Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1909-01-16
ELLIS IN BATCHES.
Numerous Measures Continue
to Pour In.

Austin. Jan. 15.-Large patches Of
bills we're introduced in both branches
Of the legislature today.
In the house a resolution was
adopted TO sell the postoffice in the
house. Among the bills in the house
these were introduced: BY Robertson
and Schluter. appropriating s250,00O
to build a land office on the site Of
the old temporary capitol; by Cable,
levying an occupation tax OF $4,000
on dealers in frosty" by Ray, guar
antee bank deposits measure; by An
derson, prohibiting teaching a foreign
language in public schools; by Jen.
kins, the establishment OF an asylum
for inebriates and appropriating s125.
600 therefor.
concurrent resolution was intro
duced in the senate by Senator
Brachfield. providing for a searching
investigation OF the state penitentiary
system by the legislature. The reso
luton provides for the appointment Of
a committee OF three senators and four
members OF the house 10 make the in
vestigation. who will be empowered to
take oaths, summon Witnesses. etc
A similar resolution was offered in the
house.
In the senate Senators Mayfield
and Meachum introduced the Mayfield
bill. prohibiting betting on horses
races or bookmaking or selling pools.
This bill failed IN the last legislature
Senator Masterson introduced two
bills-one providing for the promulga-
ton OF tariff OF rates i'm conformity
with the decision OF the supreme court
in the Galveston chamber OF com
merce and Brownsville road differen
tial case. the other providing for the
complete adjustment of the Houston
Galveston differental on all cOmmodi
ties except cotton. A bill on that com
modify Is to be introduced later Other
bills introduced were for new pure
food law, by Hayter; also a bill by
Terrell of Bowie, providing that no
persons shall be sued in any other
county except that of his residence.
Numerous petitions were presented
ton issue. also a drug vendors law
and passage of compulsory education
law
The house committee on constitu-
tional amendments to whom was re-
ferred the proposed prohibition sub
mission amendment had meeting
and decided to report a resolution IA
yorablv. with an adverse minority re-
port. An tempt was made by Gaines
to have the election on the question
held on April /. instead of the first
Tuesday i'm August. as provided in the
resolution. but he failed. Majority aud
minority reports were submitted.
Thehouse refused TO allow members
SO per day for telegraph and long
distance service by voting down res
olutiOn on that subject
A committee on the part of the
house. consisting of Messrs. Won Ros-
enberg. Marshall and Mclean, was ap-
pointed to count the votes cast for
governor and lieutenant governor and
arrange for the inauguration.
Representative Fitzhugh in the
house introduced bill authorizing the
saloon disobeying the Sunday closing
law II provides for the location OF
saloons on basis Of population and
clevates the traffic so as To make II
impossiblc TO maintain liquor dives
Mr.. Fitzhueh was appointed chair
man of the mouse committee on rules
For msjituting a thorough investi
CATION OF the penilentiary aud state
farms. Representatives Mcdonald
Standifer and Adams offered a resolu
ton providing for a committee OF foul
senators aud three Representatives
who shall. conduct he probe. The com
mittee will report Feb. 10.
Messrs Watson, Masterson anC
Weinert in the senate presented mi
nority report on the constitutions
amendment for prohibition submis
sion
: A measure was offered in the house
asking for S150,000 to build tuber
/ culosis hospital in a city to be desig
mated by commission. Another ap
propriation bill calls for s25O.OOO Il
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