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February 6, 1881
The Dallas Daily Herald
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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On Feb. 5 in Austin, the Texas Senate and House conducted the 24th day's proceedings, introducing bills on taxes, courts, debt, and veterans; debating Agricultural and Mechanical College management; passing resolutions on Ireland sympathy, female clerks, and apportionment committees; several bills postponed or referred.
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TWENTY-FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
A Busy Day in Both Houses--Debate on the Subject of the Management of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan--Propositions Looking to the Reduction of the Ad Valorem and Occupation Taxes, Etc., Etc., Etc.
SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
Austin, Feb. 5.--The senate met pursuant to adjournment, Lieutenant-governor Storey in the chair.
Roll called; quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The reading of the journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Hamilton offered a motion to reconsider house bill No. 51 passed yesterday. Spread on the table.
Reports of committees:
Mr. Weathered, from the committee on judicial districts--Favorably on the message of the governor recommending a Pan Handle district court.
Mr. Hightower, from the committee on state affairs--Favorably on the petition of citizens of Bandera county, asking an appropriation for veterans.
Mr. Houston, from the committee on constitutional amendments--An amendment to article 5 of the constitution. Two hundred copies ordered printed.
Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Rainey--A bill amending article 1306 of the code, relating to court trials. Referred.
By Mr. Lane--A bill applying the surplus revenue to the extinguishment of the public debt. Referred.
By Mr. Gooch--A bill providing for the purchase of the bonded debt of the state with the surplus revenue and an appropriation therefor. Referred.
By Mr. Stewart--A bill amending article 1379 of the code, relative to a statement of facts after trial. Referred.
By same--A bill amending article 757 of the code, relative to depositions of witnesses. Referred.
By same--A bill amending article 1211 of the code, relative to the appointment of guardians ad litem. Referred.
By Mr. Martin, of Cooke--A bill providing for the issuance of bonds of the state for certain purposes. Referred.
By Mr. Hightower--A bill providing for the transfer of administration estates in certain cases from county to district courts. Referred.
By Mr. Lightfoot--A bill amending the caption and section 8 of the act of 1879, providing for veterans and enlarging the benefits of the act. Referred.
On motion of Mr. Homan's joint resolution No. 86, sympathizing with Ireland, was taken up and engrossed.
The special order, bill No. 29, concerning factors and commission merchants, was postponed till Saturday next.
House bill No. 35, the jury bill, and the pending business of yesterday on adjournment, passed to the third reading.
The house foreign sailors bill (by Mr. Finley) passed finally.
Messages were received from the house informing the senate of the concurrent resolution appointing two committees on apportionment and representation; also the passage of bills Nos. 170, authorizing Robertson county to levy a tax to build a court house; 286 to employ additional clerks in the comptroller's office; 292, reorganizing the tenth and organizing the thirty-fifth judicial districts; 4, the poker-dice bill; 14, providing for the pay of attached witnesses, and bill No. 62, and returned bill No. 46 for amendment.
The joint resolution granting leave of absence to Judge Abbott passed to the third reading.
Senate bill No. 19, reducing the ad valorem tax to 40 cents, was postponed till Saturday next.
Joint resolution No. 19 (by Mr. Houston) requiring the employment of female clerks in departments when the females are competent, passed on suspension of the rules.
A message from the governor was received accompanying a memorial from the stock association of north Texas, impressing the importance of the subject and recommending wise and cautious consideration.
Mr. Henderson, from the committee on state asylums, reported in reference to the lunatic asylum house bill No. 172. Referred to the committee on finance.
Mr. Patton was excused.
Mr. Ross was added to the committee on industries and public health.
Joint resolution No. 27, amending sections 5 and 24, article 8 of the constitution, in reference to the meeting of the legislature and pay of members, was referred.
Senate bill No. 28, amending article 560 of the code, relative to affidavits for continuance, was postponed till Tuesday next and one hundred copies ordered printed.
The senate then adjourned till Monday morning.
HOUSE.
The house met in regular order. A number were excused.
The journals failed to come and were not read.
Petitions were presented as follows:
By Mr. Carleton--A memorial from Canbaches & Dewig, asking for balance due for building the penitentiary at Rusk.
By Mr. Perrenott--A memorial from citizens of Araness to establish a normal school at Glad.
Reports of committees were received as follows:
Rules--Adversely on Mr. Upton's motion limiting speeches to five minutes.
Committee on representation and apportionment--Favorably on the resolution appointing two committees each, seven from the house and five from the senate. Adopted.
