San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-03-26
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

Messrs. Clark, Crawford, Simkins, Ty-
Ter ana Crane are senate committee of
conference on commission bill The com
mittee is tie. Clark and Crawford are
strongly in favor of an elective commits
sion, and Crane and Simkins are appin-
tive advocates. Tyler is commission
man without being particular as to how
appointed,
Bills introduced and laid over provid-
ing laboratory for the university; and
auditing board to pass upon certain state
claims.
Townsend presented the following:
Whereas the senate has promptly dis
posed of the house bills as they have ap-
peared upon the presidents desk, and
whereas, we are informed that senate
bills have been permitted to accumulate
upon the speakers table in the house I'M
disposed of. Therefore be itresolved that
it is the sense of the senate that the house
is not showing the senate that courtesy
which ought to prevail between the two
equal and independent bodies. The sec
rotary is requested to furnish the house
with this resolution.
The resolution was not pressed to a
vote, it being introduced to appear on the
minutes, so that the house might have
knowledge of the complaint.
Senator Clemens called up the house
bill placing certain counties acting under
the community school system to the
district system.
Senate committee offered substitute
for the house bill carrying into effect the
constitutional amendment empowering
counties to determine by vote whether Is
cents road tax shall be levied by the
commissioner court,
The joint resolution amending the con-
stitutiOn, changing the contract rate of
interest from twelve to ten per cent, and
the legal rate from eight to six per cent,
passed.
Bill passed providing that no person
shall be eligible to the Office of mayor
city attorney, city collector, city assessor,
city engineer, alderman or any city Office,
who shall own any stock or interest in
any gas company, electric light company,
street railway company or other COM
panieS holding any right or franchise, &c.
1t also provides that any person holding
such office, &C., who shall obtain any
stock in such companies, &C., shall forfeit
his place. Considerable opposition was
manifested towards this bill.
In the house the University bill came
up, and house refused to strike out the
enacting clause. Several amendments
were proposed accepted, reconSidered, de-
feated, roproposed and only the pub
lished textof the bill can give an idea
OF its provisions, The bill finally passed.
Senate bill increasing the court of COM
missioners of appeals to six members
came up on third reading and passed.
The text book bill was considered and
amendment by Lindsey intended to defeat
| the bill was defeated and the bill passed
| ayes 50, noes 81.
Cochran called up senate bill 335, regu-
| lating voting in cities of 10000 or more in
habitantS and the bill passed.
The judiciary committee reported find
| ing the bill providing a charter for the
city of Beaumont clearly unconstitution-
al and recommended that the governors
veto of the bill be sustained. Laid over
at the request of O'Brien, representative
from that district, that he may confer
with the committee.