Bounds, Brigance, Burmeister, Cameron, Carpenter. Chambers, Darroch, Dashiell, Evans of Hunt, Falke, Langhammer, Monroe, Moore of Lamar, Morris, Owsley. Peck. Peyton. Ragsdale, Rhodes of Wood, Seabury, Smith of Runnels, lution by Mr. Jennings was adopted, and By unanimous consent, the following bills were introduced: By Mr. Wayland: House bill No. 737, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend article 4767 of the Revised Civil Statutes regulating the fees of tax collectors, approved April 17, 1883." (The object of the bill is to reduce the fees of tax collectors). Read first time and referred to Committee on Finance. By Mr. Burmeister: House bill No. 738, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend section 1 of an act passed by the Twenty-fourth Legislature, entitled 'An act to amend section 1 of an act of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Texas entitled an act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to amend sec. 46, chap. 25, of the acts of 1885, entitled an act to amend chap. 79 of the acts of 1883, entitled an act to amend chapter 48 of the acts of 1887, an act to amend section 46 of an act to encourage stockraising and to protect stock raisers, approved April 22, 1879, and amended April 4, 1881, and April 12, 1880, and March 27, 1887, and March 29, 1889, and amended March 23, 1891, April 15, 1891, and March 29, 1893, approved May 11, 1893, so as to exempt Wilson, El Paso, Atascosa, Guadalupe, Gillespie, Baylor and Knox counties from the operation of the stock inspection law, and to provide for the election of an inspector of hides and animals in the counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata, Webb and EnRhodes, Van Zandt, cinal, so as to subject Atascosa county Wayland, Feagin, Fletcher, Freeman, Giddings, Gilliland, Good, Roy, Greer, Haller, Harrison, Jennings, McLemore, McNeill, Mills. Mitchell, By Mr. Beall (by request): House bill No. 739, a bill to be entitled "An act for the relief of J. F. Newman, a purchaser at an escheat sale made in Fisher county, Texas, June 3, 1890, providing for refunding to him the money paid upon said sale. (An emergency clause is added.) Read first time and referred to the Committee on Claims and Accounts. By Mr. McLemore: House bill No. 740. a bill to be entitled "An act to grant to S. M. Leary, N. Gussett, E. A. McCampbell and D Reid, comprising the Corpus Christi Water Supply Company, the right to construct a dam across the Nueces river." (The bill is accompanied by affidavits showing that due and legal notice was given, to meet the constitutional requirement regarding local or special laws. and an emergency clause is added.) Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs. By Mr. Dashiell : House bill No. 719, a bill to be entitled Whereas. General T. N. Waul, a distin-"An act to impose a tax upon traveling guished Southern patriot, is in the hall; therefore Resolved, That he be invited to a seat on the floor of the House. Read second time and adopted unanimously by a rising vote. COMMITTEE REPORTS. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, March 29, 1895. Hon. T. S. Smith, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred House bill No. 547, a bill to be entitled "An act to permit terminal railroads to lease their roads to other railroad companies, and to provide penalties for the enforcement of this act," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass. ANDREWS, Chairman. By Mr. Mills, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, April 18, 1895. Hon. T. S. Smith, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 687, a bill to be entitled "An act to provide for the payment of an occupation tax by railway photo photographers, railway photographic galleries and others, and to prescribe a penalty for the violation of this act," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass, for the reason that a similar measure has been reported to the House. MILLS, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, April 18, 1895. Hon. T. S. Smith, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 450, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend an act entitled An act to amend article 4724. chapter 3. title 59 of the Revised Civil Statutes, to fix and equalize the compensation of assessors of taxes,' approved March 28, 1883; also to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend article 4767 of the Revised Civil Statutes, regulating the fees of tax collectors, approved April 15. 