Committee on rules--Unfavorably on the resolution to meet at 2 in the afternoon instead of 10 in the morning. Adopted.
Committee on state affairs--Unfavorably on Mr. Merrett's resolution to pay a stated sum to certain county officials for specified services. One hundred and fifty copies ordered printed and made the special order for Thursday.
Committee on public health--Favorably to send a committee to Galveston to confer with the quarantine board and report the necessary legislation.
Mr. Wood offered an amendment, by adding all other towns on the river or railroad. The amendment was lost, and on motion of ...
Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Carleton--A bill amending the penal code relative to summoning jurors when the special venire is exhausted. Referred.
By Mr. Matter--A bill empowering district judges to organize unorganized counties. Referred.
By Mr. Wood--A resolution to enquire by what authority the printing board impedes the progress of the business of the house. Rejected.
By Mr. Mack--A resolution to appoint a committee of three to visit the Agricultural and Mechanical college and enquire into its management.
Mr. McCombs offered an amendment making it a concurrent resolution. This was the occasion for a general airing of the question of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, for and against, with a preponderance of opinion against.
Mr. Mach said the impression prevailed in his section that the college was not conducted properly. If it was not, he could not vote to maintain it; if it was, then it was right to support it.
Mr. Hutcheson said no school could flourish if the legislature undertook to run it.
Mr. McComb said it cost $150 a year at the Agricultural and Mechanical college with public support, and only $175 for the same thing at five schools, Georgetown and other places, without the aid of public money.
The resolution was lost.
By Mr. Denman--A resolution as follows: "As the house has been in session twenty-four days, and as 357 bills have been introduced and a large number of resolutions, be it resolved that the members be restricted to ten minutes in debate." Referred.
By Mr. Baker--A resolution that the committee on finance submit a bill to the house reducing the ad valorem tax to 40 cents and the occupation tax to 25 per cent., except on intoxicating liquor. Referred.
By Mr. Plumley--A resolution to memorialize congress to pass some law looking to a full recognition of the rights of Jews. Referred.
By Mr. Nash--A joint resolution to disinter the remains of Colonel Fannin and his men, at Goliad, and place them in the state cemetery, and appropriating $250 for the same. Referred.
By Mr. Wood--A resolution that it is the sense of the house that one-fourth of the general revenue and the remainder of the public domain be set aside as a school fund. Referred.
By Mr. Ayers--A resolution that females be not excluded from employment in the state government. Referred.
Mr. Upton moved that the speaker appoint a temporary postmaster while Mr. Finlay is sick. Carried, and the speaker appointed the assistant sergeant-at-arms.
By Mr. Carleton--A joint resolution that the state purchase the painting of "Lee at the Wilderness" now in the hall of the house of representatives for the use of the state.
Mr. Baker's poker dice bill passed--51 ayes, 22 noes.
Mr. Traylor's bill paying attached witnesses passed.
Senate bill No. 5, relative to the enforcement of liens, was postponed and 100 copies ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 11, forbidding the burning of fire-works in streets had minority report favorable and majority report unfavorable. The majority report was adopted.
Senate bill No. 12, relating to the collection of taxes, and house bill No. 152, on the same subject, were referred to the committee on taxation.
The senate bill relative to pleading drunkenness as an excuse for crime was made the special order for Tuesday next, and one hundred copies ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 81 was amended and passed.
Senate bill No. 38, reviving old land claims, passed to the third reading.
The senate bill concerning drummers passed to the second reading.
Senate bill No. 5, relative to the recording of instruments of writing within three days of suit, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr. Marr the house adjourned till Monday morning.
A Busy Day in Both Houses--Debate on the Subject of the Management of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan--Propositions Looking to the Reduction of the Ad Valorem and Occupation Taxes, Etc., Etc., Etc.
SENATE.
Special to the Herald.
Austin, Feb. 5.--The senate met pursuant to adjournment, Lieutenant-governor Storey in the chair.
Roll called; quorum present.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The reading of the journal was dispensed with.
Mr. Hamilton offered a motion to reconsider house bill No. 51 passed yesterday. Spread on the table.
Reports of committees:
Mr. Weathered, from the committee on judicial districts--Favorably on the message of the governor recommending a Pan Handle district court.
Mr. Hightower, from the committee on state affairs--Favorably on the petition of citizens of Bandera county, asking an appropriation for veterans.
Mr. Houston, from the committee on constitutional amendments--An amendment to article 5 of the constitution. Two hundred copies ordered printed.
Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Rainey--A bill amending article 1306 of the code, relating to court trials. Referred.
By Mr. Lane--A bill applying the surplus revenue to the extinguishment of the public debt. Referred.
