The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-02-07
The House.
From Tuesdays Daily. I

The house met at 10 O'Clock. Speaker
Alexander and a quorum present. Prayer
by the Chaplain Rev. II. W. Dodge. Petit
tions were presented:
By Mr.. Owsley-From Cal Cabel, of
Dallas, protesting against clause in the
proposed Dallas charter providing for ap-
pointment instead of election of certain
officers.
By Mr.. Thompson-From Austin
County Alliance concerning sundry sub
jects of proposed legislation.
By Mr.. Cochran-From Alliance of Polk
county asking forsuniform text books.
By Mr.. Hanoock-From citizens asking
for exemption of Mills and Brown ooun
ties from the stock inspection law.
By Mr.. Hamby-For relief of A. Wy
ohetski.
By Messrs. Brown, Owsley, Mills, Mel
son, Handy, johnson, Miner and Tai
bert-From citizens of their respective
counties protesting against the occupation
tax.
By Mr.. Tolar-From officers of Donly
county asking that county officers be sup
piled with copies of Sales g. Wilson's Di-
gest.
By Mr.. Misunderstanding amendment
of the road law so as to permit gates on
the public roads wherever the public good
demands it.
By Mr.. McComb-From citizens of
Waller county for exemption from the
game law.
By Mr.. Tolar-From purchasers of pub
tic lands in Taylor county, who would lose
their homes under the recent supreme
court decision.
By Mr.. McDonald-For restoring county
court jurisdiction to Wilson county.
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Mr.. Lankford-House bill 474, ex-
tending for ten years the payment of the
principal of the purchase money for lands
purchased under act of the legislature.
By Mr.. Notwithstanding for ten
years the payment of the principal of the
purchase money of University, school and
asylum lands.
By Mr.. Parker, of Tarrant-Fixing pen
atty for failing to provide for support of
wife and minor children.
By Mr.. Bryan-Amendipg the law of
escheats.
By Mr.. Stevenson, of Ell Paso, by re-
| quest Crea ting the county of Bowling
out of part of Pecos county.
By Mr.. Parker, of Tarrant-For work
ing county paupers for county benefit.
By Mr.. housekeeping Burnett and
Lsmpssas counties from the game law.
By Mr.. Pope-ProViding for appeals
and writs of error on the part of receiv-
ers.
A message from Governor Ross, trans
uniting the letter of Governor Humphrey
and resolution of the Kansas legislature,
asking for a convention of committees
from the various legislatures whose states
are specially interested in procuring uni
form legislation on the subject of the
pork and beef trusts of Chicago, etc., was
read and referred to the committee on
stock and stock raising.
The house bill providing new charter
for Waco was passed.
Mr.. Mills introduced bill for the pay
ment of $144l4, the amount of certain
warrant issued for expenses of the recent
frontier protection.
Mr.. Faubion, by request, introduced a
bill for the relief of j. N. Stewart
house bill No. 81, the special order
being the occupation tax bill, was con-
sidered.
Amendments we're adopted as proposed
as follows:
Adding the words "other specialists" in
the clause taxing physicians, surgeons,
oculists and medical specialists $50 EACH
Taxing knife, cane or doll racks or other
ring pitching devices 800.
Taxing every fifteen-ball pool table 500.
E1empting from the $50 tax on ped
oilers using wagons all MANNED persons
who have lost hand or foot, provided
they are not employed by other persons.
Adding sellers of poultry or other pro-
duce to exemption from the $50 tax.
Making the tax on circuses and like
shows 800.
Raising the tax on cock pits kept for
profit or betting to $500.
Exempting wagon yards not connected
with livery stables from tax.
Taxing health and livestock insurance
companies 5000 for annual tax and 81 for
each county in which they do business.
Taxing lightning rod dealers and their
canvassers each 500 annually and $50 for
each county in which they do business.
Pending further consideration the
house adjourned till 10 o'clock today.