The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07


Prayer by the chaplain.
The reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with.
Senator Parry presented a report
favorable to substituted House bill
No. 26.
The school bill then came up, and
the following sections were amended
to read as herein contained:
Sec. II. There shall be elected at
each general election for state and
county officers, state superintendent
of public instruction, who shall hold
his Office for term of two years and
until his successor is elected and quail
fed, and shall receive an annual salary
of $500 and may appoint one clerk at
an annual salary of 1920, both paya-
bile out of the available school fund
The superintendent shall take the oath
OF office prescribed by the constitution
and shall perform such duties as may
be prescribed by law. Appeals shall
always lie from the rulings of the state
superintendent to the state board of
education. Any person elected to the
office of state superintendent shall
not during his term of office, or for
four years thereafter, he eligible to any
| other state office.
Sec. 48. County superintendent
shall receive the following salaries,
to-wit:
In counties with scholastic popula-
ton of 1900 and over, $1,000; in coun-
ties with scholastic population of 1000
and under 1900, $500; in counties with
scholastic population of $500 and IN
| der 1000, $500; in counties with Schol-
astic population of 1900 and under
$500, 500; in counties with scholastic
population of $500 and under 1000,
$3.50; in counties with a scholastic
population of less than 1000 the coun-
ty judge shallibe ex-officio county sq-
perintendent.
Sec. So. Teaches shall receive sal
aries not exceeding the following
sums:
Teachers with first grade certili-
Gates, $75 per month; teachers with
second grade certificates, $50 per
month; teachers with third grade GER
ti!icates, $50 per month; provided,
that teachers teaching under certifi-
Gates of one years attendance at a
state normal school shall be regarded
as teachers with second-clasS certifi-
Gates; provided further, that this
rule shall not apply to teachers en-
ployed in districts voting local tax
on themselves. Tea hers shall admit
all children over and under scholastic
age into the public schools and shall
be entitled to tuition for same as may
be prescribed by the trustees. A Il tu-
ition paid for students attending a
free school, under free school age,
shall be paid to the trustees for the
benefit of the school fund of the COM
munity or district in which such
school is taught.
Sec. 7S. All school houses erected,
grounds purchased or leased for a
school district or community, and all
other property belonging thereto, shall
be under the control Of the trustees
of such community or district.
After these sections had been
amended, the bill, under suspension
of the rules passed finally and
went tv the House OF Representatives.
There was quite an earnest debate
over the state superintendent ques-
ton, in which the old father of the
Senate, johnson, raped several par
ties without mercy. The old Senator
does Lot take his feet veryeften, but
when he does, he has something to
say. and he never sits until he has
said it.; and what is more noticeable
still, the senators all know what he
means, if his English is not always
classic. They knew yesterday.
Senator Fleming was excused on &C
count of sickness.
House bill No. % was taken up in
regard to roads, and passed to Its third
reading.
House bill No. Ia was passed under
a suspension of the rules, and went to
the governor.
Senator Shannon then called up
Senate bill No. 63.
The constitutional rule was sus-
pended and the bill passed and went
to the House us follows:
A bill to be entitled An Act to Pre-
vent the Destruction of Grass
within Enclosures.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the leg
lature of the state of Texas That
any person who shall wilfully fire any
grass within any enclosure not his
own in this state, with intent to de-
stroy the grass in such enclosure by
the communication of said fire to the
grass within, shall be deemed guilty
of felony, and upon conviction,
punished by confinement in the state
penitentiary for a term of not less
than two nor more than five years.
Sec. 2. Whereas, There is no law fix
ing an appropriate penalty for de
struction of property by fire, there eX-
lists an imperative public emergency
and necessity that the constitutional
rule requiring this bill to be read on
three several days before its passage,
be suspended, and the same is hereby
suspended, and that this act shall take
effect from and after its passage.
Senate bill No. 38 was taken up and
the bill passed and went to the House
as follows:
A bill to be entitled An act to amend
article 1862, title 81, Of the Revised
Civil Statutes of the State of Texas,
so as to require tirSt-claSS roads to
he made at least sixty feet wide.
Section |. BE it enacted by the
That article 1852, title 81, of the Re
be amended so as hereafter to read as
follows:
Article 1852. First class roads shall
be clear of all distractions and not
less than sixty feet wide. All stumps
over six inches in diameter to be C ut
down to six inches of the surface and
rounded off all sJumps six inches
and under to he cut smooth with the
ground, and all causeways made at
least sixteen feet wide.
Senate bill No. 48 was then taken
up and passed, going to the House as
heretofore published in these columns.
This is the bill providing for change
of venue before indictment in felony
cases.
Senate bill No. 6S then passed and
went to the HogSe as published in
THE STATESMAN. This is the bill
permitting counties to issue bonds to
build bridges.
Senate bill No. 40 was then taken
up and the Senate adjourned until 3
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
at 3 o'clock the Senate again con-
vened, and the further consideration
of Senate bill No. 40 was resumed.
On motion of Senator Fowler "a"
was stricken out after shave" in line 4,
section 4, and mo" was inserted.
Senator Harris moved to strike out
the second proviso in section l, but
the Senate refused by % noes to ayes.
Senator Traylor offered an amend