Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-15

sion had COlltinutu =" ,"'7
had forgotten what the pi'i WINS, anu
naked for its reading.
browning made the point tnat tne
substitute was mol german 10 the sun
iaot n,attprunder consideration, which
was sustained by the speaker.
INC motion 10 strike out
ten and insert twelve was lost ana inc
amendment making TIE wldth OF
Gates ten feet was adopted.
Foster OF Limestone moved toamend
by adding penalty for obstructing
third-class roads, when the county mas
paid for the right of way, to make ms
former amendment complete. ADOPT
ed.
Chambers ofTarant moved toamend
by recurring fastening to hold the
gates open while passing through. he
thought that rs hitching posts ana
other matters had been provided TOT,
man should not be left to the necessity
of going of half mile to hunt up
stone to hold the gate open. Adopt
ed.
pendleton of Bell moved to amend
so rs to require road overseers To put
IN hitchiug posts and stile BLOCKS ana
keep the gates in repair ana good or.
der. He said the amendment adopted
proved that no gate should be allowed
where the county paid for the right OF
way, and where it was donated he did
not mink it right to impose penalty
upon the owner of the ground for not
keeping the gates in repair. lie
thought the county should do that.
Taylor of Red River thought no OBJ
structions should be placed in high
way, but that 1t should be open and
free from one end to the other, and II
party were permitted to put an OBJ
structon there for his convenience
then he Dug to provide the necessary
conveniences required for the public.
Chambers of Tarrant interrupted to
say that he believed there were no road
, overseers of third-class roads.
Taylor said he was not posted on the
subject, but that no hands were pro,
yided for third-class roads.
Browning of Wheeler said that the
amendment, if adopted would ruin the
OH. There is not road overseer on
any kind of roads in the Panhandle
country. There are natural roads
there. and overseers are useless.
| When road gets out of order We just
move over the width of a wagon and
get on good ground.
Rogers of Nueces was opposed to the
amendment. He said that the putting
of hitching-posts and slile blocks was
small matter, and if any man prefers
making II lane to putting them up, let
him do so.
Camp of Limestone moved TO lay the
amendment OF the gentlemen from
| Bell on the table, which was done.
| TO. Il
so that the penalty could apply to
neighborhood roads. He said they
are not as important rs third-class
roads, but should not be left out en-
tirely. Adopted.
Mr.. Patterson of Wise moved to
strike out that portion which limits
the pe~alty for leaving open gates to
such only as comply with the Law,
A message was received from the
senate announcing the passage of SEN
ate bill No. donating all the public
domain to the public school fund.
Patterson said as the bill now is you
allow man who does not think the
gates in compliance with the
law to leave it open. You subject the
owner to two penalties. hne ano
having his property destroyed py
leaving his gates open. lie diu no
think any legislation should b'
adopted that would lead men to tax
the law in their own hands.
4 Barnet, of Cooke hoped the amend
: ment would not prevail. The bil
/ protects all parties. 1t requires In
: owner to do nothing more than Il
: ought to do. 1t requires those pas
n ing through to close the gates, ana h
f believed it right TO relieve the latte
II of the penalty, if the owner of til
/, land failed to comply with the law.
e Rogers OF Neuces hoped the anen'
" ment would prevail. He thought
u dangerous 10 encourage any Peep
II taking the law into their own HAND
& The state of Texas is writhing undo
a an instance of this kind III W.
% Barnett asked if man should
"a compelled TO wade through niu, -ho
{ to close the gate if the land owner pe
Is mitted it there.
= Rogers thought he should, and lea
Is the courts to dispose of the matter.
IL Fulton of Harris moved to amend
L. rs to make a party liable to fine If ii
le gate is not in reasonable rep sir.
OIL Mr.. Fisher was in favor of {
10 amendment by the gentleman fro
"a Bell with this restriction.
H. Parsons OF Rock wall moved to po
y pone until later day. Ruled out
order.
as Fisher of Harris opposed the reso
lie ton to strike out that which alo
DIS gives protection to the public.
We thought the proposition if adopt
lis would be legislation for the few again
he the many. After some further disc
On sion, the amendment offered by Fisl
IL of Harris WAS put and lost. and
be amendment by the gentleman fro
I'D Wise adopted.
as Taylor moved to amend so as TO
10 peal laws in conflict with the b
he Adopted.
NJ Kendall of Denton moved to anne
'ut so as TO require hitching posts TO
nat twenty instead of sixty feet from
,ut gates.
Gle Upton of Fayette laid that owing
his the indisposiiion OF .,ia friend Car
nix he would move the previous questi
to The amendment was lost. The
est was lost. The bill then passed
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