The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-19

The members are therefore 10 be oongratu-
lated rs well as the state for the measures
passed AZ Governor Ireland said, and par
ticularly for the providing for an additional
lunatic asylum and the improvement ofthe
one nov In operation, by which the uhior-
tunate lunaiics Of the state will be cared ior'
For withdrawing the school and asylum
lands from the market and deyislng asys-
tenn by which something may be realiIeu
for said lands, the permanent school ana
university fund being thus materially aug
mented, and the state enabled TO educate
the children without heavy burden being
laid upon the people. By submitting an
amendment TO the constitution allowing
separate school tax to be levied, we may be
enabled to aid our educational enterprise
without TN unnecessary accumulation Of
money in the treasury. BY the passage OF
The railroad bill, the people will be enabled
| to observe It's workings and improve upon
most difficult task through subsequent leg
| islation. By the act to protect the WOOL
growing interest of western Texas, great
enterprise is aided and encouraged. by
the act recognizing the Judicial DISTRICTS
the disposition of business in the courts
will be greatly facilitated. The act to To-
cilitate the collections of claims from me
general government on account OF monies
expended in frontier defense will enable
Texas to reclaim money she should have
recovered long since. The act to provide
| for the settlement of claims oil
school teachers is an act OF
Justice that has been long delayed
These acts were of the labors on the lead
ing subjects, but perhaps the most import
ant bill passed was that whereby the state
of Texas resumed control OF her penlten'
tiaries and set the seal of disapproba
ton upon the horrible leasing system,
which, on general principles and but too
often in actual practice, is a disgrace to thu
enlightenment of the age in which we live
The railroad bill, though it may not b.
fully up in its requirements to the publ
clsmor, Is step in the right direction, ant
was about the only one that coul'
possibly have been passed. Fo
the next two years we can,
above observed, watch its workinl
and effects and can improve upon i
as vigilant experience shall dictate. 1t j
a law which largely helps the traveller an'
the shipper, and which will have no dele
terious effects upon the capitalist with ex
listing or prospective investments here. TIT
return of the $134,O00 to the University
and the donation OF an additional 100000
acres OF land to that cause, was but just II
the former instance ana properly generous
in the latter. The mineral law is especially
wise in the interests of the state owning
lands and to the several endowment funds
And so with the land bill, the school tax
bill, the constitutional amendments bill,
etc. The 18th legislature did well its work,
and time will demonstrate the wisdom OF
! the course pursued. OF course some per
sons are disappointed in not having gotten
through certain pet schemes OF their own
or with some bills as finally passed in the
face OF contestation, but the $50 which have
become laws will long remain as solio
monument to the praise Of the member
ship at large. The HERALD in this con-
nection cannot refrain from psrdonable
pride that the leading legislation
finally attained is in accord with that out
lined by it prior to the assembling and
urged in the very commencement OF the
session.