Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04

in Southern Texas.
twentieth Legislature.
THR SENATE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 3.-The Senate me,
st $3.50 O'Clock, quorum present.
Prayer was offered by the chaplin, DR..
Smoot.
President pro tenn. Woods WAS in the
chair.
Ex-senator Bell iavorably reported ION the
bill to make an appropriation for the
support snd maintenance of the ouaran-
tine depsrtmenAtoIMsrch l, 1889 The bill
appropriates $40, 600 fer such purposes.
Senator Jarvis for the finance CON-
mIttee made favorable report on House
bill No. 81, providing for sinking fund
for the payment Of bonds due in 1890 and
1891. And to be used by the school fund
in the meantime.
Senator Jsrvis for the finance commit.
tee made favorable report on House bill
No. 4S providing for the payment Of out
standing school warrants.
Snator L.ne for the insurance and
statistics committee favorsbly reported
Senate bill No. 40 providing for the erec-
ton Of statues to Generals Houston, Aus
tin and Rusk.
Senator Houston presented bill pro-
viding for the better rendition OF property
for taxation.
Senator Claiborne brought in q bill
providing for the pro rata distribution of
do 70 fck In - h.
capital lands survey among the survivors
or widows of survivors OF those who par
ticipsted In the battle Of San Jscinto.
Senator Houston offered resolution
that the Senate hereafter have afternoon
sessions, beginning st $3.50 O'Clock. Lsid
over for day under the rules.
Senator Burgess offered 4 resolution
that 1t is the sense of this S3nate that
there is no law human or d.
vine that requires any Senator to
speak on every dill or resolution pending
in the Senate; that to the contrary Sen.
ator may do his whole duty ably, faith
fully and well and omit speaking some
times. Read twice and ruled out Of Or
der.
The regular order WAS then suspended
and bill providing for the Incorporation
of towns and villages of 400 inha oitants
I free school purposes only, was taken
up and fully discussed. The bill was the
indefinitely postponed Senate bill. Twas
made special order for this morning after
first special order.
Substitute Senate bill M. 81, masking
an appropriation for i'm improvements upon
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
OF s40, 800, Was passed to ergrossment.
The bill regulating the collection of
taxes on personal property was passed to
engrossment.
Senate bill No. 27, exempting certain
counties from the district school system,
WAS engrossed.
Senate bill No. % was laid on the table,
subject to call.
Senate bill No. 20, comforting right OF
Injunction upon the state sgsinst breach
of revenue laws, was engrossed.
Senate bill 81, regulating deiinauent
tax sales, WIS refused to be eDgrossed by
the Senate-yeas, 8; nays, Is.
Senate bill 81, for improving the con-
dition Of the Land Ofics building and
putting fence around same, was adopt
bill wss epgrossed..
Dcuolo Ulll 30 WAS lalu Cu tu6 t6ulc,
subject to call
House bill No. to levy, and collect sd
valorem tax, WAS postponed and made
special order for Monday, and to be spe-
cisl order until disposed OF.
House bill No. So, for the repeal OF the
bill making non-residents of counties pay
taxes at the office Of Comptroller, WAS re-
turned with maj ority and minority re-
port. The minority report was substi-
tuted for the maj ority report, and the bill
was thus killed.
Adjourned.
THK HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 3-The House met
with Speaker Pendleton and quorum
present.
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain.
The pending business from Yesterday
was resumed-the geological bill and the
Payne amendment.
The amendment by Mr.. Smith Of Travis
WAS adopted, requiring reports OF all
moneys received from corporations fol
services rende. ed.
The amendment by Mr.. Payne restrict
ing the number OF persons to be employed
in the work was defeated by rule OF the
chair.
The bill was ordered engrossed by q
vote of IS to 45.
The Speaker referred to the finance
committee Senate Bill No. making the
appropriation to pay the debt OF the state
TO the university.
Mr.. Waskom called up Senste Bill No.
Z, sppropriating sl50,0O0 for the Terrell
Asylum, and spoke In favor Of the bill.
The House having gone into committee
of the whole, with Mr.. Booth In the chair,
Mr.. Mills offered an amendment reducing
the appropriation to $75, 900. !
Mr.. Patterson spoke against the amend
ment and Mr.. Mills for it.
The amendment wes lost. III
Messrs. Groce and johnson spok& in
favor Of the bill.
The committee Of the whole repQItea
the bill favorablg to the House which
adopted the report. ~
Mr.. Mills removed his ame14me1
Mr.. Robinson spoke callin9 Attenti0x00
the fact that there was I'LL reported