The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-07


the loudly cattle uWntu,
Nlhinson made sirug address in ih'
irierH' NJ he frontier men maEinB lhtu
homes In the west.
Cotton mudpA q bfift bui strong argument
M favor Of The majority Ispiu, elioliinl
alme applause,
Foster, Of Limestone, ssli the report wa,
NOT all he a. sired, but ne w0uli suppor, II.
| Upton stated that he would vote against
the report of the committee On section al
the bill, which was th- ehiei bone OF o0n'
! tentinn, and feada 40 i0ll0ws; ANY per-
| son who owns or c0niro's land OF another
may fence his own land By fencing he Tuner
| boundaries ot his survey and leaving n
way or line sixty feet vide (unobitrueled
by gates or oihtrwist) u the outer bound
aries ui the surrounding land ht,suoh places
as the owner o: agent al lhe inner survey
may demand, ana providing two gates AZ
such places on the inner ana outer fence
| as the owner of tho inuuf survey shall de-
mand; and they snail be kept IN condition
convenient tor opening and closing by the
owner OF iae fence; or, u no demand Is
made, the openings aud gates shall be A.
such place as the owner OF
the outer survey may select, When the
ways or lanes and gates are oncs locate !
they shall not be changed except by consent
oi the owners OF both i"Hcc and outer sur
surveys"
Mr.. Scott said he would he compelled to
vote against the report aad argued that this
tendency of the measure would be 20 in-
crease ience-cutting.
A motion to substitute the minority for
the majority report was lost and the major.
itv report was adopted: ayes. 80; noes, lS.
Wurstbsch moved 10 reconsider ihe vote
by which the report was adopt, d and TO lay
that melton on the table. Carried,
The house adopt ID the report Of the free
conference committee upon the bill 10 re-
duce taxstion for general purposes agd
conform the tax laws TO the amended con.
stitution. II provides f.r the levy and col.
lection of free school ta= of II IL ms; cad
Of 90 IL cents.
House adjourned till $50 p. m.
AFTERNOON ssssIOS.
roster, of Grayso cali ed up the motion OF
Foster, of Limestone, TO reconsider the vote
by which the fence.cutting bill was passed.
Foster, of Limestogs, ssid that he intend
ed to Withdraw the action at the proper
time.
The other Foster thought it vas the time
now TO dispose OF the an sudments.
Taylor argued that tire house should not
be hampered by calling up The motion.
Armistead and Ayres did not want the
motion Withdrawn until the action OF both
houses had been fully ascertained.
Mcursand moved the previous question.
Lost-Ayes. A; noes, Al.
The question as 10 the propriet'es OF &C,
ton of the 'wo houses was further discussed
by Messrs. Swan, Pendleton, Cochran and
Others.
Cochran said that as far as he was con.
cerned, he wished TO make ience-cutting
felony if ample protection was afforded the
farmer aud other small interests from un.
lawful enclosures.
The house LOT into hilarious mond 81
n ~ ~, ran mar anualitipa nd crOsS-i F.np ..Nu
tweeI =. pbers,
Mersund said, ''iet tho senate d. So II
would, the house should ENt dodge D .G
sponsibility behind the action of tn -eu-
ate"
Foster. of Grayson, said he would w',h-
draw the call for the motion to recons'aer
if the author OF the motion would agres tn
ted on the committee report. He wanted
the house to have an opportunity to dis
pose ct the senate amendment.
Foster, of Limestone, reiterated his posi-
ton satisfactorily, ard Foster, of Gray son,
Withdrew his call tor the motion.
The house receded from its amendments
to senate bill No. 81, authorizing cities TO
issue bonds to build school houses.
The senate bill to validate sales of school
lands bought by clerks ID ,he land office
next came up.
Browning argued that the parties ought
to be satisfied to get bacl. from the state
the part payments they had made on the
land and not expect the state to validate
the sale.
Foster, OF Grayson, referred to the late
decision OF the supreme court bearing on
lands were public lands and consequently
could not be purchased, but. said the par.
chases were ma te BY the clerks in good
faith under the opinion of the land COM
missioner that they were entitled opur-
chase. The bill finally. pBssei
By White-A resolution to adjourn sine
die at 12 noon Wednesday, February .fth,as
the law fixes the end OF the session OF thirty
days. ~
Cochran called up senate bill No. 20, al.
10 wing parties to render land values ald
the comptroller to receive taxes from them
for the years 1871 to 1876 inclusive. The
bill passed finally.
Senate bill Ne. 81, amending articles 3672
and 1916 and adding others to the revised
statutes relative to the dutiec OF the super
in endent of the capitol and other pubic
bnildinps, the bill making m appropriation
of So co., was considered III committee Of
the whole.
An amendment allowing the judge Of
the several courts private rooms IN the
capital was adopted. The bill was adopt
ed in committee and was passed by the
hhuse 10 thlrd reaulhg.
Cochran moved o reconsider iho vote by
w lch house bill No. Z, limiting acqnisi-
ton of land by private corporations was
ensrossed. Carried.
The emery ency clause was added to the
bill.
The house then adjourned till l:5O p. m
EVENING SESSION.
Holse bill No. II, pending from the
aiierhoon session, was resumed, ard passed
finally.
Senate bill No. 36, authorizing commis--
sioners' courts 10 lay out and open at least
one fiIst-cas3 road sixty feet wide to ada
cent county seats, passed, and @ motion
was m 5de to reconsider, followed by call
of the house.
The house refused to suspend the call,
br the abseptees were excused and the
motion to con ider being revived the
peaker stated tina. the house was still un-
der cal
The object OF the motion to reconsider
was to get into the bill an omitted amend
mem providing tor second class as well as
ir.t class roads.
The previous question being ordered,
Taylor moved call of the house, and thus
the. filibustering continued even on the
propos tion to take up other measures,
Senate bill No % the gste bill, was hnal-
ly taken up.
odom and Taylor made arguments
against it.
Moore, of Eastland, Hill and Swan spoke
ia favor of the bill.
By Browning-To strike out the clause
making the bill apply only to pastoral
lands. Lost.