The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-04

/ SION WHICH NlPlll ullV hbuIklthH MhuVi
result from y9rious Of the minor Grpyis-
ions Of the lill, the CONSERVATION which
could hc produced in any county or
community hy bad man, who might
happen 10 hc sheriff or deputy all
stamp the measure, asa whole, and in
all its details, rs in extreme dcgrocs, TN
wise and impOlitic.
The expenses cntailcd upon the state
by this bill if il were law, would NM.
ply be enormous II authorizes the
sheriff on any one of his usually mmr.
Gus deputies to summon posses, hire
horses arms, ETC., and mt pleasure pm-
sue lugtiycs anywhere in the limits oi
the State, allowing two dollars per day
to each man who furnishes his horse
and arms These posses may number
rs high rs twenty with no limitation
upon their time Of service, leaving it
discretionary with shclills and deputies
who summon them, When it l. ro-
mcmbcrcd that there are about one
hundred and fifty organized counties in
the state, and the vast cypausc Of terri
tory over which the sheriff. posses may
!
may bc formed not only nl the great OK
pcnsc which would follow mn honest
and lrdtmato enforcement of the pro
visions Of the bin, but Of the fraud up
ON the states treasury. to which Il wide
door would be opened Allowing that
four posses each year would 20 out
from each county in the State, and lc-
main out twenty DAYS each, the nfr,N,y.
rV legitimate cost to the State for mr.
diem Of the shorins and men. beside,
the cost Of transportation of prisoners.
which would be u heavy item. would be-
S5OO,OOO annually, as may he shown by
arithmctcal computation. This is xiv.
en- as an illustration; there would
scarcely be an average Of less than four,
and might he more than double that
number The entire revenue of the
State might be- absorbed under this bill
and it is certain ut least from oncthrd
to one half of it would be- Ifthc bill
were eunohcctionnblcit should
not become law, simply because under
the existing limitation upon the taxing
power Of the Legislature. the revenues
of the government are insufficient for
IFS enforcement
cpnnot concur in tho counlr.;,r.
stated in fine nrrnnhIo 40 this I'm ",hat
| the laws in force regulating the powers
and duties Of shcrils in making arrests
are inniIiciont In INV mJnnent t,o
mowers of shorit,s nrI,r nvi.tn,, I,v..
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