Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-30
AUSTIN.
Bill Reported Favorably to Provide
Double Deck Cars for Sheep
and Goats.
The PenitentiaIy Appraissment Begins
TO show Up in Bad Light
Other Notes.
AUSTIN.



ate bills were introduced amending
the law prescribing the manner Of a.
certaining county boundaries; to pro
vide for the more efficient manage
ment Of the state prisons; to amend
the road laws; to exempt employees Of
ssylums from road and jury
service to amend the law providing
for the lay ing out OF public roads.
The house bill fixing the per diem
Of county commissioners at S. per day,
and OF county judges at 500 for each
session OF court, was taken up, and q
substitute adopted and engrossed,
fixing tie per diem at 10
and ten cents mileage, provided
the mileage shall not exceed three
dollars for any one days travel.
The bill to provide for the Issuance
Of 500 600 in deficiency bonds was so
amended as TO restrict the sale of
bonds to the special fund, and was
passed.
The joint resolution appointing a
committees of three to visit the Terrell
asyl um was passed.
The house joint resolution appoint
ing a committee to investigate the
penitenttary was adopted.
HOUSE
The house wss chiefly engrossed to-
| day with the consideration OF the bill
introduced by Mr. Foster OF Grayson
making IL unnecessary for married
| nv, 10, no t.I. 4.
fore signature TO a transfer OF Joint
| property IL validated 1t was finally
! defeated by vote NJ go TO 10,
PROMOTED
| Col, j. Il. LabAtt Of San Antonio has
been temporarily promoted to the rank
| Of colonel and made aid.de-camp on
| the governors staff. He has also been
attached to Gen. Phil Sheridan's
siafl, and will represent Texas ut the
Inauguration OF President Cleveland
CHARTERED.
The Snyder Brown Land and Cattle
company of q georgetown; capital, $500
The San A ntonio Ranch company;
capital $500, 600.
The ID. II and j. M. Snyder Land
and Cattle company of Georgetown;
capital, 81 600, 600
hsloy Cattle company OF Concho;
capital, 100000.
Byers Land and Cattle company of
Sherman; capital. ST50,000
UNDERWRITERS MEETING.
The executive committee OF the state
board OF underwriters held a meeting
this evening at the capitol, and dis
eussed measures looking to the better
protection of Insurance companies do
ing business In this ate
DOUBLE DECK CARS.
The house committee has reported
favorably the bill which enacts that
railroads shall provide double-decked
cars for the shi Iment ofsheep or goats,
AT the same rates given per car for the
shipment Of cattle, and on declining
TO do this shall give half rates on
sheep and goats.
THE PENITENTIARY APPRAIsEMRNT
DIsolos ares IN regard 10 the APP
praisement OF property of the peni.
Tertiary leasees When they turned
their contract over to the state, con
tinue to be the theme of comment
here. The matter has been quietly
talked about for some time by the few
VINO knew OF the circumstances, but
only within the past two or three days
has II got into the newspapers and be-
come public property.
The affair amounts 10 this: Mr.. Il
T. HendTy, at present member OF
the state legislature, was chosen TO act
as umpire In the sppraisement OF the
value Of property which Conner &
FAirrie, late penltentiAry lessees,
turned over to the state when thew
gave up their lease. Among other
property on hand were Abs cords Of
wood that haa been cut by the con.
yicts for burning TO charcoal. Mr.
Hendry valued the wood at 81 So
per cord. The valuation was
regarded rs excessive, aud Col. Goree,
superintendent OF penitentiaries, de-
clAred In published letter that at rs
centB cord the iessees would have
made IS per cent. profit on the wood.
IL thi Is true--and Col GOree pro
duces figures TO sustain his estimate
the state paid for that single item sew.
eFal thousand dollars more than It
was fairly worth. The same disre-
gard OF the states interests and an.
parent partlality toward the laesaee,
Meean. Conner & EaiTris, is shown in
the pricea fixed upon other articles
Thorough investigation Of this and
other Suspicious circumstances Will, It
10 alleged, discover state OF facts that
the partlcipators 10 the affair viii not
relish, and show that the state has
been grieycusly imposed upon.