The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-18
NINETEENTH LEGISLATURE
THE sENATEsLues THE EADs JOB
Tho Reformatory Bill Introduced The
Supreme Court Matter Up Again
The House Stops the Papers
Points and Predictions.
SENATE.

SENATE.
AUSTIN, Jan. II, - Special - Bills
introduced:
Appropriating $4,000 to erect re-
formatory.
To appropriate the money idle in the
treasury to pay deficiencies.
To exempt land notes from taxa
ton.
To authorize COUNTIES to issue bridge
bonds and validating those already
issued.
To exempt Milan county from the
school district system.
To further regulate tho collecting OF
taxes on real estate.
To authorize judges in felony cases to
change the venue before indictment is
found.
To regulate assignments.
! To amend the law relative to the adj
ministering of community estates.
Bills passed:
Diminishing the jurisdiction of the
county court of Montague county.
Changing the time of holding court
in the Thirty-siXth district; also. attach
ing Zapata county to Webb for judicial
purposes.
MIR. Jones introduced resolution
recommending Texas congressman to
urge the Eads Galveston deep water
scheme, and tried to suspend the rules
to- have it acted upon, but the senate
gave it black eye-ayes, 4 nays, II.
Adjourned till Monday,
FORECAST.
Mr.. Shannon has introduced a bill to
abolish the Office of state engineer,
Mr.. Terrell will introduce a bill on
Monday to change the constitution so as
to hold supreme court at four places in
the state. East and north Texas mem,
bers will support it.
!, Mr.. Davis will introduce o bill or
Wednesday TO abolish the court at Ty
Ter.
HOUSE.
The house met at 10 a. IN. The follow
/, ing petitions were presented;
By Mr.. Browning: From citizens o
Donley county, asking the Legislature
; to petition congress in favor of the es
!. Establishment OF the national cattle trail
A number of bills were introduced
among them one by MIR, Page, to lev,
, an occupation tax on dealers in pistols
: etc.
! By Mr.. Watson: To prevent harboriny
: minors without the consent of parent
or guardians.
8 BY Mr.. Lusk: To regulate the carry
/ ing of firearms.
By Mr.. Mckinney (of Walker): Au
thorizing the transfer of occupation Ii
cense.
J By Mr.. Tate: To establish state re
) formatory schools.
By Mr.. Alexander: Requiring publ
cation in newspaper Of all probate pre-
V cess, etc.
BY Mr.. Page: To restrict the power q
O private corporations to acquire title Il
land in Texas.
By Mr.. King: To prevent aliens &C
quiring title to land in Texas.
BY Mr.. Browning: Authorizing town
ana cities to issue bonds to build schoo
houses.
k BY Mr.. Rainey: Providing against in
), solvent guardian bonds.
s By Mr.. Scott: To sell q
, school, universities and asylum lands
'' to appoint commissioner to manag
o the same.
3 BY Mr.. Foster, of Grayson: TO restriC
| the purposes of the formation of co-oI
8 erations.
O RESOLUTIONS.
II BY Mr.. Haynes: A Joint resolution {
e remove the remains of Col. Frank JOIN
IS son from Mexico to the state cemeter,
10 questing our congressman and iNstruc
10 ing our senators TO vote for the Fac
le bill.
1t BY Mr.. Robinson. of Jack: Thi
1t three additional committee clerks |
he appointed. Adopted.
I'd The resolution for each member
H. take twenty copies of papers publishir
to synopsis of the proceedings, was r
scinded after much di cussion.
H. One of the best speeches made duriI
T. the session was made by Mr.. ROM,
a. tree in favor OF taking the papers.
no Messrs. Taylor, Robinson, of Jacl
IL Jones, of McLennan, and Cravens, mat
excellent speeches in favor of enligh
cd eminent and intelligence.
L The senate bill making an appropri
lis ton Tor mileage and per diem, WI
lie passed.
es CAPITAL CULlINGs,
cd A number of bills have been intI
duced in tho house to amend the ro
er law.
lis RutabGga Johnson has following
the house as well as in tho senate in
vor of Galveston's scheme TO get I
legislature to endorse the Eads frau
;. but it i'll meet with strong opposite
'e- Mr.. Armistead and MIR. Cravens ha
io- both gone home to attend court.
Ninety bills in the house and sevent
SO eight in the senate have been int
te duced.
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