The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-19


L. j. Farrar, j. ?. Fowler, W. H
Getzendaner, &. w. Glasscock. A. w
Houston, of Bexar, Temple Houston
of Wheeler, 81. KNITTED, w. Il. Shan
non, j. o. Terrell, J. H. Traylor
Total, IL.
Nays-O. w. Davis, W. a. Evans
G. j. Garrison, E. F. Hall, R. FL. Har
rison, G, B. Kilgore, Geo. Pfeuffer, w
FL. Pope, S. D. Stinson, John Woods.
Total, 10.
The committee on free con
ference reported that the committee
agreed to amendments to the bill
abolishing the Office of fish commits
Sioner.
The report was adopted and the of
fee was abolished.
The bill to provide for the invest
ment of the school fund passed.
The bill abolishing the Office OF In
surance Commissioner passed; yeas II
nays IL; the President voting yea.
The bill to provide for the separa-
ton Of adjoining fences passed.
The bill extending the time Of for
fixture of railroad charters passed.
The bill to restore the jurisdiction
of the county court of Llano and Bos-
que counties passed.
The bill to pay members of the vet
eran board for services rendered,
passed.
The bill to dispose of the vacant
lands of the State was taken up with
a substitute by the committee per-
hitting the locating of veteran and
| Confederate certificates upon any of
the public lands reserved for the pay
ment of the public debt.
The substitute was lost.
The original bill setting aside all
| the vacant lands in the state, includ-
ing those in Greer county, and forbid
ding the locating Of veteran and Con-
| federate certificates on the same.
Senator Harrisons moved to amend
providing for the locating Of veteran
and Confederate certificates may be
located upon any land vacant at the
time the certificates were issued.
Senator Traylor offered a substitute
providing that veteran and Confeder-
ate certificates may be located if done
within six months after the passage of
the act, in lands outside of Greer
county. Adopted.
Senator Stinson offered to amend by
providing that only certificates held
by the original grantee shall be located.
Adopted.
Senator Houston offered to amend
so as to prevent any agreement being
made b.. the original grantee with any
person for the purposes of evading the
law. Adopted.
The bill was then engrossed. Yeas
Is, nays6.
The bill amending the law relative
to the removal Of the disabilities of
minors.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
House of Representatives.
Speaker pro tenn Browning in the
chair and quorum present.
Senate bill No. 8 prohibiting the
formation and chartering of corpora
tions for buying and selling and sub
dividing lands and declaring the pur-
poses for which private corporations
| may be formed was considered.
Mr.. Pendleton, OF Bell, offered fol-
| lowing amendment: The purchase
and sale of merchandise with capital
stock not exceeding $4,000. Adopted.
This is in the interest Of grange cor
porationS.
BY Mr.. Foster, of G1ayson: Strike
out section 4, relative to skating Kinks,
and inserting provision for stock and
farm products associations. Adopted.
Br. Mr.. Yeager: Adding section
| for encouragement and promotion of
agriculture. Adopted.7
Bill as amended passed.
Mr.. Blount called up resolution for
| final adjournment March 18th, as
amended by the committee fixing
March "a.
| DonRinCr 6iSOIccfnF7 tho CrnNiol
der Was reached, being substitute for
amending sections and of article 5,
of the Constitution.
The resolution was engrossed with
slight amendment.
| House Joint Resolution amending
section 2, article of theI Constitution
so as to require voters for state Off
GERS, where such voters are Foreigners,
to have declared their intention to be-
| come citizens twelve months before
voting.
Mr.. Pendleton, of Tarrant, offered
amendment requiring poll-tax to have
been paid.
Mr.. McGahey asked if the money
would come from the voter or the can
didate.
Mr.. Pendleton argued this was not
the question-which was to have the
tax paid. There were always men
ready to vote for dollar, whether to
pay poll tax or buy whiskey.
| Hhe amendment was lost and the
resolution was engrossed.
House joint resolution q, to amend
section of article OF the ConStitu-
ton. The object of the amendment
is to give the District Court appellate
powers over contested elections and
all suits of every character of which
jurisdiction is not given by law.
| The resolution was ordered en-
crossed with slight amendment.
House joint resolution %, providing
for d vote of the people on the third
Tuesday OF August next, on the ques-
ton of prohibition was discussed by
Thompson and others.
The resolution was engrosSed.
House adjourned till o'clock.
| Afternoon Session-Mr. Browning in
the chair.
The free conference committee on
the bill to abolish the Office of Fish
Commissioner, reported recommend
: ing that the House recede from its
amendment making the act operative
only after two years.
7 House in committee of the whole
} with MIR. Taylor in the chair. consid
cred the general appropriation bill.
: The items OF the Adjutant- Generals
: department., including $4,000 fol
!. frontier protection, and other item:
amounting to $500, having been pre-
7 viously adopted, the next items fol
: consideration are those of the De
), partment of Insurance Statistics anC
t History.
Motion by Mr.. Gunter to strike GU
7 all the items of this department wa!
g adopted-Ye cas- 90, noes, %.
; Mr.. BlackShear made the same mo
I tinn az To the annrnnriations for GSl