The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-04-11
The House.
lrrom Thursday DAILY

from Thursday SDally.l
The house met at 8 a. m. Speaker
Alexander in the chair. Prayer by the
chaplain, Rev. II. w. Dodge.
A petition was read from citizens of
Williamson county, proposing to furnish
marble gratis for building governors
mansion.
The pending business being the motion
of Mr.. Handy to table his motion to re-
consider the vote by which the house
passed senate bill 323-the Swisher vet
erans.. bill-Mr. Hays demanded call of
the house, which stopped consideration of
the motion.
Senate bill 12O, amending the law de-
fining disorderly houses, passed.
Substitute senate bill 90, amending the
pension act of the Nineteenth legislature,
so as to dispense with the necessity of
documentary evidence to procure pensions,
passed.
Senate bill 2G9, validating certain sur
veys, passed to third reading.
The compromise road bill was under
discussion, when on motion the house re-
fused to concur in senate amendments to
the general appropriation bill and asked
| for q free conference committee.
Resolution to adjourn sine die was laid
on the table subject to call.
The road bill again came up, when
controversy arose on call for the previ
Gus question as to whether or not it ap-
piled to the Swisher' bill.
The speak r ruled the road bill in order
and it passed to third reading, being
senate bill.
Adjourned till 3 p. m.
| AFTERNOON sFssION.
Mr.. Pope moved the previous question
on the motion to table motion to recon
slider the Swisher bill.
House bill repeating the charter of
Groesbeck passed.
A call of the house was demanded, but
the house finally being declared full, and
the question recurring upon the motion
as to the Swisher bill, led to considerable
discussion, participated in by Messrs.
Handy, McGaughey, Mills, McComb,
Brown, Owsley and others.
The motion to table the motion to re-
consider was finally lost, bringing the
bill again before the house.
Mr.. Mills offered amendment striking
out the enacting clause. Adopted-ayes,
40; noes, 36-and the house refused to re-
consider.
1856, to complete the improvement of the
capitol grounds. The house refused to
take up the bill for want of q two-thirds
vote in its favor.
The house refused to concur in senate
amendments to house bill 1886, limiting
appointments of deputies by sheriffs, and
asked for a free conference committee.
Substitute house bill 40, with senate
amendments, the land bill, was considered,
and the house refused to concur in the
amendments, and asked for a free son
| ference.
Mr.. Johnson, of Titus, offered resolu-
tions of respect to the late Hon. A. s.
Bailey, deceased member of Red River
county, and fixing memorial services for
April 3. Laid over for future considera-
ton.
Mr.. Brown, of Grayson, offered substi-
tute for committee amendments to senate
bill creating single railway commission.
The speaker announced Mesrs. Ores
ham, Mills, Whatley, Hayes, loves, Handy,
Brown, of Grayson; Brown, of Johnson;
Rowland and Clemens as committee of
free conference on part of the house on the
general appropriation bill. Adjourned
till O'Clock to-day.
From friday Daily
The house met at 8 a. m, Speaker Alex
ander in the chair. Prayer by the chap
lain, Rev. Ii. w. Dodge.
House bill l, requiring railroad officials
to promptly care for persons injured by
railroad accidents, passed.
Senate bill amending the law so as to
increase the bond of the financial agent
of the penitentiaries to $4,000, and al
lowing sale of lands for the penitentiary
at Rusk from which the timber has been
cut, was defeated.
Senate bill providing for payment of
S499 900 state bonds, and issuing manu-
script refunding bonds for them, passed.
Mr.. Gresham called up the motion to
reconsider the vote by which house bill
100 was lost, for the purpose of substi-
tuting senate bill, but withdrew the mo-
ton for the present.
Senate bill reducing clerks fees in fell
ony cases passed.
Senate bill authorizing county attor-
neys to appoint assistants in certain cases
passed to third reading.
Senate bill 362, relative to fees of sheriffs
for guards, was called up by Mr.. Bryan.
/. The bill was defeated.
House bill which aimed to tax notes, de-
beutures, etc, based on liens on real es-
tate, was killed.
House bill amending the law as to forced
, collection of taxes increasing the cost to
delinquents passed.
Mr.. Strong asked that a free conference
committee be granted on the land bill, and
the house consented.
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