The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-05-29


/ Hon. z. 3. Pickett, President of the Senate
SIR-Your Select Committee on House
! Bill No. 234, to be entitled IAN act to en-
courage stock raising, and for the protec-
ton of stock raisers," having carefully con-
sidered the same, ask leave to report it
| back and recommend its passage with the
accompanying amendments.
Respectfully,
GEO. p. FNLAY, Chairman.
Amend by substituting section by the
accompanying substitute.
| Amend by making section 80, read sec
A. and by making section 81, read sec
| ton 4j.
Amend by inserting the following sec
lions to-wit: from 30 to 43 inclusive:
| Substitute for section /, House Bill No.
234:
! Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Texas, That each organ
lied county of this State is hereby created
an inspection district for the inspection of
hides and animals, and that an inspector of
hides and animals shall be elected in each
| inspection district mt the next general cleo
ton of county officers, and every two years
thereafter; provided, That until the next
| general election, the sheritfS of the counties.
| having no qualified inspectors, shall be eX-
officio the inspectors of hides and animals
of their respective counties, until the next
| general election.
Sec. 30. Every inspector shall have au-
thOrity to authenticate bills of sale of ami
mails, and give certificates of acknowledge
ment of the same under his hand and seal
Sec. 81. Every inspector, who shall give
any certificate of inspection without first
having made the inspection in accordance
Wit no tyvartH--DiDth SnctipD of tbiS
or shall fraudulently issue certificate of in
spection of any hides or animals, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not less
than fifty dollars nor more than five hun
dred dollars, and in addition thereto shall
be removed from his office by Il decree of
the court trying the same.
Sec. %. No minor under the age of
twenty-one years shall be permitted to brand
cattle on the commons or prairie, in any
brand claimed by himself, unless he is ac-
companied by his father, mother or guard
ian, or some agent duly appointed by his
father mother or guardian, and any minor
violating the provisions of this section shall
he deemed guilty of a misdcmeanor, and on
conviction shall be fined in any sum not
less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Sec. 33. Any person who shall counter
brand any cattle without the consent of the
, owner or his agent, shall be deemed guilty
OF Il misdemeanOr, and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten dol
lars, nor more than fifty dollars, for each
animal so cOuntcrbrandGd
Sec. 81. Any person who shall alter the
mark of any animal, shall be deemed guilty
of misqemeanOr, and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten dol
lars, nor more than fifty dollars, for each
animal whose mark is so altered.
Sec. 81. Any person who shall drive
any cattle across the Rio Grande river into
Mexico, at any other point than where Il
United States Custom House Is established,
or place of inspection by United States
Custom House officers, or without first hav-
ing the same inspected in accordance with
the sixteenth section of this act, shall he
! deemed guilty of a felony, and upon con-
victiOn, shall he confined in the penitcn-
tiary, for any term not less than two nor
! more than five years.
Sec. 36. Any person who shall ship from
any port of this State, any hides of cattle
! imported from Mexico, without first having
procured Il certificate of importation rs pro
vided in section Is of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of Il miSdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall bc fined in any sum not less
than one dollar nor more than five dollars,
for each hide so shipped.
Sec. 81. Any person who shall sell any
hides of cattle, without first having the
same inspected. shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
! fined in any sum not less than one dollar,
nor more than five dollars for each hide so
sold.
Sec, 30. Any person who shall drive any
cattle out of any county with the intention
of driving the same beyond the limits OF
| this State. to Il market without first having
road branded the same in accordance with
| the fifteenth section of this act shall he
| deemed guilty of Il misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be fined in any sum not
| less than one dollar nor more than five dol
lars for each animal so driven.
Sec. 80. Any person who shall drive any
cattle or horses out of any county without
| having first had the same duly inspected,
shall be deemed guilty Of misdcmeanOr,
and on conviction shall he fined in any sum
not less than one dollar nor more than five
dollars per head for each animal so driven.
! Sec. 40. Any person who shall purchase
any hides of cattle without first obtaining
a bill of sale from the owner or his agent,
as required by section twelve of this act
shall be deemed guilty of Il misdemeanOr
and on conviction shall be fined in any sum
not less than one dollar nor more than five
dollars for each hide so purchased.
Sec. Il. Any person who shall, as the
agent of another, sell any cattle without
having first obtained 4 power of attorney,
duly authenticated, shall be deemed guilty
of Il misdemeanor, and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than ten nor
nNn +llo tyra s1p1Iapg oorh al
so sold.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall, in
originally branding and marking cattle, use
more than one brand or mark in any county,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be fined in any sum
not less twenty-five nor more than one hun
bred dollars.
Sec. 43. Any person who shall brand or
mark any cattle without first having re-
corded his mark or brand, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanOr, and on conviction
shall he fined in any sum not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad.
In the success of this road, every true
Texan, regardless of their locality, should
feel State pride. With it, we propose to
traverse 4 tier of counties, teeming with
beauty and rich productiveness, whose
boundless resources we contemplate devel-
oping, by opening the way for emigrants
Long, weary years have Texan land owners
held vast tracts of beautiful lands, hoping
for emigration to increase their value and
accelerate their sale. "HOpe deferred
maketh the heart sick" but the present
railroad fever bids fair to relieve that sus-
pense; and no contemplated railroad enter
prise proposes so extensive a line of road, or
will open to emigration market finer
thands than the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fc. Then why should Texas Senate hcsi-
tate, nay, even oppose the passage of the
charter 70 this home road, and yet freely
and mhesitatingly legislatc our State lands
tn Il foreign company, rs in the case of the
atlantic and Pacific" that does not pro-
pose building up cities for us, or in any
way contributing to the development of our
State, and whose only claim. is a promised
limited frontier protection. Then Texans