Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-01
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LEUlOLAI1YE.
The Bill Repeating the Drummers' Tax
Passes the Senate.
Bill Providing for Board OF Arbitration to
Settle Greer County Boundary Question
Passes the House.
Twentr-First Legislature.


order promptly at 10 o CLOCK.
The roll was called and quorum was
present.
Prayer by DR.. smoot, the chaplain
Mr.. Ingram was excused ON account of
sickness.
SIR. Morris was also excused for the
day.
Petitions and Memorials: By Mr..
REPRESENTATIONS from citizens of Viii
barger county asking the creation of au-
other judicial district in the Panhandle.
By Mr.. Maetze-P Petition from the
Farmers alliance of Waller county for
railway commission bill.
BY Mr.. UpShaw-ResoIution from Ellis
| county alliance for railway commission.
BY Mr.. Claiborne-Resolution from
| Farmers alliance of Clay county for rail-
| road commission.
Reports of Standing Committees: BY
Mr.. Lane, for the Committee on Roads
and Bridges-Favorably the bill creating
a county road overseer, fixing his salary
and duties, with amendments, one of
them making his appointment at any
| time by the county commissioners court.
Favorably, reporting n substitute for
the Jarvis and Glasscock bills for issuing
bonds for county road improvement.
BY Mr.. Mcdonald, for judiciary No. l
! -FavoraEy, bill allowing persons con-
victed of misdemeanOrs and working out
! their fines 20 cents instead Of 81 Il day.
By Mr.. Burney for the education COM
| mittee-Favorably a bin providing for
uniform length of term of both white and
| coIcred schools for all districts and COM
munities.
By MIR. Burgess, for the committee on
| public lands-Favorably bill repeating
| the law relating TO -emptions, and TO
stipulations recorded for those who may
| apply for prescriptions; also favOraby
| bill to extend the time within which
! lands that have been sold for taxes and
| bought in by the state may be redeemed.
Bills and resolutions: Resolution by
| Mr.. Upshaw-That the chairman OF the
! committee on public lands be authorized
| to appoint clerk for said committee with
a salary the same as other clerks. Car
! ried.
! BY Mr.. Sims-A bill amending the law
regulating the taking OF decisions in civil
suits.
| By Mr.. Stephens-To validate acts of
| Incorporation and other acts of certain
cities, towns and villages.
By Mr.. Stephens-To amend the law
and provide for abolishing the Office of
| county superintendent OF public instruc-
ton in any county by order of the com
missioners' court of such county.
BY MIR. Notwithstanding for the
payment of outstanding bonds of the
state.
By Mr.. Lane-To punish persons who,
concealing the ownership or removal of
property out of the state, shall avoid the
payment of taxes on personal property.
\ mistake having been discovered in
the treatment Of senate bill No Is on
Wednesday, it was again taken up for
| engrossment. A substitute for the
| bill offered by Crawford was
adopted, and under suspension
of rules finally passed. The substitute
requires that the county's pro rata of
school funds shall be kept in the county
while all above that amount shall be sent
to the state treasury.
Special order senate bill No. 81, regu-
lating a better assessment of personal
property was taken up. After an hours
discussion the bill passed to engrossment
with an amendment that the comptroller
shall furnish blanks for the inventory of
property required.
The bill repeating the drummers' tax
was the next order of business. Mr.
Lanes amendment exempting also those
who carry around a museum composed of
LEXIS pIOUuClS WIS CtLIFleu. Inc Dill
then passed to engrossment, and under
suspension of the rules finally passed
Mr. Armistead introduced joint reso-
luton, appointing two from the senate
and three from the house TO visit the Ter
rell lunatic asylum and report as to Its
condition.
Senate bill No. II, regulating the
amending of pleadings during vacations
of court, passed, also the bill collecting
school money in the state treasury passed.
Three other bills on third reading were
taken up and passed, one allowing the
governor to restore to citizenship persons
who have served their terms in the peni-
Tertiary or been pardoned; another regu-
lating the running at large of certain
animals, and the third making corpora
tions responsible for injuries to employees
from their fellow servants.
Four bills and a resolution were intro
duced just at the close of the session
BY Mr.. Harrison-To amend the Judi
cial district law and make McLennan
county a separate judicial district.
BY Mr.. Pope-Two bills, one regula-
ting the appointment of railroad receiv-
ers, the other requiring railroads to
keep in Texas general Office and all
their books and accounts.
By Mr.. Burney-FOr the assessment
and collection of taxes in unorganized
counties.
By Mr., Upshaw-Memorial from Com
missioners court of Hill county request
ing that convicts working out fines re-
ceive so cents a day instead of a dollar.
Senate adjourned to 10 O'Clock to-
morrow.
THE HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. Jan 81 The house met
at 10 o clock to-day. Speaker Alexander
and quorum present.
number of petitions were presented
pro and con as to the creation of Willie
county.
Mr.. Jenkins presented petition from
the citizens of Bo que county favoring
the regulation of tolls of public mills.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Mr.. Conuellee, creating a state board of
equalization.
Mr. Ellison amending article 4o6 of the
penal code relative to obstructing streets.