Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-25

Austii, Jan -, 8J.
Hon. Marion Martin, President OF -. nate:
Your committe on STOCK aud >tock-'aisi ne,
To 4 II ,m WA. referred u nate bill No ,, en-
titled IAN act u regulate the ahng ~
stock, aud to presnih. and provide i9r en-
te bill NO W., entitled " act to control
and disp ,se OF MI he land heretoi n" or here
AT r surv yed and set apart 70 the be"efit Of
lands class an ti'ntc ed y We carrlu "
examined tho same, aud majority ne
committee instruct me TO report senate bill
No 30 ok Az Il suijs' itute for senate bIl' No
,, and recommend thai II do pas, With tho
accompanying amendments.
All ofwhich In respectfully submitted.
CoLLTgs, chairman.
COMMITTEE AHEsDa. STs.
Amend ,cciion2 2. Strike out zone hpndred
anu hixt :" whenever II occurs in the section,
ana insert six hu. DIR d and forty."
substitute B-ctl n IA fol W.;
Ser Persons having hooi lands inclos-
ed and having their stock thereon on the lst
day OF Ja"uaiy, 81 shall have tie pref r
eI ce To ase sud lHnu inciosed by Them,
sni hey shall have nioety days from IN
pa sage OF thus act 10 MAKE
npplica ion to lease the 0,u snm I;
o lease said land IN made, the person max
ing such pplcation shall file with tn same
his vii iavit. Describing IN; land u has no
inclo~ed, and the super ntcndcnt may re
quire additional evidence whei, not miiy sat
isiiei with the aiiiitvit Of tho app irnut
provided, ~ no pers N snail have he beno
III Oi ths prefrrc Ia lease huch inciossd
land, unless he sh ali have rsf pa 10 the
state treasurer NJ tue rate OF twenty five ncl.
lafs p section nner alnun. T each trdct oi
land 50 ln,lOsed hy him, from the tlnle tue
same was inclo,c d until the first day OF jan
u-ry, 1891.
Substi ute section II:
Sec 4. Any person the head of n family
shall have the ght u enter upon not TO eN-
coed ~ acres Of iand herei leased ana, by
making AN aftdavii de-cribil the land ce-
"A A al n.
become an "A tual settler tner on the C Iunty
survc,o upon request and the payment 81
legal 70 y, shall surv-y tue land 10 totiiri
up and applied for, and. with plot and
ned notes, together with the aiiidavit oftne
"a piIcant, return the same 10 the general
laid office, after iaying recorded the
same. am thereafter wards by occu-
pa ~, improvements and residence
the con Tor p, rcd OF three years
fro u the date or entry and by the payment
10 the state two doiliis per acre Of nd Of u
unwatcred section, or ihiee dollars II WA
I red, he shsl entitled 10 a pstenl there
for; or al such &C ual settler'S option. ne may
have thirty years time u pay the same un.
der the terms aud condit.o oil section 81
IAN act Ia provide for the classification,
sale aud lease OF the land befetoinr. sur-
veytd and net apart for the benefit OF no
common school fund" approved april II,
I'M. Ia ase such entry IL upon waiercd
sect on, such actu i settler sha thsvs inc
same shall he used In common by the actual
settler and the Lessee or ssecs OF the AL m
ing lands: AMI such actual tettler, ny virtue
OF hi- settlement, shall have the right 10
praze at large - pom SAID land at hs rate of
my hrfu Of horses or cattle for ach one
hundred acres of land 20 settled upon and
pui chased.
/ al-o send you the bills to dispose OF
the school lands. aud to require com
missioners courts To lay out certain
lirst-class roads, as perfected and
pas-ed by the senate. All these bills
are of vital interest TO your constliu-
rncy IA showing The policy ofthe leg
" allure, if not the spirit and letter of
The legislation they may expect from
this session. lfbeae bills will he
printed to-morro Vel GAzErTE.l
Your proof reader makes me ray
some very strange things, but ! for
give him, since my habit OF telescop-
ing words often puzzles proof reader,
compositor aud the devil, but did
not say that the governor was begin
ming TO name new subjects for leglslt-
lion" The words were "being impor'
tunedn
Alter twelve hours OF rain yesterday
cold and whistling norther strhrk
this local. about s p. IN and the
night was bitter cold and clear. Tiis
morning we have lea and sunshine.