The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14

n JAIO plhIlLS &dSC Nl Va CLClOoo an
! third-class road, or on or across an
= read such as is designated in artic
!. 412 of the penal code, shall be require
:. to keep said gate and the approachC
: to tie same in good order, and the, ga'
- shall be ten feet wide and SO construt
I ed as to cause no unnecessary delay t
the travelling public In opening an
5hutGing the same, and shall provide
/, fastening to hold said gate open til
! : the passengers go through; and sue
person or persons shall place a perma
nent hitching-post and stile-block d
! each side Of and within sixty feet O
= such gate. Any person Or person
: who may hereafter place gate on o
: across d third-class road, or on O
across any road such as is designatel
in article412, who shall wilfully or neg
ligently fail to comply with thereuuire
ments of this article shall be deemer
guilty of misdemeanor, and on con
viction may be fined in any sum no
less than So nor more than $40 70
each offense, and each week Of Sucl
failure shall constitute separate of
Tense. Any person or persons wht
shall willfully or negligently leav,
open any gate on or across any third
class road, or on or across any roaC
such as is designated in article 4l2
shall be deemed guilty Of misde
meanor, and on conviction may bt
fined il any sum as above provided
for,
House bill No. 80, amending sector
40 of the judicial district act 60 as II
read as follows!
| Sec. 40. A district attorney shall bt
elected in each of the following dis
tricts at the next general election, to-
wit: First, Second, Third. Fourth
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth
Thirteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-First
Twenty Second, Twenty Third, Tween;
ty-Fourth, Twenty=Fifth, Twenty;
Sixth, REIMBURSEMENT, Twenty;
| Eighth, TW enty-Ninth, Thirtieth
Thirty-First, Thirty-Second, Thirty
Third, Tbirty-F ourth, Thirty-Fifth.
! Thifty-SiXth, Thirty -Seventh and
Thirty-Eighth.
House bill No. 33-providing for de-
| ficiencies as follows;
| For Texas Veterans. ............. IS '5,0O1
Interest on state bonds outstanding 24i,6 CO.
| Attached witnesses in felony cases.. $1,000
| Sieriirs, Clerks, District Attorneys, etc 5000
Total $40 3!9
House bill No. 28-Amending the
road law so as to read; Article 1860.
The commissioners courts of the sew
eral counties shall have full power,
and 1t shall be their duty to order the
| laying out andlopening of public roads
| when necessary, and to discontinue or
alter any road whenever it shall be
| deemed expedient, as whefeinafter
prescribed, provided, that hereafter no
| public road shall be altered or changed
except for the purpose of shortening
the distance from the point of begin
ming to the point of destination,
Sub House bills Nos. so and 84.-An
act to prohibit the unlawful fencing
or enclosing or keeping enclosed Of
the lands of another, and Of the pub
lie school, public, university and asy-
lum lands of the state of Texas, and
to prevent the herding or loose herd
ing or detention of stock upon the
lands of the state, the public schools,
| university and asylums, and to pro-
vide penalties for the violation of this
act.
This bill was published in full in
THE DAILY STATESMAN Of the 18th
instant
House bill No. 13.-An act to amend
sections and IL of an act to provide
for the sale Of all real estate bid off to
the state by collectors of taxes. at tax
sales, the owners of which have not
redeemed the same, approved April Z,
1879, and to extend the right of REDEEM
ton.
Section l. Be it enacted by the leg
islature Of the state of Texas, That
sections 3 and IL of an act to pro-
vide for the sale of all real estate bid
off to the state by collectors of taxes
at tax sales, the owners of which have
not redeemed the same, approved
April Z, 1879, be so amended as to read
as follows, tO-wit:
Sec. 3. The collector of taxes shall,
prior to the sale of any real estate that
has been previously bid off to the state
at tax sales, the owners of which have
failed to redeem the same, advertise
the real estate to be sold in some news
paper published in the county for SIX
successive weeks, if there is such news
paper published therein; otherwise he
shall post advertisements Of said sale
at the court house door and at one
public place in each Justices precinct
of his county, for at least six weeks,
giving in said advertisement, whether
published or posted, such description
of the lands to be sold as shall be
given on the comptroller's list, and
stating the Tire, nlace and terms OF
sale, which shall be NetWeen legal
hours on the first Tuesday of some
specified month at the court house
door, at public cutlery, to the highest
bidder for cash; provided that
no real estate shall in any case be sold
for less than the amount designated
by the comptroller as due thereon,
together with all costs of advertise
ments and sale; and provided further,
that no sales shall be made under the
provisions of this act, until six months
after the same goes into effect; and
provided further, that the former
owner of any such real estate his heirs
or assigns may redeem the same at
any time prior to the sale thereof, by
the payment to the collector of the
county in which said real estate is sit
uated, or to the comptroller if in an
unorganized county, of the amount
designated by the comptroller as due
thereon with costs of advertisement;
ana provided further, that if it
shall at any time appear
to the satisfaction of the comptroller,
that any land has been sold to the state
| for taxes which have been paid, or
| that the sale has not been made in &C.
cordance with thelaw authorizing the
sale of land for taxes, he shall, upon
payment of the amount that may be
due thereon, cancel such sale, and in
all cases he shall deliver to the owner
of the land, or his agent, a certificate
under seal of his department, setting
forth the fact that such land has been
redeemed, or that such sale has been
cancelled, which certificate shall re-
lease the interest of the state, and the
same may be recorded in the proper
county as other conveyances of real
estate are recorded.
Sec. II. Taxes collected by state
or county, by sales made under the
provisions of this act. shall be placed to
the credit of the different funds fol
which originally assessed under the
direction respectively of the comptrol
Ter of public accounts, and the com
miSSioners' court of the county il
which the sale is made, the balance Of
the proceeds, after satisfying all taxes
penalties and costs accrued, shall I'm
der direction of the comptroller b.
placed in the treasury of the state a.
a special tax sale fund, and be subjec
to be reclaimed by the owner, or own
ers, of the land on proof as required
in case of eScheated estates.
Sec. 2. That so much of said ac
hereby amended as is in conflict witt
the provisions of this act be and tn