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The Legislative Proceedings In Full

The Legislative Proceedings In Full
Eighteenth LeGislaturs---Extra Session
SENATE.
AUSTIN, Feb. 5.-[Seecial.l-Mr. kleberg
presented petition from the Texas Mex
ican railway, asking the right to sue the
state.
The school bill with house amendments
was taken up and the amendments con-
Cured In.
The senate refused to concur in the mouse
am endments TO Mr.. Gibbs dill for leasing
lands in unorganized counties.
The bill authorizing the university Ia
purchase bonds from the school fund was
lost.
The senate refused to concur in the house
amendments to the bill authorizing towns
and villsges TO issue bonds for the erection
OF school houses.
The bill to protect from trespass lands
of those whose fences have been cut was
engrossed.
The bill authorizing counties to devote
| to school purposes the proceeds of the
lease oi county school lands was eDgrossed
Mr. PieulTsr, for the committee on free
con.ereuce nu the tax bill reported an
amendment srking.out % l.2 and inserting
II IL revenue tax The report was adopt
ed. frhe school tax is II l-2 cents.
Adjourned I'LL o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Gooch, for the committee on the
land enclosure bill, reported the bill edopt-
ed by the house during the morning ses.
sion.
Mr.. Gooch moved the adoption of the re
port.
Mr.. Kleberg made powerful speech in
opposition to the bill, saying it was uncon'
stitutiona.
Messrs. Fle@jpg aud Matlagk DRAGGED it
on ti,.Sssne groNnA ~ 49,
The majority report was adopted by the
Yeas-Buchauan Cooper, Fowler, Get.
zendaner, Gibbs, Gooch, Harris, Patton,
Perry, Pfeutfer, Randolph, Shannon, Ter.
rell, Traylor-totsl, IA.
Nays-Chesley, Collins, Fleming, Hous.
ton, Johnston (of Shelby Kleberg, Mar.
tin, Matlock, Peacock, Pope, stratton-
total, IL.
The bill to authorize counties to use the
proceeds of the lease of school lands for
school purposes passed.
Adjourned till 7:30 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
A message was received from the house
that it refused to recede from its amend.
ment to the bill authorizing incorporated
cities and towns to issue bonds to build
school houses, and asked for committee OF
free conference.
Messrs. Buchanan. Gooch and Houston
were appointed on part of the senate.
Mr.. Pfeuffer called up the concurrent res.
olution requesting the Texas delegation in
congress to urge the passage of law pro-
hibiting the importation of adulterated
wines and brandies, and it passed.
oil
except railroads, from acquiring mora than
$40 acres OF land, WAS taken up and referred
to judiciary committee No. 2.
Adjourned.
AUSTIN, Feb. 5.-[Specal.] 1.-The house
met at 10 o'clock, Speaker Gibson and a
quorum pre- sent.
Pray er by Rev. DR.. Smoot,
Brown, on a question of privilege, had a
communication read by the clerk on behalf
of himself and Newton, setting forth that
the resolution introduced by him endors-
lug Governor Irelsnd's course were charged
TO have originated with the governors pr-
vate secretary and probably on the COVER
por's own motion. They denied that any
one but themselves had any agency or
knowledge of the resolutions, aed also
denied that they We're gotten up
as had further been charged, as u
political boom for Governor Ireland, to Sc
cure his renomlnation. They say: we have
not decided who will he our choice for the
next governor, we we're promoted solely in
presenting said resolutions IN the eXpscta
ton thai tLey would be adopted withon
discussion and would be the means Of
showing our condemnation ol acts OF law
lessne SIS and our readiness to strengthen
the executive in enforcing he laws" This,
they say, is the head and front of their
off.atlilg, for which tnev have no apology
10 make. They do not intend 10 run tor
any sttts Office aud the explanation is de-
signed to right the governor as well as
themselves if their words, they add, can be
credi eu.
The pending business being the B own
ing land bill, on the question of adopting
the Clenoweth substitute il was postponed
Indefinitely on account OF it being i'm pos'i-
BILE, so late in the SEASON, to perfect the
measure
The senate bill authorizing commits.
sioners courts to fix times for holding coun-
ty courts was passed to It's third leading.
Ayres' bill limiting acquisitions of laRd
by private corpo, ations passed to It's third
reading.
Messrs, Frymier, Cochran and Cheno-
weth were appointed CD part of the house
upon he conference committee upon the
tax bill.
Cotton's hill to prevent the herding o.
stock except by consent of the land owner
upon auoiher's land, was next considered
under favors ole committee report.
Hill offered a substitute providing PEN
al,y OF 500 Tor herding stock in half mile
of anoiher's residence and refusing to re-
move the same when requested. Lost
ayes, AZ; noes, A.
An amendment by Scott, that this bill
shall not Apply to stock in transit for ship
ment or being driven to market was adopt
ed, and the bill psssed-ayes, 81; noes, 43.
and was ordered nprOsstd.
A message from the senate announced
that that uody had concurred in house
amendments to the senate bill making an
appropriation of $4,000 for the New Or.
leans cotton and industrisl exposition.
There will be one chief commissioner at
a salary of $1,000. a clerk o. 81 600, and ten
assistant commissioners who are TO be al.
lowed 5000 each.l
A message from the senate requesting
conference mmittee on the bill providing
for the disposition of public school lanos
MoKnney, for the commit,ee OF free
conference on house bills Nos 50 and "a, to
prevent unlawful enc osures, reported in
isvor oil Certain CONCESSIONS.
Browning, of the house. and kleoefg, oi
The senate, dissent from the majority re-.
p,rt and q. ked the appointment Of new
free conk renee committee
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