The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24
EIghtcruth Legislature
SENATE.


nte bills were TERED rs follow;
by NJ. Cooper 70 provide for the sale
OF 10000 Uorss Of lana IN Tom Green county
mt not los, loan - per sc-., the proceeds
TO be applied 10 having Texas represented
nj the War.as 'air
BY Nj. Srunron--To make the destruc,
tionoi pr b. fro felony.
Nj. PiuN.r Dr the finance commit
tee repaired fyosRsly the bill 10 regulate
the col'o1ilg Of taxes on and heretofore
bid In by thg stale aud not redeemed.
In committee oC the wi o'c MIR. Terrell's
bill va, taken up and di 1u,sod until .
o'clocl, without action.
Adjourn a..
ROUSE.
AusTIy. jan, 10 Especial THE house
met ~ 10 o'u'5cS this morning.
On mo IJJ the special order WAC post
poned, u.i bills, resolutions, etc., intro.
due tuG r.largsd as follows:
By Tawn'eui--To authorize couui.S,
cities and towns to issue bonds tor age
purpose, Aid levy d tax 20 pHy Iu,.ra5, On
the ssme tho bonds - b. %, aU.. aHtt lu
twenty years; - s.ukius ... .. ayF ..t
bonds sud interest ~ 5H provided ..r Co., D..
sn vs'orem TAX n lItH,I ...tr %. TN. OBJ
fake effect as onCG.
By CIudill - NO amend s.lar.. .. --e a..
tic'e 10 rD,Cist.i |.. .....
b. Cham lC-s-- '." .H..ur.s. 3D.. board oil
educ" tiou 10 Iaatsi. t.a .IrG5 ,i tnr l....sr.
sity funds. as' am t.. .s, 4Li ,a,",glu!
funds iu Bona, ". -.. .'.IH hg puIght s.Lg
such bonds from permanent cChOui
funds, ~ such rI ai nay be determined
by the bo1.a u. education. Whenever 3
purcha e. l-- b en- iuade ~ Ia tuis oil, the
Irft or uhult fFangt-r tho funds An
chased rom The permanent school 'und 20
the sccounl ~ the fluid for which the pur-
chase has been made, and shall transfer
from sucH funds 10 the permanent school
fund the amount of the price said bonds
BY Try SIirr---To amend artic 1852 OF the
revised statues 80 g 20 read: mo person
shall be r,qurei to lis' or render greater
portion e his credits than be believes will
be received 90 can be cole cted, or to iDcud
in his statement a. u pat OF hiE personal
proper y, winch - required to be- listed,
any share or portion OF the capital stock OF
property ON aly compsny or corporation
which IL required ~ rs, OF returns us capl-
tGl property for iaIa,iou, or notes gyor for
the purchase OF land where Ysudar's lien il
retained when tNit notes sre in ihs hands
of original owners Of the same"
BY MISUNDERSTANDING for the election
of judges in all but the thirteenth. thirty
third and thiTty.sixtl districts,
BY Morsund--House bill no. 90-To pre-
scribe the mode ot ascerteimngtte amount
OF anDusl purchase Oh which IGIicars
paying occupation tex are liable 10 be
taxed. Collectors are to classify merchants
according TO their sworn statements.
BY Acker--A memorial iIom the citizens
OF Burnct and Lempasas against the herd
law.
BY Browning-h memorial from Nolan
county OF fence cutting.
Morsund had spread on the journal a
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
revenue bill was previously ordered en-
crossed.
Tue house took up the special order to
substitute house bill No. SO Offered by
ThompsOr oi Bczsr), 10 appoint commits
sioners 10 the New Orleans cotton expos.
ton, the question being or the adoption OF
the substitute.
Cramer moved that the minority report,
which opposes the bill &c unconstitutional,
be adopted.
The bill vas djsclas,d rrn ond con by
Nash, DnrcDt, Tay.or, HgzIewNoi Hill,
Fisher Of Hayes, Chcroweth and Foster OF
Linn stone, l"t fG.hof OF the bill, rhomp-
son Of Il gar, swan, Cham ners, SGp Den
mis-, Pa tersor, E.neridSe sud Jones Of Hen
derson
In the disc1eficr OF the pending bill,
Thomp.ou said: ~ mns' say, hal grave
doubts AZ Ii tas 10 the cprsJJutiopaity o
this measure. agreed with the eSeGuuv We
OF the stetc agp man learned IN tht Jaw who
would certainly have raised tie question
ifany ~ I'm his milf, lad .ic egarded
1t as unconstitutional | s'sn cJusuted
with the attOTn1y-ge and other com.
petent lawyers, ard VI all agreed hat thus
was prop su1i5ct for ieeisla loo and
that th $ body had the right AID y Ser TO
make on appropriation for tue purposes of
this bill y
Nash made an extended md e arsu.
ment in favor If Inc psnIrg bill The
committee, hg said, hld recumm ended thai
the three bills be coneidef-d .oYether. II
the bill wag uaconetituuona}, no admitted
IL ought noe TO pass. dc was not 10 favor
but if tha appropriation Was not
prohibi cd by ira ilsttument
he was ne srtily II favor f t. He old not
think tha.. the section assigned against it
barred ,he app'opri ton. This WIS tho
sect On declaring ingl me j. etSls.ur- shall
not have r.svr 20 levy G@&es or impose
burde 'UpUBth p-cpip kept ior certain
pnrpOse~'nan t1. That Gid not cover such
objects 40 werF proposed by tcis bi !. We
do not G. aim that we IN ieyya trt Tor tie
purpose merely ~ u.ifR rsN~e5eb ed
at the EXC s,tTou, bub We ctH lev! tax : tor
the pr PER admin's'Ta'ina O the GOVERN
ment Wea are p-rnitts1 ~ make y Law
that may ps necessary Tor tina economical,
administration OF ,he gOvrfnnenu, After
We have levied axes eudiceut Tor the gov.
eminent, if VIZ Gun fi1d revenues nor otbsr
erwIse Uhtsined, then un0,r this section
csn mako the. sppropristidu. tor he
purpose Of hi: nil. Tnars h nqtb.
ing in the coDstitu.iGu rhRy sgys the te.s of
the ,lsDd office shah &C lac he general r.y.-
nue.. II We don't fad some ching IN tho
constitution prohibit he nee OF these
fees, IL becomes merely question OF pro-
priety, whether or not We shall be repre- |
scented at New Orleans.
He argued thai an appropriation which |
would not amount 60 one cent per Csplta
was not a burden upon iba people, ~ The |
legisl ature would otherwise appropriate al |
thai as necF 9sary f,r the economical ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of .he government,
Nash further argued tia. AL power not |
delegated TO congress by tho states was re- |
served To the sLates. While the stG3s con
stitu,ion was "a limitation Of the power OF
the legislative, anything not cx.
pressly prohibited BY the constitution |
was admissible Ailuding 10 section |
564 of the constitution prohibiting appro.
priatiors for the purposes ~ emigr1tiou, he
said that II was only meart th1' Che es-
tabiiShment o = bureau Of emigration ami |
drains n "a the treasury iOr paying agents |
In the different sialHa alsG lore 50 countries, |
which had teen annually made,
should be pTohitiied ard that |
coming 20 TczAs should come ~
eeme otfpr means but it did not mean iha,
when ~ different states had a public exc
positi like that a. New Orleans, Tex1-
DhDuId not be represented.
Pending the debate the hou SO Adjourned.
SENATE.
AUSTIN, Jan. IS. -[specidl.l lin The sem
lte Mr.. MatIeck, for the COMMITTEES on pub.
Lie lands, reported isvoTabiy to giving leas-