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

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sented and referred as follows:
BY Senator CrOWley-Petition fror
citizens from BrazorIa ask for tn
creation OF new county.
BY Senator Crowley-Petition iron
wharton asking for change in tn
school law.
BY Senator McKinney-Petitiol
asking Tor an appropriation to enab!
texas TO be represented at til,
Worlds Fair.
Bills aud resolutions were intro
duced and reteri ed a. follows:
BY Senator Douglass, by request
Bills 10 regulate the ractice of meui
zine a prescribe the penalty tor un
lawfully practiciug medicine.
BY Senator Uouglass-Bill tC
au nor 70 the peniteutiary board tC
purchase agricultural lands to utilize
The Labor OF inmates of the
stare reiormatory and appropriate
10000 therefor.
Chairman Mckinley of the labor
committee. by consent reported
favorabIy Senator Crowley's bill
30 create bureau of laoor and
labor statistics.
BY Senator Swayne-Bill to amend
the act to require locomotive bells and
whistles to BIZ sounded at crossings.
On motion of Senator Dean senate
bill fixing the time of holding court in
the Ihlrty-tourth district was taken
up ordered engrOssed and under sus-
pension of the rules passed.
Ou mOtiOn of Senator GOss senate
OIL to re.organiZe the Fiftieth and
Forty-seventh judicial districts, and
10 create the Fitty-second jadicial dis
1rict was..taken up,
Senators Jester and Whitaker op.
posed the bill aud Senators Bald Twin
and G 'ss favored it.
The bill failed to pass to engross.
ment by vote of of Is TO 10.
Senate bill to prohibit the employ
ment of PnkerIOus or other armed
force in the state, was taken up as
= pecial order and was ordered on
crossed as amended by the pmmit.
tee.
Senator Kearby's bill defining per.
peluities Came up as unfinished bust.
ness.
senator McComb amended 80 as to
allow rrivate corporations to acquire
as much real estate as is necessary
tor the nduct OF their business,
which was adopted.
Pending discussion of the bill the
senate went iuto executive session on
the governors appointment. for rail-
road commissioner
Upon the re opeing of the doors the
senate, on motion of Senator Shell
buTne, adjourned till Monday at IL
4. no.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
Senate committee on state affairs
met yesterday afr ernoon and cGnsid-
cred Senator Kearby's bill to bolster
up silver. The Till was very thorough
~ discussed in the committee and IL
seems 10 be favorably received, but
further consideration was postponed
until the next meeting OF the commit.
zee and ordered printed.
Senate committee on judicial dis.
favOrably the following bills:
House bill to diminish the civil and
jurisdiction of the county
court Of Dimmit county.
House bill te restore civil jurisdic-
lion to the county court OF Marion
county.
Senate bill to restore civil and crimi.
nal Jurisdiction OF the county court of
Tyler county.
THE HOUSE.
The house met with the speaker in
The chair and d quorum present.
A motion to reconsider the action of
yesterday defeating the Hodges bill
Increasing the school tax was tabled.
Mr.. Pickett offered a resolu' ion re-
,iting that errors frequently occurred
II the house journals and requesting
he committee on printing to consider
he mater.
Mr.. Fields-The errors are frequent.
y the fault of members.
The resolution was referred to the
On printing.
MIR. Barbee presented q petition
rom citizens of Wharton county AK
ug Tor the removal OF raft from the
colorado river.
A numb of other petitions were
presented similar to many presented
Turing the session asking for changes
II the school laws.
Mr.. Taylor presented petition of
itlZens OF Dallas protesting against
n am ndment 10 the charter jurisdic.
ion in Da las.
by Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING re.
itiDg that as there Is now pending
'eiore congress bill not only mis-
hievous enterference with purely
matters, but 81 gross vic.
alton of the rights of the state, being
trespass upon the police rights of
he state, which the Federal consti-
utiOn guarantee, and both our sela.
ors have stood fairly up for the
lights Of the state of Texas; therefore
Resolved, that this house extend its
hanks to Senators Coke and Mills for
heir vote against the Hatch bill and
Commend their wise course in this
natter to the Texas members of the
lOuse of representatives. The resOlu-
ion was referred.
BY Mr.. Wilson-Resolution direct
ng the committee on judicial districts
o prepare bill to redistrict the state
nto judicial districts. Referred.
By Mr.. Jackson of COlOradO-Reso-
ution disapproving of what the reso-
utiOn expresses as the "time-killiDg
process of discussing the newspaper
question:" as to furnishing the mem.
Dno,II,finn