Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-26
THE LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis of Proc edings in Senate anu
House Yesterday.
Interesting Debate on fence.Cntters and
Land. Grabbcrs.
speeches by Etherige and Others Drift
of Sentiment.


Special TO the Gazette.
SENATE.
Austin, January 25.-Evans, for iu
| dietary committee No. ., reported bacl
the bill To punish the unlawful killing
| of stock, with substitute reducing
the lenalty.
| ti0och, for the same committee-Un
| favorably To remove the limitation il
cases of f.nce.cutt,ng.
Unfav0rably, the bill regulating
! fences, with Il substitute prohibiting
the fencing or herding OF stock on pub
| lie lauds and against fencing streams
thirty feet wide.
Randolph, for same committce-Un'
favUrably, making il II nIisdemeanol
to order Il person To leave his county
Patton, for the same committee-Fa'
vorably, preventing persons from fenc'
lug lands not owned.
Unfavorably, prohibiting punish
ment Tor fencing lands OF owned or
leased without consent of owner.
Perry, for committee on roads, re-
ported a substitute bill providing that
in the sale Of lands hereafter made 10y
the state there shall be reserved land
for road purposes, provided that II
more than one road is laid out the
count shalt pay for the light of way.
Pfeufler, for finance Committee
Favorably to authorize counties TO is
sue bonds for the purpose of funding
their outstanding Indebtedness.
Fleming presented Il resolution from
the Northwest VOL Growers Associa-
ton OF Abilene asking the p ,ssage of IL
law comps ling counties To pay all
damages caused by fence-cutters with
IN their respective borders.
The b!ll To further regulate the col
lection of lakes, with Traylor'samend-
inen', pendlng yesterday, was taken
up and the amendment lost.
An amendment providing that
where the whole tract is not sold for
taxes The remainder shall revert 10 th,
owner was adopted, and the bill
passed.
House bill providing for deficiencies
WIN an amendment providing for
Slo 10 To pay attached witn ssts and
S5,OUo to pay sheritia and ATTORNEYS,
passed.
Terrell offered resolution request
ing the governor 10 submit TO the ley
lslaIure the propriely Of repeating all
laws permitting corporations 10 ac.
quire ands for other than mechanical.
puUlic improvement or transportation
purposes. Referred.
Matlock-Resolution requesting the
governor 10 submit the question of re.
pealing the law preventing the heads
oI departments from being mand;Iu-
u-ed.
johnson of Shelby introduced a bill
providing for The safe investment of
the school iuud.
Inc Oil authorizing counties to issue
ooilds TO purchase bridges for road pur.
poses was taken up.
JONES offered an amendment yalida-
tlng bonds already i-su, d. Adop ed
Chesley offered an amendment re.
uuclng HE tax TO ten cents, aud IN.
time IN which TO liquldate bonds to
ten Yeas. Adopted.
JOINTS offered an amendment s,ril-
ing out I'LL the bulls referring 10 roads
givins the counties authority to issne
ponds for bridge purposes only.
Adopted. ''''
Gibbs deeming the bill worthless
as aniel d d offered to strike ont
bri dyes. Lost, and The bill enyroavan
by yeas lG, nays 8.
Clubs offered n resolution request
ing me governor not TO submit other
mat t,rs until the pending business
3 pcre The legislature is disposed OF. |
Adjourned to o'clock D. m.
;, Afternoon session--The II Institute IN
lerfeii hill was taken up and m,
'ouiiilltee amendments adopted win
.ut one one change, striking out the
isut 70 craze, leaving IL with the
e't'er III The pasture and the owner nj
ue pasture TO settle it among them.
Davis offered an amendment strik.
ny out the superintendent of FREE.
ch"oi lands, leaving the central In
ne hands of the commissioner of ,ha
aud flee. ' VI the
EVaIis offered an amendment maL.
~ 'ne act relative to grazing tax. {
y ~ nVe ears afl, It's passage instead /
u BLK months. - ''s'eau
4 iehuihg the amendment, the senate
'Jourheu until tomorrow. /
HOUSE. Il
Tue 10 use was called 10 order nj 10,
c'ocE. Several members w.ra .""
'seo rom attendance ior yarinua raa
ms. '"iious rea- I
ne consideration Of substltn,s e..
1u :, bills 80 and 81 was resumed 'o' g
nr; Dun of Brazoria threw a hon,h :
en- N The house by Proposing thn, o 0
..Se De added 70 the bill t., LIE .T.c, :"
q. polhihg therein shall Inc co., W. Il
~, u'd us preventing the owner of l MA y
~ incloslDg the Property of nnn,h' ~
Wnen such property shall Inc inoa ~
within the territory of the ner,as "
LlnlciuSlng, provided that The n.r' r
'ning such Enclosure shall p,ve W
"a, "a anu gfess 10 the rartS Will W
NJ NJ may be thus ipcIosed. ""osc III
my speech IN Opposition w w e'D. r.
ed Of Mr.. Duff p~s IN .,
,,s e nne adoption OF the clause W. u
- was rcfnieI,nis In ila III, %
u, ain went far beyond WIN, '' ,s III
~ ~. advanced cattleinan drmand .ns "a
,l", ds part Of the Oppressive ,. ne
o", ,hpsress on that had hr mlt. W
, .. we unhappy state OF .ns Jiough, Pc
/" existed In 'Iexus .,.l ahs ihat IN