Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-24

VI lnt d1tl-ltb Dill IntU composing u
small minority of this house; and.
Whereas. There is yet brave and
patriotic majority who are unwilling
TO surrender except upon honorable
terms; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That magnanimous and
plying minority hereby grant to said
majority the right to surrender and to
retain their side arms, and march out
with the honors of war. and that each
one shall be allowed to carry with
him fee bin and some chewing
gum"
Representative Evans OF Hunt sent
up the following amendment; Amend
by adding that the big lnjun' be al
lowed TO retire with his scalping knife,
feathers and tomahawk."
The resolution and amendment were
ruled out Of order, but created great
merrlment
The house resumed consideration of
the senate deficiency bill.
The salary of porter and custodian
of property of geological survey FOR
twelve months ending February '2S,
1895. was reduced from $500 to S255.
The Sealy Rifles of Galveston. for
services rendered in quelling an in
surrectlon of the employees OF the Santa
Fe at Galveston In July OF last year,
We're allowed S224. This item was in
Z ,arted in the deficiency bill by the
use. The senate failed to insert the
s22l or any sum for the payment OF the
Galveston soldier boys.
The house refused to insert IN the
deficiency bill 1920 for salary for stem
ographer OF First district court OF APP
peals The salary OF stenographer
from January 10. 1894. to February 2s,
1895. amounting to $1S66,66, was strlek-
en- out.
Recess till p. m.
AT the afternoon session the vote by
which the item OF S36G.97 Csalary OF
stenographer from May TO- 1898, to Sep
TENDER 1, 1898. at 500 per month"; was
stricken out was reconsidered. and the
stenographer will be given his money.
Representative Smith of Runnels was
excused for the week by q vote OF &C
to Fl.
The appropriations for the Second dis
triet court of civil appeals was adopted
The Second district court of appeals ran
the gauntlet and no change was made.
When the Fourth district court OF civil
appeals was reached Greer of Collin
wanted TO cut the salary of reporter
from Sl25 to 500 per month. Allen OF
Dallas declared that ]. j. Smith and
Thomas Mcneil. the reporters OF the
Fourth and Fifth districts courts OF
clvil appeals worked seventeen months
each at salary OF sl25 per month.
They had never received 81. The state
owed the money and was in honor
bound to pay It. Owsley moved TO table
the amendment Of the gentleman from
Collin. The ayes and nays were called
and the amendment adopted. Allen
moved to reconsider and to spread that
| motion in the journal. Adopted. The
items of S65S.30. paid by C. W. Blair,
| clerk Of Fifth district court OF civil
appeals and $500 paid stenographer by
G, w. Blair. excited the Ire of the
PeOmnmiutH 10 60.
stricken out. The item Of $1,000 for
record books, stationery, fuel, lights,
| postage and contingent expenses was
reduced 10 $1,000. As amended, the de-
partmcnt was adopted. The treasury
department and north Texas insane
asylum were adopted without change.
The Southwestern insane asylum was
next taken up. For water. fuel and
/ lights for 1895 the registered item was
changed TO S7is.21 and the ESTIMATED"
| to $3.50. For salary Of the board of
| trustees $500 was inserted. The follow
| ing Were added to miscellaneous items:
| H. l.. White. assessor OF Motley county,
| for 1892, S62S.6i; George H. Rice, NJ. D.,
! Tor quarantine services az Bandera
| siNty-two days IN 1890. $40. and for
| expense of same. 500. NJ s. skinner
q CO. for time place OF business was
| closed by Illegal injunction by the state.
/ S25. ]. y. Winkler, for same cause, sos.
| For payment OF treasury warrant No.
| 1247. issued to ]. NJ. Bronough. per f.
NJ White, attorney, for protection Of
the frontier, February G, 1861, S3il.g
with interest from February G, 1861, to
January /. 1876 s514.0s.
BY vote of 81 TO Il, the Bronough
claim was stricken out.
! Representative Owsley moved to in
scrt the following In miscellaneous
items: For payment of Il. r. Tarver
! fnr nNral nNr
| district court 2apata county, S27.
| Adopted.
Ragadale of Denton gave notice that
he would call up the fee bill tomorrow.
Blair called up the senate concurrent
resolution fixing Monday, April 20. as
| final adjournment. motion to ad-
| Journ carried. and Blair and his con-
current resolution were shut out.
BILL INTRODUCED.
BY Graham-An act requiring dis
trict and county officers TO keep ac-
| counts of the receipts and disburse-
ments Of their several offices and to
! make annual reports OF such recipts
and disbursements to the comptroller
| of the state. This is a sop to the fee
bill men In order that they may be
able to leglslate lntelllgently In 1896.
BY Evans of Hunt-To authorize the
district court to transfer probate cases
to the county court
RESOLUTION READ.
Evans sent up the following: "All
DEMOCRATIC members of the Twenty
fourth legislature who believe in the
use Of both gold and silver as the
standard money Of the country, wheth-
er the same is to be secured by the
coinage OF both metals at a ratio of
10 to / or otherwise, are hereby called
TO meet in caucus In the state library
room In the capitol building at 8
o'clock this evening for the purpose
OF discussing the silver question and
preventing a split In the Democratic