The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-02
NllGtGGltl Legislature.
SiXty-SiXth Days Proceed
ings.
AUSTIN. March 30, 1885.
SENATE.


the Journals.
Senator Randolph offered substi
tute retaining Mr.. Ini) :, the Sec
rotary, to perform the work. Adop
ted.
House bill No. 10 to provide pen
sions for Texas veterans, passed witt
an amendment.
Senator KleberS mo vel to indeffi-
nitely postpone House bill regulating
telegraph companies. Lost; ayes 10
NAYS IL.
The bill was then tabled.
House bill restoring criminal juris-
dictiOn of county courts of Concho
Erath, Bosque and Tyler counties
passed.
House bucket-shop bill was laid be
fore the Senate.
Senator Jerdone moved to amend
by adding "the provisions of this act
shall only apply to contracts Tor flu
ture delivery when the contract shows
there is to be no actual delivery, but
only settlement of differences. Lost,
and bill passed to third reading.
The Senate refused to suspend the
rules and place the bill on final
passage.
House resolution increasing num-
Der of Supreme Judges to five was
lost.
House resolution making the Die
trict Court one of general jurisdic-
ton. Lost
House joint resolution transferring
the criminal business from the Court
of Appeals to the Supreme Court.
Lost.
All of the resolutions proposing to
amend the Constitution have failed to
pass.
House bill providing that the In
surance Commissioner shall act as
Commissioner of Agriculture. Lost.
House bill to amend the law relat-
ing to the killing of stock by the rail-
roads Lost.
House bill to create the county of
Mills. Lost.
House biIl'incorporating the city of
Calvert. Lost.
Senator Glasscock called up his mo-
ton to reconsider the vote refusing to
pass the double-deck car bill.
Senator Kleberg moved to lay it on
the table. Carried.
The motion to reconsider the vote
appealing from the decision of the
Chair on the Insurance bill some days
ago, was called up, and the action of
the Chair fully sus tanned.
House bill to authorize the Govern
or to grant leave of absence to district
judges. LOST
House bill 422 relating to increase
of the penalty for keeping dtsorderly
houses. Lost.
Adjourned till 3 p. m.
AFTERNOON.
On motion of Senator Kleberg, the
hour after morning call, to-day, was
set aside for memorial services to the
memory of Hon. j. G. Buchanan.
Senator Bell offered a resolution to
retaina the First MISUNDERSTANDING
fifteen days after adjournment. Adop-
ted.
The Senate receded from its amend
ment requiring certified copies of
vouchers to be made of all papers
withdrawn from the Comptroller's of
flee to be carried to Washington to
prosecute the claims of the State for
frontier defense. &s@?a
House bill to restore the jurisdiction
of the County Court of Orange Coun-
ty passed.
House bill to provide for stock
sanitary commission was lost-yeas
1,nays 10.
Senator Fowler moved to reconsider
the vote.
Senator Harrison moved to lay it
on the table. Lost.
The vote was then reconsidered.
Senator Shannon moved to suspend
the rules to place the hill on its Sec
ond reading. Lost.
House bill amending the school law
so as to fix penalty against assessors
for refusing or neglecting to take the
scholastic census, and to better regu-
late the duty of County Judge. Lost.
Adjourned till s p. m.
NIGHT SESSION,
The Senate met and adjourned un-
til $50 tomorrow without transact
ing any business.
House of Representatives.
Mr.. Woods, for the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the conduct of
J. M. Tryon, clerk of the Judiciary
. Committee No. L, concerning the
s'bucket shops and futures bill" made
a r,sport that the committee found
Mr.. ,Tryon guilty of conduct unbe-
coming an employee of the House and
recomme pding that he be discharged.
Mr.. Woods spoke in favor OF having
the report with the evidence, printed
in the Journal, as the reporters for
the newspapers had not been admitted
during the Investigation, and made
motion accordingly, which, alter some
discussion, was adopted.
Bergstrom offered a resolution,
which he subsequently withdrew.
1t recited that as some employees OF
the Legislature had used the name of
Hon. NJ. Tankersiey for the purpose
of obtaining money from bucket
shop men, and that as It was shown
by a full and fair investigation
wholly unwarranted, therefore such
use of the name of Hor. M. Tanker
sley be condemned by the House, and
that the House has full faith and
confidence in his honesty and integrl-
tY as shown by its action in the pass
age of the bill.
The resolution was objected to BY
some, but simply on the ground that
there were no charges made against
Mr.. Tankersley investigated, that nc
charges had been made against him.
The Speaker said that as the resolu-
ton was withdrawn it would not ap-
poar on the Journal.
"a request was made of some of the
reporters to suppress the Berestrom
resolution-a request which the re
porter prefers to leave to the proprie
tors of the paper.
House adopted Senate amendment:
to the tax bill.
Also Senate amendments to the bill
requiring bank statements.
House Bill 592, providing for liv,
stock sanitary commission, was con-
sidered in committee of the whole. a
it makes an appropriation of $15,0 900.
Amendments offered were defeated
and the bill was passed by the Hous
upon recommendation of the commit
tee of the whole.
It provides for commission o
three persons, to be appointed by tn
Governor. with consent of the Senate
to hold Office two years under bond o
5000 each, and are to have salar
of $500 each.
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