The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-16

of either OF Snh fDuTto III dhS
case. on his suggestion OF disqualincahon,
shall stand transferred to the other OF said
courts. and be docketed by the clerk ac-
corlingly. a..
Section @. In order 10 expedite the as.
patch of business. term OF the court VI
The said Fifty-ffth judicial district may
bc begun and holden on the hrst Monusy
after the appointment and qualification OF
the Judge thereof at which term )urles
| may he drawn for the ensuing regular
term. nou-jury cases tried by consent OF
/ the parties and all necessary preliminary
proceedings and introductory orders haH
and made, conducive TO the prompt ais
patch OF business at the ensuing regular
terms.
Sec Z. The clerk OF the district court
OF the Eleventh judicial district shall per-
form the duties of the clerk OF the district
court of the Fifty Nth judicial district.
and IN case of vacancy in said Office OF
| clerk. tho same shall be filled by appoint
mont OF the Judge Of the Eleventh judicial
district.
Sec 8. All wrts and process heretofore
| issued or that may hereafter be issued up
| to the time this act shall take effect. which
are made returnable to the district court
of the Eleventh judicial district, shall he
/ returnahle to the court In which the cause
may remain or to which 1t may be trans
| ferred, in like manner as II originally made
| returnabe to said court. and all sucn wrlts
aud process are hereby legalized and vail
dated
See. .. That all laws and parts of laws
In conflict with this act, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
| Sec. 10. That the crowded condition OF
the docket OF the district court Of the
Eleventh judicial district. whereby great
delay. hardship and expense are entailed
upon the litlgants and taxpayers OF Harris
county, creates an emergency and an i'm
perative public necessity. requiring the
constitutional rule for bills to BE- read on
three several days TO be suspended and
said rule is hereby suspended and this act
shall take effect and be In force from and
after its passage and It IL so enacted
Representative Holland has had some
correspondence with Judge Norman c. Kit
trell OF Houston on the subject. per-
sonal appeal with be made TO each member
OF the legislature, by presenting 10 each
printed memorial asking support Of the
measure.
Hon. John T. Browne OF Houston has
received a petition from citizens Of his
county praying that he support a measure
to prevent competition between free labor
AMI convict labor. The petitioners algo
want all articles manufactured by convict
i''N'N''
Browne has prepared On this subject 70
yldgs for all those things asked in the pc
tition and he will eudeavor to have con
sderation Of the measure at an carly date.
Representative Barbee of Houston county
mas his scyihe whetted for the large sal
ari5d professors Of the State medical school
at Galveston in particular. and other high
salRried state officers in general. j: be dis
covers that his Ideas OF the affair are cor
rect. He has the State university PAM
phlet which gives in round figures the APP
propriation desired for 1878 and for
1889. and he does not like the figures.
pnc professor Of Obstetrics one professor
| OF Physiology etc. all the way down tile
| list. with salaries Of $l500 per year. and
a president at $1,000, 80 items that have
caught his eye. and he Is investigating the
question He has list OF what one man
ought to do. which was furnished him by
Houston county constituent who has at
tended medical college, and the repre-
sentative from Crockett thinks the number
OF professors, who deliver one lecture
IA week and get $500 per year fo1 it," as
| he expresses IT. ought TO De iimitai, and
some OF the faculty take care of two or
| three departments of medicine and surgery.
Sitting at his desk and discussing tie
! question, the member talks az If he can
! ''' AHt Blblf@0'lS uglNlUB UP 10 Inc UNI
| yersiy In carriage. go In and lecture a
| few minutes to the students and drive off
| for another weeks absence. lie says, how
ever, that he does not propose to Eight eff
| cheney in the departments. but desires in
formation before he will start his cam
paign.
When asked regarding the policy of the
new finance committee in the house Repre-
sentative John NJ Moore said he rould
not yet say as the session is too yourg.
Il think the entire committee il in favor
OF economy, properly applied but we do
not want TO economize to such an extent
! as to impair the efficiency OF the service.
| nor do We desire to be uggardly in what
/ We do. consider Chairman tiarriVon a
very able man. thoroughly informed on
business matters. and l thing the speaker
maze an excellent selection in putting him
at the bead OF the finance committee"
Mr. Moore is quite fnancier himself,
ana Is one OF The few In Fort Bend county
| that can writ, his check in Ave figures. and
know that 1t will he paid He has been prom =
| lnentlv identified in matters OF business in
| Southern Texas. and is known to he rather
nuceessiul. He believes In conducting Slate
ahairs on the same principle u man would
, his own business.
| Representative Fields OF Hill county has
in view legislation amending the criminal
code. He desires to do away with a great
many technicalities that at this tine IRE
vent the proper administration of criminal
| laws and he Will introduce measures look
ING to the correction Of those evils. lie
| Will again Introduce an amendment TO the
| constitution. and endeavor 10 have it sub
mitted TO the people providing that in
| criminal cases the concurrence OF zine
members Of jury is sufficient to render a
| legal verdict. He introduced this In the
| Twenty thitd legislature. but it failed. pud
| lie viii try to get 1t through now. He also
wants To amend the code so as to allow
the state as many challenges in criminal
| practice as is allowed the defendant.
| Representative Peery has In preparation
bill for the redemption OF lind sold I'm
der forced sale for debt providing that /,
can be redeemed within two years after
such sale (D when ~ is sold under exccu
| ton 90 when it is sold under any decree
| judgment or order of court. whether under
| foreclosure OF vendors lien. mortgage. deed
OF trust or otherwise. so where il is sold
| by a trustee.