Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-11
Several Bills Cau~s Much COnten-
lion and Take up The Time
in That Body.
INVESTMENT OF
THE SCHOOL FUND.
The House Passes the 1911 10 Engro...
meBi, bat II Fail. 10 Finally
Pas Under Suspension
Of the Rules.

Austin March 90 The senate began
business yesterday by the adoption 90. g.
resolution inviting Governor Guadalups
Aaneiro Of Tamaulipa-. Mexico who i.
in the city 10 a seat IN the senate. lie
made a short address which was trans.
lated by his Interpreter
Potters bin authorizing county judge.
20 issue writs Of attachment for shp de-.
tention and return Of minors who have
gone beyond the control of their gulrl-
ians. was passed under % suspension Of
the rules
Turney's bin slightly reducing She
fees 81 the clerks ~ the courts of civil
appeals WA, passed finally
Grnnan- bin relating % county city
and town bonds b. provide Tor refund
ing paying and exchanging the am..
10 issue new bond. for such purpo-as
and 10 regulate the sale Or exchange
thereof was passed finally under su..
pension 81 the rules
Bill by Mr. Lewis 10 authorize tha
lease of any railroad connecting 10 the
state line not exceeding 80 mile. iu
length by any railroad company 80 con.
Meeting with same was passed
Millers bill defining the oifense II de-
frauding hotels and boarding house
keepers Of their charges was ordered en-.
crossed
Bill by Mr. Hanger. amending th.
statutes relating b the regulation Of OBJ,
sale u liquors. by striking ont the worl
knowingly relating toconyictiuus fof
selling liquors 20 miners was pa.srl
under q suspension Of the rules
Terrclls bill establishing a stat, nor.
NAL school az Denton finally pas-sI
Grecrs bin appropriating s.upl 10
pay claims against the Republic of
Texas, was next considered
Amendments by Mr. Greer increasing
the appropriation o. $500 AMI subj
suiute by Mr. Odell making 10 $50.
ll321 were pending The substitute.
was lot By % vote of Toto o. I
Grcrrs amendment was adopted
The following amendment was 90 II
offered hy SENATOR OleI and huur|
Provided thnttho state shall mot hoe.
after pay 20 amy attorney or attornfy,
any sum % money Whatsoever as % be-
for recovering said sum of money h.r,in
appropriated from the Federal gdS.
eminent
The house deficiency bin was uers
considered Amendment wer. adopted
striking ont $500 pay Of court OF civil
appeal sienugrapher- 500 salary
Of bnlih % the supreme court AMI sil31
extra pay Tor -tenouapher, 100 the 200.
premc court The bin then passed under
suspension Of the rules
Bills Were passed fixing the time 0f
holding district court no several places
The senate resumed consideration uf
Greer.s bin with the amendment by
Odell and Hanger pending Greer
made the point of order that the amend
ment is not germaue to the bin.
Lieutenant Governor Browning over.
ruled the point of order and in .o doing
stated that 30 was BIZ opinion that %
legislative body could surround 20 bin
with as mauy safeguards a- they might
-ec no iu their wisdom tD do -o
Mr. GreHr appealed from the ruling oi
the chair aud the senate refused {, sus.
tain the chair
The hll was before the senate when
adjournment was taken
When the house met the pending Due.
inr.- was substitute for house bills 1913
and go relating o. the investment VI
the public lrro school fund. and when If
wa. placed before tha nous, the speaker
called attention to the Importance OF
early action upon the bin and stated
that the governor was -oliritou- for the
passage without delay " % measure %
better provide for .hc investment Of the
fund
Several changes were made and the
hin engrUsscl
Amotiou tosu.pcul the ruloa place
the BIN upon it- passage was lost. fail
ing 90 receive Che necessary two-thirls
majority
Tho bin taxing round bale cotton com
press c1mpanic, wa, laid before the
house but the bin only discussed
Senate bin amending the fish and oys
irr law to remove the constitutional OBJ
lection thereto recently raised by the
court of criminal appeals passed
Tho senate bin 90 500 apart and appru-
pirate to the permanent school fund all
the lands heretofore or hereafter rccov
cred from railway companies or other
persons firms or corporations. and to
provide for the disposition Of same. was
taken mp
The bin and several amendments were
pendii at adjournment