The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-21

bOSseI. StilIOn VI II 40 ~ 49,
T. Scruggs tlr relief On account OF
Injuries sl- aimed while employed Ia
the Laundry Of the insane ASYLUM at
Terrell
Fiuiay: Resolution amending the
constitution ~ to the right OF suffrage
! Chairman Fields reported fayoraoly
from the printing committee the mouse
bill chang ng the form OF printing
bills.
Chairman Wilson of the internal
/ improven ent committee, reported W.
favoraply house bill 10, regulating
railroad freigh,s aud creating rail
way 90 omission.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
AUSTIN, jan. 20 --Senate met at
10 o'clock, Lieutenant Governor
Crane in ne chair.
After roll call and prayer by Chap
lain Br ggs, senate proceeded TO busi-
ness.
Petitions and memorials were intro
duced and rei@re as follows.
BY Pressler: Petition from voters OF
Cole man, Concho and McCulloch
countlts, asking for creation of Reaga an
couuty.
/ By Goss: Petitions from citizens
OF Cottle AID Hale counties asking
that time OF forfeiture Of school lands
be extended On account of drought
and srasshoppers.
Bills and resolutions were intro.
duced as follows.
BY Pressler: Bills to provide for
pay ment Of salaries e appeal and
unpaid to judges of courts OF crlml.
nal commission and civil appeals, and
judges OF the supreme court.
BY Atlee: Bill to amend act to
prevent fishing and hunting Oh the
lands of others.
BY Swasne: Bill to amend cleo
ton laws presenting TOM OF ticket
to be used at elections.
By Swavne: Bill to amend election
laws prescribing time and manner OF
holding elections
Senator McComb asked to be ex.
oused from serving as chairman of the
committee Oh treasurer's and comp.
trolers off ,e, as he said he had mole
committee work than he could well
attend to. He was so excused by the
chair.
On motion OF Jester, Simpson was
added TO the finance committee.
The chair announced the following
committee appointments:
Ga labor-McKlnney, chairman;
Steele, Boren, Crowley, Bowser and
Shelburne
Chairman of committee on comp.
trollers treasurer othces-R. A.
Greer, vice w. p. McComb, resigned.
Senate bill regulating sale of liquors
was taken up. The only changes
proposed in this bill from the present
law Is that the penalty only attaches
when liquor is sold knowingly to a
minor "or when a miner is perInitten
kno wingly to remain in saloon, or
when Liquor is knowingly given to a
minor The committee amendme Mt
was adopted, providing that whe the
saloon keeper has acted in good faith
and has reasonable ground to believe
the minor of age, the penalty shall not
attach. Another important change
from the old law is that 1t prohibits
the saloon keeper from selling
adulttra,ed liquors. The present law
prohb IS him from knowingly selling
aduIterated liquors.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
A message from the governor was
read, asking consent Of the senate to
the following appointments; George
w. Smith, OF Mitchell county, score
tary Of state; R l.. Henry, OF Bowie
county, assistant attorney general
W. H. Mabry, of Malion county, ad
jutant general; DR.. r. M. Swearingln
of Travis county, state health officer
John Il Holling.worth, OF johnson
county, com missioner of agriculture
statistics and history, w. P. Hender
son, Of Travis, superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds; h. S. Har
rison, of Travis, financial agent O.
penitentiaries; James P. Gibson, Of
Cherokee, assistant superintendent o.
Rusk penitentiary, j. X. Smith, o
Walker county, assistant superlntend-
ent Of Huntsville penitentiary, l.. NJ
Green, of Henderson county. inspec-
tor of peniten'iary camps; Sam II
Dixon, OF Dallas county, Inspector 9
peniteutiary camps; f B. Smith, o
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