The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-30
THE WACO NEWS. MONDAY JANUARY &c. 1888.

sergeant alarms, to receive not ovel
80 a day and furnish horse aud carl
to carry the mail
Mr.. Calhoun presented a concurrent
resolution in effect declaring the
present pension system vampire or
the treasury, and requesting congress
to provide for their payment. Further
consideration of the resolution was
promptly postponed.
Bills we're introduced and referred
as follows:
By Mr.. Hodges-Bill for relief Of
John J. OIL, allowing him pay fol
services as district attorney of the
Thirtieth district.
BY Mr. Long-Amending the law
so that if the estate of minor or OF
each one where there are more jointly
interested in property should be less
than 800 in value the county judge
Of the county where the property is 10.
Gated shall appoint a guardian and
have the same property sold it to the
minors interest and the proceeds ap
piled to the minors support and edu.
cation.
By Mr.. Turner-Amending the
code of procedure for attaching wit
nesses outside Of a county in criminal
cases.
By Mr. notwithstanding for one
year the privilege OF redeemlng lands
sold for taxes.
By Mr.. Faubion Amending the
special law creating a more efficient
road system for Collir county to in
clude Williamson county.
By MIR. Hawkins-V alidating ap-
pointmen,s of school trustees of GER
tain cities and towns.
BY MIR. Sebastian-Providing for
appointing commissioners to promote
uniform legislation in the United
States, as to marriage, divorce, insolv-
ency, commercial paper notarial Ger
ti6cates. etc There are to be three
commissioners appointed by the gov.
ernor, to have IS each day during
service, not exceeding thirty days a
year, each which with expenses shall
not exceed $500 each for any one
year.
BY Mr.. Dcan--Conourrent resolu.
ton urging congress to provide for
con struction of canal connecting the
Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific ocean
and operate the same in the interest
of the entire American people.
By Mr.. Tankersly-Joint resolu.
ton repeating section Is, article l6 Of
the constitution, which provides that
no corporate body shall hereafter be
created, renewed or extended, with
banking or dlscountlng privileges
BY Mr.. Finlay-House bill No. 1854,
adopting and establishing the revised
civil statutes of the state of Texas. 1t
embraces the work of the commission.
ers in volume of over 1000 pages of
printed matter.
Local bills being the special order
for Saturday the house acted on the
following
House bill lO1, Rowell's- Restoring
certain jurisdiction in Marion county
was taken up as first in order and
passed
House bill, Mills-Granting author
ity for damming the Brazos at Waco
fer water and light power purposes
was ergrossed and went over for
further action next Saturday.
Mr., Erskine's bill limiting jurisdc-
ton in Dimmit county passed.
Mr. Dill's bill making a judicial
district OF Grayson county aud an
other embraced in Collin and Grayson
counties passed.
Senate bill diminishing jurisdiction
in Webb county passed.
Bills were presented as follows:
BY Mr. Sebastian: recognizing
the Forty.seventh and Fiftieth judicial
districts and creating the Fifty second
district.
By Mr.. Wilson: Replacing articles
30l7 to and including Article 826 of
the revised statutes, being the entire
chapter relating 10 jury commissioners
for the district courts
By MIR. Cooke: Amending the law
so as to fix the secoad Monday in
January for meetings of the presiden.
tisl electors at the state capitol, and to
have their returns made as required
BY the laws of the United States.
BY MIR. Davis, of Falls: Fixing
penalty of from S25 to $3.50 for de-