Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-18
NOT ROSS POLICY.
Senator Gregg's Bill to Reduce S!a!e
Taxation for General Purposes
Will Be Opposed,
Greshan1s University BIZ Referred to
ths House FinAncs Committee.
The Amount OF the Claim.
Geological Survey Bills Identical with that
Which Failed n. this Regular
Session Introduced.
THE UNIVERSITY BILL,

AID S~Ni AnSAA bll4Ls
Special TO the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, April 1.-THE universe
ty bill outlined in these dispatches last
night was offered to-day by Mr.. Gresham
and referred to the finance committee,
Just as 1t was s.id it would be. Colonel
Gresham is very sanguine that his bill
will pass, as there are good many mem
bers who opposed 1t las! year who will
vote for 1t now.
Mr.. Hudgins, who also introduced 8
Dill providing for repayment 20 the univer-
sity Of the money borrowed from is,shows
considerably more Indebtedness than
Colenel Gseshsm's bill, but he makes no
provision for the medical branch, which
is the special feature OF Colonel Gres-
hams bill.
GEOLOGICAL BILLS.
The geological bills introduced by
Messrs. Richardson and Strong are al
most Identical with the one which failed
at the regular session. Mr.. Richardson's
provides $40, 600, or SO much thereof as
may be needed TO psy the expenses, and
allows the geJlogist $1,000 salary.
Strong's bill leaves blanks to be filed
with these figures. Richardson's requires
the geolOgist to prove mis- quslti;Ations-
Strong does not. There viii be 8 hard
fight made for geological bill, bat it's
passage is doubtful. While some Of tho
opposing element have been wen over,
oil have not, and the leaders of the former
opposition still stand out against it.
GREGG's TAX REDUCTION BILL.
Senator Gregg's bill to reouce state
taxation Tor general purposes to l25 cents
will be nat with determined opposition
| by those VINO believe with the Governor
that ii is not the part of wisdom to re-
duce taxation st this time. They ssy
the present rate should be tried for IN.
other yesr, and il found to be too high
then il will be easy work to
reduce if, whereas il It should be reduced
now snd found tnen TO be too low it then
would be impossible to increase it, and
the fight over this question promises to
be long snd VAIN.
ANEFDED REFORM.
Senator Woods bill requiring county
treasureTs to report bscE TO the state on
the first day OF September the money re-
| al tuG sS4O'J4 Iunu bs.O OllCOAiI1
such smJuut to be deducted from the dis
tribunal fund sppor}ioned to such
county fJr that year is
move IN the direction Of needed re-
form in the school law. Il is said that
some Of the counties have used school
money apporlioned them by the state for
paving jury fees and other charges upon
the general county fund.
THE UNIvKRsITY's CLAIM.
I1s special correspondence between
| Governor Ross and DR.. WoOten, president
Of the University regents, the claim Of the
university against the state Is placed at
S43l, 900, including Interest, and about
half of this amount is On account OF
university lands sold for Confederate
money. None of this money paid for
university lands by authority of state
legislation has been restored 10 the
university. The question is whether the
state is under obligation to restore i.