The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-03
House..

House met with Speaker Pendleton and
a quorum present. Prayer by Reverend
James M. Biard, of Lamar county.
Motion of Mr.. Alexander to reconsider
the vote by which house bill No. l was
passed was called up and spread on the
journal, and on further motion Mr.
Pages motion to table Mr.. Alexander
motion to reconsider prevailed.
The geological bill was resumed as the
business pending from yesterday.
Messrs. Garwood, Kirlicks, Graves and
McGaugney made strong arguments in
favor of the bill.
Mr.. Davis, of Falls, opposed the bill.
The bill designated as substitute house
bills Nos. 8, 6 and II, was adopted for con-
sideration-ayes, Ga; nays, 80.
Mr.. Prendergast offered an amendment
providing that assays and analyses en-
brace any of the public lands of the state,
or lands belonging to the public school,
University or asylum funds.
Mr.. Jones offered a substitute providing
that none of the money should be used
for the benefit of corporations.
Mr.. Bell, of Cooke, offered a substitute
adding to section 2 a proviso that no sur
veying shall be done at the expense of
the state on any lands except those be-
longing to the University, asylum and
public free schools, aud DO work shall
be done on said public lands until the
minerals on said public lands are reserved
to the several funds by law.
Mr.. Bell spoke in favor of his amend
ment, when further discussion was stopped
by the special order, the bill making ap-
preparation for the school teachers.
Amendment of Mr.. Gresham making
the appropriation of loan of $254,000 to
the school fund for the purposes of the
bill was adopted.
The emergency clause was adopted.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Garner
was lost and the bill passed.
House bill No. 81 creating a sinking
fund of $25O,0OO to pay state bonds
maturing in 1890 and 1891, and loaning
the money in the interim to supply the
deficiency in the school fund, came up
in regular order.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Bell, OF
Cooke, was lost, and the bill passed.
The geological bill was resumed, when
Mr.. Kirlicks made an able and eloquent
speech in its favor. AS to the OBJ.
lection that the bill would benefit
syndicates. he answered that syndi-
Gates did not need nor nwant it. They
made their own Investigations, and as for
protection of the interests of the state,
the bill placed control of the work in the
hands an officer of the state, the commits
sioner of insurance statistics and history.
The bill was further discussed by
Messrs. Utiger, Nicholson, Wilson, Camp,
Jones, Browning and Johnson, and was
postponed to take up house bill with SEN
ate amendment relative to receiving the
new capitol.
The amendment was read, providing
that the capitol contractor shall not be
held responsible for any injury to the
building by the public after the reception
of said building or any part thereof.
Mr.. Browning moved concurrence in the
senate amendment.
The motion, after discussion by Messrs.
Groce, Moore and Hudgins, was con-
Cured in.
The committee on memorials relative to
the Hon. B. Rush Plum'y, deceased, pre-
sented the following:
Resolved, That memorial services be
held in the representative hall on the
evening of May at $3.50 O'Clock, at which
time the resolutions will be read, and, in
connection Herewith, the Hon. j. N.
Browning is requested to deliver a memo
rial address.
The resolution was made special
order for that occasion.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock Wednesday.