The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-20
Ont VOTE ON BILL
4 .,,a,,d 10 Foreeo Discussion Of The
l,nsInIne Chapters.
~ WARM TALK INDUCED IN.
..rer Has Nothing to Say
,.r the Calling of An
s...icn Next wednesday,.
,u.tin. rexas, February 10.

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Austin. Texas, February 10.
.,rer This morning took UP substi-
'',,ts bill No. 2, a bill to be entitled
4 define the permanent school
tie state of Texas, to partition
n, lands between said fund and
.,.,.. to set apart and appropriate
Z .,hool fund, in part payment OF
....u,t. the residue of the public
4. !, said State, to which said fund !
,s,xd under section 2, article Z, of
,ssltution. adopted April II, 1876;
stsyriste the sum Of twenty-nine
.,,s three hundred and forty and
.,r..yep one-hundredths dollars to
lament school fund from the
Il, ,,yenue net otherwise appropri-
i fill payment OF the balance due
.pnpd by the State of Texas, under
,shltution of 1876; to provide for
m,rsy, purchase and lease of said
,nd the issuance of patents in
a, .ses; and providing for suit by
s,ste IN Travis county against any
Y, claiming any Of the lands be-
AZ, Ia the school fund, or any other
aud to repeal section CD two. OF
usr one hundred and seventy three,
N acts of the regular session of the
hnu.sxth legislature. approved June
ia being An act to authorize tho
r,s,e Of patents TO lands thereto
x syplItd for and purchased as public
Kan and TO provide for the disposition
d. proceeds. After a warm de-
"a proyision directing the commits
Mar Of the general land office to issue
Meats to persons not corporation who
sass lands from the person, firm or
awatlon who originally located such
u and paid full value therefor. with
actual knowledge of any defect I'm
title to said land prior to the time
M!Itutlon Of proceedings on the part
Ne State to recover such lands, and
h we're not parties thereto, was de-
Md and the bill went over until after
The AFTERNOON SESSION. an
ei,dnent by Mr.. Terrell providing
N appropriation of $4,000 acres of
lM lands hereafter recovered to
eHH the promise made several years
By the democratic party to endow a
1ssity for colored youth. was de-
I'd and the bill passed to third read
dDnRATIoN OF THE TAX BILL
xiasn resumed and the vote by which
Nh VIII was passed last Saturday
teonsidered to enable Mr.. Prince
Enuit az amendment providing that
stock shall be assessed at its
1sS value. The amendment was
sAed and Mr.. Garner sent up reso-
''ap hat consideration of the bill by
1srer Be discontinued so that 1t might
sksn UP as whole. In support OF
resolution the gentleman from
'l'e stated that the time had come
making every one show his hand.
70 nllbusters, as they had been
~ we're numerous enough to stop
passage Of the bill he wanted to find
wy right now. There was quite a
saen Mr.. Garner concluded and 1t
~ lor a while as II another ora
Wy mine has been tapped. Mr..
'Ns Vas the only one who managed
'ak 10 q speech in opposition to the
sSson, however, as the main ques-
VA promptly ordered and a d.
= q the question called for by Mr..
s4' That portion thereof abandon
"Assaefation OF the bill by chapter
spsed oy a vote OF 81 to so and
peuon providing for consideration
" pii as a whole hereafter was
s0 ~ vote of IS to so. Imme-
~ upon the announcement of the
81 ~ Bailey moved to strike out
sssrs x and XXI incIusivs and Mr..
q q Grayson moved to strike OUT
yer TX also.
'MLEY proposed to enact into law
Mapiers as had been adopted and
s'ns law stand as it is as to the
~ until the Twenty-ssventh legis
U meets Mr.. Smith of Graysou
tne bill as whole and de-
mat such amendments thereto as
a adopted show plainly that the
MS lost all sense Of fairness in
N. a'f'tr Of distributing the burdens o.
Ar. Lane found good deal
h, WI to approve and was willing
'or the perfection thereof, but
70 swallow 1t as whole with
'sensr discussion. simply because
0een recommended by tax com
composed OF gentlemen acting
Iaesent capacity from that II
nfy had been elected to serve
'pies denied that the goyerno
III 20 cram the bill down the legls
u, 'arost, His excellency has
/. pearsd on the floor of the housi
support hut r. axnraueed hi,