Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-05

for exemption of Mills and Brown counties
BY Mr.. Hamby-Fof relief Of Wychet-
ski.
By 4Iessrs Brown, Owsley Mills Mel
son, HaRiby, johnson, Miner and Toll
bert, from citizens of their respective
counties Protesting against the occupa-
ton TAX
By Mr.. Tolar, from officers of Donley
eounty--Asking that county officers be
supplied with copies of Sayles 81 Wilson g
digest.
Mr.. Williamson Asking an amendment
of the road laws so as TO permit gates on
the public roads wherever public good
demands if.
By Mr.. McComb, from citizens OF Wal
Ter eountv-For exemption from the
game law.
By Mr.. Tolar-From purchasers of
public lands in Taylor county who would
lose their homes under the recent su-
preme court decision.
BY Mr. MeDonald-For restoring
county court jurisdiction to Wilson
county.
Bnis were introduced as follows: By
Mr.. Langford-House bill No. 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 MI. Parker of Tarrant-Fixing the
penalty for falling to provide for support
of wife and minor children.
BY Dir. Bryan-Amending the law of
escheats.
By Mr.. Stevenson of Ell Paso, by request
Creating the county of Bowling out of
part of PecOs county.
By Mr. Parker OF Tarrant-For work.
ing county paupers for county benefit.
By MI. Moses-EXempting Burnet and
Lampasas counties from the game law.
BY Mr.. Pope-Providing for appeals
and writs of error on the part Of re-
ceiYers.
\ message from Gov. Ross transmitting
q letter of Gov. Humphrey and a resolu-
ton of the Kansas legislature asking for
convention of committees from
the various legislatures whose
states are especially interested i'll
procuring uniform legislation on the sub
ject of the pork and beef trusts of Chi
cago, was read and referred to the COM
mittee on stock and stock raising.
The house bill providing a new charter
for Waco was passed.
Mr.. Miller introduced a bill for the
payment of $l44 "A, the amount of n GER
tain warrant issued for the expense of re-
cent frontier protection.
Mr.. Faubion 10y request introduced
bill for the relief of J n. Stewart.
House bill 81, the special order, being
the occupation tax bill, was considered.
Amendments were adopted as proposed
as follows: Adding the words F'other
specialists - in the clause taxing physi-
clans, surgeons, occulists and medical
specialists $50 each; taxing knife, cane
or doll racks or other ring pitching de-
vices 500, taxing every fifteen ball pool
table $50; eXempting from the $50
tax on peddlers using wagons,
all manned persons who have lost
q hand or foot provided they are not en-
pIoyed by other persons; adding sellers of
poultry or other like products TO exemp-
ton from the $50 tax; making the tax on
circuses and like shows 500; raising the
tax on cock pits kept for profit or betting
to $500; exempting wagon yards not con-
nected with livery stables from
tax; taxing health and live stock
nsu- rnce companies $500 for animal tax
and 81 for each county in which they do
business: taxing lightning rod dealers
nually and $50 for each county in which
they do business.
Pending further consideration the house
adjourned till 10 % o'clock Tuesday.