By Mr. Gooch--A bill providing for the purchase of the bonded debt of the state with the surplus revenue and an appropriation therefor. Referred.
By Mr. Stewart--A bill amending article 1379 of the code, relative to a statement of facts after trial. Referred.
By same--A bill amending article 757 of the code, relative to depositions of witnesses. Referred.
By same--A bill amending article 1211 of the code, relative to the appointment of guardians ad litem. Referred.
By Mr. Martin, of Cooke--A bill providing for the issuance of bonds of the state for certain purposes. Referred.
By Mr. Hightower--A bill providing for the transfer of administration estates in certain cases from county to district courts. Referred.
By Mr. Lightfoot--A bill amending the caption and section 8 of the act of 1879, providing for veterans and enlarging the benefits of the act. Referred.
On motion of Mr. Homan's joint resolution No. 86, sympathizing with Ireland, was taken up and engrossed.
The special order, bill No. 29, concerning factors and commission merchants, was postponed till Saturday next.
House bill No. 35, the jury bill, and the pending business of yesterday on adjournment, passed to the third reading.
The house foreign sailors bill (by Mr. Finley) passed finally.
Messages were received from the house informing the senate of the concurrent resolution appointing two committees on apportionment and representation; also the passage of bills Nos. 170, authorizing Robertson county to levy a tax to build a court house; 286 to employ additional clerks in the comptroller's office; 292, reorganizing the tenth and organizing the thirty-fifth judicial districts; 4, the poker-dice bill; 14, providing for the pay of attached witnesses, and bill No. 62, and returned bill No. 46 for amendment.
The joint resolution granting leave of absence to Judge Abbott passed to the third reading.
Senate bill No. 19, reducing the ad valorem tax to 40 cents, was postponed till Saturday next.
Joint resolution No. 19 (by Mr. Houston) requiring the employment of female clerks in departments when the females are competent, passed on suspension of the rules.
A message from the governor was received accompanying a memorial from the stock association of north Texas, impressing the importance of the subject and recommending wise and cautious consideration.
Mr. Henderson, from the committee on state asylums, reported in reference to the lunatic asylum house bill No. 172. Referred to the committee on finance.
Mr. Patton was excused.
Mr. Ross was added to the committee on industries and public health.
Joint resolution No. 27, amending sections 5 and 24, article 8 of the constitution, in reference to the meeting of the legislature and pay of members, was referred.
Senate bill No. 28, amending article 560 of the code, relative to affidavits for continuance, was postponed till Tuesday next and one hundred copies ordered printed.
The senate then adjourned till Monday morning.
HOUSE.
The house met in regular order. A number were excused.
The journals failed to come and were not read.
Petitions were presented as follows:
By Mr. Carleton--A memorial from Canbaches & Dewig, asking for balance due for building the penitentiary at Rusk.
By Mr. Perrenott--A memorial from citizens of Araness to establish a normal school at Glad.
Reports of committees were received as follows:
Rules--Adversely on Mr. Upton's motion limiting speeches to five minutes.
Committee on representation and apportionment--Favorably on the resolution appointing two committees each, seven from the house and five from the senate. Adopted.
Committee on rules--Unfavorably on the resolution to meet at 2 in the afternoon instead of 10 in the morning. Adopted.
Committee on state affairs--Unfavorably on Mr. Merrett's resolution to pay a stated sum to certain county officials for specified services. One hundred and fifty copies ordered printed and made the special order for Thursday.
Committee on public health--Favorably to send a committee to Galveston to confer with the quarantine board and report the necessary legislation.
Mr. Wood offered an amendment, by adding all other towns on the river or railroad. The amendment was lost, and on motion of ...
Bills and resolutions were introduced as follows:
By Mr. Carleton--A bill amending the penal code relative to summoning jurors when the special venire is exhausted. Referred.
By Mr. Matter--A bill empowering district judges to organize unorganized counties. Referred.
By Mr. Wood--A resolution to enquire by what authority the printing board impedes the progress of the business of the house. Rejected.
By Mr. Mack--A resolution to appoint a committee of three to visit the Agricultural and Mechanical college and enquire into its management.
Mr. McCombs offered an amendment making it a concurrent resolution. This was the occasion for a general airing of the question of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, for and against, with a preponderance of opinion against.
Mr. Mach said the impression prevailed in his section that the college was not conducted properly. If it was not, he could not vote to maintain it; if it was, then it was right to support it.
Mr. Hutcheson said no school could flourish if the legislature undertook to run it.
