San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-27
or SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY IT. 1891
STATE LEGISLATURE.

special sergeant at arms.
The Wood Moran contest develops
little that is of general interest.
The bill in creasing penalties for
pistol toting is lost.
The committees OF the House are
q little slow in getting down to bust
ness.
Clemens bill prescribing time of
holding court in the 37th and 45th
districts was reported favorably.
The bill prohibiting prize fighting
passes, the bull and bear clauses
| struck out.
In the house Bell, county petition
against taking any part Of the county
to form another was presented.
Committee on printing are not able
| to make satisfactory report and the
matter is recommitted to them.
Yesterdays list brought the num-
Der of bills so far introduced into the
house up to ga.
Pages text book bill will be favora-
| ably reported but q strong effort will
be made to kill it.
Represen tative George W.Fulton Is
again in his seat after weeks alb
seDce with Ia grippe.
Petition from Bexar county author
izing levy of special tax to pay for
the site of lunatic asylum.
Wichita petitions for change in
Sunday law; Lampasas for bounty on
| wolf scalps.
Railway bills multiply and COM
mission bills as long as theMosaic law
are already before the legislature.
The homeopathic physicians petit
ton against the passage OF bill Great
ing state college of physicians and
surgeons.
House bill 12l licencing graduates
from the law department of the
University without examination pass
es.
The committee recommended pas
sage OF the bill requiring superin-
tendents of public buildings TO evict
trespassers on lands.
There is not much disposition to
make any appropriation for a Texas
exhibit at Chicago, force bill or no
force bill.
Senator Stephens bill validating
| the location of county seats was taken
up, and motion to reconsider being
| lost the bill passed with some i'm
| material amendments.
Memorial was presented by McClel-
| Ian county asking relief from techni-
calities and defects of existing laws;
| also from citizens of that county
for amendment to the game laws.
A large batch of bills was intro
duced into the senate Saturday, most
of which were referred to the Judiciary
committee.
Garwood's bill requiring section
of all live stock killed on their section,
was reported favorably.
The idea of a convention takes form
in the chaos of Austin and 1t is quite
probable that constitutional con-
vention will be called.
The state capital has Ten smallpox
cases, all belonging to two families,
who have monopoly of the disease
to date.
There will probably be some music
over the Parker county contest this
week as the Sergeant.at-arms has re-
turned with his witnesses and the
whole county will be subject to re-
count.
The question of congressional re-
apporti0ument will hardly come this
session and will probably find its
solution in an extra session, later on,
after the official census returns are
received.
Skirmishing for senatorial vantage |
ground has already cropped out at |
the capitol, but the matter has not |
assumed definite shape yet. Reagan
holds down his seat for two years |
yet.
The old counties do not take kindly |
to the slicing process proposed by |
some legislators for the purpose Of |
forming hew counties, and when such |
propositions come before the legis- |
iature they will be bitterly fought.
Keasly's prize fighting bill is cast |
iron. 1t fines not less than 500, not |
more than $1,000, imprisons from three |
to twelve months, goes with or with.
out gloves and applies to all referees,
seconds or any one In anyway assist |
ing at prize fight. 1t goes into eff
feet immediately upon becoming law.
The Potter bill passed senate with
some minor amendments. This bill
prohibits any person or corporation
from making contract STIMULATING that
suit may be brought thereon in a
shorter time than the statute of lin
itation allows in suits of like charac-
ter.
Terrell of Travis presented mem
orial and resolutions looking to the
increase of trade relations with our