Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-03
LEGISLATIVE.
The Legislature to Dispose Of $4,000
Acres of Land Belonging to
the Public Domain.
ing OF Amendments to the Geological
Bnl-A Favorable Report
twentieth LIE legislature.
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! $500 -

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 2.-The Senate met
at 80 with Lieutenant Governor Wheel
er in the chair and q quorum present.
Prayer by Dr.. Snoot.
Senator jarvis for the finance commit
tee reported iavorsbly bill appropria-
ting SS5. 900 for quarantine and $4,000 for
8 quarantine wharf at Brazos Ssntiago.
The matter was recommitted to the d.
nance committee.
Senator Jarvis for the finance commit
tee reported the bill taxing psddlers snG
trsmps.
Senator Claiborne Introduced bill
providing for the erection in the capitol
grounds Of three oroEze statues OF Gene
raj Sam Houston, General Stephen F. Aus
tin and General Thomas J. Rnsk, the
first to be an equestrian statue not to
cost over $40, 600 and the other two
statues not to cost over 515. 900 each.
The Frank bill appropristing 10000
to the purchase Of convict
farms came up for discussion.
The point Of order was made and fully
argued that the subject WAS not proper
matter for consideration by the Legisla-
ture under the call Of the Governor.
The chair then held that the point Of
order was we'll t, ken, and that the matter
could not properly be included within the
Governors Call.
Senator Frank appealed from the ruling
Of the chair. The chair was sustained by
q vote Of Is yeas to 8 nays.
Senate bill No. was put on its third
reading and passed by 81 yeas and nays.
The bill provides for the construction of
buildings and giving general aid to the
orphan asylum.
Senate bill No. II, an act to pay the
university debt, was put on its second
reading and passed by vote Of 16 yeas to
s nays.
Senate substitute bill No. was put on
second reading. The bill provides for
recovering into the state treasury any
school surplus in the county treasury.
The substitute was adopted for the orisi-
nal b II. The bill was postponed until
Friday morning, and was made
the special order for that day and until
disposed OF.
A bill providing for the payment of
school teachers was laid on the table to
await consideration of the two House
bills on the same subject.
Senate bill No. Is Wss taken up and the
committee amendment was adopted. The
bill provides that no money collected for
the stste or for the public school fund
shall be paid out ia the counties by the
tax collectors. It provides that all such
funds shall be paid over to the state
Treasury and from there be distributed.
b. vote of 81 yeas to nays the bill
passed TO engrossment.
Two messages were read from the
Governor. The first calls attention 70 an
excess of %, 378 acres of land In the sur
vey of 5000 900 acres of land for the
capitol contractors. This belongs to the
public domain and the Legislature is
asked to dispose Of it.
The second message announces the ap-
pointment OF General A. S. Roberts as q
member Of the board in charge OF the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum in place of Mr..
Ed. Christian. deceased.
Senate bill No. 10, for regulating the
handling Of scfool money by county
tressurers, passed to engrossment.
Senate bill No. 4, to lease the Farmers
Alliance certain land in the city Of Aus
tin, was recommitted to the same COM
mittee.
Substitute Senate bill No. B, to con-
struct additional buildings at the State
Lunatic Asylum st Austin, came up. 1t
appropriates $4,000 for said buildings
and improvements, and for special mst-
ters $500 more. The bill was ordered