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Legislative Proceedings.


Legislative Proceedings.
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SENATE
SENATE CHAMBER. Jan. II, 1884.
The Senate met pursuant to al
journment.
President in the chair.
Roll called and q quorum present
Prayer by the chaplain.
Senator Pfeuffer presented mem
orial from citizens of Llane county
protesting against the passage of
herd law, etc. Referred to committe
on stock raising.
Senate 8Davis presented q repor
from the committee on education, II
regard TO Senate bill No. 81. favorabl
to its adoption. Also on Senate bill
No. 81, favorable to It's adoption.
Senator Patton presented the repor
of judiciary committee No. on Sen
ate bill No. AZ, unfayOrable to the bill
This is the bill giving sherifts add
tional powers. The committee thinl
the present law ample to meet all de
mandS.
Also a report on Senate bill No. 81
favorable to the bill with an amend
ment curing certain technical defects
Also Senate bill No. 81, to make
wire fences lawful without the board
was referred with the recommends
ton that 1t do not pass. The com
mittee state such fence would moi
be desirable as 1t would be danger
GUS, and IL legaliZed, parties would
not be liable for damages.
Also substitute for Senate bill No
IL. The substitute cures certain tech
nical objections in the original.
Also on Senate bill No. AZ. favora-
BILE thereto.
Senator Matlock presented a report
from committee No. 2 Judiciary ia
Yorable to Senate bill No. 48, with
certain amendments, to cover certain
technical defects. Senator Matlock
asked for Senate bill No. SO, that 10C
copies be ordered printed for the use
of the committee. So ordered.
Senator Shannon introduced a bill
and asked that 100 copies be printed
So ordered and referred to committee
on public lands.
Senator Collins introduced bill,
which was referred, relating to turn
ing out stock.
Senator Matiock introduced bill to
prevent the killing OF stock. Referred
to judiciary committee No. 2.
The president referred House bill
No. Is to the committee on finance, a
substitute for Senate bill No. 81.
Senate bill No. 30, which was set
for special order of the day, was held
by the chair to be in allegiance until
Senate bill No. was disposed of.
The Senate then went into the COM
mittee of the whole and the discus
sion on the Terrell bill continued.
Senator Evans was the first speaker.
He was opposed to the bill. He rep
resented a district ninety-five miles
long and eighty-hve miles wide, con-
tanning $1,000 constituents. He had
served them for twenty-five years,
and they had upheld him all this time.
He was a citizen Of this great state,
and he could not indorse the idea that
the citizens of Texas were commun-
lists. He argued that it would cost
more to enforce the law than would be
obtained from the leases for the school
funds in the expense of the commits
sioners, soldiers, court expenses, etc.
He also took the ground that the COM
missioners could not possibly accom-
plish the wor assigned to them.
Senator Harris was the mex speaker.
He was opposed to the bill principally
upon the ground that it could not be
enforced, for the reason that the COM
missioners could not Investigate
so many frauds and abstracts of title.
His speech was a strong one.
senator Jonnson was tne next
speaker. ne Mas IA laVor % Tue pnl'
ne sSlo senator's nad sn6ereo at oeha-
Tor Ierreil because ne nau sald tnat
CONSISTENCY was me pniioSopny Oh
ioois, Dut Nc was ol Ing opinton sndc
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tney Wouid nn9 tnat II ID so0u PnAi0So-
pny Ior some OF tnem 10 Iouow, De
salu Sney P5ooaoLy Woulu uoe nave
mucn regard ior Tnas ne salu, pecauss
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any way. tne NalVeotSn Ne"S o ma9
an lISm tnaC morning t1d1 no sPsile9
peopie wlGnoeS an :, anu nc aulntCC Gu
tnat ne was noG VSry s.n ls puS he
always trleu 10 40 Ine DSsb ne coulo
ana MS people Gnougnt ne
voted and acteu pretty near rlgnL.
he awe Srled 10 Protect Cas people
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az 1870. - III sDoSIad ,,oonia l1;tho~t
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revieMlns t1o nlSeoLy VI sIo oaaso
quesCion anu 1uo Ci'm va, 10 I MnN
doWn 10 tne ponIical latCelS IA ~ tsa.
as, anu saiu no proPoseu ~ snOM eaas
conslsSahcy was ING PHILOSOPHY I "
ioois. Dy which ms ne na ass1 Sus. wn ou
SENATOR ieLrel nau saiu l.! sn 40 , laHt
VINO nao pSon WIons III JUG Pass
ana Wnen SuDeeQuent events proven
sucn W 10 Ine case, NC we" sss looa ~ ~
o ~ mtVnS ~ n;th Ooet foIIia9 II sncb
co ns oons, WILL rS o P 1891 tha 0h;i
oaSo, Oon s foJ, 20" whor ~ o,,a1 IT,
oSopny "a ao 49, onS II noS;o-
came up N reearo 70 sne , 'anucu pSAt ~
Oh Inns county, anu !, noon S a H tho mh,;c
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agalnst IL, puS ~ was S M taeu aa amu t tto
raliIoaus sos sho ienu' Anen a Uao "
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ana No voteo aHolnSG IL sui, pIs ~
was carried and ne was Iogy. Insn
came the question OF supporting tne
schools. IN when one man was saX oa
70 eaucSte Ine cnilreL an an
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