The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-17

Iuhtr,ufH ..EI !utur'- special Session.
SENATE
A. glN '.", l-,-I -prclaa. -lo 90" 6en'
ate p.Ut. ..H were prr.rutea ar follows.
Ev 81 ElrUIuE-grlU The gItiE as OF
MclEDrgu, requesting that itnft.ruI tuE
be Iuatr u icuny, also OF ilf C..a H- u
Ram &, nbj-C,ug Co % herd law.
IS AT. Huuson-FTom Cltrensoi Llhno,
Obi citing 20 the passage Of u Law .urorlnra-
ting The town or schoo. district OF san Yer
uan7O,
The committee reported iayorab.y bills
requtg sing cor Sess 10 gran, flght Ut way
10 The Cult Colorado g. Santa Fe railway
across the lgdihn territory; also requiring
Arst.class roads 20 DC sixty feet wide, aud
making the killing OF u igGCecutter caught
ia the act iusritaht homicide; also, pre-
scfibing the punishment for destroying
ieuCcs; also, preventing hunting parties
from entering fenced iaul without the con
sent Of the owner.
Bulls referred:
By Mr.. Gibbs--To punish The iuclosin'
OF public lands by tluE OF q HN, or I'M
prslCmtnt In the county jail n' not les
than six months Hlso, 10 punish for ieEc-
ing the lands o. pIyatt individuals anc
corporations.
By Mr.. Evan Providing that suits Tor
damages by rcRHau ui truCeCIfuDF ClI be
bro ght al any ..pg within ten yrgfs
By Mr.. Pieul To organize aud estab.
ash four distrIC, ia each county, al. pre-
sci6lug the iu ..-s oithe officers 20 O.. "uaFs
the same. IL .vides for levy " not
more than tHg ~ cents for sch". pur'
poses aud give. tue district the at 70
levy oBe.f.lh o. one per cent fd- .ional,
II necessary.
The oil donar ag all public lands to the
free schools WEI AIKEN up and amended 50
as 20 provide a. INC the lands shan be sub
ject to the right OF actual SETTLERS, aud %
the homestead nation, as provided Tor in
the constitution and passed.
The house b. changing the time OF hold
ing the courts Galveston county passed.
HOUSE.
AUsTIS.Jau. FL special. I'm the hoase
bills were introduced and referred as To-
lows:
BY Townsend Making an appropriation
for c1mmissioucrs TO the New Orleans eIDo-
sition. ] he goyt 'rOr IS 10 appoint four from
the state at large az q salary OF sIUJJ each.
They are TO meet IN Austin September .Jil
1884, and with TIE gOygrnordeyise wa"sand
means for tran sporlation AM other eN-
pense.. The governor ID also 10
appoint twelve honorary commissioners
whose only duty shall be 10 be present with
the others at the opening OF the exposition
and remain for an indefinite time. Iaey
are to have 800 for each ten days attend
ance. The commission are to be at all
times under the direction OF the governor
and S25, coo are appropriated for the surplus
fees in the state offices,
By Etheridge TO prevent the wilful and
malicious CUTTING, throwing down or 9TH
wise iniuring OF fences in the state, making
the offense misdemeanor win me OF
500 to 81 900 and not less thsn six months
Imprisonment in the cOun'v ! all at the dis
cretion OF the jury. II allows pecuniary
damages also.
By Foster, of Grayson-To further pro-.
vide for laying out and establishing public
roads. The bill wa drafted by the officers
and Granddaughter o' Grayson county. 1t
continues the existing public roads
Roads through more than one precinct
shall be classei Is county roads and shall
be sixty feet wide, and 'hird class roads not
less t! an twenty feet wide. The viewers
are to lsy out and mark the roads. The
roads are 10 be laid out as
nearly strsiGht ~ possible, taking into
consideration the costs OF rights of ways.
The .yieY VS. are TO obtain the written con-
sent OF the owners. If this is refused three
disinterested Tree .holders, residents of the
county, are TO view and assess the damages.
If the damages are accepted. they are TO be
paid out of the county treasury by warrant
If the damages are refused the commits
sioner shall order the opening
of such roads, and the owners
ofthe land are to have the right OF appeal
to the district court. The appeal shall not
delay the opening Of the roads alter the
damages assessed have been rendered. The
district roads are governed by about the
same provisions. No road can be opened
without the consent of the land owners.
The viewers are to be paid out of The county
treasury So each per day for the time nee
essarily employed in their work. Viewers
refusing to perform service are subject
to fine OF from So to $40
Any person fencing in or crossing by
fences any pub bic road, shall be guilty ota
misdemeanor and fined from 500 to $500
By Harkness-To make Kinney, Uvalde,
Meiina, Baudera, Kerr, Kendall, Comal
Edwards and Crockett COUNTIES the thirty
eighth district.
BY Thomson, Of Bexar-To amend ar
ticle 6S4 relative to grazing on enclosed
lands without the owners consent, making
the fine $40 to 800 and imprisonment Of
one year in Jail, and for the destruction of
fences the fine of from 800 to $500, half of
the fine to go TO the intormer, and impris-
onment from two to five years In the pen
itentisry.
BY notwithstanding for an annual adj
valorum tax of 2.10 of l per cent, collecta-
BILE every January, except what is exempt.
By Thompson, of Bexar-Memorisl OF q
citizen of Bexar county on fence.cutting.
By Odom, of ADMINISTRATION of Il cti.
zen of McCulloch county, against herd
law.
Patton spoke in favor of House Bill No.
q, to limit the power of corporations etc,
on q motion to reconsider. He argued
that it was proper to act upon it, under the
fourth item of the governors proclamation
as i, wes in the line OF
legislation to protect the interests of the
state. The legislature should not stand
upon hair splitirg constructions. His re.
marks were eppiauded.
The bill was Commi'ted.
Nash reported unfayorably on the bill to
repeal the pension act. beca use the subject
was not embraced in the proclamation. He
also reported u substitute making an appro.
priation for the New Orleans exposition OF
$4,000.
The minority reported it unconstitu.
tional.
1t was made the order for Tuesday.
Wurz zach, chairman of the committee on
lands, reported by substitute for the Lind
say bill to prevent the enclosing of lands
not their own by corporations, ETC., and
asked that it bs printed. Granted. En-
closures are not to be made
without written recorded consent
of the owner of the land. Enclosing
without consent to be punishable by i'm
prisonment of from one to fifteen years
and a fine Of from 800 to 5000 Dana es
are recoverable at the rate of $40 per month
per acre. The penalty is not TO take ef-
feet Tor enclosing In good faith.
The restitution to secure right OF way
for the Gulf, Colorado Il Santa Fe railway
through The Indian Territory passed.
a resolution by Stagner requesting con
gress 10 have tine Cheyenne and Arapahoe
cattle trail reopened, passed.
The speaker announced the appointment
of Will Lambert a clerk of the special COM
mittee.
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