San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-08
STATE LEGISLATURE

faVOrAOle committee reports
were p ,ented on bills relating to
fees in land office, labOrers' liens,
road and tax levy in Brazoria ooun
ty, and for Investment of school
fund in county bonds.
Passed bill prohibiting sale Of
tobacco in any form to boys under
Is years Of age.
Joint resolution on constitution
al convention was carried in Senate
| with the amendment that it come
before the people at the next gen.
eral election; this amendment was
adopted Is to Z and the resolution
itself II to II.
Bill for maintenance OF separate
schools for whites and colored chill
dren, being committees substitute
for house bills on this subject, was
pa sed % to-.
Senator Dibrell offered a resolu-
ton by general consent refuting
certain matters in the governors
message, and which barely escape ed
passing, the vote standing II to IL.
After increasing to the extent Of
setting forth the grievance the res
| olut on says:
Resolved by the Senate, That his
eXcellency, the Governor OF the
Slate of Texas, by the charge made
in his said message, has acted with.
out warrant and without just cause,
and that his said charge as a re-
! Election upon the members OF the
Legislature as to their faithfulness
in the performance Of their official
/ duties, is in point Of fact untrue.
AS soon as the resolution was
read Senator Atlee moved to refer
it to the committee on State affairs,
but the motion was lest.
Senator Simpson then moved the
adoption of the resolution and Sem
ator Tips cut off all debate by
moving as substitute to table the
resolution. The motion to table
was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Beal, COlquitt, Garwin,
Gage, Lawhon. McComb, Presler,
Rogers, Smith, Steele, Tips, Woods
-l2.
Nays-Atlee, Bailey, Boren, Bow
ser, Dibrell, Dickson, Greer, Devils,
Shelburne, Sheriff., Simpson-ll.
HOUSE.
Passed resolution encouraging
Waco to rebuild the burned cotton
palace.
Senate amendments to House ir-
rigation bill were cOncurred in and
Senate bill No. %, known as the
general land bill, was laid before
the House on its second reading
with committee amendments and
the committee report recommend
ing its passage was adopted.
The special committee appointed
| by the mouse caucus last night to
| consider measures most deserving
| nf consideration at the hands of
| thu House met last evening, and
agreed to report to the caucus that
as soon as the House had disposed
of the Goss land bill and COlQuitt's
delinquent tax bill it should con-
slider the following bills in the or
| der named: Senate bill to val
! idate land titles Armistead's anti
trust bill; House bill increasing
school tax to 20 cents; House joint
resolution to enable penitentiary
board TO borrow money from school
| fund with which to purchase farms,
and lastly Senate bill to validate
charters Of interpretations that
have failed to pay franchise tax
and to extend time for payment Of
same.
Governor issued a proclamation
ordering an election on April 4, in
the Seventeenth Senatorial district
composed OF Galveston, Cham bers,
Brazoria, Wharton and Matagorda
counties, for the purpose Of elects
ing successor to Senator Crowley,
resigned.