Article 4, line 23, after the word! "members," it shall read 7 instead of 5. Article 5, line 10, after the words a "fee of," it shall read $10 instead of $15. Article 7. line 4, shall strike out the following words, "who have been legally licensed and." Article 7, line 12, after the words "this act," shall add the following: "Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to persons who have been practicing physicians in this State for five consecutive years prior to the passage of this act." Article 8, commencing at the word "indirectly," in line 7, and striking out all words down to "this act," in line 11. Article 10, line 7, add the following, "$10 per day." Article 12, line 3, the following words shall be added, "shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor." FREEMAN, Chairman. By Mr. Williams, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 2, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred House bill No. 127, a bill to be entitled "An act to require every express company to keep a general office in this State and to furnish such information from time to time in relation to the property, indebtedness, and business as may be required by the Railroad Commission of Texas," Have had the same under considera MAJORITY KEPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred House bill No. 126, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 4573, and section 5 of article 4574, of title 94, chapter 13, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas, relating to the freight and passenger tariffs of railway companies," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass. WILLIAMS, Chairman. MINORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: A minority of your Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred House bill No. 126, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 4573, and section 5 of article 4574, of title XCIV. chapter 13, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas," 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. LILLARD. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. tion, and I am instructed to report the Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the same back to the House with the rec- WILLIAMS, Chairman. Austin, Texas, Feb. 2, 1897. House: Your Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom was referred House bill No. 128, a bill to be entitled "An act to further define the duties of the Railroad Commission of Texas, to make and enforce rules concerning same," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the rec Your Committee on Internal Im-ommendation that it do pass. provements, to whom was referred House bill No. 20, a bill to be entitled "An act to require express companies and others doing an express business to keep general offices in the State of Texas," 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. WILLIAMS, Chairman. WILLIAMS, Chairman. By Mr. Sluder, acting chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 3, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Towns and City Corporations, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 18, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 386c, chapter 1, title 18, of the Revised Statutes, relating to cities and towns," 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. SLUDER, Acting Chairman. Committee Room, TWENTIETH DAY. Hall House of Representatives, Friday, February 5, 1897. The House met at 10 o'clock a. m., pursuant to adjournment. Speaker pro tem. Patterson in the chair. Roll called, and the following members present: Ayers. Bailey. Austin, Texas, Feb. 3, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Towns and City Corporations, to whom was referred House bill No. 299, a bill to be enti- Barbee. tled "An act providing for uniform Barrett. method of recording maps and plats of Beaird. townsites, additions and subdivisions, Bell. and to legalize those heretofore made," Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass. SLUDER, Acting Chairman. INVITATION. The following invitation, presented by Messrs. Browne and Holland of Harris, was read in the House, and ordered spread on the Journal: To the Honorable, the House of Representatives of the State of Texas. Should an adjournment of your honorable body be taken in order to visit the city of Galveston during the stay of the battleship Texas, in the harbor of that city, on behalf and by authority of the Houston Business League, an organization representing the commercial and industrial interests of Houston, I hereby extend an invitation to this entire body, and the officers thereof, to make the trip from Houston to Galveston by steamer as the guests of said league. Transfer will be made by rail directly from the train to the steamers, and every provision necessary to your comfort and pleasure will be made. Ample time will be allowed to visit the battlefield of San Jacinto, to the end that the members of this honorable body may have the privilege of standing on that historic ground, which is immortally hallowed by the devotion and consecrated by the blood of the sons of Texas. NORMAN G. KITTRELL. Second Vice-President Houston Business League. Mr. Evans of Grayson moved to adjourn until 9:50 a. m. to-morrow, and Mr. Henderson until 10 o'clock a. m. to-morrow. The motion of Mr. Henderson prevailed, and the House, at 1:40 p. m., adjourned accordingly. Benson. Bird. Logan. Lotto. Love. Manson. Martin. Maxwell. McFarland. McGaughey. McKamy. Blackburn. McKellar. Meade. Melton. Blair. Brigance. Burns. Dickinson. Drew. Mercer. Moore, Fort Bend. Morton. Savage. Schlick. Seabury. Shelburne. Shropshire. Evans of Grayson. Sluder. Smith. Pending reading of the Journal of yesterday, On motion of Mr. Shropshire, further reading was dispensed with. GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On account of sickness: Mr. Tucker indefinitely, on motion of Mr. Boyd. Mr. Neighbors until Monday, on motion of Mr. Pfeuffer. On account of important business: Mr. O'Connor until Monday, on motion of Mr. Childs. Mr. Thompson indefinitely, and Mr. Burney until next Tuesday, on motion of Mr. Vaughan of Guadalupe. Mr. Hill of Gonzales until Monday, on motion of Mr. Rogan. