The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL
ORDERED ENGR0ssED BY THE
SENATE.
An Amendment offered BY Representative
Gossett in the House to the ApprOpria-
tion Bill Adopted and the Geolog-
zeal Department Practically
Killed.
Following are the proceedings of
yesterdays session of the legislature:
SENATE.

at 10 o'clock with Lieutenant governor
Crane in the chair.
After prayer by DR.. Wright, pas
tor of the First Presby terrain church
of this city, in the absence of the cha
plain, the senate proceeded to bust
ness.
The chair stated that he had di.
rected the secretary of the senate tc
have the committee clerks revise the
list of notaries so that those who had
been confirmed might be published in
the Journal, and if there was no OBJ
lection it would be done. There was
no objection offered.
Senator Yoakum offered q resolution
providing that after the commence
ment of the impeachment trial the
senate will not consider any legisla-
tion other than the appropriation bill.
LAID over until 8 p. m. Thursday.
Senator Lewis presented petition
1, from the school teachers of San An
tonio asking the passage of the house
p yeducational bill.
4 A memorial from the teachers con-
vention which recently assembled at
Bastrop was read asking that the same
bill be passed.
On motion of Senator Atlee the bill
to restore the civil and criminal juris-
dictiOn heretofore belonging TO the
county court of San Petricio county
was taken mp and passed.
On motion of Senator Pressler the
senate cOncurred in house amendment
to senate bill to require new counties
to pay their proportionate share of the
debts OF the counties out of which they
were created.
House bill to fix the rate of taxation
on insurance, telephone and sleeping
car companies was passed to third
reading-yeas "a, nays 3 (Senators
Baldwin, Greer and Shelburne voting
nay). Under suspension of the rules
the bill was passed
On motion of Senator Crowley the
senate refused to concur in house
( amendments to senate bill to create
labor bureau, and requested a free
conference committee.
House bill to create more efficient
! road road system in the county of
Guadalupe was taken up on motion of
s. Senator Hutcbison and passed.
y Senate bill to authorize the sale of
} &he Academy block in Austin was
= fsen up on third reading and passed.
~ y was also the house bill to restrict
Fhe execution of bonds by towns cities
/and counties.
Senator Goss called up house bill to
regulate assignments.
Senator Yoakum moved to substi-
tute the minority favorable commit
tee report for the unfavorble majority
report.
n Senator Hutchinson opposed the
J lmotion. He said he did not conceive
7 it the duty of this legislature to repre-
sent the interests of the merchants of
New York, st. Louis and other cities
Of the country as against the mer.
chants of Texas. He had letters from
business men all over his district pro-
testing against this bill. This bill,
Iihe thought, was in the nature of him
jdering and delaying the collection of
| debts. The present law was just and
equitable and there was no necessity
for such law as this bill proposes.
This bill would ruin the small dealers
/ in the state who were aided by Texas
wholesalers and not foreign mer-
/ chants.
Senator Agnew favored the bill.
He said great many wrongs and
frauds had been committed under the
7 present assignment law. He thought
| this bill was best both for the creditor
l and debtor.
Senator Dickson thought there was
no objection to the bill from mer.
chants of small business. He was
conducting business himself in Lee
county and could not zee that the bill |
would injure him. He thought the
bill should pass.
Senator Jestor said that while he
was interested in bank, he was
more largely Interested in farming
Sand stock raising and his opposition
10 the bill was because he conceived |
-lAto be the interest of the people of
h.Sxas. The demand for this bill
ltg13le from merchants outside of Texas.
X$he merchants of this state had not |
asked it. The passage of this bill
would cause the withdrawal of credit |
dll ONOl UhO 5LptO anu Cdus0 LudDJ
failures.
4 Adjourned till p. m.
\ AFTERNOON SESSION.
The senate met at 8 p. m.
On motion OF Senator Imboden the |
senate went into executive session
and ,nfirmed Judge Scott as judge
of the Fifty-fourth judicial district,
and j. r. Runyan as pilot commits.
Isioner for Velasco. When the doors
were re.opened the general appropria-
|tiOn bill was taken up
Il Senator Jester amended so as to
Inappropriate $4,000 to pay the Texas
SLithographing and Printing Company
lfor supplies furnished the Court of
Civil Appeals at Fort Worth. Adopt
Ted.
Senator Jester amended by appro-
Ipratiug $4,000 for per diem and con-
stingent expenses of the legislature.
}Adopted.
Senator Dean amended by appro-
priating $1,000 for the services of state
officials who have rendered invalu-
able assistance upon the floor during
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