San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-14
SENATE WAS NOT IN SESSION
BUT THE HOUSE ENJOYED
A LIVELY TIME.
Lengthy Batch of Bills Passed
Dallas Charter Bill Goes Through
Protests Against the Uniform
School Book Law-Leg-
iSlatiye Gossip.
BY Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Austin, Tex, March 13.-There was
no session of the Senate today that
body having adjourned until Monday.
In the House n concurrent resolution
was adopted urging an appropriation
from Congress to make the Brazos
river navigable.
The following bills were passed
finally:
Restoring the former constitutional
rights to the county court of Leon
county.
Restoring the civil and criminal jul
risdiction to the county court of San
Saba county.
Redistricting Menard county for
school purposes.
Giving Medina, Marion and Mon
tague counties a new road system.
Transferring Grimes county from
the community to the district school
system.
Fixing the time for holding the court
in the Thirty-Seventh Judicial district
Amending the city charter so as to
abolish the position of city treasurer.
The Senate took a rest today and
will not be in session again until Mon
day morning. The various committees
are in session, however, and are up
to their neckS in business, The com
mittee on enrolled bills particularly
have their hands full. Much business
having been transacted the past week
in the way of finally passing meas
ureS.
Senator BOwSer finally succeeded in
getting the Dallas charter bill through
though it underwent running fire all
alnOg. In Legislative code. it is con-
Sidered diScOurtesy to oppose the
recommendations of the local repre-
sentative as to n city charter bill, but
the opponents of this bill claim that
its author had an aim at political pre-
ferment in the framing of his meas
ure. The old bitterness engendered in
the famous campaign of 80 does not
seem to have entirely died away.
Resolutions continue to pour into
the Senate from the various school
trustee boards throughout the state,
protesting against the passage of a
uniform text book law. All hold that
such a measure would be vastly pref
judicial to the interests of some school
communities, and that law could not
be framed that would work equal
Justice throughout the state. The bill,
they contend, would have a restrictive
effect and preclude the exercise Of
proper discretion on the part of school
boards. who are alive to local inter-
ests, and are governed thereby.
A good measure that became a law
this week is that preventing the use of
the capitol building for sleeping or
other private purposes, This abuse of
the dignity of our state house has
been suffered long enough and such
as have enjoyed its comforts as
home will have to take up their bed
and walk.
Another good bill that will become
a law, having already passed to en-
grossment, is Senate bill 2O5, making
men in business responsible for per-
sOnal debts to the amount of stock in
trade, despite the devices of business
signs and other frauds to cover their
trle position. This will kill the
fraudulent practice that is now allow
ed the ordinary merchant in business
and make effective executions, with
out the eternal danger of a cross ac-
ton for damages that stares the cred
itOr in the face when he sees an OPP
portunity to collect his debt. a bit of
skillful false swearing, under the pres
ent state of affairs, can accomplish
such a result
1t is hard to predict what the Sen
ate will do next week; one thing is
certain. They are grinding out bust
ness with appreciate despatch and
everything shows, so far as they are
concerned, that adjournment is not
far off. They begin to feel the effect
of their diminished per diem.