San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-04-14
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

Senate says a girl is able to protect
and defend her own honor at IL years
of age.
Senate passes bill defining bounds
of Arkansas county.
Committees report on controllers
Office was adopted; 1t was favorable.
BARRIERS were prohibited from shaw
ing on Sunday.
Conference committees report on
appropriation is accepted.
Joint resolution for registration in
towns of over 10, 900 population passes
senate.
Senate confirmed the notary public
appointments.
House bill So, on quarantine,
passed.
Senator Burney's bill for lease of
school lands passes.
Senate confirms the appointment Of
state officers as follows:
Superintendent of peniten tiaries,
Senator l.. A. Whatley.
Trustees of colored deaf and dumb
asylum at Austin, d. w. Doom, J. III.
Collett and T. B. Lee.
Trustees deaf and dumb asylum,
Austin, jeff Johnson, o. Archer, J.
G. Booth, J. X. Holland and l.. D.
Brooks.
Commissioners' pilots, port Of Gal
weston, Thomas II. Sweeney, J. N.
Sawyer, g. B. Miller, Charles G.
Sweeny and ]. 8. Rogers.
Trustees of house of correction and
reformatory, f. A. Mcdowell and A..
H. Gregory of Coryell county, and J.
Il. MObby of McLennon county.
Bill passes empowering county
judge or county school COM
missioner to approve or disapprove
contracts between trustees and
school teachers.
Bill passes providing that convicts
adjudged insane and discharged, the
county from which he was sent up
shall pay expenses of his removal.
Senator Martz is elected president
pro tenn Of the senate.
Governor was notified that the
senate was ready to adjourn.
Thanks were rendered the chair,
and protein president Crawford.
Senate adjourned sine die, at Oils p.
m.
In the Householder, of Tom Green
county, rises to wordy and useless
explanation of his use of the word re-
publican in connection with an en-
quiry into the officers of the A. & NJ.
College.
Con ference committee report on ap-
preparations was finally adopted, al
ter explain atoms by Gresham that the
principal adjustments were as to the
$50, 900 deficiency; So, 900 for advertis-
ing and publishing geological and
agricultural reports; $4,000 additional
clerical force for land office; 5000 Tor
quarantine at Sabine Pass; and rails
ing amounts for barracks at A. & M.
college from SIS, 600 to $4,000.
Penitentiary bill as amended passes,
it inhibits the establishing of facto-
ries at the penal institutions unless
they are without loss of expense to
to the state.
The usual tafy was rendered the
press.
Thanks were rendered to Speaker
Miner.
Senate bill passes regulating insur-
ance companies. 1t requires corpora
tions to furnish discharged employees
with reasons for their discharge.
Thanks were spread on the minutes
to clerks, pages and other employees.
Report of full conference committee
making tax IS IL cents this year and
Is cents hereafter, was passed.
House passed senate bill allowing
towns of 1000 population to levy oc-
cupation tax on saloons.
Bill regulating pay of county judges
as ex-officio school commissioners,
passed.
Committee to investigate Inferno
tional railway meets at Galveston
June 10, Mckinney, of Walker, chair
man.
Sale of lottery tickets bill passes.
Bills passed allowing three terms of
court in Tarrant county; for condem-
nation Of pest house property; allow
ing clerks additional time to bring up
arrears Of work.
Governor announced the appoint
ment of Goodman, Rogers, McElwee.
and McCunningham as additional
delegates to Kansas City.
Complimentary speeches and pre-
sentations were in order and the
house was very lavish with taffy.
The governor congraulates the
house on the passage of the railway
bill and gives slap at the lobby.
House adjourns sine die.
Fort Worth calls a convention to