Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-04
The Senate Finally Passes the
Courts Bill.
ABILENE, DALLAS, SAN ANTOINE
We're The Three Places That Legislative Favo
Fell On.
The House Spends the Day on the Mschanlcs'
Lion Law, and henierson's Substitute
Is Finally Taken Up Tor the
Original Bnl.
0AzETTE BUREAU,
State Capitol,
Austin, Tex, March 3.
sENArIa

SENATE.
After roll call and prayer by Chaplain
Briggs, the senate proceeded 70 bud-
moss.
Petitions and memorials we're present.
81 and reirriOd as follows,
BY MIR Hutchinson Petitions from the
citizens of Caldwell county for branch
university FOR cOlorcd youths.
senator imhOdcn presented minority
report against thc bin 20 tx aud define
the liability of slccping ear companies.
Tho report Is signed hy Mcasra. imhoden,
Dickson and proasler
MF Swayne, chairman of the COM
mitee on Internal improvements report
cd favurahly MIR Sicelcs anti ticket
sclper'h bin
Bills and resolutions wcrc introduced
and rciorrod na follows.
by Mr. Goss-+A hill FOR the benefit OF
persons who have purchased state. school,
university, or asylum lands, and resided
| thereon for thrcr ycarL aud whose nlus
hnye been cancelled and purchase an
nullod by the commissioners OF the land
ONCE ON account Of connict with other
surVys
by Mr LewisA hin 10 amend the
revised statues 10 as to provide for the
| appointment Of ana auditor t0 hear evil
dence 90 rtutc accounts IN pending suits.
Mr. fonkum offered resolution for
| The purchase OF map, showing the dlf.
/ fcrcnt counties Ia the six supreme in.
/ dirial Districts, according 10 The senate
substitute hll. adopted
The senate substitute bill 10 divide tbs
state into siN supreme judicial districts
! WAS laid before the senate as unfinished
| business, the pending question being
! the hill proposed hy MIR. BOrcn az a sub
ntltutc for the first hill.
Mr. swgSpc opposed the passage
! Of Che BIN. lie nid the addi.
] a
demanded only by cities thnt want tina
new courts located therein aud men who
| nHnircd tn the new iudrghips
Mr. Boron snd he would Tor tho
present withdraw hin puhstitutc bii
Mr. Douglass called up tho motion
! tO irrnnHidur The vote hy which tho
minority report Of the luint committee
| was Unsi
Mr. Noakum spoke Ia favor of the nd.
! ditlnuny counts ns domnudcd by the peo-
! pie and as necessary,
senator Douglns motion 10 reconsider
! the vote 10y which The state was tabled
! was Lost by q vote of Is ~ -
senator kcnrhy offered n bill M n auh-
| stituic tor the pending bin, rcdstdcting
the state into sX eupromr Judicial dii-
| trictf, lpnNiuy the Old courts Whrfn they
are now located aud leaving the new
courts Indicated.
senator Jester moved 10 postpone the
]
| lhe Hrrfennthl-nrmH procure a map show
! lug TIN districts on senator kearby'a
| bin, which was lost
Mr. Smith offered resolution provld-
! Ing that u w tho sense of the senate TINT
not more than two additional supreme
! Judicial districts shall be- created az tho
! present session,
Pending business WIS suspended on
motion OF MI Smith aud the resolution
/ was discussed,
senator Atloc amended NO nA TO pro-
vide for not more than three additional
| courts.
senator Crawford offered substitute
| for the motion mud amendment that Il is
| the SENSE of tho acnnto that three add.
uonnl courts be established
Pending discussion of the resolution
the senate ADJOURNED until . y m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho substitute offered by senator
Cmniorl providing. for ihreo additional
supreme judisial aia!ficia was adopsed
by a vote 81 ~ 70 II,
senator imbudon moved rconsidern.
tion Of the vote nlt n call Of the senate
which was 0fdnwd. The call showed
that Senators Boreu and MCtOmb were
nbaiait senator Baldwin moved that
the abscnterh be excused, which prevail.
ed Sonnior Boren entered the
chamber after tho call Of the house was
begun,
Senator lmbodew moved 20 reconsider
the vote by which the substitute for the
resolution WAS adopted which prevailed
hN q VOTE Of I'D ~ /.
The amendment 40 substituted was
then adopted ana senator kedrby'a bin,
offered nH substitute, was laid before
the senate and rejected BY a vote Of IL
10 ~
Soantor Pressler amended 20 az 10
chnupe Nan Snhn county from the Sixth
20 the Third district
Senator Steele nnleusied g0 40 10 put
FREQ, stone county 10 che Fifth district,
which was adopted
J0hnspp county wae transferred to
the Fifih district
Various other amendments were Of
fcred and adopted changing counties
from oN dieirlci 10 nnathor
Senator fohlnm amended 80 az 10 l0-
clte the court for the Sixth diatriei IL
Dallas
senator lNenrby offered NJ n substitute
that the court be located nc Tyler
senator Hutchinson moved chat the
amendments and substitute lay on tho
table subject 70 call
senator Baldwin amended 30 AZ 70 lo-
rafr The court FOR the Sixth district at
Abilene aid Senator Presslor offered az
q substitute That tho court be Located nt
The amendment and substitute were
laid on tho table subject 10 eau
Senator lnibOden amended ~ as 20 lp-
cate the court Tor The Fourth district
10 San Antonio. Carried
senator Baldwin cnlied up the amend.
fnent ~ locate tho court Tor the Sixth
district nt Abilene aud Senator l'rcssier
he substitute 20 ix the court ID Brown
wood Tho Substitutes WIS i0Et and th0
amendment was pdopted locating tho
court ~ Abilene.
senator fOnialm called up bic amend.
meut % iOppfe the court for the iifih
dlnnct at Dallas and senator keaigyrs
eubslifute 10 locate the court az Tyler
Senator iinb0den mnde q strong talk
against The location Of the court al Dni,
lns. QH Il Was only thirty miles from
lfnr Worth, ihe location VI anoter
court. aud because II wac not AZ c1n-
inliy located ial che district ~ Tyler
Seuator BOWER made Az earnest aud
ahle i0lb 10 favor Of Dallas 40 the loca-
lian for ihe court
Air Nufby's substitute FOR the amend
weni tO ioctie the court was loat ~
vote 81 rs 20 l3 ai1d Alr Yoakum8
lmondmeui % locate fhe court a. DAB
hr WAS adonied
Senator Goss introduced q bln 10 re-
district the state into eve dstrieta and
onersd u ~ a substitute toy tao pending
1ill
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