Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-23

THE LEGISLATURE.
Senator Terrelps Bill Under Dissection
by the senate.
Wonderful Emasculation Of all its I'M
portant features
Sent Back 20 Hospital in Committee
With o substitute
The House Busy with Road Laws with
out Result.
Special TO the Gazette.
THE LEGISLATURE.

Austin. January 22.-Matiock in
troduced n bill to authorize counties I
issue bonds for road and bridge pun
poses, and empowering the count.
commissioners to levy an ad valoren
tax. not to exceed fifteen cents, SUI
licient to pay the interest ana sinking
fund on said bonds. ~,
In committee of the whole, the Ter
rell bill was taken up
Senator Terrell spoke three hours IL
answer to speeches made by the oppo
sition. His speech was eloquent, an,
was listened to with profound atten
ton Abiding to his bill he said FREE
grass was AT the bottom of the evils IL
Texas, and that his bill proposed tt
remove the cause. He stated he wa
willing I, amend the bill so rs TO pre-
vent corporation from leasing land
until the small stock ow ners had al
opportunity TO lease all they desired
He wanted to punish the fence-cutter
and mt the same time he wanted Il
punish the man who fenced land moi
his own. He would also punish any
man who used grass outside OF his in
closure unless he owned or leased land,
on the outside.
Gooch moved that the committee
rise and that the further consideration
of the bill be by the senate. Adopted.
The pending question being the
adoption of the committee amendment
to strike out"ten acres 'and insert five
acres.n to be the basis for each ami
NAL over twenty-five head turned out
10 craze. Harris moved that the minor
ity re port be adopted.
Davis favored the adoption of the
report, saying that TerrelPs bill should
not be passed. IL contained sops for
all, and its only object WAS to curry
favor with all classes. Ii contained
nothing that tended TO remove exist
ing evils. He accused Terrell of hav-
ing some object In view other
than the correction of
evils disturbing the state. He
asserted that the effect OF the bill
would be to depopulate the frontier, as
great corporations and wealthy cattle
men would lease all the lands, and
thus compel small owners to leave the
country.
Gooch offered a substitute for the
pending motion TO lay the bill and
committee reports on the table. Lost;
yeas II, nays II.
Chesley moved TO adjourn. Lost
yeas 8, nays %,
The first committee amendment was
then adopted; yeas 10, nays Z.
The second committee amendment
eXempting 100 head of stock instead of
twenty-five was read Chesley offered
TO amend by striking out 100, and
inserting so. Lost; yeas 10, nays Is
Peacock offered 10 amend 50 AS 10 al
low the head of family only to Craze
one hundred head OF stock outside of
Enclosures. Withdrawn after some
discussion.
The committee amendment that
the law take effect within one year
instead of SIX months was lost.
Shannon Offered 10 amend by insert
ing 'schooW before "land'' In the
first section.
GOoch offered substitute adding a
new section, making the law apply to
school, university and asylum lands
only.
Terrell insisted that the amendment
would destroy the object of the bill.
The amendment WAS adopted; yeas
Is, nays 0.
Davis Offered 10 amend by striking
out all the bill relating to commission
ers of pasturage. Adopted; yeas Is,
nays o.
Harris offered 10 amend by striking
out all exceptions. Adopted; yeas IL,
nays S.
Harris offered to amend by striking
out section six relative to trespass.
Adopted; yeas IS, nays 5.
Davis offered 10 amend by striking
out the frat section.
Shannon Offered his bill to punish
and inclosipg OF lands
not owned or leased, rs n substitute for
the entire bill.
Gooch moved that the bill and sub
stitute be recommended to the com
mitiee. Adopted. and the senate adj
journed.
HOUSE
Austin, Tex, january %. - The |
mousse was called 10 order at 10 o'clock
with the speaker aud II quorum pres
emit. Prayer was offered by the chap I
lain, Rev Nj. Poindexter. Gen. Oar
nell, door-keeper, " as indefinitely ey-
lused from attendance on account of
'ickness, us was also Mr.. Rainey for
The same reason. Gen. Geo l.. Bates
was invited to q seat within the bar of
lhe mousse. Hon. Geo. Todd and Hon.
Joseph Stewart were accorded the
same privilege.
By MI. Browning-A bill to have
the secretary OF state furnish comics oil
all bills and records, and have The same
Kept In the house for the conye fflence
Adopted. '"
a petition was read and referred I
rom the citizens Of Brown county for
OF the road laws.
Mr.. Chambers was excused fro,,
attendance, owing to important bust ,
The contingent expenses cornmittea
'eporied favorably the payment Far
over I'll 900 for incidental eyupnsps
md the same was ordered paid.
The special committee renort.d ,
.hree biils, which were ordered nr;n, ,
~ w. am, anu made the special order for |
Inc committee on federal relations
epor!eu IN favor of urging on our rem. Z
's,., IN congress the adyisa.
my VI an adequate appropriation To 4
leu, ueep water at Sabine Pass, and \
"a. ..e secretary OF slate be ordered a
y loi "aiu certified copies of the same /
= oui hgiessional and senatorial rem. @
esehtatiyes. II was so ordered.
ane uehciehcy appropriation bill. re- II
,rieu ~ n special committees Ia nrn. -
iue iunds for the DEFICIENCIES set firth =
y me governors proclamation wos >,
an a I ana an appropriation OF s75'- II
", ~. iesas veterans, and 81 275 for q,
ay aisnt OF salaries and contingent ii
= @ ia,ns, were moved and adopted by il
o ,,,ii,'le Of the whole, with the q,
inMergency clause added w "' q
oittee n na "a. ~ chairman of the com. Ii
erse re ym rta. =, affairs. sent up an nd
committed house hill niaking o o' Wv. n OF
~ for the New Orleans ua up up :,
ltioh. The report IL adve,sa apo OF