The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-27


full, with u provision that lonyes tue
state 1T liberty 90 erect another one,
and have il filed with couyicts. The
administration of the laws in the courls
has been expedited, and their execution
improved generally.
The quarantine operations have been
oystematizad aud greatly improved, for
tho protection OF hfeagainst tho yellow
fever, aud,ot the same time ,amplo Prep
nretiou, nra being made to facilitate
copHuordal intercourse with tho tfopi-
cal regions.
A splendid copiol tor she s'Gtc has
been contracted for, aud is in prccess
Of construction, to be paid for by three
million Of acres Of land already sur
yo3cd and aet apart f6J that purpose.
Three hundred lesgtaa OF ldnl have
been elected, surveyed aud set. apart
for the uuorgHni2ed counties
q temporary capitol has h9en erecpi
nnd stste sewer Tor ,h8 public Nuiid-
ings has been contracted fer aud will
soon be constructad.
Permanent improvements have beer
made IN all OF the asyiums.
Population and capital hivo ilowcd
into tho country far beyond any pre-
vious period. Enterprise, in all OF the
uGeiul industries, has been quickened
and enlarged "a
Railroads. have been pushed iutO the
heretofore unsettled territory OF the
state, until we have now almost no
frontier, as it was formerly known.
Two branches Of Pacific railroad
have been completed, and now pass
through the state one through tue
northern and the other through The
southern part Of Texas and the third
one (the lnterneionsD,Y will soon have
its connections, by tho ronds through
MoXco TO the Pacitc ocean.
Manuiactofies ARE starting up over
tic state, AID commorcol Is eulnrgiug
is proportions to keep pace with the
enlarged and varied industrios of the
country.
Other things have boon done, which
might be enumerated, that pave con-
tdbuted, to swell the tide of our I1pid
advancement,
The result j. due o. the action OF
the legislatures, the executive and judi.
ciul officers, and euployes OF tho gov
egument gonerllly,t1 moral Influences
eaerted, 10 the intelligence and energy
of our citizens, TO the excellent quail
ties, in its fertile soils, its climate, it,
vast extent, and it's locality, and not
a little TO the fact g TINT other states,
north'and east Of ts, having been settled
and developed, tho time had arrived
when Te11s did, in her turn, become
the inviting field for enterprise 1t is a
sufficient source OF pride and honor
that each one of us, as Texan, in the
full measure OF his sphere Of action
whether high OF low, has been IN acto,
in this grand drama Of events pnd con
dition Of things through which Tcxa,
has hoen made to leap into aconspio9ou
career of solid progress, unopuAlled il
any former period of her eventual his
tory. ..-
Tho operations Of The goSernmeu
have grown to immence proportions
as exhibited by the numerous reports
and other documents that will be sub
mitted to you
In the report which will be made ant
submitted 70 you at tho closerof Lay
term of office accounting for themonel
appropriated for rewar Is, attorney
fees, and expenses OF suits in which TIA,
sthte Is a party, you will find cdnsid
cradle amounted IL contracted and 'pait
as attorneys fees aud expenses. Thu
largest fees have been pad for the de
Tense in what IS kuownas AIS
/ THE MERCER COLONY SUIT,
tolwhch Mr.. a. J. Poeler, of the firn
TofPooleg & Maxey, is now giving hi
nttenti IN IN the supreme court Of thu
United States, ut Washington City
This is a suit brought against tho com
missioner of the general land office, il
| his cflicial capacity, and affects thoin
telests OF tie eitizens in avery larg'
portion " the northern part of Texas
The exhaustive exposition of the mat
ters pertaining to this suit, prepared b.
Mdssrs, Peoler & Msxey, having beei
printed, viii be Submitted to you. Thi
is, substantially, snitpgainst the state
aud having ,beenV decided against thl
Hon. w. @. Walsh, he had 10 Riyed
bond, in order to have it carried to tn
supreme court. Should it not b
Brought to termination before Tia
close of this session of the Legislature
il may be proper 10 make somS provision
for that, and for whatever else may b
found necessary in the defense OF thi
suit.
SUITS AGAINST DEFAuLTIgd rAS coLLECI
oRs AND IN.cAsEs or EsciftATs. q {
In the memorial OF Mr.. i. L. Moor,
county attorney of Trdyis county, an
in the report of the attorney generi
You will find both OF these subjects az
planned, allowing an urgent necessit
for legislation to cure tho defects whio
have been found tos exist inlthe Law
relating 10 them.
oUARASrmE.g ts
by tho laws of this state the goyernC
is placed o. the hsnd Of the.siata qua
aniina. which Is designed to be ostal
, lished on the sghlle aud on the 9th,
| borders Of the atAte, when NECESSARY, i
order to keep the yellow feverand otht
/ infectious Diseases out7of the state. II
duties on this subject, for about ii
, months ont Of every year, have boz
very onerous aud difficult The lay
relating to II, ~ nov found IL tho II
J yised Civil Statutes. IS a compleiiel
repeating the Provisions of four or nl
i laws that had been previously passed
d different times, They evidently has
Z not proper and consistent cohneclie
D throughout, 90 asto preyout obscuslt
y aud uncertainty IN many respecissf
: Such construction, however, IA
/, been PLAYED upon lAsmi takcial I
4 aethef, AS has enabled D sysion of o.
!, eraiiona to be- builtup ~ tlstirexrculi,
Q which might be much improved BY