The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-09

money by the transportation business, |
but Interested in cheapening transpor- /
tnti0n, and II Is with reference to that .
fact that ! want It understood that the 1
railroad law Of 1851 secures TO every
road the power TO require its pa5sen- |
gers, frelghts and cars 10 be passed over |
lines ut reasonable rates.
The amendment would not materially
change the law AS it Ia, however, !
the difficulty Is, that when the Wharf
Company wants its cars to pass over
other roads, and they get to Dallas,
or other points and are unloaded, there
IL no corresponding provisions for their
return. He thought it better to secure
the benefits attainable under the
amendment rather than to depend
upon the imaginary good promised by
the article under its existing pro-
visions,
Mr.. Reagan thought it looked like
making all the railroads subordinate
to little mile or half mile ofrailroads
of the Galveston Wharf Company.
"Jonah swallows the whale"
Mr.. Stayton favored the first clause
of the amendment, but could not APP
prove the last.
The previous question was then
moved and carried, the amendm mt
was defeated, and the article, without
change since engrossment passed by
final vote of 81 to Is.
Mr.. Flanagan, rising to question Of
privilege, said he had a desire to sub
NIT u few patriotic remarks. He
thought the previous question useful to
those who had no argument. They
had chosen to cut off the discussion up
on question of vital interest to Texas.
Some gentlemen approached him and
agreed that he should have the high
privilege to speak to the question after
il was voted upon, but it is gone for
ever, and you have driven not only Il
ten-penny but u twenty-penny nail IN
your coffin. You say to the railroads I!
"Unless you accept the terms and sur
render all the rights acquired under
that prodd old Constitution of 1915,
you shall have no special or protecting
legislation. When you come under
our terms, you surrender your char
ters.n | ask if that is the feast you i'll
yite railroads to- He then recounted,
rs promises to emigrants, the liberal
railroad system and educational sys-
tenn provided for under former Consti-
tutiona, and said this Convention had
consecutively destroyed all these
things; destroyed the last hope of the
adoption of this Constitution, driven
capital from the state, and the people
of Texas to hunt some other market
than Galveston.
The article rs passed reads:
Section !. Any railroad corporation
or association, organized under the law
for the purpose, shall have right to
construct and operate II railroad be-
tween any points within this state,
and to connect ut the State line with
railroads of other States. Every rail-
road company shall have the right,
with its road, to interscct, connect with
or cross any other railroad, and shall
receive and transport each the others
passengers, tonnage and cars, loaded
or empty, without delay or discrimnas
ton, under such regulations rs shall
be prescribed by law,
Section 2. Railroads heretofore con-
structed, or that may hereafter be con-
structed in this State, are hereby dc.
clared public highways, and railroad
companies common carriers. The
Legislature shall pass laws to correct
abuses, and prevent unjust discrmina-
ton and eXtOrtlon in the rate of freight
aud passenger tariffs on the different
railroads in this State and shall from
time to time pass laws establishing
| Ia a N VI ntns,l r,tnp .f hn
for the transportation of passengers
aud freight on said railroads, and en-.
force all such laws by adequate penal.
ties.
Section 8. Every railroad or Other
corporation organized or doing bust
ness in this State under the laws or au.
thority thereof, shall have and main
tain public office or place in this
State for the transaction of its bust
ness, where transfers OF stock shall be
made, and where there shall be kept
for the inspection of the Stockholders
of such corporation, books in which
shall DO recorded the amount of capital
stock subscribed, the names of the
owners Of the stock, the amounts own.
ed by them respectively, the amount
of stock paid and by whom, the trans.
fer of said stock with the date of the
transfer, the amount of its assets and
liabilities. and the names and places OF
residence of its officers. The directors
of every railroad company shall hold
one meeting annually in this State,
public notice of which shall be given
thirty days previously, and the Presi-
dent or Superintendent shall report
annually under oath to the Controller,
or some other officer designated by
law, all of their acts and doings, which
report shall include such matters relat-
ing to railroads as may be prescribed
by law. The legislature shall pass laws
enforcing, by suitable penalties, the
provisions of this section.
Section 4. The rolling stock and all
other movable property belonging to
any railroad company or corporation
in this State, shall be considered per.
sonal property, and its real and per.
sonal property, or any part thereof
shall be liable to execution and sale II,
the same manner rs individuals; and
the Legislature shall pass no law eX.
empting any such property from exc.
cution and sale.
Section 5. No railroad or other cor
poration, or the lessees, purchasers OF
managers of any railroad corporation,
shall consolidate the stock, property OF
franchises of such corporation with,
or lease, or purchase, the works of fran
chise of, or in any way control any
railroad corporation owning or having
under It's CONTROL n parallel or COM
peting line; nor shall any officer of
such railroad corporation act as an
officer of any other railroad corpora
ton owning or having control OF par
allel or competing line.
Section g. No railroad company Or
ganized under the laws of this State
shall consolidate by priyate ar iudiciol