Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
Full Report of Yesterdays Proceedings
in : nate and House.
A Long Discussion on the Terrell Insane
Asylum Matter.
Special 20 the Gazette,
SENATE.

, DJTE-- rom clttStuH va ihui iASo ''"'.J
f., respectfully representing that on IA
oh OF last month n party OF men j
the night time cut down and d,stroye
six miles of pasture fence IN TINS couh
", and on the following night abon
zen more miles were cut down am
destroyed; that this property was uri
vate property, and Nned 10y our citi
geus. that on account of the nun
bers engaged in these lawiess act
as well as the secret aud clandestine
manner in which they were com
mitled, the officers OF the law were
not only unable with the ordinary
means at their command To discover
aud apprt heud the perpetrators, bul
they were pUwerless to restrain them
from further depredations OF Ike
character; that under the circuill'
stances, rs an absolute necessity, IN
order to protect The pasture fences
of our people from destruction,
we at once employed mounted
squad of good men To serve for one
! month rs IA sheriff ; posse, and placed
the same NJ the disp sal OF our peace
officers; with The aid of this squad our
peace officers. assisted by SOME MEM
beers of the police force, have success
fully protected the property threat
enc l, ana enforced the Law; thefe mas
been bat IN attempt 10 cut lehce
since the ats alluded TO- ana III
mat instance the Gu tiers were
caught IN the act and promptly arrest
ed. we therefore respectfully but
most earnestly ask the Legislature 10
pass a law authorizing the governor OF
thls state 10 employ al once such an
additional number Of policemen rs
I viii ennb! e the state authorities to en-
force the law against the ience-cutlers,
ana compel then TO deslst from their
depredations. While we oppose gen
eral herd law for the state, I'D believe
that the same would be unwise
ana lmpolitic at this time, yet where a
person has inclosed his lands and 'hus
excluded 9th r landowners from a
common use of the same with him, 1t
is maniftstly unjust for such person 10
turn his stock loose upon his neigh
bor's grass; the eft ct OF such conduci
is to provoke resentment and OPPOSE
lion to the pasture ~ stem, and is cal
culated To disturb the public order and
encourage fence-cuiting We therefore
respectfully ask the legislature, hy APP
proprtate legislation, to compel those
who inrlose their lands to Keen their
ST. elk within their Enclosures or To
prevent them from turning their stock
DAT of their pastures un the grass of
Others without their consent.
Terrell Memorial OF niuety-five
stone-cutters of Austin county calling
the attention OF the legislature TO the
inferior material being prepared to be
used in the construction of the new
capitol
Bills referred: Evans-Providing for
reduction OF the general revenue tax
10 fifteen cents, aud the school tax TO
ten cents.
och-AuthOriziug the governor to
incre Sc the ranger force, fixing the
number of men for each company at
sixty-fnur, and appropriating 800 700
Tor their malntena nee.
kleberg To pr vide for the imme-
date relief of the fence cutting dis
tricts by increasing the frontier bstlal-
ion to five hundred men for thirty
days, or until proc laws can be en-
acted at TINS session rnr the su,,,rn.s-
ion of the evil.
Vrayiur--D Directing the laying out of
ii tsl-ciass ruads from the county seat
of one county to the county sent of an.
OF! cf.
Observation-Disclosures cities and
towns to issue bonds for tine erection
Of school houses.
Grtzendaner-Prov that the
public school fund may he invested in
bonds issued by counties for the pur-
pose of erecting public school-houses.
Clubs Providing for the sale of ali
lands bid or to the state bv
collectors at tax sales. where owners
have failed to redeem the same.
Martin - regulate estrays. 1t isa
stock 10 keep them ON their own nrc.
misses, and should they stray Off thev
are 10 be impound, d 6y nnundmss,,r
tn be elected in every precinct of The
state. 1T also provide That shmld
amy persons crop be injured bv strnv
stock, the owner of the stock ,6nll nay
mn ,l.rna,,.g M - nun pay
effect in counties west of the ,ooth
meridian until the governor .h',t,
issue his proclamation making if onrro-
tive.
On motion of Senator Gibbs. all hills
reported favorably were ordered to hn
presented.