Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-02
LEGISLATIVE.
a Good Deal of Work of Minor Import
ance Disposed OF in the Senate.
The House Bill Amending the Occupation Tax
Law Creates an Earnest Discussion.
Bills introduced.
Twenty-First Legislature.

THE SENATE.
AUSTIN, TEX, Feb. lieutenant
Governor Wheeler called the senate to
order at 10 o'clock.
The roll was called and quorum was
present.
Prayer by DR.. Dodge, the chaplain of
the house.
Mr.. Mcdonald was indefinitely ex-
cused.
Mr.. Field was excused till Monday.
Petitions and memorials: By Mr..
Lane--Petition from citizens of Elgin,
Bastrop county, that special occupation
taxes be repealed.
BY Mr.. Jarvis-Petition from citizens
of Wise county for the abolishing of the
occupation tax
Reports of standing committees Mr..
Crawford for the committee on state
affairs reported that the hill defining
trusts as an unlawful conspiracy be con-
sidered with senate bill 80 on the same
subject; also the same reported as to
corporations pooling interests.
By Mr.. Sims for the committee on jul
dicial Enthusiastically for changing
the time of holding court in Palo Pinto
ana COrY61 counties.
Bills and resolutions: By Mr.. Glass
cock-To put funds from the sale of
estrays and from occupation taxes in the
road and bridge fund these now go to
the jury fund.-, and allowing county
commissioners to make up this deficiency
in the jury fund from the cOunty's gem
eral revenue.
By MIR. Lane-To regulate railroads,
fixing the classification of freight and
freight charges.
By Mr.. Stevens-To extend for ten
years the payment of the principal of the
purchase money for certain school lands
sold under the act of July 8, 1879.
By Mr.. Burney-To do away with the
community system and put the public
schools all under the district system.
By Mr.. Burney-To define the boun-
dairy line between Mason and Mccullough
counties.
By Mr. Armistead-To provide for the
issuance Of bonds to supply deficiencies in
the revenue, and provide the manner of
sale of such bonds to the board of ed
ucation for the permanent university
fund.
By Mr.. Johnson-Minority report on
senate bill $50, which was reported ad
wesley by the majority. The bin is to
'eA6ilE)L lTOIH IlOIlSdk5G OF lOTceu safe bllG
work stock and corn for family use.
The president Of the senate announced
that he appointed as the committee TO
visit the normal schools: Messrs. Bur-
ney, ATmistead and Maetze.
Senate bill No. 50 preventing unlaw-
full combinations in restraint of com
merce and trade passed to engrossment.
Senate bill No. las to regulate the sale
and transfer Of judgments Of courts of
record passed to engrossment.
Substitute house bill No. Is requiring
as amended the publication one time of
ordinance in newspaper passed to en-
grossment.
Substitute house bill forbidding minors
to gamble passed TO its third reading.
Substitute house bill declaring what
is usury and fixing as penalty therefor
q forfeiture of half the principal and all
the interest was next considered. Mr..
Burgess opposed a law that would give the
penalty to some one who may take ad-
vantage Of one who has loaned him
money He wanted the forfeit to go to
the state.
Mr.. Simkins favored a usury law and
advised the senate to 60 slow in opposing
this house bill.
Mr.. Stephens offered an amendment,
the state. This was discussed long and
ably by Messrs. Burgess, Simkins, Lane,
Glasscock, UpShaw, Allen and Ar
instead The bill with amendment was
recommitted.
Upon motion of Mr. Burney senate bill
l9l fixing boundaries of Brewster and
jeff Davis counties was taken up out of
order and engrossed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Kimbrough senate
bill "a prescribing penalty for mutilation
of public sign posts was taken up ont of
order and engrossed.
Senate bill l58 allowing Jewish rabbis
to perform the marriage rite was passed.
The senate at 1890 adjourned to 10
o CLOCK Monday morning.
THE HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten. Feb. 1.-The house met |
at 10 o 'clock to-day. Speaker Alexander
and quorum present.
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Smoot, chaplain
of the senate.
The report of the committee as to
causes of absence of members, officers |
and employees of the house came up as
unfinished business. Mr.. Stevenson |
asked to withdraw his motion of yester
day Directing to part of the report as to |
DIS llIdL ODjet'llOHdDle part Adu |
been eliminated from the report.
Mr.. Wood, chairman of the committee |
asked to withdraw the report. Granted. |
Mr. Kincaid moved to expunge the |
whole matter from the records.
Mr.. McGaughey thought the committee |
had done good work and that the report |
should not be expunged.
Mr.. Jones commended that it was the |
duty of the house TO look after the mem
bers who lodged their work. 1t was use
less TO appoint the committee if it was eX-
pected to cover up instead of exposing |
those who were recreant to their duties
The motion to expunge was defeated.
Petitions from their constituencies on
various subjects were presented by
Messrs. Allison, Hancock, Parker of Fort
Bend, and others.
Mr.. Handy presented a memorial of
Mrs Charles Jones.
Bills were introduced and referred as
follows:
By Mr.. Connellee- suits
for the collection of taxes on bonds sold
oy tax collectors.
By Mr.. Moody-Amending section Is
IF the judiciary act