The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-11


In tho morning session Of the house Mr..
committee report en- the senate bill to pre-
vide for the sale of isolated and detached
lands in certain counties, and on his mo-
don the report was adopted. The con-
Terence committees report recommended
that the house recede from Its amend
nent substituting the word sections" for
the work "surveys''
Mr.. TarYer moved that the house con-
cur in tho senate amendments to the Con-
Tolerate pension bill, He stated that he
made that motion only because the house
would not have an opportunity to change
lts provisions He spoke earnestly in con-
demnatiln CT the provision which, as he
declared, required every veteran to de-
clare himself pauper and a mendicant in
order TO avail himself CT the benefits of
The bill. He also severely criticised the
requirement that the applicants for pen-
sicns shall pay for preparation of aftida-
Wits proof. etc.
MI Henderson of Lamar and Mr.. Shell
burn favored concurrence in the senate
amendments as the best thing tha. could
be done at this time. 1t was argued that
the next legislature could correct whatever
defects existed in the present bill
The senate amendments We're concurred
in, ayes 10l, Foes 6.
On motion OF MIR. Cross the house coz
CURED in tho senate amendments to the
TIL TO amend the act to Incorporate the
city OF Waco
The general appropriation bill was then
laid before the house.
The amecdmsnt pending offered by
Messrs. Wells and Oliver TO appropriate
$5291.25 TO refund three fourth OF the
ccoupatian taxes paid by them into the
State treasury under the occupation tax
law of the twenty fifth legislature was
defeated; ayes As, noes IS.
An amendment by Messrs walton and
Grcgan TO appropriate $4,000 to provide
tor underpinnlns repairing and an. hor-
ing the administration and ward build
ings of the Southwestern insane asylum
and paying the salary of architect was
adopted after being amended to provide
that the contract shall be let to the lowest
bidder
The items in bill to refund taxes Illegally
collected in Bell county from II. c. Har-
RS, E. A. Scholz. p. A. Guess. j. A. Nose
ley and ]. 3, Nunnely, aggregatng
1901 40. were rejected; also several other
special claims.
Mr.. Pitt offered an amendment to add
the following section to the bill Sec 4
Provided. however that with the exception
OF the appropriation made for account of
state penitentlarles that the comptroller
of pubic accounts is hereby instructed TO
draw no warrant against any appropriation
made for the various institutions and de-
partments of this State until an itemizsd
statement under oath has been filed by the
head of institution or department as a
voucher in the office OF said comptroller"
Adopted
Mr. Henderson of Lamar offered an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 to pro
vide electric burglar alarms and calls in
the treasurer's office with amendment was
ADOPTED.
An amendment by MIR. Shannon to ap-
propriate $1,000 to rebuild the barn at the
Gainesville reformatory recently destroyed
by fire and buy corn and harness, was
adopted
Mr.. Pueffer offered an amendment, which
was adopted, providing that the officers
and employees of the State Orphans bone,
State Lunatlc asylum Southwestern IN
sane ASYLUM. North Texas Insane asylum,
Blind asylum. Deaf and Dumb asylum
Deaf and Dumb asylum for colored youths.
Gatesville reformatory and Confederate
home may, in the discretion of the gov
ernor and the board of managers of each
OF said institutions receive for themselves
and their immediate families in addition
to their salaries their board and lodging
The bill was then passed; ayes 90. noes 4.
The house took recess to o'clock.