The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-13

may set aside one-half OF the county
road and bridges tax annually for tho
purpose of constructing free bridge,
across streams over sixty feet wide.
The substitute was adopted.
Senator Davis moved to strike out
the provision submitting the qucs.
ton of building bridge and issuing
bonds to vote of the people. Lost
yeas1l, nays 10.
Senator Stinson offered an amend
menf providing that the petitioners to
the county commissioners asking an
election to build n bridge shall dcpos-
ii money enough to dciray the OK
pense of an election. Adopted.
Senator Bell moved 10 amend by
striking out "iifty feet wide" Adopt
cd
The bill was engrossed.
Adjourned till Z o'clock p. m.
In the night session Mr.. Shannou's
bill requiring railroad companies to
give thirty days notice of n reduction
in wages aud to punish strikers for
molesting or intimidating any person
in the service of the companies, was
carried-yeas 20, nays2.
After a discussion lasting until IL
O'Clock the bill was carried by the fol-
low ing vote:
yeas-Bell, Calhoun, Camp, Davis,
Evans, Farrar. Fowler Garrison, Get
zendaner, Glasscock, Hall, Houston
of Bexar, Jones, Kilgore, Knitted, Pea
cock, Perry, Pfeuiler Pope, Shannon,
Terrell, Traylor, Woods-23.
Nays--liarrison, Houston of Wheel
er, Randolph, Stinson-4.
II passed with the emergency CLAUSE
attached. Mr.. Harrison wanted an
amendment attached providing that
the companies must give an employe
thirty days notice before discharging
him. The amendment being voted
down he opposed the bill as being
oue-sjded. The bill provides that
thirty days notice must be given in
advance by the companies before a
reduction can take place and that
persons intimidating railroad EN-.
rloycs or those desiring to become
employees of railroads shall be punish.
cd by fine OF not more than $500 OF
Imprisonment not more than siN
months.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The land bill coming up ON fina
passage, amongst others the two fol-
lowing important amendments were
adopted:
Amendment by Mr.. Tarlton to tn,
amendment that OH refusal of part,
using the lands the attorney-gcnera
shall have the right, without bone
herding or feeding on the land, wa
adopted.
The bill coming up on its thir'
reading, Mr.. Woods offered aud spok
to amendment adding TO section 3
Providing if any person, firm or cor
poration who uses the land, refuses f
nav rent, suit shall be brought by tn
attorney-gcncra in the distric
court at Houston, to recover rent
for the use and occupancy thcrco
the state to have prior lien on tn
property rendered for payment q
= taxes to secure SAID rent.
The bill passed bya vote of 81 t
80.
In the evening session in committc
of the whole the house further cor
; sidered the appropriation bill. Change
affecting amounts to but the extent {
few hundred dollars were made /
the land, adjutaht generals and a
! torney-generals office, but on the ar
preparation for frontier defense IA hal
was had, Seventy five thousand dollar
: was appropri ted by the bill, Blour
of San Augustine wanted il fixed 1
1928 900. The whole subject of I'll
, ranger force come up for argumer
! Pending discussion the commute
: arose.
, NIGHT SESSION.
I House bill exempting iiremen b'
i tween Is and As years old from jur
Q and road duty was engrossed.
House bill preventing harboring
employing mino.s without parents
n guardians consent was engrossed.
: Senate bill regulating herding {
q sheep passed third reading.
. House bill restoring criminal juri
l. diction to Camp county court WI
bitterly opposed by Mr.. Armistea
who charged the Judge was a defaul
er.
Messrs. Christian and McKinn'
argued that because man had be-
indicted il did not follow that he W
guilty.
o. Messrs. Cavitt, Cravens and Upt'
contended that the judge was not
III trial before the house.
X Mr.. Armisteado ilered an amendme
81 that the act shall not take elect
Oh January, 1887 Lost.
The bin was engrossed-ayes,
The bill incorporating the Ru!
OF Arch chapter of Masons passed.
al noes, SO