The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-28

bill amending article 2Si3 Of the Revised
statutes, relating TO the Introduction of
certain abstracts OF title, seeking to cover
the case created by the destruction OF tue
records In the burning Of the Bowie county
court house.
Neal had engrossed and finally passed his
oil requiring county clerks 10 keep uni
form records of deeds and other convey.
ances.
paulus called up his bill authorizing
school trustees of Incorporated school dis.
tricts to elect from among their number
an assessor and collector Of school tax.
turned offered an amendment providing
ihat the assessment shall not exceed thc
last state and county assessment. Adopted,
Pnulus introduced bill Furnishing pawn.
brokers who purchase anything OF value
from minors
Adjourned until o'clock.
Consideration Of the Paulus bill was re
sumed aud 1t was passed finally.
Johnson Introduced concurrent reso'
aud recitlng that they are entirely I'M
necessary.
Lloyd secured the engrossment Of his
bill compelling county clerks to return
marriage licenses to the contracting par
ties.
Beatty had considered his bin authorizing
the Gulf. Beaumont and Kansas city Rail
way company 10 purchase and operate the
Gulf, Beaumont and Great Northern rail-
| road. Beatty offered an amendment requir
| ing the road to be extended north from
| Rogan fifty miles to a>point in San An
| gustine county to he Completed before
December l. 1902 Adopted. The bill was
then engrossed.
| Yeti secured consideration of his bill
empowering the State health officer &c
| take charge OF local quarantine at the
| expense Of the county in case Of the coun
ties refusing to take control Of epidemic
| case disease Miller made several inefcc
tual attempts to have the bill postponed
and finally had call of the senate, but
absentees were cxcused--2o ayes ] no, NIL
| Ter moved to postpone until Wednesday,
Turner stated that the friends of tho
| bill did not desire to force the bill on any
| one, much less injurc the feelings OF any
| senator, and he therefore acnuicsced In
| the last motion to postpone, which car
| ried
Neal had adopted the customary reso.
luton providing for a committee of i've
| to visit the State penal institutions and
convict farms
Wilson called up and had finally passed
house bill making emergency appropria
| tlons to cover the amount of awards made
by the State purchasing agent for supplies
for eleemosynary institutions to be dellv
| cred March l.
Harris CBexar) had finally passed his
concurrent resolution authorizing the gov
| ernor to make a contract for water TO he
supplied to the Southwestern insane asy
| lum.
On motion of Lloyd the senate agreed
to free conference committee report on
house bill eXempting certain counties from
| and placing others under the PROVISIONS o.
the law regulating the taking OF fish from
the fresh water streams and lakes OF tho
State.
Johnson secured the adoption of n resoIu
! ton providing for committee of FIVE &c
visit the following Institutions: Sam Hous
ton normal. Prairie View normal. Agricul
| tural and Mechanical college and orphans
| home. The chair appointed Johnson, Pau
lus, Swami. james and Wilson on the com.
mttee.
Senators Neal Stafford, odelL Turner
and Davidson de Witt were appointed tc
| visit the penitentiaries.
James secured the engrossment of his
Hill making II n felony for candidate tc
employ person to work for him on m
! election day.
Davidson (De Witt secured the fna'
passage of his bill reducing from 1--WE DAYS
| TO twenty-four hours the time within which
| common carriers arc required to hold nm
claimed perlshable freight before disposing
| of II.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
SENATE BILLS
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Davidson (De Witt--AuthoriZlhg the
incorporation of domestic corpoMtic.s% &c
do a foreign business.
| BY Davidson (Galvestonl--To refund tc
| Clarke & Courts amount due on contract
BY James Prohibiting students who Mt
tend Incorporated colleges from contract
ing debts.
BY Paulus- Requiring biennial scholastic
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