Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-06-23
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.


Pending business was suspended for
The purpose OF considering the senate
bill appropriating $4,000 to move two
outhouses at the Prairie View normal
school and to erect boilor house at
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege. The bill was engrossed and I'M
der suspension of the rules passed.
The fellow servants bill was laid be-
fore the body on third reading. Mr..
Kimball offered an amendment making
the act apply to employees of other COR
porations as well as railroads. On
motion of Mr.. Meade the previous
question was ordered on this amend
ment and the bill The amendment
was killed by vote of 81 to 81. The
bill passed by a vote of Ga to 40
Mr.. Colquitt's bill providing that
where district Judge is disqualified
the Judge of the adjacent district shall
act as special Judge without compen-
sation was engrossed and passed under
a suspension of the rules.
Mr.. Yantis called up the bill of
Messrs. Linn of Wharton and Yantis
defining rape as suggested by the gov
ernor, but the bill drawn by him was
thought to embrace two subjects, and
it was deemed best to pass the above
bill. 1t was engrossed and passed un-
der suspension Of the rules.
The occupation tax bill and the
pending question, the Ayers amend
ment, placing a tax of $1,000 per an
mum upon cigarette dealers was taken
A 4 IL. i
Ayers proposition was adopted by
vote of 43 to 40. Mr. VOTERS sent up
an amendments striking out section 81
OF the bill, placing tax of 500 on
social clubs. The amendment pre-
vailed by vote of rs to %.
The regular order of business was
suspended and Mr.. Turney secured
consideration Of his bill, allowing the
payment of county taxes in cash only,
and not script, as heretofore The
constitutional rule was suspended, the
bill real a second time, ordered en-
crossed, constitutional rule further
suspended, bill read a third time and
passed.
Pfeuffer's bill defining the Thirty
eighth judicial district and prescribing
the time of holding court in the differ.
ent counties embracing the same, was
taken up and passed under suspen-
sion of the rules.
Mr.. Patterson sent up resolution
providing for the printing of the acts
of the regular and special session in
one volume and the printing of the
journals of the two sessions in another
volume. Adopted.
The report of the free conference
committee ON the fee bill was laid be.
fore the senate. The report was
adopted by vote of 16 to g. and
clinched by tabling the motion to re-
consider.
Mr.. Dennis introduced bill pro-
hibiting the use of the gate system on
railroads.
Mr.. Ayers sent up a bill providing
for the payment of county taxes in
currency and coin of the United States.
Mr. Baily offered bill fixing the
revenue and regulating proceedings in
prosecutions for criminal assault. etc.
The senate refused to table the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the
Confederate Home employment reso
luton was defeated By u vote of II to
8. On the question of the reconsidera
ton of the vote a call of the senate
was had, but later it was withdrawn
and the motion to reconsider spread
on the journal as pending business.
Mr.. Tilletts bill defining an addi-
tional method of issuing and serving
citations in district, county and justice
courts, and defining their contents and
providing an additional method OF
making and serving certain certified
copies and notices in legal proceedings
passed.
The house passed the Ayers bill en-
forcing attendance of witnesses In
criminal cases without attachment.