The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

for incompetent persons who shall engage
in the occupation of locomotive engineers
or train conductors
ny Tracy-A bill in relation to land
lords and tenants
Bv Pitts-ro amend article 30S9 Civil
Code. In relation to fraudulent overvalu-
alton of insured property.
BY Holland of Burne--R Relating to the
powers and duties of commissioners courts.
nv Bennett-To provide for The selec. ion
Of school trustees under the community
system.
BY Smyth-To amend the code relating
to militil and to add thereto provisions
relating 10 the formation Of battalious IL
the Texas Volunteer Guard requiring Of
hccrs TO be eXemined on the duties of a
stan officer before being commissioned in o.
to the staff corps OF the Texas Volunteer
Guard. and making it an olense Cor a
n;embcr of the Texas Volunteer Guard to
refuse or fail to report for duty when or
dcr"d out TO suppress riots, etc.
BY Melton-To prevent the unlawful
gathering of pecans
BY Savage To prevent card playing in
any place for money or any article of
value
By Misunderstanding to public educa.
ton.
by Ewing-Extendi the powers of he
wife TO sue in her own name and alone.
BY mountaineering an occupation
tax upcn all persons engaged in tho husi-
ness of executing orders for the future
delivery of cotton, corn, wheat. oats, pork
or products,
nv Pitts-To provide for separate watt
Ing rooms for whites and negroes In rail-
way depots
BY Ewing-A bill in regard to taking the
scholastic cersus.
nv Barbee-To stay until October /. 1897
the forced collection of taxes due for the
year 1896
liy Burney- Regulating the charging of
toll by public millers.
BY Shropshire-1o adopt article 9ol Of
the civil Statute regarding he meeting OF
the court OF civil appeals and repeating
another article which conflicts
Bv Graham-T To prevent the sale OF dead
" weapons to minors.
BY Fisher-To prevent minors frequent
ing billiard and pool rooms.
Ky Stomper-To regulate the custody and
expenditures of the school funds and max
ing provision for reports OF treasurers of
school funds and repeating sections 1886
and 1891 of the Revised civil Statutes.
by Lotto-To provide for the issuance OF
ecrmanet certificates to teachers who have
taught four years successfully and con-
tinuouslv in one of the public free schools
of the State.
BY Stampcr--To punish the perpetrators
of mock marriages.
BY Crawford--To declare that certified
comics of the transcript of the records of
judgments Of the district court of Wise
county now owned by and In the possess
sion Of VIII \. Miller shall be admitted in
evidence In all cases.
Nv WilcoX-To correct discrepancy in
chapter ,, title &c. Revised Civil Statutes
BY Giibough--'ro amend Galveston city
charter and 10 empower the city of Gal.
weston to grant rights-of way to railroads
and depot companies for tracks on Strand
In that city west of Bath avenue.
BY Bertram--A bill relating to the
venue OF suits in civil cases.
BY Rogers To repeal article 5l7 chan
tor 4. utle I. Criminal Code
Bv Smder-To amend the Waco CITY
wy
House bill No lao was taken up. II pro-
viles that when to the overseer IL NAV
appear eSrodient to make causewnvs and
hui'd bridges ur 10 gravel any public road
the timber, gravel most convenient there-
for may be used, but in such case Tho
owner or such timber or gravel shall he
paid out OF The county treasury fair cam
nensation for the same, to be Determined
bv inc commissioners court upon the an
pllcaton of such owner
The committee report was adopted and
the biii passed to engrossment.
Motion was made to adjourn nirtu IN
CLOCK tomorrow. Carripd