Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-04
The People Getting Anxious for
an Adjournment.
THE CORPORATION BILL.
Makeup of the International and Great
Northern Investigating Committee
Well Aired in the House-Swayne's
Title Eli Amended snd Passed.
xxi. LEGISLATURE.
SENATE


the fact that the people are impatient for
the legislature TO adjourn, and instructing
the president of the senate and speaker
OF the house TO inform the citizens
OF Aransas and Rockport and
Arkansas Pass railroad company that It
will be inexpedient for the members of the
: legislature to visit the coast Tomorrow.
The resolution was referred 20 the COM
mittee on rules.
The senate bill to authorize patents to
issue for tracts of less than 800 acres under
veteran certificates was taken up and the
senate refused to order it engrossed.
Senate bill to authorize the penitent1ary
board TO make contracts for transportation
OF supplies and products of the penitenti-
aries was taken up and passed under sus-
pension of the rules. The bill allows the
board TO make contracts with railroads for
shipping freight and to pay for same with
convict labor.
House bill to provide for the issuance Of
certificates 10 teachers in public schools
was taken up and ordered engrossed.
The scalp bill was taken up and discussed
at length. \ number of amendments were
offered, but all were voted down. On
ordering the bill to en9rossment, Mr.. Car
ter moved q call of senate. and on calling
the roll Mr.. Potter did not answer.
The chair announced al present except
those officially excused.
Mr.. Page made the point of order that
Mr.. Potter had not answered, and could not
/ therefore be considered present.
The chair ruled the point not well taken.
Mr.. Page made a short speech, in which
he criticised the position taken by the
chair, but made no appeal from IT,
Z On a vote to order the bill to third read
ing, nine members refused to vote and
broke a quorum.
After some time spent in argument, Mr..
Crawford voted making quorum. and tho
bill was ordered to third reading.
Senators Crane and Garwood were ap-
pointed on the part of the senate to act on
the investigation OF charges against the re-
ownership Of the International and Great
Nor hern.
The senate then adjourned until $3.50.
AFTERNOON SESSION..
When the senate convened at $50 the
Austin charter was taken up and passed
under suspension of the rules.
House bill providing that members of the
county commissioners court shall be fined
for failure to make tabulated statement Of
assets ana expenditures OF counties, passed.
House bill making abstracts of land titles
compiled from records of any county IN
this state prior TO 1877, which said records
were destroyed during the. month
of March, 1871 prima facie evi-
dence of the truth Of the daya
shown by such abstract, was passed under
suspension of the rules.
Senate bill making it unlawful for the
commissioners court or any county officer
TO divert funds from the purpose for which
II was collected, passed under suspension Of
the rules.
Mr Franks bill providing for the pur-
chase Of convict farms, on which to raise
sugar, was taken up. On account OF the
governors veto of the sugar bounty bill, it
was postposted until April -, 1892
House bill amending the charter of Gal
weston as passed recently, was taken up
and passed.
The senate went into executive session
and confirmed the appointment Of Mr.. l..
+. Prince, Stephen Smith and Mr.. J. ".
Edin as trustees Of the state orphans
home al Corsicana, and Mr. J. w. Wingate,
Judge Of the Thirty-ffth judicial district =
The joint resolution amending constitu-
ton providing that three railroad commits
Sioners shall be elected for the term of six
years, one to be elected every two years,
was taken up and failed to pass by vote
of 10 10.
The senate bill providing for the appoint
ment of sheep inspectors in certain counties
passed.
The senate then adjourned until 80
Tuesday.
Special 10 the Gazette
AUSTIN, TEX, April S-The corporation
bill was put upon its third reading. An
amendment by Mr.. Murchison was adopted
authorizing the incorporation OF merchants
for wholesale purposes.
Mr. Fielder thought the house should has
ten slowly in passing this bill, it turned
the state over, badly and soul, to the corpo-
rations, and WAS. in his opinion, bad bill.
Mr. Riddle wanted to know if there WIS
any way to control or prevent corporations
chartered by other states from doing bust
ness in this state.
Mr. Gresham replied that under the Fed
eral constitution and the rulings of the
cuDreme court foreign corporations could
not De prevented from prosecuting d bust
ness in this state authorized by The laws Of
the state.
Messrs. Oils and Lindsey also opposed
the bill, which passed, As TO "a.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on appropriation bill, Bats in
TIL. chair.
MIR. Tolbert's amendment making the
salary OF statistical clerk $500 was adopted.
The bill appropriates 5000 for public print
ing TO be done by contract, except so much
as may be done BY the deaf mutes in the
asylum.
MIR. Docgett offered to amend, requiring
that all material in the state printing office.
except that necessary for small amount of
work to be done by the deaf mutSs, be sold.
Lost.
Mr.. Robinson's amendment reducing the
appropriation for printing the supreme
court reports from $500 to $4,000 was
adopted, reconsidered and finally with
drawn.
An amendment reducing the pay for pub
fishing reports of the court of appeals from
5000 to $1,000 was adopted on Recommended
ton of the public printer.
Mr. Brown of Grayson moved to make
the appropriation for experts in the en-
ployment of the railway commission and
necessary expenses $50, 000, reduction of
$500 Adopted.
The appropriation for sherifs' and wit
nesses' fees and mileage was made $1,000
instead of 3O,000 for two years
The total appropriation for the commits
sion for the two years is about 100000
Speaker Miner announced the following
committee on the part of the house to inves-
tigate the International receivership, IS
provided by Mr. Gerald's concurrent resolu-
ton: Messrs. Mckinney, Breitz and
Gresham.
The sections providing for an insane
asylum at Austin, Terrell and San An (
tonic. and also for blind asylum at
Austin were adopted practically as they
stood in the bill. The CSlU1ttee then
arose and asked leave to sit again.
Mr.. Shaw of Red River sent up reso-
luton for an increase of tSe committee to
investigate the international receivership |
to seven members, to include Mr.. Gerald. |
tie author OF the resolution, the other to !
h added by the senate.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion Of Mr. Cochran. the pending |
business was suspended for the passage Of !
the nil making an adden6urn 10 the Calves |