The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

Senator GOOch moved 4 call of th
Senate, pending Which he moved tina
the absent members be excused wa
carried. The Senate then went int
committee OF the whole for the fur
ther consideration of the Terrell bill
Senator Gooch then moved that tn
committee rise and report tn
whole matter to the Senate TO
further consideration without any &C
ton being taken by the committee
This was carried, and the matte
was reported back to the Senate.
y message was received from tn
J governor in regard TO the appoint
ment of notarieS public.
Senator Davis moved that the mi
nority report On Senate bill Ne
: be adopted, and took the
floor in support Of this motion il
order 10 reply to Senator Ter
rells speech in the committee OF
the whole IN the morning. Senator
Terrell had said certain things in his
speech that had nettled Senator Mat
lock, and he is one of those men that
Will let nobody step on his corns with,
out whispering in their ears the fact
that he knows where they have been
walking. Senator Terrell, referring
to a remark made by Senator Davis
to the effect that in Georgia, where
| he was reared, his father gave
poplar bark to horses to make
them shed their coats. etc, said
in effect that the senator looked as
though he had been reared on cop
pc. q water, etc. This was what
par ,lcularly called for the reply on the
part of Senator Davis. His speech
was quite lengthy and wholly person
al in its nature. He reviewed the leg
islative record of Senator Terrell, and
even went so far as to cast reflections
upon his whereabouts during the
war. lie followed this by a
most scathing and highly bitter
Phillip on the record of Sen
ator Terrell, and closed with
an equally sarcastic Interpretation of
the Senator's effort in the morning
claiming it was cunningly framed to
tickle the ear of all classes who list
ened to it.
During his speech a message was
received from the House saying that
JOINT resolution No. 2 had passed the
House.
After Senator Davis had closed his
speech Senator Gooch moved to table
both committee reports and the bill
with its amendments. This was lost
by vote OF II to II.
A motion to adjourn was then
moved by Senator Chesley, which was
lost by vote of 5 to q.
The first amendment offered b. the
committee was then laid before the
Senate, which was to strike out of
lines six and seven of section l the
word "ten" and Insert five" so as to
make it read five acres, etc. The
amendment carried by a vote of 10
to Z.
The second amendment then came
up, making one hundred head exempt
instead of five.
Senator Chesley offered an amend
ment to make it fifty head instead of
one hundred.
Senator Davis moved to amend
t:r' y .i!i",' 1T so as to make it 1909
head. 1nls vas lost by a vote of II
to 10.
The question was then upon Sena-
tor Chesley's amendment, which was
lost by d vote Of 10 to 10.
The committee amendment fixing
it at 100 instead of % head. Lost by
a vote of II to ID.
The next amendment was, that the
law take effect in one year instead of
six months, which lost on a vote of
10 to Is.
Senator Shannon offered an amend
ment to insert the word school be-
fore lands wherever the word occurs
in the first section, the effect Of which
is to confine the operation of the bill
to school lands and no other; for illus
tration, the first lines would then
read, "that no person shall turn loose
to Craze on unanclosed SCHOOL lands
in any county etc
Senator Gooch offered a substitute,
adding section combining the opera
ton of the bill to counties where
school lands were located, and this
was accepted by Senator Shannon.
The question OF the adoption of the
amendment offered by Senator Goocb
was carried by vote of 10 TO 3.
Senator Davis offered an amend
ment to strike out all Of the bill
relating to the commissioners of pas
turage, This would relate to sections
IL, ID, IA, 10 and Is, and would strike
these five sections from the bill entire
ly. This was carried by vote of Is
TO 6.
Senator Harris moved to strike out
all except section 1. Carried by vote
of II to s.
Senator Davis moved to strike out
the first section of the bill, which was
lost.
Senator Buchanan moved to ad-
iOurn until 10 o'clock Tomorrow Lost
by II to 10.
Senator Shannon moved to substi-
tute Senate bill No. 80, as follows:
A bill to be entitled an act furnishing
unlawful enclosing of public lands.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the leg
islature Of the State of Texas, That it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm,
association or corporation, to erect
fence on or around any land belonging
to the state, or to the common schools,
the university or to any of the
asylums of the state, without author
ity from the proper source.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, firm, association or corpora
ton to permit a fence to remain on or
around any of the land named in Sec
ton 1 of this act, without authority
or after the term OF lease shall have
expired.
Sec. 3. Any person violating section
2 and 3 of this act shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
800 nor more than $500, or by impris-
onment in the county jail not exceed
ing twelve months, or by both.
Each tract OF land fenced, as here
inbefOre defined, and each month it
shall remain fenced as aforesaid, shall
constitute separate ofenSe, and he
punished as such.
Sec. 4. Where prosecution is had by
information under this act, tie per-
son who shall voluntarily make the
complaint, shall, upon conviction of
the accused, be entitled to one-half of
the fine collected, and it shall be con-
sidered to have been voluntarily
made, when the affiant shall have a
certificate from the prosecuting attor-
ney who drafts the information, that
he is entitled to one-half of the fine
when collected.
Senator Gooch moved that both
bills and all the amendments be re-
committed to the committee on stock
and stock raising with instructions to
prepare bill upon the subject and re-
port it to the senate for consideration.
The motion carried.
So that section one of the Terrell
bill and the foregoing Senate bill No.
80 and the amendments go to the
committee as the substance for the
new hill The first section of the