The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-17

Jhe House.
The first business this morning was q
/ resolution by Pitts to reScind the vote b,
which the house refused to exemnt men,
slons from taxation and that "all pensions
State or Federal. be exempted from tax
alton"
A motion to table was voted down and
Shropshire moved to amend the resolution
by making the exemption apply only 10
annual pensions issued by the state Tie
amendment aud resolution as amended
was adopted
Pending business was then taken up,
being the following:
Substitute for section 7, OF article 50s3;
section 4 Every credit Tor a sum GER
Tain, payable either in rn.ney or prone .ty
OF any kind Except credits secured by
liens on real estate in this StateI saall
be valued at the full value OF the same
so payable. If for specific articles or for
a specific number or quantity OF pro ert J
of any kind It shall be valued at the car
rent price Of such properly al the p,aca
where payable. annulties or moneys pay-
sble at stated periods shall be valued al
the price that the person listing the same
believes them to be worth In money; pro-
vided. tn the person listing credits shall
be allowed TO deduct from his credits the
amount that he may be owing to Others
except that he shall not deduct debts Sc
cured by lien on real eseatc; and. p.o-
vided further, that every debt secured by
mortgage, deed OF trust, vendors lien or
ether contract in writing upon real estate
situated in this State shall bear 5 pro.
portionate share OF the taxes. State coun-
and city and dis Inyfai an
required Of such real estate; and the per-
son owing such debt so secured who shall
Fay the taxes on such real es.ate, shall
be entitled to a credit on such debt for
ouch proportion of the taxes paid as the
debt secured bears to the as3e SGD value
Of the real estate and such credit shall
be allowed as against any holder OF such
dett, and any contract by which the pro-
visions of this clause are waived or con-
travened shall be null and void provided,
however that the provisions Of this CLAUSE
shall not apply to contracts with the state
of Texas or any county or municipality
thereof"
a message was received from the gov
ernor submitting TO the legislature for its
consideration an amendment to article AIS
Revised Civil STATUTES The article is to
be amended by preventing any city which
owns its own water works plant from sell
ing same without advertising the ia
and submitting the proposition TO the
qualified voters of the city, Referred to
committee ON towns and city corpora ions,
Tolbert offered the following amend
ment to the Morrow amendment 10 section
Z, of article 50s3: Provided. further
that the tax assessor or the commiss on
ers court sitting as a board OF equa3za-
ton shall have authority TO require an
itemized statement OF the credits and
debts OF any one with whose rendition
they are not satisfied Lost,
The ayes and noes We're demanded on
the original amendment for section Z. and
il was adopted. Ayes 70 noes 49,
wDoten offered the following: Add to
chapter at the end thereof an entire new
article as follows: Article 5Gs6a. Moth
ing contained in this chapter or In any
OF the chapters az this bill shall be edn-
strued as removing or affecting the e,-
emptlon OF farm products In the hands OF
the producer and family supplies for
home aud farm use from taxation a pro-
yided in article 8. section 10, Of the con-
stitution OF the Slate. Adopted.
Kittrell sent up the following resolu-
ton: Resolved That the further CON
slider alton Of pending bill be Indefinitely
After the gentleman from
Harris had addressed me house al length
en- his resolution Livsey moved TO table
and the ayes and noes were demanded.
The motion was tabled-aycs 90, noes ).
iBrldgers, K!ttrsll, Lane. Nolan snd Pitts
voted in the negatively
Monroe moved to reconsider the vote by
which the Morrow substitute for sa@tian 2
was adopted and TO lay thai m7t'o1 on
the tstls. The motion was lost ayes 40,
noes 70.
Chapter vi was hen adopted.
Meqterson intr-'ucei bin to prevent
slesplng car eourrnles running "aouble-
header" berlhs. To committee ON internal
affaIrs,
Staples sent IN n resolution nqlii-g 70
l ira' vote on the tax bill on " nday ~
I o'clock.
recess until o'clock was tatea.