The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-26
The uosd Bonds Bill, Considerably
Crippled rassos.
House: Debate ON HOUSE sill az
Mnuy Amendments.
Other Acs OF the Lsw-Sskors.

Proceeding. OF the Eighteenth Legislature
Called session.
eEsATE.
AUSTIN, Jan. 25-[Sp-oinll--A Eysng,
for judiciary committee No. ., reported
back the bill to punish the unlawful kIlli9g
OF stock, with substitute red ucing the pen.
atty.
Mr.. Gooch tor the same committee re-
ported unavorably tho bill to remove limi'
tation In osses OF fence-oulling.
Unhvorahly-A bill regulating epces
with aubstitute prohibiting the fencing or
h,.ding Of stock on public lands and against
ieucing streams thirty iest wide.
lfr. Randolph. tor tho same committee
reported uniayorAbly the bill makiug /. u
miadsmeanor 10 order person TO leave his
Sir. Patton, for the ssme committee, 70.
ported favOrgbly ths bill preventing per-
sons from isnoing land, not owned.
UnRyorably-rho bill prescribing pun
ishment for fencing land not owned or
Leased without tho consent Of the owner
Mr.. Perry FOR the committee on roads,
reported substitute bill sror.ding
tha, in the .alo cf lands hereAt-
tor made by the state there shall bs lsven.
us land for road purposes, provided chat
II mora than one road IL laid cut that the
county shall pay for right Of way.
Mr. plsuliier, for tho finance committee,
reported iAvorsbly the bill to authorize
countie, to ISSUE bonds for the purposs OF
funding their outstanding iodebtednes,.
Mr. Fleming presented resolution from
the North west Wool'groWers association. Of
Abilene, asking tue passage ot law com.
pelliug counties 20 pay all damages caused
by ttuCe-cutlerH within their respective
borders.
The bill to further regulate tho collection
OF taxes, wish Mr.. Traylors amendment,
pending lluce Yesterday, was TAXA 40 and
the amendment lost on the amendment
providing shat when the whole if.ct Is not
sold for taxe. tuc remainder shall revert TO
the owner, which was adopted aud tDe bill
passed.
The house bin proyiiiug Tor defcicncci
was amended so as To provide bl5OUO TO
pay attached witnesses and - 0oO to pay
the sheriff ard Attorney, and passed.
Mr. Terrell offered q resolution request
irg the governor to submit 10 the lopis.
latura the propriety Of appealing all laws
permitting corporations TO acquire lands
ior other tbHu mecnanical pubic improve.
ment or transportation purposes. Re
ieued.
Mr. Matlock offered resolution request
ing the governor to submit the question
of rapealing the law preventing The heads
OF departments from being mandamueed
Mr.. johnson, OF Shelby, introduced n
bill providing Tor the safe investment OF the
school fund
The bill authorizing counties to issus
bonds TO purchase for road purposes, being
called up, MIR. Jones offered an amend
ment valijatins the bonds already Issued.
Adopted.
Mr.. Chesley offered an amendment re-
ducing the. tax to 10 cents and the time in
which to liquidste the bonds to ten years.
Adopted.
Mr Jones offered an amendment striking
out all the bill referring 10 roods, giving
counties authority TO issue bonds for bridge
purposes only. Adopted.
Mr.. Gibbs. deeming the bill worthless ms
amsnded, offered To strike out bridges"
Lost, and the bill angrossed--yes5, 10, nays
o.
Mr.. Gibbs offered resolution requesting
the governor not to submit other NAV
ters until the pending business before the
legislature |, disposed of. Referred
Adjourned to o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
The substitute to Mr.. Terrell's bill was
taken up.
The committee amendments were
amended, striking out the right OF settlers
in rastures TO craze stock therein, and
adopted.
Mr.. Davis amendment striking out "su.
perintendent OF public lands, was adopted.
MI. Evans offered an amendment, max
ing it five years after the passage OF the net
before it shall be unlawful to Craze stock
on public lands.
the senate adjourned.
AUSTIN, Jan. 2S,-tSpecialI-The house
met at 10 o. IN.
Alter the usual proceedings OF eIcusing
members from non-attendanco, ETC., the
house took up the business pending on adj
iourpment, the substitute for house bills
Nos. so and 81, to prohibit unlawful ienc'
ing, etc.
The pending amendment, offered by
Brown, was discussed by Brown, Cochran
and Upton, and was lost.
Duff offered the following: To amend by
| adding to section /, nothing III this Sec
ton shall be so construed ss TO prevent
persons from enclosing land owned
by them which surrounds land owned oy
other parties; provided that the person
thus inclosing his land shall fence the tract
surrounded off from the land thus inclosed. !.
giving the owner thereof tree ingress ana
egress TO the same"
scott hoped that the amendment would
not be adopted. The majority, he thought,
were willing to endorse the provisions oil
the bill as IL came from the conn lttee'
| The object OF the bill was to protect the
poor man with 100 or 800 acres in the midst
| OF an enclosure of 10000 or 20 00O acres OF
another, from hardships In the use OF ms
| homo priyileges. The effect of tho amend
ment would be TO compel the poor man &c
20 ten or twenty miles to get 20 the lano
that he has been using outside of DIS Owl
enclosure. IN.
swan spoke at length is favor OF thu
amendment, or OF some such qualilcstol
/ of the provisions Of the bill. Inc bill as i
stood, he argued. would beDeht railr lA'
and land corporations hundreds OF thous
apds OF dollars TO the corresponding disad
vantage OF thsusonds OF other parties.
Wurzbach, at the request, he siid, OF sew
/ eral mem beis offered as substitute hovs'
bill No. 81, TO prohibit enclosing lands no
their own by persons, firms, Corporations
etc, ,,,..,.
Hszlewood moved to lay the substitute
on the table. Lost-ayes, 40; nays. AZ
The substitute house bill No. 81 oeine
under consideration, Thompson sa'd ne ne
was here to represent the rich man as wei WEI
as the poor man, the one IS well es IN,
other, but he regretted to see that II nae
gotten to be q sent ment that big pasturel
must 20. In response to this sentiment az
had 10 say his duty was to represent tn'
rich man as well AZ the COW hoy ana IN
farmer as we'll as the pasture man. M
argued that the substitute would 90 ex
ceeding the powers OF the legislature. !
the bill passed 1t would afford iesst Y
lawyers. He hoped the bill weuld pass :
IL came from the committee. Inc suost'
and orpbsps of those who had nothing !
| A. .;th onclosin0 the Ian Is.