The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-27

by such trespass and ii shall be the duty of
| the commissioner 10 institute SUIT in the
name OF the state, for the benefit OF the
fund TO which such lands may belong, for
the damages sustained and for u writ of
possession against the trespasser. The dis
trict court of Travis county shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the district
court of the county in which such lands
may be located, or TO which the same may
be attached for Judicial purposes, OF all
suits and actions in law aud equity, for the
protection OF said lands from trespass aud
to recover damages therefor and upon all
contracts of sale or lease under
this act, and for the enforcement
of all forfeiture and recovery of
all penalties anu upon all civil ACTORS r.
lating to such lands.
! Sec. Al. Any person who shall knowingly
or wilfully take and remove from any land
belonging to the university, the public tree
schools or asylums, any earth. grass, rock,
coal, salt, iron, copper or other minerals Of
value, or who shall cut, destroy or remove
any timber from any of such lands, shall be
deemed guilty of theft, and shall be pun
ished therefor as is provided by law for
theft OF personal and movable property in
other cases. And the district court of
Travis county shall have concurrent juris-
d ction with the district court OF the county
In which said crime is committed, or with
the county to which same is attached for
Judicial purposes, for the prosecution
OF SAID crime, and all such
oifenses may be indicted by the district
court of Travis county, the Jurisdiction of
the district court Of Travis county being
hereby enlarged, so as to embrace all ac-
tions both civil and criminal under the
provisions of this act.
Sec. i5. 1t shall not be lawful for the
commissioner of the educational land de-
partment, or any clerk in his office, or any
personln any way connected Herewith, to
be interested directly or indirectly in the
sale, or leasing OF any lands belonging TO
the university, the public free schools or
asylums or in the sale of any timber OF
mineral to be taken from the same, and if
the said commissioner, clerk or other per-
son employed about said office, shall con-
spire with any other person, firm or cor
poration for the sale or rental
of any of said lands, or for the sale
OF any timber or mineral thereon,
whereby the sale or lease of said lands, or
the timber or minerals thereon, shall be in
| in any manner influenced or affected, or
whereby the said commissioner, or clerk or
| other person shall, directly or indirectly,
| receive any advantage, emolument, orthing
OF value whatever or the promise thereof,
VI whereby inc purchaser or lessee snail
take any advantage in such sale, or lease,
such commissioner, clerk or employc or
person, and such purchaser or lessee Shall
each and all be punished by confinement in
the penitcntiary for term not less than
two nor more than ten years.
| Sec. AZ. That the sum Of $50 000, orso much
thereoias may be necessary, be and the same
is hereby appropriated, out of any mon.
eys In tile treasury not otherwise appro.
praled, for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions of this act.
Sec. Is. Whereas, as imperative public
necessity exists for the protection of the
university, pnblc free school and asylum
lands, and Tor the withdrawal of the same
from sale except as provided in this act, at
as early a day as possible, which creates an
existing emergency that this law shall take
elect from and after its passage, and it is
so enacted.