The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-09-01
Judge Irelsna's Defense Repors Of
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Sled in The genersI land ofs;ce he on
g;naer's certi6cafe shauine thai Tohr
III Gibson. contractor had fpllv com.
plied with the law and had eie,x,,ed- ,,,,,t
Is rs 100 miles of the Psrrsard river
and IL T5-lOO miles of the Canev said
wnrl, having been uerformed IN Accord
an.e Nth IAN ACT to innrova the psy;.
CATION OF Oyster Creek gerpard and
Canevp ap,roved March Ia 1875. yor
conceded Compliance with which act
commissioners were dulv sannointed nv
the Governor 10 superintend oautract
for and control the cleaning oss OF said
streams.
Before the fling of the engineers
certificate. December Is. 1876. Coke
then governor. entered a protest against
the issuance of any more certificates
alleging fraud, and the issuance Of Ger.
tificate,s was stayed out of respect for
the governor request.
judge ireland states that it has been
the custom for the governor Though
the duties of the commissioner of the
land office are untrammeled. snd are
purely defined by law.) TO exei else D
general supervision Of the business of
the land Office; and when il has been
discovered by the executive that the
interests Of the state were about 10 BE-
ieopardized by any transaction. thai
official has felt il a mart of his duty TO.
protest against such transaction. But
il has been equally a. well observed a
eastom. the i,sdre saxs for the force Of
anv snch protest 10 end with he exf,i-
ration Of sixty days' this time being
given for the adoption Of any means
70 subxtantiate the protestants allegas
tion.
After the fling of the certificate of
the euyineer sho.ripg. tim u,u,bar of
ro;l.a c1a.nsd o,,t ogtha parrara ana
Caney river. .evsn months and more
elap-e,i when Colonel AN Hobby
agept for C,ibso, ,he contractor raIled
on .Indrc Iral.rd AZ s,,c,,;n ra,arJ;n,
bia i,te,ests NJ Hohhv hsa CO MANI
xsars been n. ;nsim.te friend 81 .Judse
| Irelapds-that fr;end.bip DATING a. far
back as the secession convention OF
! Texas. and being kcrt. ,,nhrokeu down
Hobby cailsd hs snnounca5 b;,nse,f "a
he in trouble. having borrowed uIoney
on the land certi6cases. expectine their
issuance daily He ststsd that Ss had
been driven 70 Ne vail ii Xsesssity.
and must have funds The sympatky
~ Jadge Iralsnd -. .,ou.ed Hobby
warted him ~ = once cali opop NJ,
Croos thA covry.isr;orsr who ~ than
a. n. ~, afsi. .r5 r,ce 81; Il -
an. The -cert;6cases iftev HcbbT 80
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s,,rs aA did not IN ~ groos
tbat he nansk ;s..,e The certf $780,. bst
.;n,rlv srnrex.ed a opinio4I,s s Chic.
mel Hobbyss fr;end. fav6rable 10 hie
f-;aod's intAreeis He had X, r,esssoonal
| ;Aterssts vhetsvsr n ,ths MATTE. M
Groas lila moi - vbether Is. rould a.
would nos issas the oesti6ostea, hat
nudge lsss him nn.,si &c s.. = e Via.
the cersifs.t~s having bern issued No