Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-18

rlOr OF us ItStuiVt "nioh ho uoee hu
own, or from continuing such ienc
if already built, unless he fences in tn
small tract to itself, or arranges witt
the owner. If the owner OF the small
tract lives on IL, In that large pasture
the bill gives him right TO turn loos
on that pasture one animal for ever.
ten acres of ground he owns, ant
which is not inclosed by an inteiio
fence; and such use of the pasture dis
charges the penalty on the large pas
ture man for its Enclosure. 1t gives tn,
man thus fenced in, If he occupies hi
land, a right of way over the lines o
interior surveys, and ingress anC
egress through gates to public roads
1.-THE speaker discussed this feature u
length.
8. 1t prohibits any pasture mar
from turning stock loose on the out
side range, unless he owns in tn,
county, outside the pasture, ten acres
for every animal so turned loose.
4. Ii prohibits every man who has
defrauded the state by leasing or buy
! ing u school section AS dry land from
fencing it up, if it has permanent,
water on it, which was not made by
tanks. Under its provisions no man
can inclose school section, unless he
pays rent for it or owns It,
3. Six months are given for the
cattlemen to buy or lease their lands
and prepare to cease their depredn-
lions. If, for want of time to rent in
the regular way school lands, by July
next, the stockman is embarrassed, all
he has to do will be to deposit with the
state treasurer four cents per acre,
per annum, for designated school
lands where his cattle are located,
which will relieve him from punish
ment until he can lease regularly. To
ease the fears of those who say here
that the bill will double the land
values of the state, they may incorpo.
rate an amendment which will relieve
any stockman from punishment who
will deposit with the state treasurer,
for the benefit of the owner, four
cents per acre for railroad or private
land unoccupied. If it is worth more,
the owner can sue him; that deposit
will only relieve him from the penalty.
IT also provides that, If the owner of
the land can not be found, or is Il nom
resident, "a like deposit may be made
with the state treasurer, for thc bene-
fit of the real owner, either by the
man who wants the lease or by one
who has the land already inclosed.
and that such deposit will avoid the
penalty. An amendment Is also ready
which will prohibit prosecution of
one owning over twenty-five cattle,
and less than fifty, until ten DAYS
after notice is given to comply with
the law.
1t is easy to understand that in set
tied counties the law will enforce it.
self. Those who secure sufficient pas.
turage i'll such county will, from self
interest, prosecute the wandering
herdsman who invades their range TO
desolate it, for all, Knowing the adj
of not overstoclling the range.
will see that each owner has rented
enough grass. And can YOU
not also see that when
we have settled the road
problem, this system will contribute
to the safety of the pasture men who
own their own land, for when there is
enough grass outside for all, there will
be no temptation to destroy and invade
the pasture
For violating any of the provisions
Of the bill, the penalty is $500 or the
for two years, or both fine |
and penitentiary; and a fine of 81 |
IN addition Tor every head of cattle !
turned loose over 100. This |
Is necessary to force individuals and
corporations, who now fatten on school |
and n hundred thousand cattle, to
observe the law. They can rent at 30
,ents, under the act, enough grass To
eed beef year, and will not run the
OF the penitentiary when the
pocket nerve is also threatened. The |
destruction OF fence is also punished
IS felony or imprisonment in the
ANA, sir, let me say something to
hose who fear that this measure
would sacrifice the small ranch man
hat amendment is already prepared
" me which will suffer no leases of
chool land beyond a limited
mount, until after May next, and
which gives preference to small stock
hen, who will swear that their cattle
re located in the counties where the
ana applied for is situated. Thus the
mall stockman would be protected
no ali OF us may see that to all classes
Z Is perfectly just, and will not place
nc small herds at the mercy of the
allie kings. The objection that il ,
III ruin the stock interest Is too friv.
Ious for serious answer. Under this bill
le raising OF beef on school pasturage I
'"uld cost in four years but n dollar ,
hd sixty cents, but the policy would !
,lleve the farming people of The state I
burden of over eleven hundred a
lousand dollars school taxes, Cattle
lVestmepts would still, as shown bv +
snatof Chesiey yesterday, be the d
TEST and most profitable in Teyas q
nat more can be asked? All the /
nan stockman has to do would be to {
70 the treasury and deposit four /,
nus an acre for the school section he 4
anus, II there is no time to lease the n
nd regularly, and thus he avoids the +
'nhiVy. III the stock of other people d
the county roam over his land, he N
rows mat each one of them repre- n
nus ten acres of land somewhere in !,
county, and that his own steer -
presenting the same amount is ner. Ii
ps grazing somewhere else. Tha h
;hts OF All in the range is euualized n
lstlng habits of letting cattle RIM NJ !,
~, are not disturbed, and n stem for a. =,
IRA VIII be taken in the rivht III. y.
;tion to stop strife. Nv VII "
put who can estimate the result IN /,
,aai , ordef, when, by law, we have tt
10 I'D ioiceu ehese nomadic herdsmen W
~ ura' MUTATIONS and stopped the n
~ hell which their wander- h,
ne breeds? No longer would The at
'il hester look with fear to the til
I nc norsemen around his cabin. or ar
Ina I'm .heir invading herds, or al