The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-29
THE XIX LEGISLATURE.
THE TWO HOUSES COMPROMISE
Some Important Bills Passed In Both
oranshes-A scandEt Materia,lixes
and Two Corrupt Legtsiatiye
Clerks are Dismiss ed.
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AUSTIN, March 2S.-[Special. IA reso.
luton was adopted that a list OF all
iawspassed be printed in the jour- ials
House tax bill was taken up.
Mr.. Randolph moved to strike out 25
cents advalorem tax and insert ,.2IS
ana strike out l2]5 cents and insert II
Tor school purposes. Lost.
An effort was made To get In an in
creased occupation tax ON tsiepho ne
corporations and to include eleatr io
iight companies, but IL failed.
me Dill then passed--yeas, 2Dt Dava. 4.
A letter read In the house this morn.
ing had Its contents made known i'm
the senate chamber. 1t set out, In sub
stance, that Alex. Sampson, calendar
clerk: and j. NJ. Tryon, cl ERIK OF house
Judiciary No. !, haYe offered TO have tie-
ieated the bnoket-shop bill by spiriting
~ away, A committee was appointed
House joint resolution amending the
constitution so as 20 require the trsns-
Ter OF civil business from the court OF
appeals TO the supreme court, passed TO
lts thirc reading, with an amendment
fxing courts at three places In the state.
House joiot resolution increasing su-
preme judges to five. passed to its third
reading
Adjourned till 3 pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
me committee appointed to investi-
gate charges against the calender clerk
reported, recommending his dismissal,
ana the report was adopted. Mr.. II. Ii.
Jones, clerk of the finance committee,
was appointed to fill the place,
House JOINT resolution permitting the
Wlthurawal OF certain papers from the
state departments. TO be II ed at Wash
lngtol In prosecuting the claim OF the
state for frontier defense, passed.
The house bucket shop bill was made
the special order for Monday.
was lost.
House bill authorizing county com.
mlssioners TO furnish Justices of the
peace with books and stationery passed.
House bill porfecting the local option
law was passed.
House bill declaring sherlfs' Offices
vacant unless they give bond within 20
days alter their election passed..
House resolution amending section 8,
article oil the constitution relating 10
district courts passed TO its third read
ing.
House bill authorizing county oom.
mlssi0ners IN certain cases to appoint
additional Justices precincts In unor-
gsnlzed counties passed.
House bill lost yesterday requiring
roads to be worked 10 days in tho year,
on petition OF citizens WAS callod up ON
motion to reconsider and passed.
Adjourned 10 Monday.
HOusE.
Senate amendments to the iury bill
were taken up and one concurrod In, and
TWO rejected. A conference committee
was appointed.
me bill for the re-survey Of tho altern-
alto school sectiens passed.
Tho. bill abolishing bucket shops
passed.
Mr.. Fisher, Of Galveston, made A
speech on he bin, and preferred charges
| against j. NJ, Tryon, clerk OF judiciary
committee No. |, OF entering into a
scheme to make 5. $. Floyd n Co.,
pay him and Aluck sampson, calendar
clerk of tho senate, 800 TO defeat the
hncket shop bill. lie read letters from
Floyd, Sampson aud Lnundun, Floydie
Austin agent. 4 committee OF investi-
CATION, consisting OF Woods (of Kguf.
mani Armislaad and Lusk, was ap-
! pointed.
AFTERNOON,
Sovernl unlmpOrtant bills we're passed.
X. NJ. Johnston WIS elected nv ala ge
majority to index tho journals ali,r the
| legislature adiouIus, aud 20 DO allowed
% days Time, 10 s. per day.
The committee W Investigate Tryon
SAT all tho afternoon. The testimony
was taken In writing. Tho report viii