The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-02-21

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House met at 10 O'Clock. Speaker Alex
snder and quorum present. Prayer by
the chaplain, Rev. Il. W. Dodge.
On motion of Mr.. Dunlap the time for
furnishing the printed rules of the house
was extended till Monday.
| A message from the senate announced
occurrence in free conference report
on substitute house bill Is.
| Mr.. Moody was excused from attend
ance indefinitely on account of death IN
his family.
The house considered substitute for
house bills Ill and others, called up by
Mr.. Mills, amending the law creating the
bureau of agriculture, limiting its inquiry
to statistics of agriculture, horticulture
and stock raising, and allowing assessors
10 cents for each head of a family report
ed, to be paid one-half by the county and
one-half by the state.
Mr.. Mills said the bill would save the
state $50,000-one-half of the present ex-
pense.
Mr.. Gresham offered amendment sus-
pending the work till 1890, SO as to CO.
operate with the federal census, which
would save the state considerable expense.
Lost.
Amendment by Mr.. Owsley, reducing
| allowar ce to cents, was lost.
Pending further amendments the house
considered the special order, senate bill
GO, making appeals from Tarrant county
returnable at Tyler instead of Austin. The
bill passed.
Senate bill 80, repeating the law pro-
viding for district attorney in the
Eighteenth district passed.
The speaker signed house bill 10, amend
ing article 1856, Revised Statutes.
Senate bill 1874, fixing time of holding
court in the Twenty seventh district
passed.
Mr.. Handy called up house bill 515, fix
ing time of holding court in the Twenty
sixth district, but on objection withdrew
the request.
House bill for the relief of Mrs. Sarah
j. Nichols, appropriating $l0,9l8 for work
done by her husband, Aquilla j. Nichols,
as contractor for building the land office,
was considered. Mr.. Handy explained
the facts in the case.
Messrs. Smith and Mcclure spoke in
favor of the bill, and Messrs. Owsley and
Brown, of Grayson, against it.
Mr.. Owsley commended that the Consti-
tuition prohibited paying such claims.
Mr.. Brown thought it was time to shut
! the door upon such old and barred de-
mands.
Mr.. Handy reminded Mr.. Brown that,
under such line of action, Texas would
not have been allowed the $1,000.900 in
demnity recently paid to the state by the
general government.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Hathaway, Pope and Moses, the bill was
committed to the finance committee.
House bill attaching Buchel and Foley
counties to Brewster for surveying pur-
poses. Passed.
communication was read from the
furnishing board that the carpeting and
furniture for the house had arrived, and
requesting the use of the nall several days
to furnish it.
Mr.. Moses introduced a bill to restore
as constitutional area to Lampasas county
out of part taken to create Mills county.
By Mr.. Grassland, by request-Appropri-
ating $4,000 for coal and other lnvesti-
cations.
By Mr.. Jones-Diminishipg civil and
criminal prosecution in Pamela county.
By Mr.. Stevenson, of Parker-Amend-
ing article SOL ofIthe Code of Procedure.
By Mr.. Moses-For relief of j. G. Cook,
late county attorney for Burnet county.
House adjourned till o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Pickett offered resolution recind-
ing the resolution granting the use of the
hall the night of February 20 to Rev.
E. W. Isaacks to lecture on education, on
the ground that the hall will be in the
hands of the contractors.
Mr.. Dunlap offered an amendment for
bidding the use of the hall to any person
during the session. Lost.
The resolution was adopted.
By Mr.. Bryan-Resolutio of thanks to
Prof. Macfarlane for his efforts to improve
the acoustic properties of the hall and
extending to him the courtesy of seat
within the bar of the house, and that a
copy OF the resolution be handed to him
Adopted.
By Mr.. Towles-ResolutIon of inquiry
by the committee on public lands as to
the feasibility of dispensing with the ser
vice of Spanish translator in the land
Office by having such records translated
and transcribed. The object is to avoid
the expense of the Spanish clerks.
Adopted.
Senate resolution for joint committee
to visit and report as to the quarantine
service at Galveston was adopted.
House bill creating Sherwood county
out of part of Tom Green county was
considered.
Mr.. Pope offered an amendment chang
ing the name to Irion. Adopted, and the
bill passed.
House bill quieting land titles in YsIeta,
Socora and San Elesario towns, passed.
House bill for the relief of purchasers
of Milan school lands which are locate d
in Hood county and making an apropria-
ton therefor.
Mr.. McGaughey, as author of the bill,
made a strong speech in its favor.
After further discussion by Messrs.
Rentfro, Parker, of Stevenson; Brown, of
Grayson, and Bishop, of Henderson, the
bill was ordered engrossed.
The house adjourned till 10 O'Clock
Wednesday to give time for putting In
new furniture and Competing for the house.
Continued on Tenth Page
Burnet Budget.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.