The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-21
THE HOUSE

The house today met at o!So O'clock
Speaker Neff III the chair
A resolution was offered by Messrs.
Bridgers and Wooteu extending congratnla-
lions 70 Hon. Frank Is. Quinn, member
of the house. who was married in Stephen
VILE last wednesday, Adopted.
Mr. Sanders secured unanimous consent to
take I'D on lite third reading house bill Ivy
Mr.. Gibbs providing that commissioners
court may Issue bonds for over $1,000 To-
road improvements by submitting It to the
vote Of the people.
Mr.. Sanders offered an amendment adding
the emergency clause. Adopted.
Mr. Reese offered an amendment authoNz-
ing the commissioners court to Issue bonds
for experimenting any depleted or about
10 be depicted county fund by reason Of
current expenses Of such fund.
/ Mf. Reese stated that jury funds often be-
/ came depleted and IT was essential that
rho commissioners courts should be EN-
| lowered 10 issue bonds to supplement IL
| The amendment was opposed by Messrs'
! Beatty, Hodges and Jones,
! Mr.. Sanders said that the authors OF tne
nil were not in favor OF the amendm emit
( inasmuch as a bill embodying the same CAD
stance had been killed IN committee Few
days before The amendment received ohiy
/ 10 votes and was not adopted
/ The bill was passed finally by viva Noce
Mr. Moran asked that a free conference
committee he appointed 10 meet with a
/ similar committee from the senate 10 con.
sider the house amendments 60 senate bill
/ No s, by Senator Mills amending the STOCK
/ law, with which the senate had refused 10
concur. Adopted.
Mr. Peeler secured consent TO Place on it'
second reading his bill exempting Travis
| county from provisions OF the act relating
to hide and animal inspection.
An amendment was offered by Messrs
Bryan and Sanford cXempting counties OF
Callahan, Kinney, Reeves, Wlnkler and Low
Ing Adopted,
Ir. Bullock secured consent TO place or
third reaching senate bill by Senator Brach
Acid with committee amendments, proyd
ing charter for tho city OF Marshall
The committee amendments were adopted
and the bill passed finally by vote OF u
MI. Pierson Of Hunt secured consent tt
plQre on It's third reading blu by Pierson
Hodges, Mulkey, steli and Callan creatlnI
the Slxty-second judicial district OF IN
counties OF Hunt, Delta and Lamar. Thu
bill was passed finally by vote OF III 20 o.
Mr. Gray secured consent to place OF
third reading house bill comforting cvil ant
criminal jurisdiction upon the county eour
Of San Saba county. The bill was passed
finally by vote OF 90 TO o.
Mr. Egan secured unanimous consent =
place on third reading house bill No 30.
providing q charter for the city OF Houston
The I'm was passed finally, without any dis
cusslon, by vote OF 90 10 0.
HudSpeth secured consent 70 place on III
third reading senate bill aboiiahing the ciyi
ma criminal Jurisdiction OF the count!
court OF Sutton county II passed finally
Cunningham secured consent 70 place or
second reading house bill creating mOr'
ef6clent road system for Fanuin county
Ponion secured consent 20 place on sec
ond reading house bill creating q more EN-
/ cient road system -Jr the counties OF La
vaca ana wharton II was engrossed
parrett secured consent to place on sec
ord reading senate blll proyiding for m
employmenf Of a secretary for the Confed
crafn home The committee amendmen
10 the blil placing salary at $40 per On
nun was adopted. The hill wss passed U
? third reading. -,
kt :S5 o'clock the house adjourned unit
4 q. IN next Tuesday.