The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22

| Ihe speaker lhl1 fnessaea anu dOrtl
ments from tle governor before The
house.
Mr.. Haynes moved that their reading
be dispensed with, and that 5000 copies
bo ordered printed IN English.
Mr.. Cochrano offered an amendment
that there be printed ,uyu copies In 80.
hemlan and 2OD In German.
Mr.. kimbrOugh moved that the sub,
Stituto be tabled. Carried.
A special message was received from
the governor announcing tho death oi
Col. Brewster aud Gen, Steele, and re-
commanding that suitable action be
taken Ia respect 10 the memories OF
deceased.
Mr.. Haynes motiOn to dispense with
the reading of the journal was carried,
MIR. Gavin offered resolution that
eacn member be allowed twenty copies
OF any daily paper publishing syn
opsis al tho proceedings OF tho house,
the cost not to exceed I cents per copy,
Mr.. Steele offered substitute in
favor Of ten papers.
Mr.. Meriweather moved to table the
substitute, Carried,
MIR. Davis offered an amendment TO
insert 3 cents instead of I cents.
Mr.. Cochrane moved To table tho
amendment. Lost on call OF the ayes
and nays.
that all papers taken publish all the
acts OF the Legislature when they be-
come laws, or as soon as practicable.
Mr. COwles moved that the original
resolution and amendments be tabled.
Lost.
Mr.. Barnett moved To substitute in
the original resolution five papers, in
stead of twenty.
Mr.. Woods, of Kaufman, moved tho
I nFfNipns nIIpsIiAn M III,
amendments and substitute, which was
ordered aud the substitute loss.
Tho resolution and amouumelts were
adopted.
Mr.. Linn offered the following resolu.
ton:
Resolved, That Gen. William steele,
a distinguished citizen and soldier, hay-
ing died ON the llth inst, and In to he
buried To day In tae state cemetery, a
committee OF five be appointed To at.
tend the funeral ON the part OF the
house, and that tho house stand adj
iuurned at the era of the morning ses-
sion To 10 o'clock Tomorrow morning.
Adopted.
The Chair announced the following
committees: Mess.s. Linn, Rainey, Tay-
Tor. Thompson and Haynes.
air. Moore, OF Travis, offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That all proposed legisla-
ton of criminal law be referred to Judi
ciary committee No. 2. Laid over.
by Mr.. Page:
Resolved, That the speaker be au-
thofized 10 appoint six committee clerks
on the recommendation of the chair
man of committees to serve on the va
rious committees ms assigned, with
compensation ut y per day.
Mr.. Cravens offered an amendment to
strike out recommended by the chair
man of the committee" Adopted.
Mr.. Lockett offered an amendment to
insert - instead OF 81. Lost, and the
resolution adopted.
by Mr.. Pendleton, of Bell:
Resolved, That II committee of three
be appointed to act with a like commit
tee oil the senate To- count the votes for
governor and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
To arrange for their Inauguration.
Adopted.
The committee was appointed by Inc
chair as follows: Messrs. Psndlet0n, of
Bell, Cowles and Bishop.
BY Mr.. Taylor:
Resolved, That rule No. 20 be sus-
pended ill July /, 1880. rriS rule pro-
over.
Mr.. Lockett moved to adjourn. Car
ried.
SENATE.
AUSTIN, Jan. lG.-lSpecial. Several
bills were intr odlicad, the most impor-
tant Of which were:
To abolish the Office OF superintendent
Of Insurance, statistics and history; pro-
hibitins he sale Of deadly weapons u
minors and Increasing the fine for car
rying siX-shoDters to not less than 500;
al tn t.Ap In in nt Of bn
permanent school fund of counties by
commissioners courts; also authorizing
the board of regents To InhlAge tho uni
yer-ity lands and lease the same for a
period not longer than ton years.
A resolution was Introduced prOvid-
ing for ameudiu.; the constitution 80 as
to require all persons under 80 years OF
age to pay a poll ts.; before voting.
II being impo >sio.a 80 lesrn from the
official journals what the senate is do
Ing, the printing committee WIS re-
Quired to ascertain the additional cost of
having "a short statement OF each lii i'll
PRODUCED printed,
The commits Sioner of the land Office |
has been requested To furnish Tue |
amount Of land patented in Greer |
county and TO whom patents have been
issued.
The per diem and mileage bill was
passed.
Adjourned.
The house met at 10 q. IN. Prayer.
The reading of the journal was dis
pcnsed with.
A message was received that the sem |
ate committee tad been appointed to
count the vote for governor.
Mr.. TarletOn moved reconsideration |
of the resolution t. take twenty papers
each.
Mr.. Cravens moved to table Mr.. Tarle-
toms motion. Los.
Considerable discussion ensned, and |
the newspaper resolution matter was
and maze the special order
t + 10 a. IN. Saturday.
The comptroller sent u commun'no
ton to the house with estimates of Ua-
ceipts for the public schools tor the T. ?
TWO years, "a, 393,3I9.
The senate entered the house g. ~ (
o clock. A quorum of both houses were
present.
The following were appointed tel 2l
to count the vote for governor:
On the part OF the senate: MessSs.
Terrell, Kilgore and shannon.
On the part of the house: Mes ys,
Muse, Linn and Henderson.
Both houses adjourned till 2 p. m,
pending the count.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house met AT 2 O'clock. Several /
were excused.
A message was received from the sen
ate announcing the passage OF the &p-
bill providing for the per
diem and mileage of members.
The senate entered the hall and the .
count was resumed. Total vote
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