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

days doing in the legislatures:
THE SENATE.
The senate met yesterday morning
at 10 O'Clock.
After prayer by Chaplain Briggs,
the senate proceeded TO business.
Petitions and memorials ere pre-
sented and referred as follows:
BY Senator Win-Petition from
the citizens CT Haskell county asking
an amendment to the scalu law.
BY senator win--PetitiOn from
stock raisers asking for relief against
hunters and fishermen.
BY Senator Greer-Petition assing
that civil end criminal jurisdiction of
the county court of Tyler county be
restored.
Bills and memOrialy were present
ed and referred as follows:
BY Senator Cranford-Bills concern
Ing contract for the conditional sale
or lease of railroad equipment and
rolling stock and providing for the
record thereof.
BY Senator Presler-Bill to provide
for the payment by the new counties
of their proportional share of the debt
of the old counties from which they
were created.
BY Senator Kearby-Bill to define
what shall be legal tender for debts in
Texas.
Senator Deans bill to promote the
development of mineral resources OF
Texas came up on third reading and
was passed.
Senate bill to repeal the scalp law
was postponed until Friday week and
was made special order for that day
after the morning call.
Senate committee bill to regulate
the practice in courts OF civil appeals
In relation to new tlials and reversal
of cases where verdict and Judgment
isheld excessive and to require said
courts to indicate the excess and to
provide for filing of remlIiturs aud the
eff ct thereof, was ordered engrossed.
Senator Hutchison moved (CranfOrd
In the "hair) reconsideration of the
vote ordering engrossment, and spoke
in support of his motion, as did Son
atOr \ tee.
Senators Baldwin, Kirby, and Yoak
UNI Oppused it.
Pending motion for reconsideration
Senator Kearby's bill defining YER
petuities came up as snecial order and
on motion of Senator Crawford (Crane
In the chair it was considered by sec
tions.
Pending the discussion of this bill,
Senator Baldwin moved thai thu
senate 60 into executive session,
which was lost.
Pending discussion of the bill Sepat.
or Bald win moved to adjourni which
was lost.
During the discussion of this hill
Senator Kearby yielded to question
from Senator Lewis.
Senator Lewis-"If y u are so OPP
posed to big corporations, why don't
you introduce bill to limit their
capital?"
Senator Kearby-"I will answer
that by asking tine senator If he
would dare introduce such a bill, re.
presenting as he does Bexar county"
Senator Lewis-"If | entertained
the senator's views / would
Senat " Kearby-"It you had enter
tanned them. you would not be here
representing Bexar county"
Senator Lewis-"I admit it," sup
pressed laughter
Senator Swayne, by consent, MIRO
duced bill providing for the estao
lshment and regulation OF grain ele-
vatOrs.
Senator Lewis amended the perpe-
tuities bill so as 10 allow corporations
to sell to either persons or corpora
tions, which was adopted.
On motion of senator Crowle az, to-
morrow at IL O'Clock was fixed to go
Into executive session on the govern
or's sppoi lntments.
On motion of Senator YOakum, bus
Iness of the senate was suspended
and senate bill creating the So judi.
cial district, composed of Collin ana
Grayson cou mites, was taken up, Or
der d engrossed, and under suspen-
zion o the rules passed.
Adjourned.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The senate committee on finance
met Yesterday afternoon and discussed
the general appropriation bill, Only
one item was agreed upon, ana tha'
was to appropriate $4,000 tor the pay
ment OF fees due district attorneys i"r
the recovery OF money due on s@hool
lands. The law allows them III per
cent of the money recovered. :.
At a meeting o. the senate c)minlt,
tee on judicial districts it was decided
to report favorably senator Deans
bill fixing the time for holding o"urt
in the Thirty fourth Judicial distrlct.
Senate committee on counties met
and ecided to report fav0raby Sell
ator Pressler's bill to provide Tor the
payment by new counties of their pro
noStionate share of the debt OF the
counties out of which they were Gre
ated.
to report favoranly Senator lmboden's
hill fixing the penalty for as
sauIting or killing with pistol,
bowie knife, dirk or dagger.
THE HOUSE.
House met at 10 o'clock, with the
speaker and quorum present
Resolution amending the constitu-
ton 90 as to change term of Office OF
county commissioners was considered
and recommended.
House mill 81, Bayne's, providing
that the direct tax money from Wash
i,,orton ba transferred to The several