The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-02-13
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS,
A FULL LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
FROM AUSTIN.
A Busy Day in Senate and House Pc
Wsinq the Statutes An Import
ant Land Law introduced,


Special Telegram IN the Examiner.
SENATE
Arsrt~, February - Petitions
Evans From citizens Of Ennrin count!
asking the passage Of "a law 10 iuotcc
hog raising, also skiing prohibition
amendment 10 tine constitution.
pfruiTcr: 10 permit the location %
certain land certificates IN the deserves
pfcuiIrr 10 prevent tue spread o
SMALLPOX.
Patton: 10 crchtc state hpnrl %
| health tn prevent he -pr ad u idcml,
] discusos.
Shannon: TO chlngc the time OF hold
ing Il strict courts /, the twenty eight
/ Judicial district
/ Peacock Concurrent rcsulu ION rat,
wing the lcu.c of the pcmtnuuarlcs, re-
I fcrrcd.
The committee cubs itute Tor acuat,
/ bill 10 provide for the sale NJ lands sct
aside Tor tcucht NJ the common -choola
also, senate bill making provision ful
the sale, imp oycmcut and settlement OF
public lands; also, senate bill 10 provide
tor tho sale pr Loose of all chOol lands,
also, senate hill to provide for the dlspo.
stIOu ~ school lHnd-, waa laid before
the scuatu.
Cooper moved to postpone till Neducs-
day, lost
the substitute was rcad. 1t provides
that lands be ella -fiod under oath 10y
district mrvc.or4 The value X fixed ut
not less than two dollars for surveys
without water and not lcEs4hnu two and
20 half dollar for watered, nor j ~ thuu
five tor timhcrcd, actual settlers Ia
than six hundred and forty no. less than
one hundred mud sixty acres. II pro-
ydp- that the surveyor shall give public
notice OF -ulru lands, and thut NO per
son or corporation shall purchase more
than elN MuudrsI and forty acres, when
the same l- o. us-ri agricultural, but
grazing cor tmbcrpd lands can bee sold lu
amy quantity ppyil d 100 corporation
shall pa chase moro than GO acres. II
provides inr the time payment ut forty
years at four per cent interest, ruyldcd
that tine whole amount of the purchase
money shall ho puld u cash for tmhcrcd
land. II requires .ut the surveyor shall
give bond m $4,000
DAVIS objected 10 the bill, lccuI4o II
did mot pr vide for % lease, and because
he objected tu thos lcuf all the school
lands IT," h,ld 70 lease was preferable,
because Tia state would not rel u-r CON.
troll of tine band and would get the bnur
tit of uu increase no price, Tie also 0h-
Jccted because % did not protect actual
settler, and hgCuuHc IT docs not provide
for the sale uf timber. lie fu,uIcd re-
committing the hll.
Mulock considered the substitute the
best pu-sh'c, saving the oommtir. cu,
fully considered if, Hui while 10 does mot
provide lpI leasing, she committee hly, nu
objection 10 such am umcuIm.ut Ho
Thought the bill should be- No. cus.Dd by
-crIinu-. and such amendments uIuIivI %.
the -cunlo might favor
Pope objected 10 the bill, hrc.rl.c IL did
NOT provide tor the leasing, uud hr deemed
this absolutely nee, --Hry tor the rc son
that th,r f were vast quantities OF lands
Urlv suitable gazing and which c.u-
not br sold. tie favored thc sale at tim
Der mat % reduction OF time ol payment to
twenty wear Ins lad Oi forty. lie moved
That tue bIl Dee rrrummiltud.
Mr.. Peacock favored taking mmcdi to
urftun. Us In iil1 opinion rroomuuting the
bill would not remedy tie detects com
planned h. he he'd that the objections
raised could be- r'mcd.ri by amendment.
Gibbs favored rrcummittlug for the
reason tim ho bcliry d the committee
would prepare Il hIll providing for sale
or lIaSe ih@ would IL. be ~ sl99ciHfY r. Ea
opinion, would be futile.
@ och fnyorcd considering the bill
and amending 1t us the majority may
determine.
MotIock insisted on considering the
bill.
t.. pfcullcr said he WAS of opinion that
there was something IA the hll intended
Ia pun the wool over thu cy ~ the
senators. lie favored leasing and
thought It should hc r,cummltted.
Terrell Thought It best to take the bill
up and rerfoct It hy u, crssary nm.ud.
ments He men lonci the different in
ilucuccs at work to control Legislation
and said he hollryoI that the true
policy " q state was the Hnlr policy.
aud # lenses uro made they should be-
carefully guarded su as to prevent fiturr
trouble. lie urged the sale pole # 1T
dld bull the railroad land mHrhct. lie
WAS looking tu the interest IT the schools
aud not the railroads.. lie would vote
for no bill that did not limit
the quantity Of sale or lease
~ lands, that they may be- kent out Of
the hands of corporations lIe read
copies uf the chHrtcrs NJ the Continental
and other stock Hs4ociutIous aud of Ger
tam Hud corporations, saying he desired
To prevent these gigantic corporations
from approprl ltlng and fencing vust
quantities Of lands lie alluded 10 the
land mouup0lics ~ England, and warned
senators To be circful how they adopted
"A policy that may give undu- power Ia
landed monopohcs. He objected to re