Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-07
LEGISLATIVE.
County COnyicts Allowed 80 Cents Day
For the Time They May Work.
The substitute House BIZ Defining Trusts and
Providing Penalties Against Corpora
lions Passed
Tweney-First Legislature.
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Lieutenant-G Governor Wheeler, roll call
and twenty-four senators present, prayer
by Dr.. Smoot, the chaplain.
Messrs Field and GIasscock were ex-
cused until Friday morning.
Petitions and memorials: By Mr.. In
gram-Petition for a pension for Ransom
Lowell.
Reports of standing committees
Crawford, for the committee on state
affairs, favorably bill requiring notice to
be given of suits concerning title to prop
erty.
Favorably bill requiring directors upon
request of one-fifth of the stockholders
TO make annual report of the financial
condition of the corporation and distrib-
ute the net profits.
Favorably, the bill allowing division
of personal property if possible in cases
Of levy under mortgage or other lien.
By Mr.. Jarvis, for committee on
finance, unfavorahly, bill requiring the
county commissioners court to levy and
collect a tax for payment of credited
claims OF teachers under existing law.
for two years for support of the state
government.
The bill relieving certain classes of
property from double taxation was laid
on the table.
BY Mr.. Burgess, for the committee on
public lands, favOrably, for leasing I'M
organized county school lands.
Bills and resolutions:
Mr.. misunderstanding by fine not
exceeding 500 any one who by fraud OBJ
tains board from hotels and boarding
houses.
Mr.. stephens Cby requesD- Furnishing
persons selling or advertising for sale
lottery tickets.
Mr.. Claiborne (by request) -Requiring
the commissioners court to act at its first
regular term on claims presented at that
term.
Mr.. Stephens-Regulatin practice in
the trial of criminal cases.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures fees of
county judges in probate and ex-officio
duties, and fixing their salaries where
the counties have towns of 10 200 inhab-
itants and over.
Frank Providing that justices OF the
peace shall give only one bond.
Mr.. Mcdonald called up the motion TO
reconsider joint resolution No. u author
king the Encouragement to sue for
breach Of the state s copyright to the SUI
preme and court of appeals reports. He
made the point of order that the motion
to reconsider was made too late. After
much discussion of the senate rule No. SO
on that point Mr.. Simkins withdrew his
motion TO reconsider.
Mr.Armistead moved to notify the house
that the senate did not desire q return of
the resolution
Senate bill No. 50 with an amendment
by Gr. Pope that corporations violating
the bin shall forfeit their charter rights
was passed. The bill forbids unlawful
combinations or restraint of trade.
Senate bill No. 81, forbidding the de-
facing of sign boards, was passed.
Senate bill No. l4S, designating a
place for recording the transfer and sale
OF judgments OF record, was passed.
Mr.. MaetZe introduced u resolution
changing senate rule 55, upon the time
within which a motion TO reconsider shall
be filed. Referred to the committee on
rules.
The bill requiring publication in an
official organ Of fine and Imprisonment
ordinances was passed.
The house bill fning saloon proprietors
who permit minors to play cards or shake
dice in their houses was taken up and Mr..
Burney introduced an amendment adding |
chess, checkers and dOminoes.
Mr.. johnson added the game of ''fox |
and geese - as this was in line with the |
spirit of this unnecessary paternal and !
ridiculous legislation.
The bill by a vote of Is to was indef- |
inately postponed.
House bill No. 1872, changing the time |
of holding courts in the Twenty-ninth |
judicial district was passed.
Senate bin No. 100, the disorderly |
house BILL was passed and motion to |
reconsider the vote passing the bill was |
defeated.
Senate bill No. 200 allowing county |
conviets 90 cents a day for the time they |
may be at work was passed.
Senate bill No. "a, allowing that all /
lands sold for taxes and bought in by the /
state may be redeemed within twelve |
months from the passage of the bill on
the payment Of such taxes, interest at 8 |
per cent. and the costs, passed to en-
gTossment.
Mr.. Simkins offered bfll to provide |
for the sale of such appropriated public .
lands situated in the organized counties |
of the state as contain not more than $40 |
acres.
Mr.. ATmistead introduced a bill per-
HittluS tue pay IuelI Oh uueS anu IOFISlL-
ure in county scrip.
Mr.. Townsend offered resolution for
bidding the calling up of bills out of their
regular order. Referred to the commit
tee on rules.
Senate bill No. %, repeating the pre-
emption laws of the state, was taken up.
Pending its consideration the senate at
l2:45 adjourned to 10 o CLOCK tomorrow.
TIE HOUSE.
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AUSTIN, Ten, Feb. 6.-The house met
at 10 o clock, Speaker Alexander and a
quorum present.
Petitions were presented by Mr.. Eau
bion from citizens of Williamson county,
pro -esting against the creation of Willie
county.
BY Mr.. Mills-From citizens of Nc
Gregor asking for the rept al of the occu-
patton tax.
By Mr.. McGaughey-A similar petit
ton from citizens OF Hood county.
By Mr.. ErSkipe-From citizens of Frio
county, asking for u railway commission.
BY Mr.. Tolar-From T. w Johns of
Gray county, praying for relief as an
actual settler.
Bills Were Presented: By Mr.. BRYAN