San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-21
FULL REPORT OF THE WORK
OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND
SENATE AT AUSTIN.
City of Laredo Wants Fort Mcintosh
Texas to Have a Secret Service
Observation-Disclosures SOci-
ETY. Encouraged Gossip Of
the SOlOnS,
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

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Austin, Texas, March 20.-The Sen,
ate met at ten o'clock and roll call
showed a quorum present.
Senator Cough sent up Senate bill
SO5, relating to rape penalties, rails
ing the age of consent to eighteen
years. Referred.
Senator Atlee sent up Senate bill
3O4, to confirm grants of property of
the city of Laredo for Fort Mcintosh.
Referred.
Senator Ross called up Senate bill
Sc, (Col. Bakers bilD, relating to ia
king dispositions in land office matters,
and same was passed to engrossment
and then finally passed, after adoption
of emergency clause.
Senate bill No. 3, was called up,
relating to the establishment of Sc
cret service bureau in connection
with the Adjutant Generals depart
ment, and finally passed.
Senator BowSer called up Senate bill
255, giving cotton ginners a lien on all
cotton ginned, and after much discus
sion on the emergency clause, was on
motion postponed indefinitely.
Senate Beall sent up resolution
from the railroad men of Ennis urging
the immediate passage, with emer'
gency clauses, of the following bills:
House bill No. 236, preventing black
listing.
House bill No. 420, protecting or.
ganized labor.
House bill No. 237, governing the
employment of railroad men, and pre-
scribing means Of prosecution.
House bill 81 was then reconsidered
and finally passed. This measure pro-
vides for the acknowledgement of
married women in regard to separate
estates.
Senator Burns introduced the Hous-
ton charter bill. Referred.
Senator Linn Of Victoria, offered S.
B. 30S, validating certain county
bonds. Referred.
Senator BOwSer offered a resolution
from citizens of Dallas asking Con-
gress to repeal tax on oleomargerine.
Senator Bailey introduced Senate
bill 300, amending law on abstracts
of title. Referred.
1t was ordered that Senator Bow
ser's remarks on his Oleomargerine
resolution be printed in the journal.
Senator Cough introduced Senate
bill 391, making it penal offense to
draw and pass any check on a bank
without funds deposited in said bank.
Referred.
House concurrent resolution II, en-
couraging the motives and movements
of the Afro-Amer1can society was
adopted by the Senate.
Senate bill GO, amending law relative
to sale AMI lease of public lands was
called up by Senator Goss and finally
passed.
Senator Atlee called up Senate bill
relating to Arkansas harbor, and the
House amendments concurred with.
Senator Atlee also called up S. B.
3O4. as above, after favorable COM
mite action, and under suspension
of rule, was finally passed.
Joint resolution No. Z, confirming ac-
ton of attorneys relative to suits for
University lands was adopted.
Senate bill 2SS, authorizing the San
ia Fe railroad to purchase the Loui-
siana and Eastern railway, was call
ed up and finally passed.
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 o'clock, and
in the absence Of Chaplain Jackson
Representative Bunpass, of Kaufman,
invoked the Divine blessing.
A communication from the Santa Fe
railroad men at Cleburne asking for
the massage of the fellow servant bill
wos sent I'D and read.
The resolution by Dickinson, offer
ed a few days ago, asking the Texas
representative to work on better ex-
tradition treaty with Mexico was call
ed up and adopted.
The following bills were introduced:
BY Henseley-A bill to amend the
law SO as to fully validate any Issue
of bonds heretofore made by counties.
By Tucker-An act to amend the
penal code so no person shall be liable
for the penalty imposed for hunting
on an Enclosure unless the word POST
ed" shall be displayed in a conspic-
uOus place.
1t being local bill day there was not
much to vary the mOnotony Of the
roll calls. The bill regulating the
time of holding court in the 32nd ju-
dicial district was passed finally.
The bill fixing the terms of court
in the 23rd judicial district was pass
ed, as was also bill doing like things
for the Sth judicial district.
The bill to prevent the Arkansas Pass
Harbor company to buy Harbor is
land, with shoal waters in Red Fish