San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-01
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL |. 1891
STATE LEGISLATURE.

quires notice given by publication In
some newspaper Of all judicial or 9TH
| or forced sales of real estate. The
notice shall contain brief statement
of the authority OF sale, the time Of
levy, time and place of sale, descrip-
| ton of property, &c. Notice must
be given three weeks prior to the
| sale.
Bill passes making the Office of in
surance commissioner elective.
Bill passed validating incorpora-
tions of towns and villages as fol-
lows:
Towns and villages authorized to
! incorporate under this chapter or hav-
| ing 200 inhabitants or over. not desir-
| ing to incorporate for municipal pur-
poses, may Incorporate for free school
purposes only; provided that the ter
ritory Incorporated shall not exceed
four miles square, and, when SO de-
string, an election may be held under
| the provisions of this title and chap.
ter, and if at said election q majority
of the votes cast be in favor of the
corporation, it shall be the duty of the
county Judge to make return thereof
and cause q record of the result
Of such election to be made, the
same as Is provided by articles 5l2
and 5l3 of this chapter, pom which
entry being made, such town or VIII
lage shall be regarded as duly incor-
porated for the purpose OF establish.
Ing and maintaining free school
therein and shall upon notice to the
| state board of education by the board
| OF trustees hereinafter provided for,
receive such pro rata share of the
available school fund as its scholastic
population may entitle 1t to, and
1t is further enacted that
all towns and villages hereto
fore incorporated under the provi-
sions of said articles as 1t heretofore
existed, but which incorporation Is
invalid by reason of having incorpor-
ated more territory than allowed by
law, said incorporation is hereby de-
clared as valid and lawful as if said
| incorporation had Incorporated only
the territory belonging to town or
| village proper; provided, that said
town or village has not incorporated
more territory than a radius of two
miles from the centre of said town or
| village.
House on session voted to reconsider
the bill appropriating $1,000 for in
vestigating Ignite deposits and it
passes.
House engrosses bill raising county
commissioners pay to $500 per day
| for regular sessions.
Culberson invited to address the
house on political issues.
House passes senate bill, amending
the law, authorizing cities and towns
to issue bonds for improvements and
to pay interest and sinking fund and
levy tax therefor, not exceeding
fifteen cents on the 500.
Senate bill authorizing the governor
to appoint q state revenue agent was
passed with amendments, making
the salary $4,000 year instead of per
diem.
The speaker appointed King, of
Burleson, Browning, of Donley. Per-
ry, Mckinney aud Swayne, commit
tee of conference on substitute senate
bill LAT, amending the law fixing
sheriffs' fees.
The house concurred in senate
izing county judges to try certain
cases during vacation.
The special committee on the Ger
aid resolution calling for investiga-
tion as to charges affecting the re-
ceivership of the International rail-
road reported in favor of having the
nvestigation.
The report as adopted provides that
all parties interested shsll have wit
nesses and be heard before the com
mittee, and allowing each member OF
the committee SIS day while engaged
in the investigation, and to have their
transportation paid, and allowing the
stenographer not over $40 per day
while engaged in their service. The
committee are to give fifteen days no.
tice of meetings. They also report
that the Judge of the court, the re-
ceivers and attorneys request a full,
fair and thorough investigation of the
whole matter.
One of the committee sent up the
following:
~ concur in the above report, not
because have any reasons to believe
any of the rumors or insinuations con-
tanned In the resolution to be true In
fact, nor because of any reasons to be-
lieve there exists any grounds or
causes for this investigation and ex-
penditure of public funds therein;
no evidence of any indirection upon
the part of the court or any other
person connected with the re-
ownership having been brought
to the knowledge of the commit
tee; but because each and every one
of the persons in any wise connected |
with the receivership have demanded !
a full and thorough examination of