The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-01
NINETEENTH LEGIsLATuRE.
Special TO the Examiner
SENATE.

Austin March 81 Rcpoi IS of the
and aud appropriation bills were
adopted.
TIE SCI ice of the seci etarios were
ordered to be retained after adjourn
ment for the purpose of indeXing the
iourno' aud the sergoant-ai arms also
for the purpose of owr'ug the furni-
turc.
House bill No. 40 to provide pen
siOns for Texas veterans, passed with
an amendment.
Senator Kleburg moved to indeln-
nitely postpone house bill regulating
telegraph companies. Lost; ayes 10,
nays IL. The bill was then tabled.
House bill restoring criminal juris-
dict'on of county courts of Concho,
Erath. BOsque and Tyler cornties,
passed.
This prohibition amendment was
los by Il vote of II 10 Z. Those OPP
pesin" were Senators Fowler, Glass
cock fall, Jerdonc, Kleburg, Knittle,
Picu er aud Woods.
TanHorsley's bucket-shop bill pass
to u third reading.
nv INV 'hi5 ho"'O iSooiuuoh'
were lost.
Increasing number of supreme
Judges to five.
Mailing the district court one of
general Jurisdiction.
III -usie, sing the criminal business
from the court of appeals to the su-
preme court.
About dozen house bills were
killed, all of minor importance.
EVEN va SESSION.
The senate recedcd from its amend
mCLt requiring certified copies of
vouchers TO be made of all papers
Withdrawn from the comptroller's
Office TO be carried TO Wasi Dgton to
prosecute the claims of the state for
frontier defense.
House bill to restore the jurisdic-
ton of the county court of Orange
county passed.
House bill to provide for stock
sanitary commission was lost-ycas
II, nays 10. Harrison was one of it's
most vigorous opponents.
Several house bills were killed.
HOUSE.
The committee appointed TO in
vestigate the conduct of j. NJ. Tryon.
clerk of Judiciary 81, conccl ling the
futures" bill reported recommend
'"g that he be dismissed. This was
done.
House adopted senate amendments
20 the tax bill.
House bin providing for live
stock sanitary commission passed.
Resolutions of respect to the dece-
ascd members of the Eighteenth
Legislature, Mr.. Ayers, of Brazos,
Mr.. Davis, of lamar, add Mr.. Merri-
wether of Goliad, were adopted.
Mr.. Tankcrsley, on question of
privilege, asked for committee OF
investigation as to the use of his
, name in letters read before the house
in connection with the bucket shop
bill lie wanted the committee 10 re-
port as soon as pos ,ible, and asked
for it not because he felt he had been
Iimpugned by any member of the
house. but because by reason o.
newspaper reports, wrong differences
might be drawI.
Mr.. Cravens sa d he wnrld prepare
resolution III writing for the appo'n'
ment OF a committee. The resolution
was subsequently prepared I'd adol
ted.
A resolution was passed author's
ing san Antonio to take care of th,
Alcmo.
EVEN SG sEssIrN,
Appropi nation b''l for deGc' nee
passed.
A number of scnat bills passed
Adjourned.
NOTES.
The land b'll as it has passed bot
bouses by adoption ola free conferenc
committee, fixes the price OF all land
at two dollars per acre except timber
ed lends, which is five dollars. II a
lows leases u unlimited quantitie
and permits an actual settler to pul
chase one section of any leased land
An actual settler 1 orgfnized ooul
ties ecu lease not over four sections {
such leased lands. Leases NAV rp
six years at live cents an acre.
Catlemen now having stock on raj
. ges have sixty days preference /
lease their ranges.
Sales are ON thirty years time vii
0 thii,y annual payments. The marri,
men eau purchase each one-half Sc
). ton, provided they occupy their pu
Il chases as hOmesteads
Il The Tankerslev committee comm
/ tee commenced investigation vestC
Il lay by examination of THOMPSON al
E rryon. The witnesses testified th
II knew nothing to implitate Mr.. Tan
l. ersley in being unduly influenced
l. bis advocacy for the bucket shop b
, A -kangaroon session of the hou
u WIS held last night and much fun "
{ had.
u To-day witnesses the demise of |