Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-25

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tackled the senate deficiency bill. o
attempt was mazda 10 ratr.a., a..
s2I5s 20 d,e c.a,r.o N, 1,.,
,,,s,, -, &C W. blair OF the
am uistrlct court OF civil appeals, but
the majority decided that Mr.. Blair was
a chump for navins, r,o,o,, 90, -. "a.
o,,,, ,,ol,,.. 0ut VI ms
VII sta'e account ana con-
sequently they repudiated n Just claim.
Blair is the clerk of the Finn district
court of civil nnnaais
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..., anu 'he
seherai uehclehcy Dill was passed.
Senate bill to adopt and establish the
revised civil statutes of tho state ~
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""' P'9u'
message from the senate announced
that that body had refused to sustain
the eovernorss ,ato % ~ ,ra,.,, "a
- go. - VI 'ne ieNn' anu
we" orleans consultation Dill.
Representative Mills bill scaling the
fees of tax assessors was considered
,nd tho eal,a,,,I,,..
o'leieu
by the author of the bill. was adopted:
Each assessor OF taxes within this
state shall receive as compensation for
ms services commissions on the value
or the property assessed by him as fol-
lows, to-wit; On the irst s2,OOO,OOO or
any portion thereof assessed he shall
receive cents on the hundred dollars;
on the third million he shall receive 3
cents on the one hundred dollars; on
the fourth million he shall receive IL
cents on the one hundred dollars; on
the NTH million he shall receive cents
on the one hundred dollars; on all over
nVe millions and not more than ten mil
Hons he snail receive $40 cents on the
one hundred dollars; on all over ten
millions and not more than fifteen mill
lions he shall receive 1 $40 cents on
the one hundred dollars; on all over
fifteen and not more than twenty mill
lions he shall receive l 7-lO cents on
the one hundred dollars; on all over
twenty millions he shall receive 6-l0
cents on the one hundred dollars. The
commissions herein allowed TO the as
SCISSORS of taxes snail be collected and
paid as now provided by law. one
half of the above fees shall be paid by
the state and one-half by the county.
For assessing the poll taxes the as
SCISSOR snail receive cents Tor each
poll assessed by him, one-half to be
paid by the state and one-half by the
assessor of taxes shall be collected and
paid as Is now provided by law"
Representative RagsdGle precipitated
the fee bill fight again by oitering an
amendment limiting the salary OF as
SCISSORS to $1,000 year. Rassdnle an-'
nounced that he wanted to place his
colleagues on record.
The ayes and noes were called on
his amendment, and the fee billles We're
knocked out. The vote on thu Ragsdale
was; Ayes 4s; noes 3d. The
opponents Of the fee bill cheered and
clapped hands when the vote was an
nounced, 1t was the death knell Of the
fee bill forces.
The Mills bill was then passed to Gu
grossment,
Drew's bill regulating fees Of sherltfs
in misdemeanor cases was passed
BIZ allowing sheriffs to take bond in
vacation was passed
The bill authorizing the managers of
the state insane asylum at Austin to
sell or lease the water from the arte-
sian wells at that institution. was
passed.
House bill No. 500, by Moore of Nor
rls. to provide the manner of procur-
Ing the attendance of witnesses in fell
ony cases pending in the courts OF the
state, where the witness resides m
some other county than the one in
which the prosecution is pending, and
to provide compensation for such wit
nesses The provisions of this bill COM |
pell witness to obey subpoena from |
another county, In felony cases, which |
3 the federal law on the same subject. |
Patterson of Bell county declared that !
his bill made poverty crime and |
'orced a poor man to cross the country |
when ordered by the court. whether he |
lad the money TO defray his expenses |
,r not. He advised the house to defeat |
he bin.
Owsley of Denton defended the bill.
Moore of Morris, author Of the meas
ire. denied that 1t was aimed at the |
Door man.
Evans OF Hunt and other lawyers at
acked the bill. It was placed on final
passage. Ayes Is: noes AZ. The ma
oritv Of the LAWYERS OF the house voted
,ralnst the bill.
on motion OF Representative Mitchell
he house ooncurred In senate amend
nents to the fish and oyster bin.
REPRESENTATIVE blair called IN the
enate concurrent resolution liking
Aprll 20 as the day for final adjourn
nent.
Beali moved to postpone considera-
ion until Friday,
blair moved to table the Beall mo-
ion Lost
The ayes and noes were called on the