The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-15
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ohehoweib onefod mo foilOwl6e amend
ment NJ The generals department
"tho department NJ state engineer $500
contingent travelling expenses, II Wll n
l0hief clerk, 81 800. 0iilco furniture, 500"
The point NJ order having been falsod
that tie house will have ~ 80 Into com.
mlttee Of the whole ~ consider the amend
mont, The bill having passed 10 ongr0ss
mcnt, Chonoweth Withdrew lsamendment,
stating he would have u introduced when
the bill was considered by the senate.
The bill passed the house with an omer.
genCy clause.
Adjourned I'LL 9 p. m.
| EVENING SESSION.
The special order was the senate land
| bill, providing for the sale OF the uniYor'
sity and common school lands, and the
question on the adoption of Robertsons, Of
| WILLIAMSON substitute for the substitute
OF Browning, u synopsis OF which suostl'
tutes were published several days since.
Robertson insisted that his substitute
was preferable TO the senate bill inasmnch
as il prohibited the sale of agricultural
lands except to actual settlers, and pro-
vided for the leasing Of the pasture lands
instead of selling them. ii was also more
explicit in defining the manner in
which the lands should be classified
and divided into the agricultural
pasture and mineral lands; that the agri-
cultural and the pasture lands were to be
be subdivided into the watered and unwa-
tered lands, and disposed of accordingly.
Davis, of Lamar, spoke in favor OF long
credit, small price and no lease at all.
Robertson of Jack, thought that the sem
ate bill with the necessary amendments
should pass the house. He was in favor OF
providing more for the education OF the
children of the present generation. than
keeping the land bound up with a view OF
settling by emigration.
Moursund opposed the letting system as
advocated by Robertson, OF Williamson,
and could not see one reason why 1T should
be adopted. He said that the stockmen
who came before the committee SAID they
would pay cents per acre for leasing Inc
and, and that this would be of little profit
to the children of the state, and that the
expense attending would be more than 1t
would come to. He considered The senate
bill very pernicious in some of its features,
and favored the substitute formerly offered
by Browning, which provides for the classt-
fication and sale of all the lands. lie
thought the senate bill unlike BroWnlng's
substitute, favored corporations and mo-
nopolists to the exclusion of smaller pur-
chasers.
browning SalC JHdb lue dIBulheh1 PIC
scented by several gentlemen that unless
the senate bill was adopted there would be
no land bill at all was fallacious, and main
tanned that remedy would be found in
conference committee, He asserted that
the senate bill was in the interest OF land
sharks and monopolists and that it should
be preemptorily rejected by the house. lie
reviewed at some length the provisions con-
tanned in his substitute, which provides
that watered agricultural lands shall be
sold for not less than $2per acre; unwatered
agricultural lands, $l.50; watered grazing
lands, Sl.50; unwatered grazing lands, 81;
said lands to be viewed, classified and APP
praised by q board of appraisers.
Pending further discussion Browning
yielded to motion to adjourn.
Adjourned.
CAPITAL CHRoNICLIHGS.
The authorities of Wilbarger county have
applied to the Acknowledgement for rangers
to assist in suppressing lawlessness in that
county.
The Nolan & Price Hardware company,
of Dallas, filed an amendment to its char
ter, changing the name to Nolan "
McNosky.
The comptroller paid into the treasury
to-day $4,000 to the general revenue and
So 900 to the available school fund. Mad
look Bros. paid in 600 for four-bit land.
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