The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-16
|lTH WAS PUT BACK.
INV MIST Be Rendered for Taxation
at Its Full Value.
nj FIGHT ON THE PROPOSITION
.,er VIII Today Move Tbot
= rotc shall he Taken ON the =
Hill saturday.

Austin, 1eSas, FEBRUARY 10.
SLOWING THE PROGRAMME outlined
w. =. caucus Of friends of the tax bill last
Mr. Garner this morning returned
is.s .,,ack upon the method of procedure
obtained in the house since said
=. been under consideration. Once
W., n proposed that the bill be consid-
!, cbapter instead of by section, aud
~ ,,me his proposition carried. This ques-
=. = alsoossd of, hostilities were imme-
..,.,, ,.uewed between the gentlemen from
!. MACK lands and those from the plains,
y. ,,rey woods aud the chalk hills over
ny ..,h which the tax commission has pro-
Ia for assessors to actually adniniste,
= ,,,hs are administered in the distric,
torit
lusy THE HOUSE ADJOURNED last even,
!, there was pending an amendment by
I, Baey restoring to said oath all the
,.,maee with which It had been clothed
| !, me commission, the committee on rev.
~, and taxation having recommended the
.,,ting out OF that portion thereof which
,,s.ates the taxpayer 10 value his proper;y
1, taxation at its full and true value and
!, a ogure equal to the total amount of In
,,,nco carried thereon. Messrs. Powell
rams, Robertson of Bell and smith Q:
dawson opposed the Bailey amendment end
,,,elsd the insinuation that the black laao
citizenship is opposed to telling tue truth
liant the value of its taxable holdings
ouotIrr from the comptroller's annral re-
,or. they gave figures showing that their
suntles are anything but backward in vaiu-
mr. their property at fair proportion Of
N worth compared with other sections. Mr.
smith Of Grayson insisted that the oatl
4 prepared by the commission would serve
IA purpose except to make honest NOR
,taltify themselves and served notice thai
Y tie Bailey amendment was adopted hi
vould vote against the bill as a whole
Nssr.. Staples, Grogan, Terrell, Morrow
md Garner spoke in support of the amend
rsu. and showed that real estate in theil
counties Is now assessed at its true value
nd in some instances at more than III
true value. They could not understand why
ID. representatives from tho North Texas
COUNTIES should oppose proposition tC
make people render their property honestly
aud doubted whether the representative
from those counties were rejecting the sen
tnsnts OF their constituents in ashtIng 1t
rh, Bailey amendment was adopted and ti!'
cath as prepared by the tax commission va.
~. back in the bill.
Mr.. Shropshire offered al
snsudment to strike out the Requirement
hs property shall be valued for tlXatioi
Il a figure equal to the total amount .. th'
Insurance carried thereon. This Drought Mr.
Smith Of tirayson to his :eet again aut
sscrdsd him the opportunity TO dealaes tia
he CAUCUS crowd which was managing tn
pln was simply out after the North TeXa
fafmer and that II was willing 20 iet tn
Mercantile and other classes escape II
could only lay its hand on the iHdustIiou
snt prosperous asrieulturinss of tho blael
hpd belt Replying to lir. Smith CT Cray
'oa Mt. Derden said that lie rep fsantet
iour Of the best black land counties III tn
state aud that not one of mis- constituent
nad ever protested to him against th
sdcpton Of the oath pres r.bed b. the com
Mission, He had heard none If this b'uel
ana talk outside of Austin. rhe ShroGshir
'rsndment was adopted and tee Data Wa
'oOp'ed as shown in the house proceedings