The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-26
NllGtGGntl Legislature.
Fifty-Ninth Days Proceed
ingS.
AUSTIN. March q, 1885.
SENATE.

Senator Traylor for the Committee
on Finance, reported favorably House
bill to authorize the tax collectors OF
newly organized counties to collect
certain taxes.
Senator Davis for Judiciary Com
mittee No. 2, reported favorably sub
stitute House bills III and 228.
Senator Terrell called up uouse
Joint resolution to adjourn on the 31st
and it was adopted by the following
vote.
Yeas-Senators, Davis, Fowler, Get
zendaner, Hall, Houston, of Bexar,
Kilgore, Kleberg, Knitted, Perry,
Shannon, Stinson, Terrell and Woods.
Total-l3.
Nays-Senators, Bell, Calhoun, Gar
rison, Houston, of Wheeler. Jerdone,
Peacock, Pfeuffer and Traylor. Total
8.
Absent-Senators Douglass. Evans,
Farrar. Glass cock, Harrison, Johnson.
Jones, Pope and Randolph. Totals,
Senator Shannon entered motion
to reconsider.
Senator Terrell called up the motion
and moved to lay it on the table.
Lost.
The land bill was laid before the
Senate, the pending business being
the amendment by Houston, of BeXar,
offered yesterday, providing that any
one person may purchase eight sec
lions of land suitable for grazing pur-
poses and it was lost.
Senator Glassccck offered an amend
ment authorizing the Commissioner
of the General Land Office to appoint
one person to act as State Rent Agent
at salary not to exceed $500 to ex-
anime lands and ascertain ii any are
being used without the payment of
rent.
Senator Davis offered to amend by
striking out State Agent" and insert
ing "Grass Commissioner" Lost.
Senator Harrison offered asubstitute
providing that one of the clerks in the
Land Office act as such agent. Adopt
ed.
Senator Houston, of Wheeler, NOV
ed to amend so as to give the state
the right to change, alter and annul
leases at any time.
Senator Harrison offered a substi-
tute providing that lease may be al
tered, changed or amended by legis-
lative enactment; accepted by Senator
Houston.
The substitute was then lost-yeas
3, nays 20.
Senator Getzendaner moved to
amend by fixing the maximum lease at
ten years, instead Of six. Lost.
Senator Peacock moved to amend,
by striking out the limit of fifty Sec
tions to be leased to any one person.
AdOpted-yeaS Is. naYS g.
Senator Traylor moved to amend so
as to put outsiders upon the same
footing as those who now have con-
t1ol of the land, in the matter of leas-
ing. Adopted; yeas 20, nays 4.
Senator Davis moved to amend by
striking out the limit of ten sections
to be leased to any one person, firm
Or corporation in organized counties
Adopted.
Senator Fowler moved to amend by
adding, that numbered lands shall be
sold to actual settlers only, at 20 pei
acre, cash. Adopted.
Senator Traylor moved to amend by
instead of so. Adopted.
providing that when railroad COM
pany shall construct line across any
of the lands belonging to any Of the
funds and shall lay out town there
on, the purchase money for such town
site may be paid in full at any time
subsequent to the construction OF the
railroad. Adopted.
Senator Harrison moved to SO
| amend as to prevent grazing upor
lands by line-riding or otherwise
! Adopted.
The bill then passed by the follow
| ing vote:
Yeas-Bell, Davis, Evans, Fowler
Garrison, Getzendaner, Hall, Harrison
Houston, of Be1ar, Jerdone, Kilgore
Kleberg, Perry, Ffeuffer, Shannon
Stinson. Terrell, Traylor and Woods
| Total--20.
Nays-Calhoun, Houston, of Wheel
er, Peacock, Pope. Total.
Senator Houston called up Hous
bill No. 85, Cthe Mechanic Lien Bill,
and it was made the special order TO
Monday.
House bill, making it a misde
meanor, justifiable by a fine of 800
for a County Commissioner to wilfull,
absent himself from a meeting callet
for the purpose of levyiDg a specia
tax, passed.
House bill authorizing counties t
issue jail bonds passed to third read
ing.
! House bill No. 9, amending tn
law relating to suits to recover res
estate, and to extend the law of linn
itation, was killed.
House bill No. 10 providing that
married woman may sue for her sep;
rate property, with or without he
husband, was killed.
House bill No. IS, amending th
law relating to challenges of tn
array, was killed.
House bill Nc. Al, to amend tt
aw relative to records in crimint
, cases before the Court of Appeal
was killed.
7 Adjourned till II o'clock Monday.
House of Representatives.