Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-19

relief of Jacob w. billiard by pension as
| a soldier of the republic of Texas.
By Mr.. Mills-A bill providing for bet
| ter assessment
BY Mr.. Clemens-Amending the law as
to removal of county seats.
/ By Mr. TOlar-CreatIng a state meteor
illogical bureau in connection with the
state bureau OF agriculture.
By Mr.. Notwithstanding equal ac-
commodations by railroads for white and
colored people.
BY Mr.. Wilson of Hill-Amending ar
ticle 4405 of the road law.
By Mr.. Erskine-Amending article
| 1920 of the Revised Statutes relative to
deputy sheriffs.
| BY Mr.. Bailey-Prescribing time and
| places of selling lands under fore
| closures.
By Mr.. Gaughey-Authorizing the
state superintendent of education to issue
! certificates of qualification to teachers in
! the free schools and to provide for exam
liners and their payment, and to make
valid diplomas from the Nashville nor
! NAL college
| Mr.. Tolar presented a petition of citi-
zens, asking that Giasscock county be
attached to Howard for judicial purposes.
BY Mr.. Brown of Johnson-Adding a
new article 20 2l6 of the code of pro-
ceedure.
BY Mr.. Robinson of Bexar-Amending
article of chapter l of the penal code.
By Mr.. discriminating the lottery
law.
By Mr.. Mills-Amending article 4lO7 of
the civil code
By Mr.. Hamby-Changing the age of
consent of girls prescribed in article A28
flf fIa oil cIr,f
years.
By Mr.. Murchison- Art
1894 OF the law as to limitations.
By Mr.. Hamby-Memorial as to the
practice of sending county pauper luna
ties from other counties to Travis county.
The speaker laid before the house the
resolution of Mr.. Mays to appropriate
$4,000 to improve the monument of Gen.
Houston. Mr.. Mays, who is the colored
member from Robinson county, spoke in
favor of the resolution.
Mr.. Ellison offered as a substitute that
the remains of Gen Austin and Gen.
Houston be disinteTred and reinforced at
Austin. Houston IS at the east and Aus
tin S at the west end of the caDitol
grounds, and making appropriation for
monuments. The resolutions were re-
ferred to the committee.
BY Mr.. Stevenson of Parker-Definlng
public mills and regulating tolls.
BY Mr.. Misunderstanding article 735
of the penal code, making theft of
property of the value of $40 or over penal
by changing the amount TO $50 or over.
This would largely decrease the number
of convicts sent to the penitentiarv in
stead of to the county jails, and TO work
on the public roads and county poor
farms
Mr.. billiard had the resolution asking
for change of the Federal constitution as
TO the election of president and vice-pres-
ident, referred to the committee on
Federal relations.
House bill 80 was taken up on third
reading and finally passed. It amends
by extending the provisions of
the law of malicious mis-
chief so as to include baggage
smashing ana throwing rocks into pas
senger trains, etc. One amendment
adopted provides that where the value OF
the property is $50 or less the punishment
shall be by fine not over $500. The range
of penalty is from S25 to $1,000.
House bill 122 making all negotiable
bonds of trust funds non-negotiable was
finally passed.
Adjourned till 10 CLOCK Saturday.