1883," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. MILLS, Chairman. By Mr. Reiger, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, April 18, 1895. of the House: graphers carrying on business in railway Hon. A. T. McKinney, Speaker pro tem. photographic cars within the State of Texas, and to provide for the collection of same and for the issuance of licenses to railway photographers." Your Committee on Labor, to whom was referred House bill No. 734, a bill to be entitled Have had the same under considera-An act to prevent the competition of tion, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do pass by adding the following amendments: Strike out "five hundred dollars" in lines 2 and 5, section 1, and insert in lieu of same forty dollars." Strike out thirty-five dollars" in line 4, section 2, and insert in lieu of same "twenty dollars." Strike out sections 3 and 4, and insert in lieu of section 4 the following: “Said State and county occupation tax shall be paid to the tax collector of any county within the said State, and his tax receipt shall be evidence of the payment thereof, and shall be posted in a conspicuous place in said cars." MILLS, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, April 18, 1895. Hon. T. S. Smith, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred 52-House convict labor with honest labor, to provide penalties for its enforcement and to put it upon immediate passage," tion, and I am instructed to report it Have had the same under consideraback to the House with the recommendation that it do pass. REIGER, Chairman. BILLS SIGNED BY THE SPEAKER. The Speaker signed in the presence of the House. after giving due notice thereof, and their captions had been read severally, the following bills: Senate bill No. 207, "An act to amend sections 1 and 7 of chapter 62 of the acts of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Texas, approved April 28, 1893. and entitled An act to create a more efficient road system in the county of Guadalupe and auxiliary thereto; to provide for the appointment of road overseers; to define the powers and jurisdiction of the commissioners court with regard thereto; to utilize the labor of Freeman. Substitute Senate bill No. 59, "An act | Henderson, The Speaker announced the appointment of the following committee under the resolution adopted on the 17th inst., in reference to the bill known as the fee bill: From the friends of the bill: Messrs. Feagin. Wester, Carpenter, Burney and Ragsdale. From the opponents of the bill: Messrs. Mills, Ward, Giddings, Owsley and Dashiell. SPEAKER'S TABLE. The Speaker laid before the House. on its passage to a third reading. Senate bill No. 171. a bill to be entitled "An act to amend articles 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas, and the several acts of the Legislature amendatory thereof, and adding 425a, 425b, 425c, 426a. 428a, 429a, 429b, 429c, 429d, 429e, 429f, 429g, 429h. 4291, 429j, amending the general game law, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith," With the following amendment by Mr. Spivey pending: Add to the end of article 148a: "Provided, that the counties of Shelby and Sabine shall be exempt from the provisions of articles 423, 424, 426, 426a. 428 and 428a of this bill." Mr. Beall moved the previous question on the amendment, and it was not seconded. After further consideration, Mr. Tarver moved the previous question on the amendment, which was seconded, and the main question was ordered. Yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Davis, Mr. Ritter and Mr. Drinkard. The amendment was adopted by the following vote: McLemore, Moore of Morris, Nix, Nays-45. Allen of Colorado. Mitchell, Avery, Evans of Hunt, Moroney, Morris. Owsley, Seabury, Simmons. Smith of Milam. Smith of Runnels, Smith of Colorado, Tompkins, Turney, Ward. Wayland, Williams, Wurzbach. The following counties were added to the above amendment by their respect- Edwards, ive Representatives, and adopted by the House as amendments to the amend- Floyd, ment: Foster. Amend the amendment by inserting Freeman, after "Franklin" the following: "Will Gilliland, iamson, Wise, Navarro, Henderson, Good, Limestone, Comanche, Erath, Falls, Greer, Bowie, Colorado. Lavaca, Wharton, Van Haller, Zandt, Moore, Titus. Cass, Bell, Bastrop. Henderson, Red River, Gonzales, Mason, Llano, Huddleston, Nacogdoches, Wood and Rains." Mr. Robbins moved to table all the pending amendments, upon which mo- Armistead, son. The motion to table was lost by the following vote: Barron, Turner, Nays-57. Absent, excused. Evans of Grayson, Watkins. O'Connor, Plemons, Thomas, Tompkins. Question next recurred on the amendment as amended, and Mr. Chambers moved to recommit the bill to a special committee of three with instructions to report to the House at 3 p.m. today. On motion of Mr. Peyton, the motion to recommit was tabled. After further consideration, Mr. Morrison moved the previous question on pending amendments, which was seconded. and the main question was ordered. On the amendment as amended yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Davis, Mr. Ritter and Mr. Nix. The amendment was lost by the following vote: |