The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-03-26
AUSTIN ITEMS.
What the Wise Men of the
State Are Doing.
some Caustic Political Point
ers by our Correspondent.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Special to the Examiner
Austin, March "a Kilgore, from
the committee on internal improve
ments, reported favorably house joint
resolution submitting to vote of the
people prohibitory amendment.
House bill to compel railroad COM
panies TO keep their principal offices
IN this state and 70 Keep their books
open for inspection and TO report
their true status to the comptroller
or governor being laid before the sem
ate with majority report adverse TO
the bill, was taken up and passed to
third reading-yeas, 81; nays, 3--with
an amendment reducing the penalty
from $4,000 to 81 900 for each month
they refuse to do so.
House bill to compel railroad COM
panies to provide double-deck cars
was dcfeated-yeas, z; nays, IA.
The newspaper libel bill was de-
feated by the following vote:
Yeas-Evans, Fowler, Harrison,
Jerdone, Kleberg, KNITTED, Pfeuiier,
Pope, Randolph, Traylor.
| Nays-Bell, Calhoun, Davis, Farrar
Garrison, Getzendaner, Glasscock
Houston of Bexar, Houston OF
Wheeler, Kilgore, Perry, Shannon
Stinson, Terrell, Woods.
Total-Ycas, 10; nays, 10.
The bin substituting granite in the
construction of the new capito
passed-yeas, Is; nays, IL.
House bill No. 3i3, relating to towns
and villages, passed.
The governor sent in a few addi
tional notary appointments, aud tn,
senate will go into executive session
IN the morning.
Adjourned till 10 O'Clock to-mor
row.
HOUSE.
Il The appropriation bill was takei
up and the following amendments rec
commended in committee of the Who'll,
were adopted.
BY Mr.. Stephens: Amendment un
der heading, Department of Educa
ton, in clause providing for the pay
ment of principals of summer nor
mails, that they be employed by tn
superintendent of public instruction
instead of by the board of education
Adopted-ayes A, noes "a.
BY Mr.. Gavin: Striking out the ell
, tire clause for payment of principals o
the normal, which included an appro
priation of $1,000. He did not believ,
II was constitutional to tax the peopl,
, to pay for these "teachers' picnics," a
he called them. Adopted-ayes AZ
nays 80.
BY Mr.. Foster, of Grayson: Chang
ing the appropriation for the San
Houston normal, so as to be paid GU
! | nd 9
of the available school fund, so rs tc
) be liable to no constitutional objec
ton. Adopted.
by Mr.. Yaeger, an amendment re.
ducing each Of the three penitentlary
items from $4,000 to $4,000.
Amendment by Mr.. Combs, OF
Hays, changing the amounts for sec.
ond year to $4,000 for deficiency in
expenses, and $4,000 tor material and
nothing, amer first year, for machinery
and for library, each year, $3.50
Adopted.
Amendment applying to appropria-
ton for Sam Houston Normal, max
ing it payable out of general instead
of school fund, failed TO be applied to
the Prairie View Normal by casting
vote of the speaker. The bill was
then engrossed.
House joint resolution to amend
constitution so as to increase the
supreme court TO five members, TO be
each not less than thirty years of age,
and have $500 salary, was ordered
engrossed.
Also senate bill for relief of rail-
roads deferring any forfeiture of char
tiers till January, 1887.
Also senate bill restoring jurisdic-
ton In Bosque and Llano counties.
House bill amending the landlord
and tenants law, known as the crop
mortgage law, was tabled.
House bill providing for books,
blanks and stationery for county OIL
GERS and justices of peace was passed.
House adjourned.
Ifthe legislature adjourns on the
Slst the general impression Is that
much important business will be left
undone.