The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-22
The Post Bureau,
Austin. Texas, February y,

Austin, Texas. February u.
ro,,sE once more iaoored win 'he ue
REPRESENTATION s bill today and succeed
~ srr n reported upon without change
4. .cmmittee of the whole, but dio noI
ord the first clause in considering IL
reading, and the bill went over
s,rroU. after an amendment appro-
~ eco exon TO meet shortage, GOVERNS
Fiuse your years, in the salary OF tne
Fn@ ma supreme court had peen
,lalsd
run H1LLs INTRODUCED today In
s... there was one by Eolin and oiiVe.
s...ase of which will be source Oh
y Ratification to the great law-apiains
s ~ of the State. 1t provides tnat
1s..,,ne Of "whitecap" notices shall con-
felony. Mr. Powell introduced a
NV III, nroviding for an amendment 10
V's.,,,ution that will authorize tho
...,ture to create one or more uls'rio'
M In counties of more than 2',ou' IN
..s,,,,ts and comforting the Jurisdiction OF
AMY court on sail district courts. ava
ting the jucge's salary TO be paid out
..rr,v funds. and creating corporation
.,e. Mr.. Powell Is chairman OF the
"s''s ,r,r,ittcs On constitutional amend
s.ts and Is opposed TO revision Oh 'n1
.,n,, law. Iio also takes pride in the
,h., his committee has killed every
,.,n,on providing for such revision; ye'
IN date introduced more resolutions
.astnv for amendments to the constlta'
rv .,so al, The other members of the hous'
"a senate put together.
,u,yc THE BILLS REPORTED ON iaFor-
Il. + the house today were one to conte1
s,.s,;,, unoo the pcnitentiary board to
IAN meritorious convicts; one to ABOLISH
r.,,p,l county and attach Its territory "
! Tsnh county; one to create more elhclen'
~ .vstem FOR Navarro county, and one
..,,,5inp for an increase of the personnel
4 !, no hoard of managers Of the Agricui-
III and Mechanical college 10 eight, two
4 !, whom shall be appointed every two years
Ts,s evening tho house committee on reVe'
~ and taxation decided to recommend the
,ssssc Of q bill which provides for the
NV Of State school tax Of 20 cents on the
,,ea far the next two years, and came to the
,on,,rsion to return to thu house with d
fsrorsble renort attached thereto Lanes lie
4 committed bill providing that private as
veil as National banks shall make certain
r,crls ia tax assessors. but came to the
tonelpsion that the amendment providing
bat said reports should contain a list oil
sacS banks depositors and the amount OF
,aar deposits should not be incorporated In
aid bill. A favorable report on Miller's
MY court bin was also agreed upon by the
touss committee on towns and city corpora
ions, and the senate committee on~interna'
Improvements unanimously voted to recon-
mend the passage of tho bill authorizing the
Nssouri Kansas and Texas Railway Com
pany Of Texas to absorb the Sherman,
Shreveport and Southern.
NE COMMITTEE on insurance, statistics
sal history tonight agreed on favoraois
root ON Representative Robertson's bill tc
amend articles 1904 and S095 of the Revised
Statutes so as 10 require fire companies do
llg business in the state, whether through
regular agents or otherwise, to pay tau
tf one-half Of / per cent on receipts. the
fimo as is eXacted from companies doing
tuslrcss through regular agents. The bill
itquires that holders of policies issued d.
rely from the offices OF the foreign com
Iinles shall file them with the commissions.
Of agriculture insurance, statistics and his
tnry, and makes policy holders responsible
Tor the tax in the event of failure of thu
company to pay for it, The bills OF Repre-
Wntatyes Neff and Robertson relative tC
benevolent life insurance companies were
considered but not finally acted upon. judge
Robson Of La Grange and Judge Hudson d
usade were present and spoke in behalf o.
we iraternal benevolent association, espe'
taliy opposing the alleged arbitrary power
proposed to be given the insurance rommis'
honer, involving authority to forfeit then
i!thts to do business without judicial FRO
tss, and also opposing the proposed tax o.
ene-fourth of 1 per cent on gross receipts
Commissioner Johnson and Speaker Sheriff
we're present and manifested interest in be-
nili Of the bill