MAJORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 1, to whom was referred House bill No. 291, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 4930, title 102, chapter 1, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1895, relating to stock laws." 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. WARD, Chairman. MINORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. We, a minority of your Judiciary Committee No. 1, to whom was referred House bill No. 291, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 4930, title CII, chapter 1, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1895, relating to stock law," Do not concur with the majority, and beg to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass. FISHER, Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 1, to whom was referred House bill No. 230, a bill to be entitled "An act for the better security for payment of certain labor by giving to said labor a prior lien on the products of said labor, the said lien, to have the preference and be held superior to any and all claims or other liens upon or over the products of said labor, and to regulate the payment of said labor, providing that nothing shall be a legal tender in payment for such labor but current money of the United States, or its equivalent in cash value, and that certain days shall be designated as legal pay days on which all claims as designated in this bill shall become due and payable." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the rec ommendation that it do not pass. WARD, Chairman. By Mr. Bailey, Chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 50, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 878 of title XVII, chapter 9, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas, in regard to receiving stolen property," 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, and be considered with House bill No. 82 on the same subject. BAILEY, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred 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 and mules," 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 and be considered with House bill No. 75 on the same subject. BAILEY, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred House bill No. 338, a bill to be entitled "An act to prohibit the catching of fish, green turtle, loggerhead terrapins, or shrimp with seine, drag nets, spikes, set nets, gill nets, trammel nets, traps, dams, or weirs in any of the bays or navigable waters of this State within the corporate limits of any incorporated town or city, or within one mile of the corporate limits of such city or town, and to provide a penalty therefor." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the rec ommendation that it do pass. BAILEY, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was recommitted Senate bill No. 32, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend chapter 4, title 7, of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, by adding thereto article 524a, providing for the issuance of attachments for witnesses residing in the county of the prosecution, when such witness is about to remove therefrom," 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. BAILEY, Chairman. MAJORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Judiciary Committee No. 2, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 36, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 723, title VIII, chapter 5, of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of Texas, relating to the reversal of cases by the Court of Criminal Appeals." 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. BAILEY, Chairman. MINORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Now comes a minority of your Judiciary Committee No. 2, having under consideration, Senate bill No. 36, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 723 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the State of Texas." And recommend that it do not pass, for the following reasons: 1st. Because, after full discussion and mature deliberation, this committee reported House bill No. 29, by Evans of Grayson, back to the House with the recommendation that it do not pass. said bill being identical in terms and effect as Senate bill No. 36. 2nd. Because we do not believe that the trial court should be permitted to ignore the requirements of articles 715 to 723 with impunity. 3rd. Because we do not believe that the Court of Criminal Appeals can intelligently pass upon the question of injury or not, from a failure to com ply with the requirements of said arti cles on the part of the trial court. 4th. Because we believe that an observance of the rules of procedure is cutions to the end that parties accused absolutely essential in criminal proseof crime shall not be entirely at the mercy of the judge trying the case. All of which is respectfully submitted. TURNER. DENNIS, By Mr. McGaughey, chairman: Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Education, to whom was referred House bill No. 346, a bill to be entitled "An act to transfer Red River county from the district school system to the community school system, and to authorize and empower the said county to organize and conduct all of its public free schools under the community system, as provided by the laws now in force," 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. MCGAUGHEY, Chairman. By Mr. Curry, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 250, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 5060a, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, providing for a tax levied upon liquor dealers, etc." 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. CURRY, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 274, a bill to be entitled "An act to repeal articles 5058, 5059, and 5060, title 104, chapter 1, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas, providing for the appointment uty $1500, and $750 for assistants. Inof a revenue agent and defining his sert in section 11, "the sum of $15,000." duties, and providing for his compensation." 