San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-18
CASTR0VILLE, MEDINA COUNTY
WANTS TO BECOME A
REAL CITY,
BrazOS River May Be Damned,
Uniform School Text Book
Measure Still Hangs Fire.
Senator Lewis On Cor
EOratiOnS' Stock.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Texas, April 1.-THE House
assembled at nine o'clock this morning
and proceeded to work without for
mality, as a recess only was taken yes
terday.
1t was local bill day and large num-
Der of such measures was on the spea
kers desk.
House bill regulating time of holding
court in the 18th district was passed
finally. Bill relating to civil criminal
jurisdiction of the county court of
Stonewall county was passed to en-
grossment.
Bill giving a new charter to Houston
was passed to third reading.
Bill creating a more efficient road
system for Ellis county was advanced
to third reading.
An act to incorporate the town of
Castroville was passed to engrOssment
Bill to provide for the disOrganiza-
ton of Loving county and to attach it
to Wood county for judicial purposes
was amended to change word to Reeves
county and was then engrossed.
risdiction on the county court of Polk
county was engrosSed.
Bill creating a better road system
for Galveston Harrisburg and Bra
Zoria counties was engrOssed.
Bill to diminish the civil and GRIM
inal Jurisdiction of the county court of
Borden county was engrossed.
Bill to grant to the Waco Water and
Electric company the right to con-
struct a dam across the Brazos river
within five miles of Waco was engrOss-
ed.
Bill to relinquish the title and con-
firm the patents to certain lands in
Galveston county in favor of T. NJ. Jo-
seph and H. NJ. Trueheart was taken
up and engrossed.
An act leasing to H. +. n. Gommel
of Austin, the stereotype plates of the
Supreme court reports for volume SO
to Sc inclusive came up and Mr.. Rie-
ger of Dallas Offered an amendment
giving to the state board of printing
power to let the contract to the lowest
bidder for the printing of the reports
the selling price not to exceed 81 vol
ume. A proper bond is to be eXecut
ed from the publisher.
Inasmuch as his amendment was a
substitute for the entire bill the spea-
ker held other amendments, perfect
ing the original bill were in order.
Mr.. Dean offered on amendment
making the selling price s1.25 volume.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Wall, of Houston county, offered
an amendment providing that if the
said Gommel refuses to enter into
the contract then the state printing
board shall let it to some other per-
son or firm, which was adopted.
Some minor amendments were adopt
ed and then the question was upon the
substitute offered by Mr.. Rieger
Mr.. Ayres favored the substitute on
the ground of economy.
Mr.. Ward and others opposed it and
the substitute was voted down.
Mr.. Symth moved to reconsider the
action of the House yesterday in re-
committing the bill authorizing the
consolidation of the Waco and North
western and H. & T. c. railways.
Mr.. williams, as chairman of the
committee on internal improvements,
explained that he had asked for the
bill to be recommitted by request.
Mr.. Sluder said he had objections
which he desired to present to the
committee.
Other members spoke on the ques-
ton when Mr.. Smythe insisted on his
motion to recommit. 1t was carried
by a vote of 90 to 10. The motion to
recommit was then tabled.
On motion of Mr.. Holland the roll
was called on suspending. the rules to
pass finally the Houston charter bill,
but no quorum was present and on
motion of Mr.. Drew adjournment was
taken until 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
THE SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock, Pres
ident pro TEN Dibbrell in the chair
Roll call developed no quorum, and a
call of the Senate was ordered. After
a few minutes lapse, a quorum was Sc
cured.
An invitation from the ladies of
Sherman to be present at the unwilling
of a monument in that city was read
and referred.
Senator Colquitt called up Senate
bill 354, being an act to validate for
free school purposes, the Incorporation
of towns and villages HERETOFORE incor-
porated for municipal purposes, and
under suspension OF constitutional
NlUle. was finallX
Senator LeS slp Senate bill
ST. relati ation Of corpo-
az pane to have