The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-02-05

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The committee on counties and count,
| boundaries met ant passed the evening II
discussion oftwO measures.
Senate bill No. 40, by Senator stephens
taking away he civil and criminal JnrIs
d diciiOn OrOchil rec and Roberts counties
will be reported favOrahly.
Mr. Bakers bill (Of Tom Green) creaIl1l
the county of Sterling out OF rom 'ireei
county, will also be epOrled faVoraOiy'
Several other measures before the com
mittee will DO considered at some future
time.
o The committee on towns. cities ana cor
pOraIiOns met in called session YESTERDAY
n, d i'm brief and business Ike style handled
two bills beiurelt.
House bill No. ~, by Mr.. Lloyd, IN re-
gard TO increasing Il auu Town nun
| upun petition of majority of the ihhaD
rants If the added section, will be reported
favorably. ,. -
House bill No. 1893, by Mr.. McKennePy, to
aunul and resciad the charter OF the DO"
} ers a Piney Greek Railway company, was
considered ard will be returned 10 the
house 10 be referred to the c1mmitt &c OH
internal improvements.
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The committee on internal improvements
met Yesterday afternoon and It's members
guent several hours in o careful anu inter
ested inspectiOn of the inside works OF the
railroad commission bill ,,
The bill under discussion was introduced
by MIR. Brown, the We eran member from
| Gravson. and was taken up as reported
nv The sub- com ritIee, and three sections
! wer. discussed. In the fourth section the
| nonIiup feature was struck, and there the
| c)mmittee halted. The sub committee re-
ported in favor Of section 4, which pro
| IibIts the commissioners from allowing
pooling, and minorl,y reported in favor oi
eliminating the prohlbltory feature.
The discussion which this feature has
aroused in the sub committee was simply
transferred to the main committee, aud tn,
members consumed the balance of the
evening in examination of he bone OF con
ten,iun and expressions of their ideas as to
its merits, pro and con, and when at last
further consideration was postponed III III
another meeting, no conclusion had Deeh
arrived at. Ii is understood that The ac
ton of the committee is OF rather IN
| formal nature thus far on ~
question, and final action will he f Il
accord with the senate committee, Doth
| working together tremendously
Mr.. BrOwning's biz tOf DOney) provid
yiding that before cJn auies sh.ll secure
| their charter they sh.a indicate the route
| Of their road by naming the towns through
which it will build, was considered al
| length, and Mr.. Browning made an able
sperCn, exering h well known orltorical
powers to overcome the opposition il
aroused, and final action was deferred. until
the next meeting.
The committee on roads, bridges and
ferries met at 3 o'clock and transacted an
encouraging amount Of business.
House bill No. 303, by Mr.. McCunning-
ham, IN regard to working the roads, wa
considered and deferred until the next
meeting.
House bill No. 25l, by Mr.. York, to pro
vide pay for reviewers OF roads will be re
ported to the house with Il favorable recon-.
! menda ion, and will receive the earnest
SUPP ort Of he committee.
House bill No. 349 by Messrs ToIher
and Jester, to carry into effect the cOnsti
luiOnal amendment empowering COun-
lies to determine by vote whether l5C road
tax shall be levied by county commission.
eis court, will be reported taYOrAbly with
slight amendmen
House bill No 30 by Mr.. Jester, "empow.
erng commissioners coutby petition of II
majority OF the voters Ofth- county TO levy Il
road tax fOm l5C not to exceed 3OC on the
one hundred dollars, will be reported re
commencing it be tabled, another bill 0f
the same nature having been reported IA
vOrablV.
House bill No. 10, by Mr.. Jester to ex
emTt from road duty for twelve months
parties paying $3.50 cash, will be considered
further at the next NEE ting.
The committee on Public Printing has
received House bill No. $40, to provide for
printing and publishing the supreme court
decisions and furnishing the same to any
organized county in Texas at the cost OF
postage or express only. The bill was in.
trOduCed by MIR. Shaper and Will be con
sldeIed at the next meeting OF the com.
mittee.
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The committee on Penitentiaries met at S
o'clock and passed some Two hours in dc
tailed discussion of their III assures.
Mr.. Mckinney'S bill providing for the
payment of the transportation expenses OF
lunatc ConviCts sent from the penitentiare,
TO he asylum will be reported favoraby.
Mr.. Owsley's bill TO amend the code of
criminal procedure by prohibiting the tax
ing of COnv'ctS from the penitentiiry for
trial for otienses less than that for which
they are serving will also be reported favor
ably.
Three other bills, all relating to the
manufacturing OF Irvine and bagging for
cotton in the penltentiaries, were
taken up, but final cons deration
upon them was postponed until the COM
miitee can investigate fur her into the ad-
visibility of inaugurating such an enter.
prise.
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The committee Or constitutional amend
ments met with three joint resolutions he
fore II seeking to amend the constitution,
and one joint resol ton looking to the
calling OF constitutional convention.
THIS was introduced by Mr.. Gresham, and
when taken up IN the committee it aroused
a wh,rlwind of discussion.
Mr.. Hamblen spoke long and earnestly
III favor of the resolution, and occupied
about an hour, and was listened to at
ltnuyely. Messrs. Terrell, Cochran, Adj
kIns and several Others opposed the resolu. |
ton vigorously, aud the final action of the
committee resulted in All unfavorab!e re-
port.
The Others proposing amendments were
referred to appropriate sub committees.
aud the main committee adjourned, well
. .tistied with their work.
IN THE SENATE.
The stately sJlonS III the senate sat in re
poseiul dignity through the session yester.
day until the house joint resolution calling
for committee of three from the house |
ara two from the senate, to visit and in |
Spect the state penitentiareS cane up, and
on this they spent several hours in earnest
dhcussioh; The why's and wherefores the