San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-02-19

STATE LEGISLATURE.

mittee reports and its petitions against
the Worlds fair; also, memorial
against the new Austin charter, and
squared itself for chin music. After
the usual batch OF bills were received
the textbook bill as the piece DEERE
sistance was tackled. Hours were
spent in doing and undoiDg and then
further consideration was postponed.
The senate bill pertaining to the
establishment of public free schools
was taken up and amended until the
adjournment.
In the house the food of bills was
greater than usual, and the current
memorials and petitions rose to high
tide.
Resolution adopted ::cutting pay OF
printers, in case full number OF house
journals are not printed.
The railroad commission bill was
made the standing order for Wednes-
day next, and the bill for regulating
express companies in connection
Herewith was made the next in,
order.
House concurred in senate amend
ment providing for government ex-
pense deficiencies.
House bill disposing of school lands
in Greer county came up and passed
under suspension OF the rules.
Senate bill shortening time of cleo
ton notices in cases of deceased menu
bers of legislature, passed.
Bill cussed and discussed and no.
conclusion arrived at, providing for
increased salaries for members of the
legislature.
House bill prohibiting prize fight
ing was passed, and is as follows:
Section /. Be it enacted by the
legislature OF the state OF Texas: That
if any person shall engage in pug
llistic encounter between man and
man, or fight between man or bull or
between man and other animal, for
money or other thing of value is bet
or wagered, or to see which any adj
mission fee is charged either directly
or indirectly, shall be deemed guilty
of a felony and upon conviction there
of shall be published by confinement;
in the penitentiory not less than two
nor more than five years.
Section 2. BY the term, pugilistic
encounter, as used in this act, is
meant any fight or personal encoun-
ter by blows by means of the fists,
whether with or without gloves
between two or more men for
money, prize of any character or other
thing of value, or upon the result of
which any money or other thing of
valuey is bet or wagered.
Section 8. Any person who shall
act as a second, stakeholder, COUNSEL
or or advisor, or who shall render aid
of any character, for or to the princi-
pals or either of them In any such en-
counter shall be deemed a principal
in the offense and shall be punished
as prescribed in section one OF this
act.
Section 4. That all laws and parts
of laws in conflict with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed.
A house joint resolution submitted
by Graves, of Karnes, provides for the
payment of pensions to surviving
soldiers and volunteers who assisted
the state in the war with Mexico. 1t
is amendatory to article Is, section 5S,
of the constitution. The main Sec
tion reads:
"Section So. The legislature may
provide annual pensions not to exceed
S20O per annum, 10 surviving Solulers'
or volunteers in behalf of Texas
against Mexicans and Indians from
the commencement of the revolution
in 1886, until the 1st of January 1874.
And also the surviving signers of the
declaration of independence of Texas,
and to the surviving widows, contlnu-
ing unmarried, of such soldiers and
signers."
The resolution provides that it shall
be submitted to the vote of the people
on the second Tuesday in August,
1891.
A subcommittee of the senate's,
committee on education consisting of
senators Page, Garwood and Carter
was constituted to draft a substitute
for Carter's bill establishing a state
school for girls, for instruction in the
arts and sciences.