Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-10
LEGISLATIVE.
The Bill Regulating Collection Of Taxes
on Personal Property Defeatta
In the Senate.
The sene'e Un;vsrsfsy Bill Is Amended to
Death and Ordered Engrosssd in
tho House-The Vote.
Twentieth Lie Kisiature.
THE SENATE.

AUSTIN, Tx, May 9.-Tne Senste met
at $3.50, quorum present and President
pro tenn Woods in the chair.
Prayer was said by the chaplain, DR..
Smoot.
The report Of Mr. Jarvis for the finance
committee wss read, it being a substitute
for Senate bill No -. al act to amend
the Civil S;siase. regarding the fees Of
tax collectors.
Mr. Bell reported back House bill No.
~ for correction.
The special order was taken mp, II being
Senate bill No. "a regulating the ccllac-
ton Of tsxes on personal property, and
determining the nature Of the lien Of such
| taxes.
Tie Senate got tangled up on smend-
ments to the Dill and aung fire in discus
sion for two hours.
All the amendments were voted down.
The bill wss defeated by 13 yeas to 55
nays.
Concurrent resolution to get the Texas
delegation to insist in Congress and at
the departments upon no reduction OF
The federal troops in the state
I wss adopted with au amendment.
Senate bill Ne. 81, providing for
board to contract for repairs OF the Gen
eral Lsn0 Office, passed.
Senate bill No. 40, providing for the
erection OF statues to the memory OF Gen
erals Houston aud Austin and Rusk and
making eppro priations therefor, was taken
up.
An amendment by Mr.. Allen striking
cut the names of Austin and Rusk Wss
Overwhelmingly defeated.
An emergency clause WAS added oY
amendment by S2Istor Lane.
TIE oil was defeated OF engrossmelt
by 9 syee, IS nays.
TIE House geological bill wss made
the special oE1er for Thursday morning.
Senate bill number AZ, requiring the
| Commissioners court to pay audited
claims Of teachers and barring all claims
not resented within six months after the
act goes into eject, WAS passed.
Adjourned till $3.50 tomorrow morn
ing.
THE HOUSE.
Special to tbs Gazette.
AUSTIN, Tex, MeY 9.-The Universit
biz, Senate bill M. IL, was resumed.
The johnson amendment, pending from
yesterday, to maze the entire appropria-
tlon part Of the permanent University
fund, except S14, 1873 psid to the Pral-
lie View school, TO DE returned TO The
available University tund,wss iost-yeEs,
Is; nays, n.
BY Mr.. Uhger, an amendment striking
out permanent University faad" where
it occurs and ioserupg available UnI-
versi y tundn Lest.
By Mr.. .Hudglns. 70 strike out the en-
tire item RESTING to the &mcuns trans
tered to the general revenue by TIE
Comptroller, May 80, 1868 This is the
item OF $40, 0C0 reduced oy the House to
S25 800, 10 go to the permanent func
0f the U5iVer5itY, but Tie interest Oh
which tee II use refused to allow.
BY Mr. Sell, to strike cut S25. 500 and
insert So. Ruled our OF order.
The pending amendment WAS adopted.
MIR. Bell Of Cooke Cfered IS 3 suoSti
tute for the pending bill and amendments.
an act entitle can act to compensate the
available University fund formoneys mere
toiole used by the stats for various pur-
poses, and ell claims for MONEYS and
lands heretofore used by the state" 1t
provides for loan of $1,000 of the iu-
demnity fund received from the general
government to the available University
fund to be used in the erection Of neces
sary buildings and purchasing the neces-
ssry appsraLus ard books for the use
IF the University at Austin, Tex; said
loan 20 be paid OsCk 10 The state at sucL
time as the avalablt university fund msy
be able to dc, as the law may direct.
This loan is made as compromise and
satisfaction of ell claims for moneys or
loans or the proceeds thereof, heretofore
ussd by the state Tor any purpose which
belonged 10 the University, and the &C
captsnce OF the money herein sppropfi-
ated, or any part thereof, shall be full
and Il al settlement of all such demands
MIR. Bell sid ne Cffared this IS COM
promise for these who have scrupleS to
the claims Of the University being debt
of the state.
Mr.. Beyan-What shout the scruples of
those VINO hold tbzt the state does ON,
the money to the University?
The substitute was defeated.
Mr.. johnson offered substitute pro-
vidIpg for loan to the available fund OF
the University OF 500, 600 to be repaid
out OF the available University fund with
cut interest on or by Jsnusry l,
1908, for the payment cf which the
regents Of the University Shall make pro-
v sion, aud the same shall not be ofset
oy any claim heretofore presented TO the
Legislature. An emergency clause is
added.
Mr.. Prendsrgsgt said he would favor
this substitute.
Mr.. Tate said he favored a larger
amount and longer time for the loan.
TIE substitute was lost.
Mr.. FuLltr argued that leaning the Uni
yerslty the money was no way to pay tha
debt. H. had voted for the bill because
the stste used The money and he didn't
believe IN eny make shift about paying it.
The bill as reported by the COM
mittee Of the whole was ordered
engrossed with the amendment adopted
this morning striking out S25. 500 and
leaving for the permanent Universityliupd
shout S24, 900, ana Tor the available Uni
versity fua shous S6s. 900, OF which
latter amouAs $4,000 goes to the medi-
cal branch at Galveston.
The vote on engfosment Was as fell
lows;
alexander, Baird of Brown, Baird of
Lamar, Bassett, Battle, Baylor. Bell Of
Denton, Booth Of Wise, Bransford,
Browning, BRYAN, Buchanan, Camp, /
Clark of Red River, Clark of UvaIde,