The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-03-26

authorize the attorney general % dis
miss land suits brought at the Instance
OF the land fraud board,
uLLs PASSED..
Tho Ilil amending the law relative 10
the vrMug n 70, disabilities IN minors,
To donate an the public domain 10 the
free schools.
10 pay members OF the veteran board,
To require the attorney guuvrW To lu
stitute suits against railway cpmFhElt-
which have acquired control OBJ yompu1'
ing lines.
Reducing the age OF persons who are
70 work tnt roads % 70 years.
Chanring the time for holding courts
In Young county
The house bl.i relative 20 tho invest
meIt 81 tho permanent school lund
with al amendment, was passed 10 Inc
third reading. ,.,,
A motion vas carried rOyOkiIig all in
definite lvayes OF absence, ana the ser
ceanl-ut-urmS was instructed 10 tgle-
graph ntmuvrs 20 return ~ once.
A communication from the commits
sionur uf the general land Office was read
asking that special committee be APP
pointed 10 invt stgate serious charges
made against him by Senator Davis,
and others relative To tho Green county
lands. lie says If the charges are true,
he is unworthy TO hold the position, aud
ifnOt true, IL II due the people of Texas
as well as himself TO have their ialsitY
On motion Of Mr.. Davis, committee
was appointed by tie president as fol-
lows: Traylor, Bell and kilgore,
Adjourned till 3p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
House biIl TO prevent the employ
ment of minors without tho consent OF
parents or guardians, with an adverse
committee report, was taken up and the
report adopted.
House bill levying an occupation tax
upon dealers in pistols, dirks, daggers
aud other deadly weapons, with al aG-
verse report by minority of the COM
mittee, was taken up.
Mr.. Pope III we'd the adoption of the
report. Carried-yeas, 49, nays S.
House iii increasing tue penalty Tor
carryi ing concealed weapons.
Mr.. Sunson offered a substitute Tor
all the bills, fixing the penalty AZ 500
TO $500, and IN addition, a person con-
yicted may be confined in jail
not exceeding three months.
1t also provides for finishing
any peace officer who refuses
or neglects 10 arrest any person carry
ing arms. IL also applies % al peace
officers.
Mr.. Davis moved to indefinitely post
pone. Carried,
House bill making telegraph and tel
epbone companies common carriers was
taken up with an adverse minority 70
port, which was adopted, and The bill
killed.
House bill providing for taking schol-
astio census in counties under tho dis
trict system was passed.
House bill Incorporating the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter OF Texas, was
passed.
Senate bill giving plaintiff the right to
hg1a t,Ns tFtNFin.r hAnI ~
where attachments have been imprOp-
erly quas he'd was passed.
the mil killing the proposed creation
OF Vaiyerdo county was gotten mp on
melton 10 reconsider and tabled ON Il
call OF the senate.
House bill Tor the relief Of j, b. Rob
ertson was engrOssed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill Furnishing the keepers OF dis.
orderly houses by fine OF 5000 S2OO,
was eugTOssed.
Mr. Crane called up tho motion to re-
consider the vote by which the text
book bin was engTossed. Carried.
Mr. Grape made motion to call up
the motion to reconsider the vote by
which Yeager's substitute was lost. The
motion was lost.
Pending discussion of the hour of the
special order, the railroad commissioner
bill arriv ed.
Tho iii was taken up and the substi-
tute adopted.
Mir. Browning moved that the minor.
ity report, that the bill do not pass, be
adopted.
Discussion ensued.
Messrs. Camp (ot Limestone), Lockett
and Barnett spoke forcibly and logically
in favor oil the bill.
Messrs. Roundtree, Robinson (of
Jack) and Bergstrom were equally as
strong aud argumentatiye i'll OPPOSE
ton. Mr.. Bergstrom grow enthusiastic,
and declared that Texas ought to APP
point "a day of thanksgiving to Jay
Gould He SAID, also, that Gould made
no money on his roads, but by specu-
lating in stocks in Wall street. When
road was run down and was in dis
favor, Gould would buy It's
stock, say at 10 cents on the dollar, ana
by putting il in good order and booming
it, would sell the same stock AT % cents
on the dollar, and thus made his money.
Pending discussion tine house ad-
journed.
AFTERNOON.
The bill postponing enforced sales Tor
taxes TO July was engrossed.
The house in committee OF the whole,
Mr.. Taylor in the chair, the same fight
was uade to reduce the appropriation |
for the luuatic YUM from $4,000 10
500, 900, tut 1t was lost. The appropria-
ton of $500 for the removal of carp from |
the state fish pond to the Terrell asylum
pond, was stricken out.
This house is seemingly violently op.
posed to brain food.
The committee OF the whole rose ana |
reported progress.
H. the house Mr.. Henderson offered n
resolu ion that all leaves OF absense OK.
pire Ga NJ Cuday ana that the sergeant
alarms telegraph absent members to
return.
NIGHT SESSION.
Three bills maxim gchanges in the
road law were passed.
The bill creating six new counties out
of Tom Green was passed. Murray
was changed to Winkler and Ward To
Hunter.
The bill providing a penalty, for dis.
posing of property on which landlords
have Il lien was passed.
The bill exempting certain counties
from the provisions of the fish and
game law was read a second time.
Pending consideration the house adj
journed.
SENATE.
AUSTIN, March 19.-[Special.l Yes
terday a young member broke the
quorum by neing absent, delaying the
business several hours. To-day another
Young statesman failed to put in an APP
pearsnce, and the senate was compelled
to adjourn till 3 o'clock, at which hour /
only l6 members we're present.
A call OF the senate was moved, ana
The absent senators sent tor and
in.
Mr.. Bell presented a petition from :
,ifizeps Of Cory II and Hamilton coun-
ies ON prohibition.
Mr., Shannon, from the committee on