Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17

purchaser falls 90 comply with his ohiios-
Tons with the state, the commissioner Of
tle school land department shnuld be
vested with Judicial authority TO declare a
forfeiture, alter giving the party In do.
iauit notice to show cause why forfeiture
should not be taken. This should be
speedy and without red tape. Forfeiture
should be taken IN every case, except
where the party dies; then, In that
case, six or twelve months should
DC given The heirs to make payment.
rAsrt RES.
great many pastures are extremely
large some incloSing more than a half.
million acres, and others as much as
million acres and the school lands IN
some OF the largest pastures have been in
closed' without authority or warrant OF
law, by nonresident trims and corpora.
tlOhs that have no interest IN Texas ok
ccpt 10 zurich themselves on free grass.
These large pastures are not for the
pest interest OF this state, but 10 say lust
now large the largest pasture should be Is
q dlllcult question. Very large pastures
should be discouraged, and the small.
STOCK FARMER encouraged; they are tho
class That will improve and build up the
country most
sroCk GRAZING OK SCHOOL LANp.
IN every case where person, firm or
corporation turns loose stock on the
range and has no land, the local state
agent should ascertain how many and
what Kind OF stock such person, firm or
corporation has, and charge IS cents for
each head Of cattle or horses and ! 0 cents
Tor each sheep or goat, TO be paid TO the
state, and the stock should be liable for
/ the amount charged against them until
paid. Where the stock owner owns and
controls some land, but not enough 20
support his stock, an estimate should be
made how many stock his land viii sup
port and charged for the re-
mainder. Laws ON this point
should be carefully drawn with
severe penalties for any deception
or attempt TO mislcad the state agents as
to the amount of land owned or con-
trolled, II any fraudulent transfers OF
land, directly or Indirectly, the per son
pcrpetmtmg or attempting the fraud
should be severely punished
The title claimed by any person to
land should be shown said state agent,
and the agent should require all right TO
land to be recorded and the abstracts of
records would afford the means OF de.
tecting violation of the law.
The agent should have authority 20
charge a fee for his trouble of $50 when
the owner has over 1000 cattle or horses,
and S2j when over $50 and under 1000,
and IS for anything under 250 head, and
one-fourth as much for sheep aud goats.
I When StoCk-owner has enough grass
( land owned or leased to sustain his stock,
and does not choose to fence 1t, there
could be no objections to his stock run,
/ ming at large over the uninclosed lands of
| others similarly situated. II could not
matter on whose land the stock fed when
all men were required TO own or lease
enough land to sustain their stock, and
such arrangements would not materially
change old habits,
NEW JUDICIAL pIS TRICrs,
/ 1t is necessary to have judiciary sys.
/ TEN especially for that portion OF the
country. The counties of Tom Green,
I Pecos, Preside, I'll Paso and Crockett
( should he divided into two uu-
organized counties OF the size
prescribed by the constitution, as
was done by law dividing the Panhandle
/ into unorganized counties, a law ! drew
up when member of the state senate,
and the uuorganized counties should be
laid off into two judicial districts, aud
the Judges for these districts should be
appointed from other portions OF the
/ state and free from the interests and In
nuences of that section; they should
have civil and criminal jurisdiction, aud
should, wherever in any case plantif aud
defendant agree to submit the case TO the
decision of the Judge, try it out
and decide it; but If jury
should be demanded by either party the
Judge should change the venue on his
own motion to Travis county, for trial by
Jury. This viii bring law and order on
top. The judges should appoint peac,
officers and hold three courts ut dcsig
mated places convenient TO the people
one place of holding court for each ioui
counties and as near the center OF Tn,
four as possible. Two judges would be
enough and two district attorneys. Ont
reason for laying OFF these counties Is
that the large counties are creating debt,
for public buildings, and when new
county is cut off hereafter and organized
it becomes liable for a portion OF the
debts created by the parent county, anC
has no money 10 build Il courthouse anc
Jail. If previously laid off, the county
tax accommodating while unorganlzet
would he available when IL does organic
and can be used for building purposes
As it is now, when a new county Is lai(
off, as in the case of Midland, II viii no
have a dollar to start with, and besides
will be indebted for buildings for th'
parent county.
In considering the propriety OF estab
fishing the judiciary system, | sugges
it should be remembered that out OF 272,
600 square miles in Texas that there ar
nearly l00, 900 square miles in which Their
is scarcely a resident, peace-oficer, iudg
or Jury. This state Of things exists II
more than one-third of the whole area o
the state.
SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS.
ASS general thing land surveys neye
were made on the ground, and when tn
immigrant undertakes TO select him
tract of land for home he is compelled
in nearly every case to have long connect
Ing lines run before he can tell where tn
land he wants Is situated The fee iixet
bv law is So a mile for such work and Of
ten deters man with limited
means from applying,and IS a great draw
back TO the settlement Of the country
The railroads should be made 70 run an'
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