Mr. Oliver, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution: 1. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, that the Hon. Norman G. Kittrell of Houston, the son of a Confederate officer, be and he is hereby invited to address the Legislature upon the subject of the "South's Battle Abbey," the Confederate Memorial Hall to be located during the Confederate reunion in Nashville, Tenn., in June, 1897. 2. Resolved, that for the purpose of this address the use of the Hall of the House is hereby set apart for Saturday evening, March 13, at 8 o'clock and the general public is cordially in vited to attend. Read second time and adopted. Mr. Seabury, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution: SPECIAL ORDER FIXED. for next Friday, March 12, at 9.30 House bill No. 90, the dentistry bill, o'clock a. m., on motion of Mr. Fields. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. Senate Chamber, Austin, Texas, March 8, 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 Senate bill No. 248, a bill to be entitled "An act to authorize and permit the Aransas Pass Harbor Company to purchase from the State of Texas and flats in front thereof and in RedHarbor island, certain shoal waters fish bay on the Gulf coast of Texas, and maintenance of deep water at in order to encourage the procuring Aransas Pass," By the following vote: nays 3. yeas 18, Senate bill No. 83, a bill to be entiHouse joint resolution No. 35, to tled "An act to regulate the compenamend section 3, article 11, of the Con-sation of certain State, district, county stitution of the State of Texas, relat- and precinct officers in this State, and ing to the subsidizing of railroads by to repeal all laws and parts of laws in counties now without railroads, and conflict therewith," providing for the issuance of bonds for the construction of such roads in counties having none. Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments. BILL SIGNED BY THE SPEAKER. The Speaker signed, in the presence of the House, after giving due notice thereof, and its caption had been read, the following bill: to sec Familiarly known as "Wayland's fee bill," by the following vote: yeas 18, nays 3. Senate bill No. 153, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 271, of chapter 6, title S, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas, adopted in 1895, relating to of the approval official bonds, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the Respectfully. same." WILL LAMBERT, ING. Senate, were read first time and re- ferred as follows: Senate bill No. 248 to Judiciary Committee No. 1. Senate bill No. 153 to Judiciary Committee No. 2. Senate bill No. 249, "An act to amend sections 1, 6, 7, 105, 105a, 105b and 105c, of an act entitled an act to amend sections 38, 103, 105, 106 and SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READ138 of an act entitled an act incorporate the city of Fort Worth, and to grant a charter to said city, approved March 20, 1889, and tions 6, 7, 29, 34, 88 and 102 of said act, as amended by the Twenty-second Legislature in 1891, and to add thereto sections 35a, 35b, 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d, 101e, 102a. 103a. 104a, 106a, 106b, and also 105a, 105b, 105c, in reference to the board of equalization, and providing for an appeal from said board to the district court, passed by the Legislature of the State of Texas in the year 1895, and to add to said act the following sections, to-wit: 105d, 105e, 105f, 105g. 105h, 105n, 1050 and 105p, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act." Senate bill No. 83 to the Committee on State Affairs. COMMITTEE REPORTS. Committee Room, Austin, Texas, March 5, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Revenue and Taxation, to whom was referred House bill No. 436, a bill to be entitled "An act to amend article 5060a, chapter 1a, of title 104, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, 1895, relating to the regulation of the sale of liquor by taxation." 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. By Mr. Evans of Grayson, acting chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, March 8, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House: Your Committee on Insurance, Statistics and History, to whom was referred House bill No. 462, a bill to be entitled "An act making it unlawful for any fire, or fire and marine, or marine insurance company, which is legally licensed to transact the business of fire and marine insurance in this State, to place or cause to be placed, to write or cause to be written, any contract or policy of insurance against loss by fire, or the perils of the sea, on any property in this State, except through legally authorized and licensed local agents, resident in the State, and prescribing penalties for violations of same; and to further prescribe conditions to be complied with by any fire, or fire and marine, or marine insurance company, before it shall be licensed or relicensed by the commissioner to do business in this State." 