Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-02-17
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.


alton Of $4,000 for the printing OF con-
stitutional amendments proposed by
the twenty-iourth legislature, and OF
the publication OF the governors mes
sage, was passed under q suspension OF
the rules
A bill to repeal the law requiring
assessors to collect agricultural statis-
tics was takenup and passed to engross-
ment. The vote on the final passage
Of the bill was, 65 yeas, 40 nays.
Mr.. Yetts house bill amending tho
Austin city charter, after a suspension
OF the rules requiring bills to be read
on three several days WAS read the
third time and passed.
The bill. relating to the assessment
and collection of taxes in unorganizod
counties, was passed to engrossment.
Mr.. stones bill, fixing the amount
county convicts are allowed when
working out fines, was laid before the
senate on its second reading and passed
70 engrossment
While in executive session the senate
confirmed the appointment on w. j.
Moore; Robert j. Kleberg and w. b.
Tullis as live stock sanitary commits
sioners.
Mr.. Wood offered a resolution in
structing the speaker to appoint com
mittees us follows:
Committee OF three to visit the Or
phans' home at Corsicana and the north
Texas insane asylum at Terrell COM
mittee of three to visit the Agricultural
and Mechanical college Prairie View
normal and Sam Houston normal IA com
mittee of three to visit the University
OF Texas and its medical branch; com
mittee of five to visit the penitentiaries
and house OF corrections; u committee
of three to visit the state lunatic asylum,
deaf and dumb asylum, blind institute
and deaf and dumb institute for negroes.
Mr.. Randolph offered an amendment,
providing for the appointment OF com
mittee to visit the convict farms and
investigate the condition and treatment
Of leased convicts.
The resolution as amended was
adopted.
Mr.. Turney was appointed on the
committee to visit the state university
and its medical branch in the place OF
Mr.. Presler, who was absent. Mr..
Linn OF Wharton was also added to the
committee.
The bill to define adultery and iorni-
cation and to provide a penalty there
for, was taken up and was ordered en-
crossed
A message from the governor was re-
oeived.
The message transmitted to the
house a joint resolution adopted by the,
Legislature OF Kansas asking that Il
commission, to be composed OF citizens
of Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma Terri
tory, be created to seek relief from dis
criminatory freight rates to the Gal
weston harbor.
The resolution was referred to the
committe on state affairs.
Mr.. Colquitt's bill, empowering the
railroad commission to make and en-
force cotton compress rates, was laid
before the senate on it's third reading
and passed by vote of % to 3.
A bill, to validate all lawful forfeit
ures OF sales of land made by the gem
eral land office, was read the third time
with the committee amendment and
passed
Mr.. Colquitt's bill relating to the adj
mission OF epileptlcs into the insane
asylum, was passed to engrossment.
Bill permitting persons to file the
pauper's oath in the court of civil APP
peals and obtain a mandate was passed.
Mr.. Terrell's bill, relating to subor-
nation of purjury, was passed to en-
grossment.
The committee on health and vital
statistics reported iavorably the bills
creating state board OF plumbers,
state board of embalmers and regula-
ting the sale of cocaine.
Senate bill, to validate the incorpor-
alton of towns made defective by rea-
son of their failure to restrict their
territorial limits in the manner pre-
scribcd by law, was taken up and passed.
The bill, changing minimum for
theft from person of $50 and less from
five to two years in the penitentiary,
and OF more than $50 from twelve to
four years, was laid before the senate
on its second reading and passed to en-
groesment.
Bill to inhibit the keeping of "cold
storage" in districts where local option
obtains was taken up. The bill defines
q "cold storage" to be any place where
liquors are kept. 1t also inhibits the
taking of orders for liquor to be brought
into local option districts.
Mr.. Colquitt's bill appropriating 5o,-
900 acres OF the public domain recov-
cred from railroads to the state or
phans' home at Corsicana was laid be-
fore the senate. Passed to engrossment.
In tho senate bill to punish GER
tain municipal officers for failure to do
their duty was passed.