The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-20

| of February "a touching the advisabiiity OF
pSSeslng the bill appropriating the sum OF |
seyv,OvV to prepare an exhibit OF the Texas
| 4Nsourees FOR the Worlds Fair.
| Mr Brelsford offered an amendment In.
MtlnE Hon. A, w. Terrell to address the |
neass on the same subject at the same time, |
ny Mr. Moore offered an amendment inyit. |
ing Hon. Norman q. Kittrell.
Mr., stolenwerck wanted TO change the |
logr 10 o'clock In the afternoon,
On motion Of Mr., Brldrers the resolution |
sb5 o amsndments were tabled by vote Of
The resolution 10 increase 70 SIS per day |
the salary az the assistant to the sergeant !
u arms with amendment to similarly In
erease the pay OF the house stenographers, |
WIS called up. Messrs. Marsh, Pierson Of
apnt, Meltzen and Beatty spoke IN opposi
ion TO Il. The resolution was lost on
viva yoce vote.
An invitation from the student body OF
me University Of Texas for the house OF
representatives to join with them In cele'
ufatlng the anniversary OF tho Independence
~ Texas on March ., exercises TO be held
! " the morning at 10 o'clock at the univer
lord
House bill No 90. by Mr. oouinn, pro
nlblung sale or gift Of liquor to habitual
lrnngnrds, was passed 0nally
Tho speaker laid before the house the
special order, the committee substitute for
nouse bills 5, and 80, providing for work
B ihs snort term convicfs upon the public
oads OF the State and declining short fern
convicts
An amendment by Mr.. Ponton correcting
printing errors was adopted.
An amendment by Messrs, Wooten, Terrell
B OF MeLennan aud Fowler, providing that NJ
B county should be entitled to the benefit of
the act which had not FIRST put its county
conylcts to work on the public roads was
An amendment by Mr. Jones to define con,
Nlcts serving sentence OF seven years az
short term conyicts was not adopted.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Vein
ert making 1t the duty OF the peniteutiaty
bonrd Of managers instead Of the superiu-
n tendont to ill county acquisitions for con
y | Nlcts to labor on the roads and providing
"A that the couptiss should pay for the work
4, Of convlcts such sums as might be fixed by
the pententtary board mud striking out the
u section providing that the counties hiring
% the conyicts should provide for their sup
u port aud maintenance,
MI Wooten made vigorous speech In
NJ opposition to the amendment, He said that
the state should bear at l9ast part Of the
" expense OF building and maintaining the
public roads
" Mr. Standiter opposed the amendment. He
- said the effect Of IL would be to XIII the
u hiil; lie moved that the amendment be
Mr., Weinert said that the State had APP
=, propHated only a small amount of money
~ to defray the expenses OF the penitentinry
system and that 1t was at present self-sup
without the adoption OF the amendment q
)n dchclt would result and 1t would be ncces
~ safy to raise the taxes. lie said; "IIow
VII you otherwise proylde, for the supper
81 The motion to table the amendment pre-
vailed by vote of 50 to SO.
An amendment was offered by Smith anC
Hendricks providing that the awards Oi
convlcts to the counties applying for then
90 SHAH be made by the suiporintendents OF
counties January aud July OF each yea,
aud TINT applications for them shall bt
sent In at least one month previously.
shannon offered an amendment TO tn
amendment providing that the expense o
delivering the convicts shah be borne b.
the counties 10 which they are sent. TIL
amendment was ruled out of order as no
german.
O'Quiun offered an amendment providing
that the State NJ all times retain sufh
Client number Of ConyiCts to work the stat
% farms and other State institutions operate
With convict labor Tabled by vote q
65 to AZ.
Robertson Of Bell offered substitute 10
the bill and amendments. The substltut
provides that each county which has deter
tie mined to work short term cunvicts upon tn
Mt, public roads may retain such OF the shoT
term convIcts convicted in that county an
l., may have returned to the county such c
H. their convicts In the penitentlnries or tina
IN can be spared from the state farms. IN
on. expense OF maintaining and caring for Ia
conyicts Is 30 be borne by the countit
ro- standifer analysed the substitute and d
tea clared that no did not approve Of It.
els said that It was imperfect IN that It !e
~. to the commissioners court the right
vas direct what roads in the county could
zen worked Consequently tho work would
done in spots and little good would con
of Il. The original hill provides that u
-, work shall begin at county sites NJ
llA progress IN the direction OF odjoinir
lu county sites
Murphy Of Wilson raised a point of G
.h dor that the committee substitute for hil
- Introduced should he read and referred
sh- n new hill and the committee suhstitu
under discussion was not thoroughly beto
.qr- the house The speaker ruled the pol
I'a' not well taken
Murphy appealed from the ruling OF 4
ON chair. The speaker called Schluter TO I
.tIa chair and the vote was put on appeal, I
-. honse almost unanimously sustaining {
).u. speaker The previous question on I
eut Substitute and original bill with amen
bis monts was ordered
HIS Robertson Of Bell closed the argument I
OF his substitute. The roll was called and
snbstitute was lost by vote OF 6S TO 3s
ms Tho original hill IS amended was pass
Ru1 T., ~ cngTossed
tor The house adjourned at 1890 p. IN. IN
lely tomorrow.
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