San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-02-07
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS

In the United States senate Hill presents
| petition from Rochester business men
asking for repeal of Sherman silver pur-
chase act and then, routine business end
ed, makes his speech favoring repeal.
HilI'S motion to make the bill special or
der for Thursday was defeated 40 to 49,
Bill for the payment by government to.
Indians lotated on severaty lands passed.
House bill, granting additional quaran-
| tine powers and imposing new duties
upon Marine hospital service, after
| amendment was passed. Car coupler bill
was then taken up and Senate soon after
ward went into executive session.
Kilgore successfully tilibusters in the
House against calling up the anti-options
bill and no business is transacted. 1t was
the old dodge, a quorum in their seats but
refusing to vote and the speaker ruling
no quorum.
STATE LEGISLATURES.
In the Senate Alter presented a redis-
tricting bill so as to create the 10th dis
trict. kearby's bill was taken up as I'M
finished business, this is the bill defining
perpetuities from which Senator Lewis
has drawn the fangS by his amendments.
SwayneS amendment-providing that the
provisions of the act shall not apply to
town lot companies formed for the pur-
pose of developing the suburbs, or to
loan and building aSSociationS-waS car
ried 13 to IL. The bill as amended was
ordered engroSSed II to s. The Worlds
Fair appropriation bill is made the senate
order for Wednesday, to be taken up daily
until disposed of.
Senate committee report favorably bills
providing for triplicate election returns
by county judges, fixing fees of county
judges in criminal cases, defining and
regulating the relationship Of connecting
Ia
notes, bonds, contracts and other eviden-
ces of debt secured by lien on real estate
held by parties residing outof the state:
senate bill authorizing the redemption
of real estate sold under mortgage or
other judicial sale; senate bill fixing the
number Of peremptory challenges in
capital cases at six for the state and six
for the defendant will be reported back
to be considered by the senate in COM
mittee of the whole; house bill to grant
right to build down across BraZoS at Wa
co; and, act. not requiring trains to come
to full stop where crossings are provided
with interlocking switches and have a
tiagman.
Representative Mills has his Waco
dam bill recalled so as to receive a two
third vote for the measure, to make it
Immediately effective. 1t so passed. Bills
passed regulating advertisements for bids
for asylum supplies: making legal holt
days January ], February y. March 2,
April 81, July 4. September 1(Labor Day.
and December %: amending the law Of
citation; amendments to mechanics lien
law were under discussion when the house
adjourned.
House committee on revenue aud taxa
tion report favorably bill taxing cigarette
dealers license of 800 state tax, which,
with a tax OF $50 for each city or town,
and $50 county tax, will be 500 under the
p rh al a al " ~ a nd nnh tV
to levy one half the state tax. There will
be minority report.
Committee on penltentiarieS and state
farms have returned to Austin, but their
report is not ready. 1t will show a good
condition. The committee speak highly
of Ex- Gov. Ross college management.
A bill is being prepared making convict
guards peace officers of the state, raising
their wages to $40 per month, and re-
qurng them to give $1,000 bonds