The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-12
STATE STATUTES.
The Full Text of Some Of the New
Laws Passed
Ry She Legislature on Topics of Pub
tic Inicrcbt,
Now Chapters for tho statute Book.

a.
sums, on 900 much there OF rs may be ntcr.'
sary, be end the Game are hereby nppropfi-
ated out OF the moneys IN the tfrhHufy' nos
otherwise appropriated Tor deficiencies IN
the appropriations heretofore m2ne for
payment OF expenses in support OF ihe gov
ernneut from March ], 1883, to February
% 1881, aud for payment oi the annual
interest on the public debt from March ],
1854, 10 February % 1883.
Deficiencies ln pensiona Ia Texas vet
erans 10 pay deficiencies IN the nppionrl-
aiions for Texas veterans, $4,000; deli
cieucles IN contingent eNfenaes % pay de-
iioicncies IN the appropriation Tor
officers and employees OF tho
regular session of the eighteenth legislature
! 81 $50: Tor plymeNt Of annual Interest on
! state bonds now outstanding from March
/, 1881, to February ., 1850, S2ll,ub2' lor
payment OF the eNponaas Of atlhch.d WI
nesses in felony cases. $4,000 for sheriila,
district attorneys, clerks, Justices OF mo
peace nud other officers H. criminal NAV
Sec. .. That whereas the deficiencies
named 81 tue preceding section remain due
aud uupniu TO tla Inconvenience OF y rites
due the same. therefore an emergency enc
necessity exists for the suspension OF ne
constitution rule requiring bills 90 be-
| reHd on three several dHys iu each house,
ana said rule Sc 30 suspended and that ilia
act shogld take effect and be la force from
and aftet II massage, ANA 10 10 so cntcted.
Approved January %, 1851
GATFwAys AND FENCES.
Brc,IoN L. Be b. euuctad by the legs lR'
! ture OF the state OF Texas, thai ~ shall be
unlawful Tor ANY person o. pers7n by join
| ing fences or otherwise, TO build ana man
| tain more than three miles, lineal measure
| OF fence running In the same general diftC-
| ton without gateway Ia same, which Ecle-
way must be at least eight feet wide, and
shalt not be locked: Provided taat all per.
sons who hgvo fences already constructed
in violation OF this section shall have six
months within which 10 conform TO the pro-
visions. .,
Sec .. II anv person or persons shall
bull or maintain more than three miles,
linenl measure, of fencing running IN the
same general direction, without providing
'snch gateway, he shall be deemed guilty ot
| q misdemeauOr, aud upon conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than one nor
more han two hundred dollars, and each
day thn' sCch fence remains without such
| gateway shalt constitute and be punished as
"a separate oilense. .,
Sec. 8. The provisions of this bill shall
only apply to pasture land.
| Approved Feb. 6, 1884.
| PUBLIC ROADS.
SECTION J.. BE it enacted by the legisla-
| la,ure OF the slate OF Texas, that article
1850, title 81, chapter |, shall be amended
rs to hereafter read as follows:
Art 1880. The commissioners courts
of the several counties shall have full
power, aud It shall be their DUTY to order
the laying out and opening OF public roads
| when necessary, and to discontinue or alter
any road whenever IL shall be deemed expe-
dent, as hereinafter prescribed; provided
that hereafter no public road shall bs alter
ed or changed except for the purpose oil
shortening the distance from the point OF
beginning to the point OF destination.
Sec. 2. All laws and parts OF laws in con-
flct with the provisions OF this act be and
the same are hereby repealed
Approved February 2, 1884.
GATES AND HIGHWAYS.
SECTION /. Be is enacted by the legisla-
ture of tho state of Texas, that article 4l3,
chapter 2, title IL, of an ace entitled: IAN
act TO adopt and establish PENAL code and
"A code of criminal procedure for the state OF
Texas" passed February 81, 1879, be so
amended ms to hereafter read as iollows;
Art. 413. Any person or persons placing
a gate on or across any third-class road, or
on or across any road such rs Is designated
in article 412 ofthe penal code, ehall be re-
quired to keep said gsts and the approaches
To the same ia good order, and the gate
shall be ten feet wide and so constructed
as to cause no unnecessary delay 10 the
travelling public in opening and shutting
the same, and provide as fastening to hold
said gate open Till the passengers %
through, and such person or persons shall
place permanent bitching post and
etle block on each side OF and
within sixty feet OF such gate.
Any person or persons who may hereafter
place gate on or across a tbird-class road,
or on or across any road such as is desil-
mated in article 4l2, who shall villfully or
negllgently fail 10 comply with the require
ments OF this article shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeauor, and on conviction may
be fined in any sum not less than SO nor
more than $40 for each offense, and each
week OF such failure shall constitute sep
arate offense. Any person or persons who
shall willfuly or negigently leave open
any gate on or across any third.class road
or on or across any road such as is desig.
mated in article 4i2, shall be deemed guilty
OF 4 nisdemeanor, and on conviction may be
fined la any sum as above provided for.
Sec. 2. All laws and parts of laws in CON
iiict herewith DO aud the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. The near approach OF the close o
the present session OF the legislature and
the importance OF this bill creates an i'm
perative public necessity and emergeDcy
that the constitutional rule requiring bills
to be read on three several days be sus'
pended. and IL is so enacted.
Approved February 2. 1884.
; FEHcE-cuTTIEo.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the leeis.a-
ture OF the State of Texas, that any person
who shall wantonly, or with intent TO ipiurt
the owner, and wilfully cut, injure or de-
stroy any fence. or part OF fence without
such fence Is the property vi the person SC
cutting, injuring or destroying the same
shall be deemed guilty OF an offeuse, ano
| upon conviction therefor shall be punished
Dy confinement in the state penitentiary
for term not less than one year nor NOR.
than five years. a fence within the mean
ing OF this act 10 any structure OF wood
wire, or both, or of any other material
intended TO prevent the passage o.
cattle, horses. mules, asses, sheep, goats
or hogs. Provided, however, that 1t shall
constitute no oilenso Tor any persob oHninp
and residing upon land enclosed by the
fence OF another who refuses permission oil
such person or persons 30 residing within
said enclosure, free egress and jngress Ia
their said land for such person or persons
TO open passage way through said inclos'
IRE.
Sec. 9. The fact that fences are beine
continuously de. troyed IN many parts oil
the state by lawless persons and the penal
ty now fixed by law Is not OF sufficient mag
nitude TO deter offenders and suppress the
crime creates on emergency which justities
the suspension OF the constitutional rule
which requires bills 10 be read on three
several days in both houses, and this Gci
should take effect and be In force from and
after its passage, and It is 70 enacted.
Approved February 6, 1884.
Takes effect after passage.
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES. 81
SEcrIos !. BE IL enacted by the legisla'
ture of the State OF Texas, that the owner
or agent Of any land which has not been
assessed for any year or years from 1871 ia
1876 inclusive, may furnish the assessor OF
the county in which the land is situated q
list of such land with an affidavit OF Us
cash velue for the years for which the reu.
dition is made, and the assessor, II satisfied
with the valuation, shelf assess the state,
county and special taxes against the same,
at he same rate assessed by the county court