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Sir: I am directed by the Senate to inform the House that the Senate has passed the following bills: Senate bill No. 60, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 1180, title 30, chapter 1, of the Revised Civil tution of suits on holidays and on SunStatutes of Texas, relating to the instidays." Senate bill No. 10, a bill to be entitled "An act to punish certain officers for a failure in duty and for entering into agreements whereby the laws of the State may be nullified." Senate bill No. 30, a bill to be entitled "An act to enable the Railroad Commission of Texas to make emergency freight rates to prevent the evil effects of interstate rate wars upon the business and interests of the people and railroads of this State." Senate bill No. 44, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 881, title XVII, chapter 11, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas of 1895, relating to the theft of horses, asses Mr. Peery until Tuesday, on motion and mules." of Mr. Hensley. Senate bill No. 50, a bill to be enti Mr. Good for to-day, on motion of tled "An act to amend article 878, of Mr. Henderson. title XVII, chapter 9, of the Penal Mr. Crawford until Tuesday, on mo- Code of the State of Texas, in regard tion of Mr. Stampers. Mr. Barbee until Monday, on motion of Mr. Holland of Harris. to receiving stolen property." Senate bill No. 66, a bill to be entitled "An act to provide for single elecMc-ing more than 400 electors, and to retion polls in cities and towns not havpeal all laws and parts of laws in On motion of Mr. Ward, Ruskin Ardle, page, was excused until Monday, on account of sickness. COMMITTEE REPORT. By Mr. Bailey, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred conflict therewith." By the following vote: Ayes 23, nays none. House bill No. 38, "An act to amend article 887, of title 10, of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, prescribing the form of a recognizance in appeals of cases of misdemeanor, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith." Respectfully. WILL LAMBERT, House bill No. 221, a bill to be entitled "An act to preserve and protect the wild game birds and wild fowls of State of Texas, by adding thereto ar- SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READ ticles 2923a, 2923b, 2923c and 2923d.” Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass, but that substitute House bill No. 221, accompanying same, do pass in lieu thereof. BAILEY, Chairman. ING. The following bills, received from the Senate, were read first time and referred as follows: Senate bill No. 60, to Judiciary Committee No. 1. Senate bills 10 and 66, to Committee on Towns and City Corporations. Senate bill No. 30, to Committee on ther consideration of the bill until the 3d day of May, 1897, and the motion Internal Improvements. Senate bills Nos. 44 and 50, to Judi- | prevailed. ciary Committee No. 2. Mr. Feild moved to reconsider the vote by which further consideration of the bill was postponed until the 3d day of May, 1897. Mr. Bertram moved to table the motion to reconsider, upon which yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Fields, Mr. Bertram and Mr. Feild. The motion to table was lost by the following vote: Joint committee on ne part of the Bertram. House to redistrict the State into judi- | Bird. cial districts: Messrs. Holland of Har- Browne. ris, Logan, Seabury, Good, Thompson, Bumpass. Peery, Staples. SPECIAL ORDER. The Speaker laid before the House, on its engrossment, Substitute House bill No. 90, a bill to be entitled "An act to regulate the practice of dentistry in the State of Texas, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of same, and to provide for appointment of a State Board of Dental Examiners." Mr. Shropshire offered the following amendment to the bill: Yeas-32. Kirk. Burns. Amend secuon 4 so as to read as fol- Bailey. lows: Nays-77. Kimbell. Lillard. Barbee. Barrett. Logan. Beaird. Lotto. Blair. "Section 4. The members of said board shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve for a term of two years, excepting that the mem- Benson. bers of the board first appointed shall Blackburn. be made as follows: Three for one year, and three for two years, respectively, and until their successors are duly appointed; in case of vacancy occurring in said board by resignation, removal from State or death, such vacancy may be filled for its unexpired term by the Governor, as provided by this act. Mr. Turner offered the following Curry. amendment: Amend by adding to section 1, after the word "purposes, in line 21, on page 1, a second proviso to read as follows: "Provided further, that the extraction of teeth solely for the purpose of relieving pain shall not be deemed a violation of any of the provisions of this act." Mr. Curry moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the House refused to order the main question. Mr. Shelburne moved to table the amendment, and the motion was lost. Mr. Green moved to postpone fur Dean. Love. Maxwell. McKamy. Moore, Fort Bend. Morris. Oliver. Pitts. Reiger. Reubell. Robbins. Rogan. Rudd. Savage. Schlick. Stamper. Evans of Hunt. Staples. Strother. Thaxton. Thomas. Tracy. The motion to reconsider prevailed. Boyd. Mr. Turner, by unanimous consent, withdrew his amendment. Mr. Beaird offered e following Carpenter. amendment: Amend by inserting between the words "dentistry" and "for," in line 23, section 2, of the bill, the words "for pay or." Mr. Feild moved the previous question on the amendment, and the main question was ordered. The amendment was adopted. Mr. Wolters offered the following amendment: Amend by inserting after the words "United States," in line 13 of section 1, the words "or some foreign country." (Signed Schlick, Wolters.) Adopted. Mr. Turner offered the following amendment: Amend by striking out the words "And each day in which a sale, exhibition or advertisement is made, shall constitute a separate offense," in lines 24 and 25 of section 13, on page 4. Adopted. Mr. Bertram offered the following amendment: Amend by striking out the enacting clause. Mr. Williams moved the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question was ordered. On the amendment to strike out the enacting clause, yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Bertram, Mr. Jones and Mr. Fields. (Mr. Wolters in the chair.) McFarland. McGaughey. McKamy. Meade. Moore, Fort Bend. Moore, Lamar. Morris. Oliver. Reubell. Rogan. Rudd. Carswell. Fisher. Freeman. Garrison. Gilbough. Savage. Staples. Strother. Thaxton. Thomas. Tracy. Vaughan, Gua'lupe. Wall. Ward. Welch. |