The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-24


following appointments:
j. M. Moore, secretary of state.
l.. l.. Foster, commissioners of fnsur-
ance, statistics and history.
W. II. King, adjutant general.
W. l.. Davidson, assistant attorney gen
eral.
Walter Acher, Edwin Hobby and W. E.
Collard, commissioners of arbitration and
award.
X. Rutherford, state health officer.
W. Tips, G. Grow and F. Hamilton,
commissioners of penitentiaries.
T. j. Goree, superintendent of peniten-
tiaries.
James g. Smithers, assistant superin-
tendent OF penitentiaries.
w. G. Parish, financial agent of peni-
tentiaries.
w. W. Merritt and T. NJ. Bowers, in
spector of convicts and camps.
REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY.
Il. ID. Wooten, Travis county; E. j..
Simpkins, Navarro county; T. @. Thomp-
son, Galveston county; Seth Shepard,
Dallas county; T. M. HARDWOOD, Gonzales
county; w. l.. Prather, McLennan county;
G. w. Breckenridge, Bexar county; G. F..
Todd, Marion county.
MANAGERS OF LUNATIo ASYLUM AT AUSTIN.
o. Archer, j. W. Brown, II. Herschtield,
j. w. Biting and G. w. Wheatley.
MANAGERS OF LUNATIo ASYLUM AT TERRELL.
j. S. Grinnon, j. II. Muckleroy, John s.
Griffith, s. A. Shortridge and II. T. Nash.
TRUSTEES DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
T. b. Lee, @. NJ. Rogers, f. E. Smith, B.
@. Wells and A. s. Roberts.
TRUSTEES BLIND ASYLUM.
u. Il. Fillmore, II. s. Harrison, j. j..
Tobin, Joseph Lee and George Warner.
Upon motion senate adjourned to 10
O'Clock this morning.
From Fridays Daily.l
Lieutenant Governor Wheeler called
the senate to order at 10 o'clock. Roll
call and quorum present. Prayer by the
chaplain, Doctor Smoot.
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
BY Senator NATURALIZATION from G.
A. Kilcke, of Washington county, against
oppression by railroads. Referred to
committee on internal improvements.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Finance committee-By Senator Jarvis
Favorable report on bill amending the
law as to lien in favor of purchaser at tax
sales.
Committee on judicial districts-By
Senator Sims-Favorable report on bill
doing away with the election of district
attorney for the Eighteenth judicial dis
trict.
Claims and acoounts-By Senator Kim
brough-Favorable report on bill giving
relief to William Evans for loss of
Schooner Josephine, with amendment
lessening damage granted.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
BY Senator ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS all
lands in Greer county to be part of the
vacant and unappropriated public domain
of the state, and setting apart the same
for settlement by actual settlers only, I'M
der the homestead donation laws of the
state.
BY Senator Atlee-Amending law regu-
lating the opening and estimating cleo
ton returns.
BY Senator McDonald-To legalize the
donation of property; to establish or as
sist in establishing professorships or
III buO OhlNoIblUJ vi loAdb
or any of its branches, and to provide for
the security and protection of their bene-
fits in accomplishing the objects of their
donors.
By Senator McDonald-To insure the
collection of fines in misdemeanor cases
and to make the officers charged with the
collection thereof civilly and oriminally
liable for failure to collect the same.
BY Senator KimbroHgh-To place the
University lands under the control and
management of the board of regents.
By Senator Kimbrough-To amend the
law and give justices of peace exclusive
original Jurisdiction in all cases arising
under the criminal laws of the state in
which punishment is by fine only, where
maximum fine may not exceed 5000, ex-
cept in cases involving official miscon-
duct.
By Senator Kimbrough-Fixing what
the GLASS of securities of insurance com
panies should be.
BY Senator Morris-Providing that
mortgages executed in anticipation of as
signment shall be null.
BY Senator Glasscook-To create the
Office of county road overseer of public
roads in organized counties, and to pre-
scribe the duties and powers of such Of
iicers and to fix penalty for violation OF
same.
By Senator Glasscock-To revise the
entire road law providing for one road
Overseer aud doing away with precinct
overseers and ali duties of commissioners
courts and juries of view and relieves citi.
zens of road work. Allows counties OF
1000 population to vote an issuance OF
roads, but not to issue bonds
for more than 100000 and tax not
to exceed cents on the Sl00-bonds at
per cent interest-and any subdivision
of county may supplement road county
tax to improve roads in same manner as
provided for the county to issue bonds.
Senator Claiborne's resolution provid
ing for the printing of $500 copies each
of the governors aud lieutenant-gov.
ernor's inaugural message for the use Of
the senate was defeated by a tie vote, and
President of the Senate Wheeler voting
nay. Senator Burney expressed surprise
at Senator Claiborne's unwonted liberality
but Senator Claiborne confessed it was a
trick on his part TO anticipate such prop
osition coming from the popular side
of the senate. Senator Pope replied that
it was once doubted if any good could
come out of Nazareth, and in this instance
he thought the proposition a good one,
even il it did come from Senator Clai-
borne.
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