The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-27
NINETEENTH LEGISLATURE
The Senate Fakes up the Corpora.
tiOn Bill and
WORKS 1T UP TO ENDORSEMENT.
Bill introduced for q Cattle Trail
Appropriation.
Mr.. ALExANDER'S RAILROAD BILL
Synopsis of It's Principal Proyisions-It
Creates General lnterest-views
OF CattlemeA on the Corr
poration Bill.
Mr.. ALExANDER's RAILROAD BILL
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL
SENATE.


SENATE.
AUSTIN, Jan. 26.-[special.l Among
the bills introduced to-day are the fol-
lowing:
To protect the public property of the
state. II seeks to define what lots and
streets in Austin are controlled by tho
state.
To amend the general corporation
law. making stockholders liable for
debts of corporations in an amount
double the full value of the stock sub
scribed tor.
To define the land districts of this
state.
TO give effect to section 2, article IA, of
tho constitution, relative to lands.
To define and punish the hirers, bor-
rowers, and other parties who fraudu-
lently convert personal property Of
others to their own use.
The corporation bill was taken up.
Mr.. Houston, (of Wheeler), offered an
amendment requiring land corporations
to sell land and wind up their business
within twelve months. Lost and
bill was ordered engr0ssed. As en-
crossed, corporations for the construc-
tion of railroads, the encouragement of
agriculture and horticulture, the i'm
provement of the breed of animals, can
not be chartered.
The bill appropriating certain special
iunds in the treasury topay deficiencies
was passed.
The bill requiring county convicts to
be hired in the county where convicted,
for not longer than two years, was or
dered engrossod.
The bill making it aggravated assault
for person under u years of age to as.
sault woman or child, was lost.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The following are among the bills in
troduced today:
BY Mr.. Browning: Appropriating $780,
600 for a state cattle trail from the south
west corner of Brown county to Initial
monument at Tooth meridian, on as near
a straight line as possible, and for the
appointment of q commission to survey
and lay off the same.
By Mr.. Camp, of Limestone: Providing
for the proper management and control
of the blind and the deaf and dumb
asylums.
BY Mr.. Loving: Authorizing commits
sloners courts in open session to DESTROY
warrants paid by county treasurers and
Keep list OF the same.
BY Mr.. Stevens: Making the theft OF
a hog, sheep or goat, worth less than
$40, q misdemeanor, punishable by q
fine of $50 to $500 and imprisonment in
tho county Jail for not more than one
year, or imprisonment without the
line.
BY Mr.. .Pendleton: A bill paying jury
commissioners and Jurors 50 per day.
/.
county or district judge to appoint q
new assignee when one appointed is
unsuitable, negligent or guilty of mis-.
management, on demand Of assignor or
creditor, two-thirds of the creditors 10
name the substitute assignee.
BY Mr.. Cowles: Allowing physicians
fee in rostmor,em examinations in
criminal cases when summoned by the
prosecutor, the presiding officer, or the
court fixing the same.
BY Mr.. Browning: Filming persons
Strengthening animals for not filing a list
with number, age, sex, kind marks and
brands with commissioners court each
session, in sums of $50 TO $500.
By Mr.. Whaley; Changing the time
Of election Of school trustees to June.
BY Mr.. Browning; Creating the No
Ian land distric. ct Nolan and Fisher
NOuntiSS.
BY Mr.. Blount, of Van Zandt: To nav
person taking a patient to the lunatic
asylum cents per mile for himself and
one guard both ways and the patient one
way.
BY Mr.. Austin; Amending the ponal
code so as to make opprobrious epfthots
assault and battery.
Bills passed: For sheep inspection.
EngrOsscd: Make telonhona conno
MES common carriers.
MIR. ALENANDER's RAILROAD nILL
was introduced and creates general COM
ment. There will be fight over IL in
the committee and in the house.
The following is a svnopsis
of the measure proposed: A Bill
To be entitled An act TO correct abuses
and prevent unjust discrimination and
eNtortion in the rates of freight and pas
senger tariffs on the different railroads
in this state; 10 establish reasonable
maximum rates ofcharges for tho trans
portation of passengers and freight on
said railroads; TO prohibit railroad com
panies, corporations and lessees in this
state irom charging other than just and
reasonable rates, and to provide ado
quato penalties for tho enforcement of
the same and prescribe mode of proce-
dure and rules of evidence in relation
thereto; and also TO create board of
railroad commissioners and prescribe
their powers and duties in relation To
the same.
Tho first section gives definition of tho
terms "railroad company" and "rail-
road corporation" contained In tho bill.
and provides that the act shall apply 20
al. persons, firms and companies doing
business as common carriers, street rail-
ways being excepted.
Section . provides that If any railroad
shall charge, collect, demand
or receive more than u fair and reasona-
bic rate of toll or compensation for the
transportation OF passengers, or freight
OF any description, or for the use and
transportation of any railroad cars upon
It's track, or any OF its branches, or of
any railroad controlled or operated by
1t, the same shall be deemed guilty OF
extortion, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be dealt with as hereinafter pro.
vided.
Section 3 prohibits Determinations
against persons by declaring that il
shall be deemed an unjust diserimina-
tion for any railroad company TO Icharpo
or to receive from any person or persons
any greater or less rate or amount of
or reward than IL by IL or
them charged to or received from any
other person or persons for like and con-
temporanoous service in tho carrying,
receiving, delivering, storing or hand
ling freights OF any description"
Section 4 provides that IL shall also be
deemed an. unjust discrimination "for
any railroad company TO charge or re-
ceive, for the transportation of any
property whatsoever, greater amount
for a shorter than for a longer distance"
This section Is intended TO prohibit dis
ordinations In favor of terminal or
competing points against intermediate
stations and towns.
Section . fixes maximum rate OF