The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
NUMEROUS BILLS DISCUSSED AND ACT
ED ON BT TIE SENATE.
A Resolution to Authorize a Smelling Com
nittes to Investigate the Affairs Of the
Various State Departments Killed
in the House by Very
Close Vote.
WEDNESDAY
THE SENATE.

Inc senate LnbL yo5IoludJ hiNi z
at 10 O'Clock with Liutenant Cover
nor CIane in the chair.
After prayer by Chaplain Briggs
the senate proceeded to bust
ness:
Senator Imboden called up the free
conference committe report on senate
bill for the redemption of state bonds
past due, and the issuance Of other
bonds at lower rate of interest. The
bill fixed the rate of interest at per
cent for the new bonds, while the COM
nittee report fixes the rate at 5 per
cent.
Senator Tips said the difference in
the rate of interest would be that the
state would pay out in 40 years $780,
800 more money by the adoption OF
the conference report, than by ad-
herring to the bill passed by the senate
fixing the rate Of interest at per
cent.
The motion to adopt the report was
lost AS follows:
eas-Agnew, Boren, Crowley,
Bowser, Imboden, Kearby, Presler,
Smith, Woods, Yoakum-Ttal 10.
Nays-Atlee, Browning, Crawford,
Dean, Dickson, Douglass, Greer,
Hutchison, Jester, LawhOn, Davis,
McComb, Mckinney, Shelburne,
Simpson, Steele, Swayne, Tips-To-
tai Is.
Senator Jester moved that fire.
conference committee be requested on
the difference between the two houses
on the bill to issue new bonds. Car
ried.
House bill to regulate the sale of
liquors was laid before the senate on
third reading and passed.
House bill to repeal the scalp law
and to provide for the payment OF
scalps when ordered by the commits.
sioners court, came up on third read
ing.
Senator Atlee offered an amend.
ment to strike out all after section !
ofthe bill. Adopted.
Section ! repeats the present scalp
law.
Senator Douglass called up house
bill to tax telephone, insurance enter
prlses and sleeping and dining cal
companies.
Senator Imboden offered an amend,
merit to the committee amendment tC
section !, of the bill so that insurance
companies which invest one.half oil
III Dir net premiums in real estate in
the state or loan the whole of theil
net premiums to the people of the
state, shall be required to pay only
one-half of the annual tax on the gross
premiums. The amendment was
adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Baldwin, Bowser, Crawford
Crawley, Dean, Douglass, Greer, I'm
boden, Kearby, Lewis, McComb
Presler, Shelburne, Simpson, Tips
Total ID
Nays-Agnew, Atlee, Boren
Browning, Dickson, Hutchison, Jest
or, Mckinney, smith, Steele, Swayne
Woods, Yoakum-Total 49,
Senator steele offered an amend.
ment so as to make the amendment
just adopted apply only to life compa-
MES, which was lost.
Senator Douglas offered an amend.
ment so as to require one-half of the
prem ium to be invested every year 80
as to come within the exemption.
Adopted.
The committee amendment as
amended WAS then defeated by vote
of 90 to %.
The committee amendment pr0vid-
ing that "no occupation tax shall be
leXied on any telephone company by
any county or town, but this act shall
not be construed TO prohibit the levy
of state, county or municipal taxes
upon the real and personal properties
of such companies was then laid be.
fore the senate.
Adjourned until D. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senator Imboden called up the gen.
eral appropriation bill.
Senator Douglass moved to postpone
it for the pending bill, Carried
Tho question then required upon the
committee amendment pending when
the morning session adjourned and it
was adopted.
Senator Pre- sler offered an amend
ment so as to put franchise tax OF
$40 per annum upon home corpora
tlons and $50 upon foreign corpora.
tione.
Senators Lewis and Hutchinson ar.
gued that the amendment was not
constitutional and it was defeated.
Senator Smith offered an amend.
ment 80 as to strike out the committee
amendment exempting corporations
for social purposes from taxation.
Senator Tips said he did not think
the amendment ought to prevail
Such organizations as musical, ath.
letic and social. he did not think,
ought to be taxed by this bill.
Senator Agnew thought such cor
porations ought to be exempted.
Senator Dickson thought such Or
CARNATIONS ought not to be taxed
He and other members of the legisla.
ture some days ago had spent very
pleasant time at the San Antonio club.
Senator Imboden also opposed the
amendment.
Senator Atlee favored the amend.
ment. He thought to exempt social
corporations would have the effect OF
exempting every beer gard III in the
state.
Senator Yoakum thought social
club was place where men drank
liquor, sit up late at night and fought.
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