The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-09

Following will be found the pro-
eeedings of yesterdays session of the
legislature.
THE SENATE.
The senate met yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock, with Senator Hearty,
president pro tenn, in the chair.
Chaplain Briggs prayed as follows:
Heavenly Father, the days are GO
ing; teach us to write upon them
some better thing than we have yet
inscribed. Our opportunity is grow
ing less; may we labor as men who
see that the sun is going down. Deep
en- every patriotic purpose, sustain
every noble effort, and prosper every
measure that is for the glory OF God
and the good of all the people. Re-
gard our great land; heal all its
wounds; break down every barrier
that separates its children, and send
the good day when there shall be one
land, one home, one law; its ruler
God, its practice righteousness, and
love and peace its life; we ask for
Jesus sake. Amen.
Bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred as follows:
By Senator Atlee-Bill to amend
the act rodis' ricting the state so as to
create the 49th district composed of
the counties of Duval, Encinal and
Zapata.
By Senator Bald win-Bill to amend
inn h1An nj rtS II
peals So as TO provide for the pay ment
of the clerks of the civil courts of ap-
,peals.
BY Senator Lawhon-Bill to pro-
vide for locating Indicated Confeder-
ate land certitica es.
BY Sc ator McKinney-Bill to pro-
hiblt the location of public land by
employees of the state departments or
district aud county surveyors and
their employees.
BY Senator Hutchison, by request
Bill to provide for the adoption of la.
Oels, trade marks and forms of adver-
tising.
BY senator McC0mb-Bill to define
the relation to common carriers to
their connecting lines.
BY Senator Goss-Bill to validate
titles to land issued to railroad com.
panies and now owned by private in
dividuals.
Senator Kerby's bill Senator
Lewis in the chair defining perpetui-
ties was taken up as unfinished bust
ness
Senator Swayne Senator Imboden
in the chair amended so as 10 except
from the provisions of this act go as
not to apply to town lot companies
formed TOR the purpose of developing
the suburbs of cities end towns, and
building and loan companies.
Senator Hutchinson amended the
amendment so that such companies
shall sell their real estate within
twenty years from the passage OF this
act.
Senators Swayne and BOuser advo-
Gated the SWayne amendment and
Senators Y0akum, Hutchinson and
Kearby spoke in favor OF the Hutchi-
son amendment.
Hutchisou's amendment to the
amendment was lost by d vote of Ii
too.
Swayne's amendment was passed
by vote OF IL to u. The bin was
ordered engrossed 10y vote of II to Is.
On motion of Senator Pfesier the
senate bill requiring new counties to
pay their share of the debts of the old
counties out OF which they were Gre
ated, was made the special order to-
morrow after the morning call.
" Senator. McC0mb moved that the
Worlds fair appropriation be made
special order for Wednesday add
be continued from day to day until
disposed of, which prevailed.
Adjourned.
Sena,e judiciary committee No.
and house judiciary committee No.
held joint meeting yesterday after
noon for the purpose of hearing the
arguments of merchants from various
cities of the state on the Agnew
assignment bill. There were present
represt ntatives of the merchants of
Galveston, Houston, san Antonio and
Paris.
Leo N. Levi of Galveston, appeared
as spokesman of the delegations and
made an argument against the bill.
He said the equitable distribution OF
the assets of an insolvent lebtor was
very much to be desired, but this bill
sought to accomplish this object by
making the site the guardian for the
creditor. Nobody in Texas wanted
such a law as the one proposed. Inc
demands for it came from the mer'
chants outside of the ave who de-
sired their disadvantage of distance
to he remedied by such law.
The present law is just ard no
change is asked for by creditors or
debtors of Texas. In 1891 there were
$4,000 traders in the state and 533 fail
ures, and in 1892 among the same
number of traders there were 433 fall
ures. Merchants who reside in the
state, who most naturally goto the aid
of a home merchant in distress, under
the proposed bill would not be given
the advantage which these circum-
stances should guarantee them. 1t is
not the policy of the legislature to leg
islate against the people of the state.
If the legislature wants to pass
bankrupt law, the laws OF some one OF
the ten states in which they exist
had better he examined and followed
as they have already been construed