The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-25
will vote they will stay here until June /.


Fields OF Hill said he admired the frank
ness of the gentleman from Bexar and tha
| he would inform him that the friends of IN
bill can stay as long as the opposition can
| AT 4 .25 o'clock Fisher moved to excus
| the absentees, and on roll call the vote sc
| suited go years, ~ nays. The absentee
| were not excused.
Pitts offered resolution that the rul,
| providing for a call of the house be sus
| pended and the house take recess until II
| O'Clock tomorrow, the conditions when tn,
| house reconvenes TO be the same as at III,
| present time.
Tracy made a point of order that tn,
| resolution was not in order.
| The speaker stated that he would enter
| tain motion for recess to time Ger.
| tain, providing that each member would
| give his word of honor to present himself
| at the time set for reconvention the con.
| dition of affairs to be at that time ex-
| actly as when the recess was ordered
Beard said the opponents of the bill
would report promptly at the hour to which
| the recess might be taken.
After consulting the rules. the speaker
| stated that the way out of the difficulty IL
to call the roll and for the speaker to pa
role each member to return at a certain
time.
Fields of Hill said to accept such prop.
| osition would be II surrender by the frienas
of the bill He was willing to follow the
leadership OF the floor managers selected
to conduct the fight for the bill as long as
they advanced, but he would never follow
them in retreat.
The chair ruled the Pitts resolution out
of order
Blair moved to suspend rule 81, prohibit
ing the entertainment under call of mo-
tons not pertaining to disposition of the
main question, and gave notice that if said
rule was suspended he would move to adj
journ
The speaker stated that under such a
condition there would be no moral obiiga =
tion compelling the members to return.
VOTERS moved that the speaker parole
the members until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning Carried
When roll was called so the speaker could
determine who was present TO be paroled.
AIR. Blair only nodded his head when his
name was reached, and Wolters asked II
blair would be parolcd. The speaker re-
Piled that he had no way to know whom TO
parole except by roll call. and If gentle
man refused Il parole by declining to an
swer the roll, the gentleman would not be
pafoled
Woltcrs stated that he made his motion
to parole in cool faith on the promise made
by Beard, the leader of the minority.
Beard said that since some of the oppo-
nonts had refused to fall in line on the
promise he made that he would withdraw
every pledge he made He had made The
pledge. however. in good faith.
VOTERS moved 20 reconsider the vote by
which tho parole was ordered. Gilbougn
moved TO table. Carried
The chair stated that the issuance of a
parole was optional with the chair. whether
ordered TO do so by resolution or not. and
that in future he would issue no parole eX-
cept on unanimous consent.
Dorroh stated to the speaker that he had
been informed by Mr.. Blair that he (3laiID
had answered to his name when the roll
was called.
THAT settles the whole business" said
the speaker.
The speaker then instructed the SER
geant at arms to pass those whose names
were checked on the roll call. and at BIS
o'clock. exactly twenty four hours after the
first call OF the house was ordered the
members dispersed with the understanding
that they would reconvene at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
To Rcp;uIntc InsuIvent Debtors.
Austa. Texas. February 23.-The follow
ing is Mr.. Tracy's plan for regulating the
affairs Of insolvent debtors which he has
introduced to the. house in the SHAPE Of
bill;
a bill to be entitled an act to regulate
chattel mortgages and trust deeds exc
pose Of securing preferred creditors. and
to punish fraudulent debtors and fraud
ulent preferred creditors.
Section /. BE it enacted by the lte's'a-
ture of the State OF Texas, That 1t shall
hereafter be unlawful for any insolyent
debtor, when in falling condition. to
execute any chattol mortgage or trust deed
on any of his property for the purpose of
fraudulent preferring one creditor above
another.
Article 1. That any debtor hereafter
executing any chattol mortgage or tust
deed who shall in said trust deed or chat
tel mortgage. make or name any preferred
creditor said chattel mortgage or tr'lst
deed shall be void. unless said falling deb
tor or assignoi shall attach TO said trust
decd his AFFIDAVIT In writing stating the
claims and the names of the parties and
accounts of said claim and the date of
same and the circumstances under which
debt or debts were preferred and the same
shall not be admitted to record and shall
not be evidence of any indebtedness. which
AFFIDAVIT shall be sworn to by some officer
authorized TO administer oaths under the
laws of the State of Texas
Art. . That no preferred creditor
named in any chattel mortgage or trust
deed hereafter made in the State OF Texas.
shall receive from the trustee or other
parties executing the terms of said tIust
deed or chattel mortgage unless said pre-
ierred creditor shall file with said trustee
ms ahldaVlt in writing, stating that the |
claim is Just and bona hde giving the date |
or the origin Of said claim and the cir
cumstances under when said claim orig
mated Any preferred creditor failing TO |
me such AFFIDAVIT, shall forfeit any light |
nc may nave to his claim against said es |
tate and such forfeiture shall inure to the |
dement, of al the creditors OF said estate. |
Art. ]. Any creditor of said assignor
VINO desires shall have the right at any
liihe Wlthin thirty days from the date OF
the execution Of said trust deed or mort !
6oge to file his application in writing with |
any court within the state of Texas having |
competent jurisdiction of the amount In |
controversy in which he shall state that |
ne verify believes that some of the pre- |
teired creditors named in the said trust |
aeeu or mortgage, giving the name and |
amounts. arc fraudulent; and upon the fill |
Ing OF such complaint. It shall be the duty |
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