The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-03-15
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
THE CALLED SESSION HAS COM
MeNCED BUSINESS.


Down by the House-Large Number oi
| Bills Introduced.
Austin. March 15.-When Pre- sident
Pendleton raped the senate to order the
following gentlemen answered to roll
call: Senators Atlee, Burney, Clark,
Clemens. Carter, Crawford Frank, Finch,
| Glasscock, Garwood, Harrison, johnson,
Kearby, Kimbrough, Lubbock, Searcy,
Potter, Page, Pope, Scale, Sims, Tyler,
| O'Neal, Weisiger. Senators Crane, In
gram, Mott, Simkins, Stephens, Town
send and Mckinney We're absent.
After DR.. Smoot had pronounced Il
brief invocation in which he called down
the blessings of the Holy Spirit on the
members and the state officials the SEN
ate settled down to business.
Senators O'Neal of Cass and Searcy OF
| Washington counties We're sworn in by
the president of the senate, after which
Mr.. Kennedy read the governors procla
nation calling the special session to-
gether.
d. A. McFall and P. F. King were
elected enrolling clerk and assistant
journal clerk respectively.
Senators Glasscock, Scale and Potter
Were appointed a committee to notify
the governor that the senate was ready
TO receive his message and a committee
composed of Senators Lubbock, Page
and Clark was appointed to give the
same notification.
On the suggestion of Senator Page
President Pendleton declared nominal
lions for president pro TEN in order. Mr.
Burney nominated Senator Frank OF
Erath. Mr.. Glasscock seconded the NOM
ination and Mr.. Frank was elected by a
unanimous vote. The senate then adj
journed until 2 p. IN.
Afternoon Session.
When the senate convened in the after
noon the governors private secretary
handed in the message of the executive.
The clerk proceeded to read the same
and before he had been reading three
minutes Senator Tyler moved that any
further reading of the document be dis
pensed with
The motion carried, none of the sem
atoPs voting against it except KIM
brough.
The following bills, petitions and res
olutions We're introduced and referred
to the proper committees:
Petitions of the Waco bar for the Gre
alton of separate judicial district to be
composed of McI.ennan county.
A text book bill by Senator Page.
A resolution authorizing the governor
to collect the money due Texas by the
Federal government by reason of the
| direct tax of 1861, by Mr.. Potter.
By Mr.. Harrison, an act to define the
Nineteenth judicial district of the state
and to fix and define the time of holding
court therein.
| BY Mr.. Burney, a resolution creating,
in lieu of the general committee ON APP
portionment created at the regular ses.
sion, first committee on congressional
| apportonment, second committee on
senatorial apportionment, third a com
mittee on representative appOrtionment,
the president Of the senate to appoint the
committees.
BY Mr. Glasscock, a resolution pro-
viding for the states acceptance of the
money appropriated by congress which
is due the state and its citizens and
which was collected under the direct tax
levied by congress in 1861.
BY Mr.. Potter, bill to reapportion the
state into congressional districts under
the census of 1890
By Mr.. Garwood, bill to amend sec
ton | of article 1899 of the revised stat
utes of the state i'll relation to the recoy-
cry of damages for injuries resulting in
death.
By Mr. Pope, bill to establish con.
gresslonal districts in the state.
BY Mr.. Tyler, bill to amend "a OF
chapter 116, acts of the Twenty-second
Legislature, entitled an act to provide for
the issuance of certificates to teachers
in the public schools of Texas and pre-.
scribing their duties,
BY Mr.. Finch, a resolution, which was
adopted, instructing the secretary tc
have 5000 copies of the governors mes
sage printed in English. 2000 in German
1000 in Spanish and 1000 in Bohemian
language.
BY Mr.. Lubbock, a bill to apportion
the state into congressional districts.
BY Mr.. Crawford, bill to apportiou
the state into congressional districts.
By MIR. Crawford, a bill to amend arti
cles IL and IA of title of the revised
civil statutes and to reapportion the
state into representative districts.
By Mr.. Carter, joint resolution pro
viding that the special session of the
house concurring shall not consider any
bills until the following matters have
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