The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-12
Affairs AZ AUSTIN.
ANOTHER plseRAoEfUL SCENE.
The Legislature Imltatlng Ryan and sui
iiynp-alr. Tayior's ras Bili-Daiias
Charter Amendments ~, X,
Legislative synopsis.


AUSTIN, March H.-,Speoial. The
bin 10 regulate tho duties OF public gin
ners was reported adversely.
BILLS PASSED.
TO authorize tho attorney-gonoral TO
institute suit 10 recover lands In Greer
county on which veteran certificates
have been Illegally located.
10 require prompt settlement by tax
collectors.
10 change the times for holding courts
In Wise county.
Giving the regents control OF the uni
yersity lands.
Abolishing tho Office OF insurance
commissioner.
The bill extending tho time for the
forfeiture of tho Texas Trunk line and
other rail way charters was ongrossed
A motion TO reconsider tho vote rofus-
ing 20 engross the Jones railway freight
bill was lost.
The bill providing for Official stono-
grnphers was lost; also the dill TO create
the county of Valverde.
Adjourned.
HoUsE.
Under suspension of pending busl-
moss, Mr.. DarroGh called up the Dill
fining from 500 10 $500 county commits
sioners willully remaining away from
the commissioners court TO lovy taxes.
Passed.
Mr.. Steele called up the bill requiring
county commissioners to each give u
bond Of 500. Engrossea.
Mr.. Crayens called up senate bill
authorizing the publication OF 1000
volumes of the RoYiSed Civil Statutes
ana appropria,ing $1,000 therefor.
The house went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Cravons in the chair, and
the bill was adopted, reported back to
tho house and passed.
Mr.. Hamilton called up tho bill liking
the salaries of county judges at from 500
To 1000, which was defeated.
PETITIONS.
BY Mr.. Gavin, from citizens of Harri-
son county. Against the passage OF the
striker bill.
BY Mr..Camp, (ofLimestone): Relative
to the change TO granite for tho state
capitol.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
BY Mr.. Armistead, (by request: Amend
ing article 2,9iG, relative 70 insurance
companies.
BY Mr.. Blount, (ofiVanZandD: Pro-
tGcting settlers on school, university
and asylum lands, and providing PEN
alties Interference.
Pending business, local bills:
The bill granting the salt water flats,
near Virginia Point 10, w. Il. Jones for
@. =. Huntington, was read.
MIR. Taylor offered a substitute grant
ing Huntington and his associates per-
mission to build road across said flats,
construct wharves, dig channels, but no
wharfage fees To DO charged, and the
work to be done within ten years.
Adopted and engrossod.
The bill restoring the jurisdiction OF
the county court OF Camp county passed.
The b lis fixing tho time for holding
court in the ninth and eleventh districts
were passed.
county was called up and discussed till
adjournment.
AFTERNOON.
Speaker absent, on important bust
ness.
The chief clerk called the house to
order.
Messrs. Upton, Mckinney, Sanderson,
Taylor, Williams (colored), and Brown.
ing were nominated. All declined and
were Withdrawn, except Mr.. Browning,
and he was elected by reclamation.
The Dallas charter amendments were
passed virtually,as they were engrossed
the first time. The retroactive parts
and the section relative to sending. pris-
oners to the poor farm were stricken
out. This was agreed to by Messrs.
Coombes, Kimprough and Gavin.
The discussion on the Brewster
county bill was renewed, Mr.. Merri-
wether speaking strongly for the bill.
Messrs. Baily and Cavitt made power
full, able exhaustive and convincing an
guments against the bill, which was de-
ieated--54 to 20.
The bill authorizing the governor to
grant leaves of absence for sixty days
TO district judges on the petition of five
attorneys, was engrossed. :,
The bill granting Mrs. Sarah Nichols
81 eco for the building of the land office
by her dead husband, was taken up.
A call of the house was ordered, pend
ing which the house adjoured till Mon
day morning.