The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

PROVIDING tnat any officer agent seryan nj
and employe, receiver and officer. servant
agent and employe OF such receiver. of any
railroad company who shall directly or
indirectly charge and collect from any
person greater or less compensation than
is charged any other person for any service
rendered by such railroad company shall
De guilty OF a felony, punishable by inn
prlsonment In the penitentiary for not less
than two nor more than five years.
Authorizing the st. Louis Southwestern
hallway company to consolidate with the
Tyler Southeastern.
Defining the offense of defrauding hotel
and boarding house keepers OF their
charges and providing penalty therefor.
To authorize union dcpoi companies Ia
condemn land ioi tine purpose of their in.
corporation.
Authorizing the Houston East and West
Texas Railroad company to lease and oner.
ate the Houston and Shreveport for the
term OF twenty-five years.
Recurring city and county treasurers TO
report condition of interest and sinking
funds to the State comptroller.
To equip certain eleemosynary inst,,u.
IONS with system of fire escapes.
Authorizing Justices OF the peace tn issue
warrants for the apprehension of lunatics
Locating State normal school al Dem
ton.
To authorize the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Railway company to consolidate
with the Sherman, Shreveport and South
ern
To authorize the lease of any railroad
com, tt'ng at the State line aot exceed
ing thirty miles in length. by any railroad
company so connecting with same
requiring railroad companies 10 furnish
cars tor the transportation of freight
within reasonable time. not to exceed
SIX days, after application for same has
been made.
To establish State normal school at San
Marcos.
To create the office of state PURCHASING
agent ior the various eleemosynary ilsti-
tutions.
Providing that the commissioner of the
general land office may sell school lands
the timber on which was sold prior to
1879, on the same terms as are provided in
the land act of 1895, and validating the
titles to lands here tofore bought and TO
which patents have issued
Authorizing the Incorporation of cotton
exchanges, chambers Of commerce and
boards of trade.
Creating corporation courts for the cities
towns and villages of the State and abol
ishing municipal courts.
Authorizing railroad corporations TO AZ.
CURE new right of way for the purpose Of
shortening their line or reducing their
grade
Authorizing the Southern Kansas Rail
way company of Texas to consolidate with
the Panhandle railway.
Transferring San Augustine county from
the community to the district school sys-
tenn
To repeal the act of the Thirteenth ley
islature, incorporating the town of Jack.
sonville
To create new district court for Boxar
county
To reorganize the Forty-nrst judicial
district
To reorganize the Thirty fourth judicial
district
To extend the time of the terms OF dis
trict court in Nacogdoches county and
chanse the time for Angelina and Cher
okse counties
RatiIying and confirming an ordinance
of the city o. Galveston authorizing c
r Huntington to construct and perpet-
ually maintain piers on the shore of Gal
weston bay
Amending the charter of the city of
Paris two bills).
Prescribing the time OF holding district
court In the Twenyt- eighth judicial lis
triet aud Limit one term of the district
court of Nreces county to the transaction
Amending the charter of the city of
sherman.
Amending the charter of the city of
Wdcr
To diminish the jurisdiction OF the couu-
ty court oil San Saba county.
Providing mode by which horses,
mules, jacks, jennets and cattle may be
prevented from running at large in Cooke.
Bell, Ellis Montague, Fayette johnson.
Ia Poo ali
FaliS, Navarro. Fannin. Hunt. Tarrant,
Grnyson. Guadalupe, Dallas. Austin and
bra2os counties or subdivisions thereof.
TO provide a more efficient system for
working Ine public roads for Bowie coun-
~.
Amending the act of the Twenty fifth
legislature relative to the time of holding
court in the Fifteenth judicial district
Changing the time Of holding district
court in Trinity county.
To place Bowie and Wibarger counties
under the provisions of chapter -, title
IL of the Revised Penal Code relating to
the recovery OF stolen animals,
Granting the city of Austin block of
land within said city for public free school
purposes.
To fix the time of holding court in the
Fifty-h first judicial district and to attach
the unorganized county of Schleicher to
tne county OF MeuaTu until us oTSdDlzd-
ton.
To authorize the Houston and Texas
Central railroad to consolidate with the
Austin and Northwestern, Central Texas
and Northwestern, Marble Falls and Gran
lite Mountain, Fort Worth and New Or
leans and Lancaster Tap.
Creating more efficient road system
for Robertson county.
TO diminish the jurisdiction Of the coun-
ty court of Coke county.
Placing Randall county under and re-
moving Cottle. Bailey, Farmer, Lamb and
others from under the statute relating to
the inspection of live stock as amended
by the Twenty-fifth legislature.
To prescribe the time of holding court
in the Thirty-slxth judicial district.
To create more efficient road system
for Wharton and Layaca counties.
To create more efficient road systeu
for Cass county.
Amending the act of the Twenty fourth
legislature creating a more efficient road
system for Hill, Coke, Hunt, Jackson, Bee
and Victoria counties.
Providing that in cases OF seduction de-
PENDANT must offer in good faith to marry
plaintiff before pleading TO the indictment
to secure immunity from prosecution, the
benefits of this act not to apply TO de-
PENDANT who was in fact married at the
time OF committing the offense.
Providing that no person of foreign