow
$500 instead of 500 for a stone from
Texas quarry for the Washington
monument.
Mr.. Ayres moved to postpone con-
ing out $1,000 for hire of competent
CtoSloGollOo W lloll COlnluloolOuOI.
Mr.. Henderson spoke in favor of
the motion.
Mr.. Wurzbach moved that the
house refuse to concur as the best
way to leave the matter open for re-
consideration.
Mr.. Tucker said he had specially
visited the fish ponds and examined
the fish, and argued that the house
should concur in the amendment to
strike out the appropriation. He
considered it futile enterprise.
The house determined to concur in
the amendment to strike out.
Further senate amendments were
non-concurred in, as follows:
Additional amount Ito public print
ing) to pay for submitting proposed
constitutional amendments, 5000.
Increasing salary of two assistant
clerks in state department from $240O
to $2700.
Increasing salary of two bookkeep-
ers in land department from $1,000 to
$1,000.
Increasing salary of one assistant
bookkeeper in land department from
S12OO to $500.
Increasing salary of chief clerk in
attorney generals office from $500 to
$1,000.
Increasing salary of other law clerk
from $500 to $500.
Allowing for supreme court room at
Austin, $3.50.
Allowing for supreme court room
at Tyler, $500.
Allowing for supreme court room
at Galveston, $500.
Increasing allowance for publishing
supreme court reports from $500 to
5000.
Same change as to reports Of court
of appeals.
Increasing salary of matron of luna
tic asylum from $400 to 5000.
Allowing $500 for office furniture
for the asylum.
Allowing one male supervisor 1920
Allowing one female supervisor
$3.50.
Increasing salary of secretary of
board of education from $500 tC
$1,000.
For employment of a clerk when
needed, $75 per month.
Increasing allowance to pay teach
ers to be employed by state board tC
teach summer normal school, from
5000 to $1,000, to be paid out of gen.
eral revenue.
To build hall for the Sam Houston
normal institute, 5000.
To pay for surveying million o.
acres of university land, $1,000.
Making in lieu of special appro
priations for the agricultural anC
mechanical college a single one o
$4,000 each year, to be paid out o
the general revenue.
Appropriating 100000 each yeaI
or as much thereof as may be neces
sary. for the state to carry out tn
work of resumption of control OF tn
; penitentiaries.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL.
The house resumed as the pendin
n business further consideration of tn
s deficiency bill, which was considere
o in committee of the whole.
+ Mr.. Cochran in the chair.
: Appropriations were adopted, a
g follows;
4 To pay deficiency for the Iunatic
9 asylum for supplies for the year oo
. February %, 1889. ........S ~ $50
Il To paw for same for deaf and
:. dumb asylum ...,,....,....... a,5ee
It To nav Henry Fleming, ex-sheriff
l. of Wheeler county, for convey
4 ing Ed Hart, convict, to the
penitentiary at Huntsville. go
4 For balance salary Dr.. Ralney, su-
perintendent Of blind asylum,
nc Same for 1850 I0U