The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-26
destruction of prairie dogs by the Sec

County ol Scuffy asking that the rate
OF interest on purchase of school lands
be reduced to at least So per section.
Ky Senator Standardization from
citizens OF Callahan asking that three
additional supreme judicial districts
be created and that court of civil
appeals be located at A bilene.
Bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred as follows:
BY Senator Jester-General appro-
priation bill.
BY Senator Kearby-Bill to make
notes, bonds and contracts secured by
lien on land held by non-residents
ubject to taxation.
BY Senator Dickson-Bill to provide
for payment of physician in inquest
cases.
By Senator Kearby-Concurre
resolution favoring permanent estab.
lishment of henati0nal census bureau
and the gathering of Statistics show
ing number of people owning their
own houses.
Laid on the table subject to call.
By Senator Browning-COncurrent
resolution that the consideration of all
resolutions pertaining to federal leg
islation be postponed until all bills of
Importance are disposed of. Adopted.
By Senator Boren-Resolution that
a committee of two be appointed by
the president of the senate to confer
with like committee of the house to
decide upon the best method of pre-
serving proceedings of The legislature.
The senate 6ll TO put into effect
constitutional amendment authorizing
any submission of a county to hold
local option elections, which was
pending at adjournment saturday,
came up as unfinished business.
On motion of Senator Steele the
Hatch anticipation resolution, the
special order Tor II o'clock, was post
poned for the further consideration OF
the bill,
After various amendments, the
most of which were lost, the bill was
ordered engrossed.
| The chairman announced the fol.
low il q joint committees on the part OF
| Vie sela ate:
rovisit the University of Texas, Ag.
iicultural and Mechanical college,
Prairie View and Sam Houston Nor
mai schools-Senators Agnew and
| lmDUuon.
Ine penitej liaries-Senators Tips
and Steele
State roforma .ory-Senators Yoak'
UNI and Ke".Oy.
/, 0rth uxas Insane asylum-Sena.
tons Douglas and Mckinney.
Souihwes fern insane asylum-Sen
tUIs Greer and Goss.
The anti option resolution then
up and Senator Imboden offer,
substitute tor the resolution providil
that the senate of Texas has full con
fidence in the judgment of Senators
Coke and Mills, and that they exer
else their own good judgment in re
gard to their votes on the Hatch anti
option bill. The substitute wat
adopted, and on a motion TO recon
slider was tabled.
AT the request of Senator Bowsel
his Dill extending the charters of un
finished railroad companies, was made
the special order for next WEDNESDAY
at IL II. m.
Senate bill authorizing the use o
dispositions as evidence in county
courts, just as in the district court, a,
ordered engrossed. The rules were
GllOh DuoPOhuOu phu UIO ulll pdESCu.
Senate bill amending the crimina
code SO as to provide penalties for dis
charging firearms in house til,
property OF another, came up OF
second reading. The bill provides TO
confinement in the penitentiary for ;
term of not less than two years no
more twenty-five.
Senator Goss offered an amendment
SO that the discharging OF fire. arm
shall be unlawful before the penaltie
attached, which w..s adopted.
On motion Of Senator Deem the sen
ate adjourned at 12:40 until today a
10 a. M, pending the consideration o
the bill.
THE HOUSE.
The house met at 10 o'clock, Speak
er Cochran and a quorum present
Prayer by the chaplain.
Petitions were presented as follows
From citizens of Lubbock count,
asking that interest on school land
be req uced.
From the Cattlemen's association
favoring the establishment OF stool
sanitary BOARD.
From citizens of Cara county OPP
pOoIbS NolHR nOibS "VtoChOo W DOl
den county for judicial purposes.
From citizens Of Pecos count,
against creation of a new county t,
embrace part of oecOs.
From citizens of Dallas protesting
against interference with the county
jurisdiction.
From citizens of Uvalde county ask
amendment Of the game law.
MIR. Onion presented petition from
citizens asking for an experimental
station at Lindale.
Speaker Cochran, by request, pre-
sented she protest of citizens of Peco'
county against taking part of tina
county for new county.
Bills were introduced and referred
) as follows:
BY Mr.. Henderson of Milan
Amending Art. 1877 revised statutes
as to application for continuances
Also repeating Art. 1915 as tonon-resi
dent guardians and wards.
By Mr.. Henderson of Lamar-Creat
log the Office OF public weigher whose
fees shall not exceed ten cents pei
bale OF cotton weighed.
BY Mr.. Mountaineering Art. 68(