The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-06

at $4,000 per annum each and furnish al the
expense Of the State such fuel, ligth. wa
ter, cooking, household and table furniture
and quarters as may be required
Atlee offered amendment striking out the
out fuel. water and cooking household
furniture, thus making the superintenients
pay for these items
Atlee offerd amendment striking out ne
word household and insert Kitchen
as shown in above Amendment.
MCGEE offered substitute for abo-.
amendments by striking out all OF -,
items proposed to be furnished sunerin-
tendents and insert that they shall he .,n.
Piled with such furniture aud households
supplies as are now on hand at each in /.
sutution and be supplied with water and
light for family purposes,
AR. Ellis IN the chair.
On assembling after dinner the clart,
continued reading the tax bill. Al 81,
messenger from the senate annoprcs,
mat that body had passed senate suhst,.
.ute Dill No 2, IAN act 10 partition m
ianus, adjust and settle the controvarsv
eetween the public school fund ana ihs
stste or Texas growing out OF the Join,
ownership OF the public domain under tns
provision OF the constitution of 1875 Ia
proVine Tor the payment OF the sum due
said school fund and for the issmsnca -,
patents" Referred to COMMITTEES IN nuh.
lie lands and land office.
At O'Clock the reading OF Tho ,sx
OH was completed and Speaker sherril,
resumed the gavel.
McAnraly moved to reconsider the vote
by which the Dies resolution was re-
FUSED reference 10 the committee on
Federal relations. The matter was re-
considered and the resolution referred.
Powell moved to reconsider the vote
taken in the morning by which the house
resolved 10 take up the tax bill section
rs section. The motion prevailed and
FoWell moved AS a substitute as follows
Resolved, That bill No. (tax bin le
considered as follows: Begin with chap
ter ii and consider each article and sub
division thereof consecutively through
the entire bill considering the caption en-
acting clause and first chapter last
Adopted.
Calvin presented petition from citi-
zens Of Lamar county against the occupa-
ton tax.
On motion of Monroe It was ordered
that senate substitute bill No. be printed
in the Journal
Motions to adjorun until 10, 9sO and 9
o'clock tomorrow morning were made All
three were voted on the ayes and noes
called on each and all were defeated
On motion OF Dies the resolution re-
garding the Sabine channel was ordered
printed in the Journal.
Speaker Sheriff. declared the frs Sec
tiop OF chapter II In order. Smith OF
Grayson moved to amend subdivision
by striking out occupation taxes n y hat
are designated as useful occupations.
The chair ruled that the amea lneat COIL
only apply TO the frst subdivision
Frost moved as substitute Tor the com
mittee report and Smiths amendme 1t tina.
the house strike out IL If Subdivision
No. T. the occupation AK on mocfhhnts
Henderson of Lamar ougS ,s-ed th9; the
house having adopted :he conmi.- e e
port members should place the amend
ments in the printed bill so they could
understand their meaning anil effet.
The amendments TO the oc, ioation taS
chapter were pending wnen The hou''e hd'
journed until tomorrow.