The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24

3 The bill further prohibits transfer
l OF lease for three years unless tn
animals placed on the land are sold a
G the same time to the party to whom tn
I lease is sold. Actual settlers Of
I watered section shall not have tn
{ right to enclose the water thereon
They are to pay 50 per acre for land o
: an unwatered section, and So TO
} watered section. or if they choose the,
may have thirty years time to pay TO
the land, as in section of the old law
They are limited to grazing not eve
fifty head of cattle upon 100 acres. L
is made a misdemeanor to Craze upol
school lands that are not leased, under
penalty of fine in any sum not les:
than $500.
The land board may prescribe any
additional rules and regulations they
may deem necessary to carry out the
purposes and intention OF this act OF
to facilitate the execution of the
same. They may direct the superin,
tendent to visit and ascertain the true
value and rental of lands, the latter
to be allowed actual travelling ex-
penseS. These are some of the chief
features of the bill.
By Mr.. Pendleton, House bill o.
To appropriate $4,000, to be used by
the governor for payment of rewards
and ferreting out and suppressing
crime.
By Mr.. Davis, OF Camp, House bill
93-To amend section of the Judicial
district act.
By Mr.. Taylor-House bill No. 81,
To regulate attachments in certain
cases, and provide for distribution of
funds.
By Mr.. Browning-HouSe bill No.
80, To make it unlawful for any one to
turn live stock out of an enclosure to
range at large upOnlthe outside unless
he has in his own right, or by lease,
six acres outside for every animal,
under penalty of misdemeanor and
fine not less than 800.
By Mr.. Burns-To restore civil and
criminal Jurisdiction in Pamela
county.
BY Mr.. Frank-Petition of citizens
of Erath county against the herd law.
By Mr.. Cochran, House bill No. So
To make it unlawful hereafter for
any person to enclose any land not
his own nor under his control, and to
provide ample redress in all cases
wherein such lands may have been so
enclosed hereafter. 1t provides agents
and owners of land unlawfully en-
closed may make affidavits of the
facts before county Judge, who,
when satisfied of the facts, may have
sixty feet of the fence declared NUS
ance and abated by the sheriff. The
| bill provides for proper tenders where
parties fail to agree, such as double
the minimum value fixed by the state
| for the annual rental of free school
lands. If this is not agreed to, the
lencloser may propose to the owner to
allow him to Craze in the enclosure
| one animal to six acres. Ii this don't
suit the owner. he must state his de-
mands, to be heard before the county
judge.
Parties may exempt themselves
from liability and penalties of this
| act by constructing fences upon their
own land entirely around the land en-
closed Of another, SO as to seggregate
the said land from their own pastures,
and by giving ingress and egress over
their pastures by means Of four gates,
at points to be indicated by the per-
son whose land is enclosed.
These are some Of the principal
features of the bill, which is full of
details.
Mr.. Durant spoke on question of
| privilege, as to an article from the
| Austin correspondent of the San An
tonic Express.
Mr.. Durant said: Mr.. Speaker, l
was in hopes that at this special ses-
sion of the Eighteenth Legislature 1
would have no occasion to impede the
work of the special session on ques-
ton of personal privilege, and had 1
not patroniZed the San Antonio EX-
press literally and largely such would
not be the result now.
But, Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen, l
| propose to be free and untramelled
in all my actions. and also propose
| to be free and untramelled in my ex-
pressions in regard to the manner in
which this paper has paraded me. /
thought had four copies of it on my
desk, but / suspect some of the little
boot lacks have them and gone to the
privy with them.
Mr.. Thompson, of BeXar-What
paper do you refer to?
Mr.. Durant-The San Antonio Ex-
press.
Mir. Thompson, of Bexar-Here is a
copy on my desk.
Mr.. Durant-But it makes no differ
ence. In one place it puts me down
as favoring the New Orleans
appropriation bill. In another
he has me down as op-
posing that measure, and goes on to
say that stated that the matter did
not come within the purv1ew of the
governors proclamation. In Ie-
gard to my saying that there
was nothing of the kind referred
to in the governors proclamation
and that such bill may have been un-
constitutional he may have been mis-
taken, but on down little further he
says that it will bt borne in mind that
Mr.. Durant, from Leon, was the gen.
tleman, who, during the session of the
Seventeenth legislature, stated that he
came to the legislature for the money
that was in it. Now, gentlemen, 1
shall right here take occasion to say
that no such report has ever been cir
culated, and that the father or author
of this is an infamous liar. J. do not
doubt that he could be induced, for
10 cents, to lick the saliva from the
mouth of the jackall in order to stain
the escutcheon of his most intimate
friend.
shall not rise any more to ques-
ton Of privilege on any newspaper
slang, be it hard or soft, for do not
feel disposed to detain the House on
any such foolishneSS, and will here
after be silent in regard to such
| matters.
Mr.. Douglas said he rose to ques-
ton of privilege also. He had not
been puffed in any of the papers.
Uaughter)
The House took up the pending
business from adjournment-theb bill
to appro pirate $4,000 for the New
| Orleans exposition.
Mr.. Frymier spoke in favor of an
appropriation, but to meet constitu-
tional objections argued that it could
be made to the bureau of statistics, to
be used under the duties of the COM
missioner of insurance, history and
statistics, for the dissemination of in
| formation in the interest of the state.
To this end he had prepared substi
tute to appropriate $4,000. He IA
vored recommitment of the pending
| bill in order that the committee may
have the benefit of the conside. alton
of the points in his substitute in
making their report.
The bill was discussed, pro and con,
by several members.
Mr.. MerriWether spoke against the
appropriation and was followed by
Messrs. Hill and Ayres on the same
side, and Messrs. Chenoweth and
/ T ohotf IN favor of tho hill