Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-12

one-half the fees allowed district attor-
neys in certain eases.
BY Martin-To regulate damages aris-
ing from the killing or injury of stock. or
the burning of fences, houses or pastur-
age by railroads.
By Martin-To amend the penal code
regarding the carrying of weapons.
By Martin-To repeal the drummers'
tax.
BY Bryan-Amending the law in re-
gard to the working OF county convicts.
By Stevenson of Parker-To prohibit
pooling combinations between rail-
roads and other common carriers, fixing
rates of freight and passenger transport
tation and dividing the proceeds between
such railroads and common carriers.
BY Leyy-To amend the law relating to
fees of clerks of district courts.
Johnson of Titus, introduced a joint
resolution to amend article 6 !, section l of
the constitution regarding persons dis
qualified to vote in this state
The same gentleman also introduced a
joint resolution requesting the Texas SEN
ators and representatives in congress to
use every means in their power to secure
the adoption of an amendment to the
constitution requiring the president of the
United States to be elected by the vote of
the people.
Mr.. McGaughey introduced joint res
olution to amend section 10 of Article 8
of the constitution in regard to the col
lection of taxes.
Mr.. Levy offered resolution that each
member of the house be allowed to pur-
chase twenty copies of some daily paper
in the state publishing the proceedings of
the legislature, to be paid for out of the
contingent fund of the house. Referred
to the committee on public printing.
The speaker announced the appoint
ment of the following standing COM
mittees:
Judiciary No. Pope, Jenkins, Nc
Comb, Brown of Grayson; Renfro, Dun
lap, Hamblen, Kincaid, billiard, Jagoe,
Gresham, Levy, Hathaway, Ellison,
Bailey.
judiciary No. Frost, Stevenson of
Parker, Robinson of Bexar, Parker of
Fort Bend, Williamson, Owsley, Wilson
of Harrison, Nelson, Moses, Breeding,
Murrell, Rhodes, Towles, Bishop, Sor-
rell.
Miner, Nelson, Lewis,
Hathaway, McComb, Fields, Campbell
of Cooke, Humphrey Selman, Murchi-
son, Croydon, McGaughey, Wellhausen,
Renfro, Mays.
State affairs Whatley, Mcclure,
Pickett, Overton, Stevenson of FL Paso,
Bishop, Hood, Brown of Navarro,
PEBBLES, Crayton, Johnson of Titus,
Rowland, Murchison, Murrell, Roop.
The speaker had read a communication
from the Statesman Publishing Company
proposing to print the journal in full in
the Daily Statesman and furnish 1900
copies to the house and 800 to the senate
e., = 1.r- DEF 70 %Lo
tee on public printing.
Mr.. Bryan offered u resolution accept
ing the services of Professor McFarlane
of the university to examine with the
capital superintendent and report as to
the acoustic properties of the hall.
Adopted
Adjourned until 230 p. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The house recOnYened at 2:30 O'Clock
p. m. The speaker announced rs the
committees on acoustics under the reso-
luton adopted Bryan, Clemens and Nc
Kinney.
Mr.. Tolbert introduced a bill fixing
Saturdays for the consideration of local
and private bills. Referred to the COM
mittee on rules.
Mr. Renfro offered a resolution chang
ing the rules so as to give precedence to
appeals from the decision of the chair
Referred to the committee on rules.
Bills were introduced as follows and
referred to appropriate committees: By
Milner-To amend the law against carry
ing deadly weapons.
By NeWton-To repeal the law of last
session making county commissioners
road inspectors
Adjourned until 10 clock tomorrow.