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. CURRY, Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 4, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 281, a bill to be entitled "An act to repeal article 2923, chapter 6, title 52, of the Revised Civil 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. CURRY, Chairman. By Mr. Humphrey, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the Your Committee on Labor, to whom was referred House bill No. 119, a bill to be entitled "An act to provide for the creation of a board of examiners of railroad telegraphers, and defining their duties," 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. HUMPHREY, Chairman. MAJORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the Your Committee on Labor, to whom was referred House bill No. 225, a bill to be entitled "An act to establish and maintain a Bureau of Labor and for the appointment of a Commissioner of Labor for the State of Texas, and making appropriation therefor." 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, with following amendments: HUMPHREY, Chairman. MINORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. We, a minority of your Committee on Labor, believing that the provisions of House bill No. 225, creating a bureau of labor and appropriating money for maintenance of same, would be a useless and unnecessary expense to the State, and that the work set forth in said bill may be accomplished by the Bureau of Agriculture, thus saving the additional expense of several thousand dollars, beg leave to differ from the majority of said committee, and recommend that said bill do not pass. BOYD, SAVAGE, CURETON. By Mr. Kirk, Chairman: MAJORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Stock and Stockraising, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 14, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend articles 4978, 4983, 4986, 4987, 4990, 4991, 4992, 4993 and 4996, of title CII, chapter 5, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas." Have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to report the same back to the House with the recomendation that it do not pass. KIRK, Chairman. MINORITY REPORT. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the Your Committee on Stock and Stockraising, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 14, have had the same under consideration, and I beg leave to submit the following minority report: Add to the exemptions the counties of Runnels, Kendall, Bandera, Kerr, Concho, McCulloch, San Saba, Mills, Gonzales, Llano. Strike out the word agriculture Amend by adding to article 4798: wherever it occurs in the bill. Insert "That all subdivisions created under în section 10, as salary of Commission- the provisions of this chapter shall er, $2000, and as salary of chief dep- conform in extent and boundaries to one or more of the justices of the peace precincts of the counties adopting same." Amend by striking out all of article 4996 in the bill, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Article 4996. In all counties or sub divisions of a county adopting the stock law, three barbed wires stretched on posts not more than 20 feet apart, with one stay on each panel, and top wire 42 feet from the ground, shall be deemed a lawful fence, and no person shall be permitted to impound stock or collect damages under the provisions of this act, unless such person shall maintain such fence." And with the following amendments By Mr. Evans of Grayson, chairman: Austin, Texas, Feb. 5, 1897. Your Committee on Insurance, Statistics and History, to whom was referred House bill No. 28, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend chapter 3, title 58, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, relating to insurance, and to add thereto article 3064a," 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. EVANS of Grayson, Chairman. By Mr. Fields, acting chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills have carefully examined and compared House bill No. 25, a bill to be entitled "An act to create a judicial district in Harris county additional to the Eleventh judicial district existing therein, to be the Fifty-fifth judicial district; to establish a court and provide for a judge and clerk of such new district, and to regulate the venue of the courts of said respective districts and the disposition of business therein, and define the jurisdictional boundaries and terms thereof," And find the same correctly engrossed. FIELDS, Acting Chairman. 1 By Mr. Welch, acting chairman: Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills have carefully examined and compared House bill No. 180, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 5043, of the Revised Statutes of 1895, so as to exempt Maverick county from the provisions of title CII, chapter 6, relating to the inspection of hides and animals," And find the same correctly engrossed. WELCH, Acting Chairman. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, Feb. 6, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Engrossed Bills have carefully examined and compared House bill No. 83, a bill to be entitled "An act to create a more efficient road system for Rains county, Texas; making provision for the appointment by the commissioners' court of said county of a county road commissioner for said county, prescribing his duties and compensation; providing for the appointment of road overseers, defining their duties and liabilities; providing for working of county convicts and delinquent poll tax payers upon the public roads of said county, and regu lating the same; providing for officers' fees and rewards in convict| ing convicts and recapturing escaped convicts; for the summoning of teams and tools for road work, and compensation for same; and providing penalties for the violation of this act, and repeal all laws in conflict with this act; and providing for county commissioners to act as road commission ers," And find the same correctly engrossed. WELCH, Acting Chairman. On motion of Mr. Bell, the regular order was suspended to take up and make a special order for next Wednesday at 10 o'clock House bill No. 124, relating to the university for the colored people. Adopted. On motion of Mr. Hill of Travis, the regular order was suspended to take up and place on its second reading, House bill No. 268, a bill to be entitled "An act to create a more efficient On motion of Mr. Welch, the regular order was suspended to take up and place on its third reading and final | Flint. passage, Seabury. Shelburne. Shropshire. Skillern. Sluder. Freeman. Smith. Garrison. Smyth. Stamper. Staples. Graham. Stokes. Strother. House bill No. 180, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 5043, of the Revised Statutes of 1895, so as to exempt Maverick county from the provisions of title CII, chapter 6, relating to the inspection of hides and animals." Read third time, and the following Holland of Harris. Turner. amendments adopted: Hill of Gonzales. Thaxton. Humphrey. Wall. Wallace. Ward. Welch. By Mr. Welch: Wilcox. |