Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-23
LEGISLATIVE ECHOES.
Committee Consideration Of Fence Cnt-
ting and Kindred Subjects.
Final Shape Taken by the Ghost OF the
Terrell Bill.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
Austin, January 22.-The house
special committee on fence-cutting
held IA not very harmonious session
tonight. The bill making sheep
killing penitenti Try oflense was dis
cussed, but no final result attained.
The probabilities are that bill will be
reported furnishing the Offense with
fine and Imprisonment in the county
Jail not exc eding nine months.
Phelps bill restricting corporations
from acquiring land was also taken
up, but final action postponed. The
difficulty in regard to the latter is that
some think that it is not within the
scope of the governors bill.
IL it gets into the house,
there is no doubt that
it will pass, but its chances are not 30
good In the senate. The trouble expe-
rienced in harmonizing on fence cut
ting legislation is that some want the
attachment of heavy penalties to the
crime to Take precedence of redress
of the grievances of the feDce'cutters,
TO which others will not consent, fear
ing that If they do not get this first 1t
will not come at all.
The senate committee on stock and
stock. raising, to whom was recon-
nitted the Terrell bill, agreed to-
night to report aS substitute
the bill introduced in the SEN
ate by eenator Shannon. II
Incorporates, the only idea left In
the Terrell bill after 1T was loaded
down with amendments, by providing
for the lease of the school lands, but in
a different manner from that origin
ally proposed. An actual settler, 80
determined by three years residence,
NAV purchase not exceeding GAO acres
of school lands. AT the expiration OF
six months from the passage of the bill,
cattle are required to be kept of the
school lands under penalty OF 800
fine for each offense. Persons who
have been occupying land Will
be- given preference In making a
lease, provided they pay the rental OF
$25 per section per annum. as required
at pr, sent for the time they have a.
ready occupied 1t. The method OF
lease IL to be by public cutlery IN the
county in which the land IL situated,
or To which it Is attached for survey
ing purposes, and the minimum price
il fixed ut five cents per acre. me
land board will be superseded by an
other to be composed OF "A superinten-
dent of education To he appointed Dy
the governor, the commissioner OF the
land Office and the comptroller. Bur
veyurs will make leases under the d.
rection of the board, and will be re-
quired to give bond OF $50 %.
There Is IA strong element ~ the
house opposed TO any appropriation
for exhibiting Texas at the worlds
exposition. The majority report VIII
be laid before the house This morning
adverse to the bill on constitutional
ground, will rally the entire strength OF
the opposition, and the advocates OF
the proposition will have y hard igh'
TO overcome 1t, but many of the lead
ing members will favor the minority
report, and it is possible they may
carry It,
The senate committee on stock and
stock raising, ut u late meeting 70,
night, resolved to abandon the Terrell
bill and substitute therefor the PHI o.
Senator shannon, which Is similar to