The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-20
[TNETEEN I'll LEGISLATURE
vuopsls OF YEsTERDAY'sWoRk
). Terrell Introduces His supreme Court
Bill, and MIR. Hancock IA New Liquor
License Law-Ihe Newspaper
Issue and General Notes.
SENATE.

AUSTIN, Jan. 19.-[Special. Several
ills we're introduced. The most import
inf being the following:
Rv Mr.. Shannon: Abolishing the
tate engineers office and fixing the
passenger rates for children under u
Years of age at cents per mile.
By Mr.. Evans: To require the comp
Etrol1er, the commissioner of the land Of
Ace and the treasurer to employ at least
Lone half females for clerkships.
By Mr.. Peacock: Providing that the
Edefendant in capital case shall rot be
brought to trial until he has one days
service of the names of the persons
summoned to appear against him.
4 By Mr.. Terrell: Providing four places
in the state at which to hold sessions of
The supreme court.
The contingent expense bill passed.
Adjourned.
The house met at 1000 a. m. with a
quorum present.
PETITIONS.
BY Mr.. Haynes: That firemen be OK
empted from working roads.
Bills AND RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr.. Tarleton: 10 create Winkler
county out of portions of Navarro, Nc
Lehman, Limestone and Hill, with Hub
bard City as the county site.
BY Mr.. Alexander: To pay the ex-
penses of attached witnesses in felony
cases.
BY Mr.. Camp: To insure the prompt
payment of laborers.
By Mr.. King: Authorizing others
than sheriffs and constables to execute
wits, etc.
D.,M A.. M.
By Mr.. Page: To repeal the law for
the issuance Of county bridge bonds.
By Mr.. Hancock; Fixing retail liquor
license at $500 and bonds at $1,000.
By Mr.. Donaldson: Making the run
ming of gaming bank felony.
By Mr.. Scott: To open for location
lands for veteran certificates and the
sale of the Pacific reservation.
Messrs. Upton, Haynes and Taylor
were appointed committee on arrange
ments for the inauguration.
Mr.. Stephens offered the following:
Resolved, That each member take 15C
copies Of a weekly paper publishing a
synopsis of the house proceedings
Tabled.
BY Mr.. Upton:
Resolved, That the house take 2OOC
copies of the Daily journal. Lost.
House adjourned till II o'clock to
morrow.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The governor not having been notified
OF his election by the legislature
the third house appointed as a commit
mittee Rory O'MOore, Bowen and Mar
tin to rectify the neglect of the first anC
second houses, who notified the gov
ernor that the returning board hat
counted him in, and they were ready
TO receive his inaugural address.
MIR. Smiths bill, prohibiting state, dis
trict and county officers from acceptin,
passes or tickets from railroad com
panles, will be pigeon holed until afte
She legislature goes to the New Orleans
exposition.
Is it impecuniosity or Rutabaga econ
omy that prevents an inaugural ball
Members generally are non-Commit
tai as to the fate of the state police anC
rangers. The idea prevails that the pc
lice will go and the rangers be reduced
The stock-raising members ar
gloomy. The loss TO stock in the south
west and west will reach 20 per cent
from the effects of the recent freeze.
Mr.. Yeager, of Ellis, in his opposition
to taking newspapers, discovered VIVA
many able and distinguished men hat
NV bolOIo ltdEHtu, bhdL IL WAS unCOnSll
tional. He seemed To have no objection
to the resolution furnishing himsel
stationery and stamps. 1t is TO be hops,
he will use none of the stamps or sta
tionery for private purposes. That Gel
tainly is not contemplated, and in tn
interest of economy we trust he will no
do so. His compliment TO the New
will bring him notice from that jour
nal. The gentleman NAV be loOkin
for something higher. lie has mos
likely reached the highest perch, an
had better be content TO roost.
Senator Johnson, in one OF his spasm
on economy, referred to great men
sons and grandsons icing brought her
TO be paid handsome salaries Tor pos
tons in the senate. There is granC
son of the great Sam Houston and on
OF Hon. Speran Holland acting as pag
in the house. These two distinguishe
men served together in the legislator
OF Tennessee and afterwards In rexa
Why should they not DO recognized9