The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-16


SENATE
The senate met yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock with Lieutenant Gov
ernor Crane in the chair.
| Chaplain Briggs p aged as follows:
| Heavenly Father, if every mornlL G
Thy mercles are new, SD also are our
needs. Our Lire is a prolonged neces-
s,ty, a perpetual cry unto Thee. Yet,
created by Thy hand, subslsting on
Thy bounty aud living IN Hhy love, ii
is meet ana right that day by day we
should come into Thy presence ~. In
praise and supplicatiOn. ThCu hast
promised to all who put their trust il
Thee that as their days are 50 shall
their strength be. Keep Thy Word
with US for this day. ClOthe each
mem Ger OF this chamber with s.ley tn
and vision for this days Toll, aud
may this and every day he Ed filled
vii h faithful, fruitful labor that Thy
voice within as well as the voice OF
people without shall say: Well Gone,
good and fat hlul servant. We ask
Tor jesus sake. Amen.
Petitions ard memorials were pre-.
senteu and referred as follows:
BY Senator Bald win-Petition to
create new county out of Nolan, Run
nels, Coke and Taylor counties.
BY Senator Dean Petitions from
citizens OF Brew ter, Ell Paso and
other counties asking that the ranger
force be maintained.
Bills and resolutions we're intro
duced and referred as follows:
BY Senator Crowley, by request
Bill to create the county OF Alamo out
of BraZOIla county.
BY Senator omlth-Bili to create a
state normal school at Denton and
make all appropriation therefor.
BY Senator Greer-Blil to amend
the judiciary act 40 as to fix the time
within WHICH execution may issue on
Judgment i'll the courts OF civil ap.
| peals.
BY Senator Greer-Bill to prescribe
the time within which applications
tor wTiIs OF error to the supreme court
from the courts Of civil appeals must
be maue.
BY Senator Simpson--Bill to amend
the penal code 50 as to provide tor the
| UOltbl plOlCOblOll vi Z anu
Joint resolution accepting from the
citizens OF Austin the donation OF
ninety-One acres of land for the U.S. OF
the state militia as stale encampment
grounds, known as "CamE Marry"
came up as Il special order and was
finally passed.
Senate concurrent resolution memo.
rlaiizlug congress TO create II harbJr OF
refuge Oil LEe coast OF Floriua came
up and was passed over.
Senator Jesler's concurrent resolu,
| ton requesting the Texas congressman
To prepare u bill 10 prevent lmml-
grants coming to this country who
have been convicted OF crime, or whU
are anarchists, socialists or commun-
lists was called up. ard was laid Oh the
table subject 10 call.
Senator Steele introduced, ny con.
sent, "a bill to amend the CRIMINAL code
50 rs To punish any person WHO uses
the animal OF another without the
owners consent.
Senate bill TO amend criminal code
SO as 10 provide Tor the attachment OF
| witnesses i'll criminal cases and the
payment Ut expenCes Of attached wit.
nesses in felony cases was laid before
the senate and was considered by sec
tiops, but before completed il was
postponed and made the special order
for Monday alter the morning call.
Senate Till to provide for fire in
quests and the preservation OF Stats
tics relating thereto by the insurance
commissioner, came up and on motion
OF Senator SWayne, was made the
special order Tor next Friday.
Senate bill to amend the Code OF
criminal procedure 80 as to require
only the style and number of the Gaze
to be stated in recOgniZance iu al
appeal to the court OF criminal APP.
pgals, was taken up and failed to be
engrUssed.
On motion Senators Baldwin and
Lewis were excused for different peri
DDS including next Monday.
Senator limb jden called up his mo
tiOn to reconsider the vote by which
the Worlds Fair bill was postponed
and moved to table, which prevailed
and etfectually hills the bill.
Senate bill TO restore criminal anC
civil jurisdiction to the county cOur
of Tyler county was taken up on mo
ton of Senator Greer, ordered en-
crossed and under suspension of tn,
rules passed.
On motion of Senator Swayne sen
ate bill to amend the Civil Statutes 8,
as to allow the incorporation Of ab
stract companies anu grain elevator
and warehOu 90 was taken up All,
pending discussion the enate ad
jOurned.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The senate committee on puhli
printing will report tavOrably ON tn,
McCOmO resolution authorizing tn
purchase of 200 Legislative manuels 70
the use OF the Senate in lieu of tn
rules heretofore used. The COMMITTEE
after thoroug investigation Of the Law
holds that the stale printer cauno
hvld the work under the contract.
THE HOUSE.
, The house met at 10 o'clock will
Speaker Cochran and quUI UNI pres
ent.
Petitions were presented asking TO
a law tor the protection OF pGhli
weigners; against appropriating tn
pubic domain for any other tina
homestead purposes; asking Tor an in
creased appropriation for the range