Mr. McComb said it cost $150 a year at the Agricultural and Mechanical college with public support, and only $175 for the same thing at five schools, Georgetown and other places, without the aid of public money.
The resolution was lost.
By Mr. Denman--A resolution as follows: "As the house has been in session twenty-four days, and as 357 bills have been introduced and a large number of resolutions, be it resolved that the members be restricted to ten minutes in debate." Referred.
By Mr. Baker--A resolution that the committee on finance submit a bill to the house reducing the ad valorem tax to 40 cents and the occupation tax to 25 per cent., except on intoxicating liquor. Referred.
By Mr. Plumley--A resolution to memorialize congress to pass some law looking to a full recognition of the rights of Jews. Referred.
By Mr. Nash--A joint resolution to disinter the remains of Colonel Fannin and his men, at Goliad, and place them in the state cemetery, and appropriating $250 for the same. Referred.
By Mr. Wood--A resolution that it is the sense of the house that one-fourth of the general revenue and the remainder of the public domain be set aside as a school fund. Referred.
By Mr. Ayers--A resolution that females be not excluded from employment in the state government. Referred.
Mr. Upton moved that the speaker appoint a temporary postmaster while Mr. Finlay is sick. Carried, and the speaker appointed the assistant sergeant-at-arms.
By Mr. Carleton--A joint resolution that the state purchase the painting of "Lee at the Wilderness" now in the hall of the house of representatives for the use of the state.
Mr. Baker's poker dice bill passed--51 ayes, 22 noes.
Mr. Traylor's bill paying attached witnesses passed.
Senate bill No. 5, relative to the enforcement of liens, was postponed and 100 copies ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 11, forbidding the burning of fire-works in streets had minority report favorable and majority report unfavorable. The majority report was adopted.
Senate bill No. 12, relating to the collection of taxes, and house bill No. 152, on the same subject, were referred to the committee on taxation.
The senate bill relative to pleading drunkenness as an excuse for crime was made the special order for Tuesday next, and one hundred copies ordered printed.
Senate bill No. 81 was amended and passed.
Senate bill No. 38, reviving old land claims, passed to the third reading.
The senate bill concerning drummers passed to the second reading.
Senate bill No. 5, relative to the recording of instruments of writing within three days of suit, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr. Marr the house adjourned till Monday morning.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Texas Senate
Texas House
Legislative Proceedings
Bills Introduced
Tax Reduction
Agricultural College
Veterans Appropriation
Judicial Districts
What entities or persons were involved?
Lieutenant Governor Storey
Mr. Hamilton
Mr. Weathered
Mr. Hightower
Mr. Houston
Mr. Rainey
Mr. Lane
Mr. Gooch
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Martin Of Cooke
Mr. Lightfoot
Mr. Homan
Mr. Finley
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Patton
Mr. Ross
Mr. Carleton
Mr. Perrenott
Mr. Upton
Mr. Merrett
Mr. Wood
Mr. Matter
Mr. Mack
Mr. Mccombs
Mr. Mach
Mr. Hutcheson
Mr. Mccomb
Mr. Denman
Mr. Baker
Mr. Plumley
Mr. Nash
Mr. Ayers
Mr. Finlay
Mr. Traylor
Mr. Marr
Where did it happen?
Austin
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Austin
Event Date
Feb. 5
Key Persons
Lieutenant Governor Storey
Mr. Hamilton
Mr. Weathered
Mr. Hightower
Mr. Houston
Mr. Rainey
Mr. Lane
Mr. Gooch
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Martin Of Cooke
Mr. Lightfoot
Mr. Homan
Mr. Finley
Mr. Henderson
Mr. Patton
Mr. Ross
Mr. Carleton
Mr. Perrenott
Mr. Upton
Mr. Merrett
Mr. Wood
Mr. Matter
Mr. Mack
Mr. Mccombs
Mr. Mach
Mr. Hutcheson
Mr. Mccomb
Mr. Denman
Mr. Baker
Mr. Plumley
Mr. Nash
Mr. Ayers
Mr. Finlay
Mr. Traylor
Mr. Marr
Outcome
various bills and resolutions passed, postponed, referred, or rejected; debates on agricultural and mechanical college management and tax reductions; committees appointed; adjournments to monday.
Event Details
The Texas Senate and House of Representatives held sessions on the twenty-fourth day, with roll calls, prayers, committee reports, introductions of bills and resolutions on topics including court procedures, public debt, veterans' benefits, taxes, and education; debates occurred on the management of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan and propositions to reduce ad valorem and occupation taxes; several bills passed or were postponed.