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, By Mr. Bertram, chairman: Committee Room, Austin, Texas, March 8, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your committee, to whom was referred the matter of memorial service of the late T. P. McNeill of Live Oak county, beg leave to submit the following: Resolved, that in the death of Hon. T. P. McNeill the people of Texas have lost the services of a most faithful, true and patriotic citizen. Resolved further, that we hereby tender condolence and sympathy to the family of deceased, and in token thereof forward a copy of these resolutions, attested by the signatures of the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the House, and that a page of the House Journal be appropriately inscribed to his memory. Respectfully submitted by BERTRAM, Chairman. The report was adopted. By Mr. Fields, acting chairman: Austin, Texas, March 8, 1897. Hon. L. T. Dashiell, Speaker of the House. Your Committee on Engrossed Bills have carefully examined and compared House bill No. 513, a bill to be entitled "An act to diminish the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the County Court of Marion county, in this State, and conform the jurisdiction of the District Court of said county to such change." And find the same correctly engrossed. FIELDS, Acting Chairman. The House returned to consideration of House bill No. 9, on its engrossment, with amendments pending. On Mr. Blair's amendment to the amendment by Mr. Rogan, yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Wolters, Mr. Fields and Mr. Love. Mr. Wolters, by consent, withdrew his request for a division of the question. The amendment was lost by the following vote: Whereas, since the adjournment of Crawford. the Twenty-fourth Legislature the Cureton. Hon. T. P. McNeill of Live Oak county, an earnest, faithful and conscientious representative of the people in the Twenty-fourth Legislature, has Gilbough. been separated from us by death, and Good. his labors brought to a close. Green. 32-House. Patterson. Porter. Randolph. Rogers. Consecrated to the Memory of T. P. McNeill of Live Oak County Who served the State with Fidelity and Distinction as a Member of of the house of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of Texas. Second, because I see neither justice or equity in a principle that gives a merchant an opportunity to prefer a creditor that tided him out of a financial difficulty to the detriment of another creditor, who, prior to this, advanced him goods the equivalent in all fairness of the cash or goods advanced later. To differentiate the first creditor "out of court," in order that the second might be paid in full, is a touching and beautiful illustration of the old saw, "robbing Peter to pay Paul." Third, because honest merchants, who have a business reputation and treasure it, find themselves unable to compete with merchants of questionable honesty, who buy goods which coth them nothing, by failing and preferring, and sell them at 40 cents on the dollar, thus enabling the buyer of such goods to undersell the honest merchant, engaged in the same line of business, but follow open, fair and square methods. Fourth, because I believe now, as I have always believed, that "honesty is the best policy," and that for nations and states, as well as for individuals, "a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold." SMITH. Mr. Blair moved to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was lost, and asked to have that motion spread upon the Journal. Mr. Wolters called up the motion to reconsider, and moved to lay it on the table, upon which motion yeas and nays were demanded by Mr. Gilbough, Mr. Blair and Mr. Wolters. The motion to reconsider was tabled by the following vote: Welch. Hensley. Williams. Hill of Travis. Wolters. Jones. Absent. Beaird. Martin. Conoly. Dorroh. Drew. Barbee. Barrett. Yeas-56. Fields. Fisher. Freeman. Garrison. Graham. Hensley. Mr. Sluder (present), who would vote "nay," with Mr. Reiger (absent) who would vote "yea." I vote "no" upon the Blair amendment for the following reasons: First, because it is admitted by both those who advocate and those who oppose the preference feature of the assignment law, that the system of preference as now practiced, can and has been used as a cloak for fraud, and this amendment defeats the object of this bill. be Carswell. Hill of Travis. Jones. Kimbell. Kirk. Lillard. Love. Meade. Melton. Morris. Peery. Reubell. Rhea. Robbins. Savage. Schlick. Seats on the rostrum were occupied by Dr. T. D. Wooten, Dr. Geo. T. Winston. Hon. W. L. McGaughey, Hon. J. L. M, Curry, Ex-Gov. F. R. Lubbock and Dr. J. Baldwin. Hon. J. L. M. Curry was introduced to the audience by Mr. McGaughey, and addressed the people on the subject of education. At the close of the address. Speaker Dashiell thanked the orator on behalf of the Legislature for his presence and patriotic words. On motion of Mr. Hill of Travis, the house adjourned until 9 o'clock a. m. to morrow. Beaird. Freeman. Garrison. Gilbough. Good. Speaker, pursuant to recess. Morton. Mundine. Neighbors. The House was called to order by the Evans of Hunt. O'Connor. Evans of Grayson. Oliver. Doyle. Drew. Edwards. |