The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26

and 500 second year, and $500 eac
J year for water protection and $500 fl
present year.
The total footing of th
bill are 81, 1852, $50 for the years 1885,
and S1,661. 100 for 1861; total tw
years, 81, 423, 780. an increase of $40
600 over the Copptroller's estimate.
Additional appropriation settin
aside $4,000, or as much as may b
required for tenders in land frau
suits, was adopted.
The Committee adopted the bill as
| whole and recommended its pasSag
as amended.
Mr.. Linn, for Committee on Reve
nue. and Taxation, reported recon-
mending school tax OF 1913 and gen.
eral tax Of 20 cents.
House adjourned till night session
| sIXTY-sECoND DAYS PROCEEDINGS
AUSTIN, March %, 1885.
SENATE.
Senate went into executive session
to confirm notaries.
Senate bill to define who are enti
tied to be buried in the State Gene
terey passed.
Senate bill amending the game Law
passed.
House bill to protect mechanics
book-keepers and other laborers, was
lost-yeas 4. nays 20.
House bill to compel railroads to
keep their principal offices IN this
State was laid before the Senate.
Senator Traylor moved to amend,
providing that the companies shall
have six months from the passage OF
the bill to comply with its terms,
Adopted.
The bill then passed.
House bill to restrict the employ
msnt of sailors of foreign vessels in
Texas ports passed.
House bill to compel railroad COM
panies to deliver to the assessors a
sworn statement Of real estate, with a
true valuation of the same, passed.
House bill providing for fees of
District Court clerks for caring for
yaluables placed in their charge,
pending suits for the same was lost.
Senate refused to concur in House
amendments to the bill to prevent fish
ing and hunting within the enclosures
of another.
House bill to amend the law chang
ing the qualifications of jurors was
laid before the Senate.
Senator Bell moved to add, "and If it
appears to have been formed from
reading newspaper accounts, commu-
nications, statements or reports, or
from mere rumor or heresay, and the
juror states on oath that
oh1n 1nf ExTit h of on6
ing such en- opinion, TO render
an impartial verdict upon the law and
the evidence, the court If satisfied that
he is impartial and will render such
verdict, may in its discretion admit
him as competent, but if the court is
not satisfied that he is impartial the
juror shall stand aside. Adopted-ayes
IL, nays 8.
Pending further discussion. Senate
adjourned till sp. m.
Afternoon-The pending business,
the juror bill, was taken up and passed
to third reading.
The bill restoring the jurisdiction
of the County Court of Pamela County
in all matters of eminent domain
passed.
House bill authorizing cities and
towns to levy taxes for the purpose
of public improvements, not to eX-
coed 25 cents on the 300, passed.
House bill restoring the criminal
OF the County Court of
Camp County was laid before the
Senate.
Senator Houston moved to amend
so as to include Zapata County.
Adopted.
Senator Terrell moved to strike
out Camp County. Adopted and bill
passed.
Senate bill defining what officers
shall be entitled to receive reports of
the Supreme and Court OF Appeals
passed.
Senate bill to prohibit the importa-
ton OF diseased cattle was called up
and indefinitely postponed.
Senate bill amending the law rela-
tive to the responsibility Of admins
traitors, and authorizing suits against
them in certain cases, passed.
House bill defining the duties of
telegraph companies, was laid before
the Senate with committee amend
ment striking out the provision re-
quiring the posting of toll rates in the
company's Offices.
Pending the bill, Senate adjourned
till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
HOUSE.
House bill 10, the pension bill, was
taken up on third reading. Bill
passed.
Substitute House bill 218, for better
protection of sheriffs and const ables
in taking indemnifying bonds,
passed.
House bill limiting appointments
of officers of blind and deaf and
dumb asylums to two years term of
service, so as to conform to the Con-
stitution, and declaring them to be
institutions of learning and that
funds for their support be drawn
only on warrants of the Comptroller,
passed.
House bill 27O amending article 1856
Revised Statutes, relative to destroy
ed field notes ETC., passed.
House bill 287, rendering lapSed
railroad reservations subject to loca-
tion, passed.
House bill amending the local op.
ton law as to sale of whiskey,
passed.
Substitute House bill 291, requiring
persons selling fresh beef, pork etc.,
to have the hides or ears of the slaugh-
tered animals for inspection, was de-
feated.
House bill giving the governor
power TO Srant leaves of absnece six
ty days to district judges passed.
House bill allowing County Com
missioners' So day for not more
than fifteen days when acting as road
supervisors, passed.
House bill for relief of heirs of J
G. Neal, praying for certificate fol
league of land failed to pass.
A message from the Governor with
his veto of the bill to incorporate the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Ma.
sons as being unconstitutional. The
House refused to pass the bill over tbs
veto-ayes IL, noes So.
House bill providing for temporary
appointment of Sheriffs by Commits
sioners' where such officers fail tt
qualify, passed.
House bill fining keepers of disor
derby houses from 500 to $500 and
adding six months Imprisonment
passed.
House bill authorizing VIM M.
Wilson to sue the State for about