Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-21
AUSTIN
Personnel OF the Texas PRESBYTERIAN
synod Now In Session ut
Che Capital.
Annual Railroad Reports land Hoard
nulings- Three at rlmc More
Runiauism.


I MNNhIN idnV anu culllS companies 1Of
the lease of sixty sections IN Cara
county, being school lands surveyed by
tho Houston 4 Texas Central railway,
but an agent of the Texas x New York
Land aud Cattle company objected to the
lease, claiming II would place the lessecs
| Ia possession Of the odd sections The
New York company are assignees of the
Houston 4 Great Northern, owning indi-
vldnal lands In Cara county In June
last the land board awarded the Jumbo
company lease ON even numbers of pat
ent surveys TO the amount of twenty sec.
tions. To-day the land board declined
TO Interfere with their former ruling re-
garding odd and even sections, as apply
ing In the above case.
Tonight Mrs. Mike O'Conner,
residing at G0h Pine street,
ferred by thirteen men purportlng to be a
grand jury is a nullity. The objection is
fundamental and can DC urged at any
stage OF the proceeding, either In the
trial court or In this court. (Lott VS..
state, is Ct app. 627. The provision in
our present constitution that grand Jury
shall be composed of twelve men, Is not
found in any previous constitution OF
Texas. Up to the time when our code of
criminal procedure became operative,
grand iuries were organized as at com
mon law. This consisted of not less
than twelve l2) nor more than twenty
three (23) men-thc concurrence OF
twelve being necessary TO lind bill. q
Bish. CIR, Proc, SOD. Art SIS G.. G. L.
loriglnal) fixed the number at not
less than fifteen nor more
than twenty Twelve was quorum
CART 10. These provisions obtained
until our present constitution was adopt
ed, which SO changed the law as TO make
grand Jury consist of hrelyr men, nine
of whom should constitute a quorum
Prior TO this limitation by the present
constitution IL was The common practice
to organize the grand jurics with twenty
members. This ontailed upon the coun-
ties a heavy expense. The obvious mten-
tion OF the limitation was to relieve the
taxpayers as far rs possible, without I'M
pairing the efficiency of the grand Jury.
Cons, art ., sec $50
II is Insisted 10y the attorney General
that we consider the word Mi,9rfu III the
entry rs quoted as a clerical error and
presume that the grand Jury was COM
posed of the lawful number This would
be carrying the rule as to presumption
too far, Reversed aud dismissed. Opm-
ion 10y Wilson, j..
=, iuN"' Nv ,H' ""'IoNU vs. H. ~ ).
van Hpp'al from "FeSS' \ regulation
ny Iauro"u company prohibiting pas
SuhI'Is "h" nave pNld lnelr fare from
drumming for custom for hotels, etc. *
I'us'haDiei ana may be enforced in u
P'9IpeI inann'l
~ nus ca'' lh' appellee, Pearl, kept
holel aJ LohHt ieN. Ihero was at that
PlNee another Aotet RIM M the interest or
~! w connection WIN thc road, Pearl was
l ~ me l1oll OF boarding tho train at ilal!-
we h4u ulSulootlhS circulars and drum
,niHH 'hv passengers ior ms hotel, lie
. uau p'en 'o'u 'aci' l'mr 10y the conductor
'''H' nc Na> violating regulation Of the
oo.'II'll,E nc persisted untii he and the
conductor had an alteration In
Milru Ie4'' niger was dlSloeated. soon
NV" NV. , w., nv MV" u" ilailEuly ON ouNi-
,i,,. u '', ,',"sI' urNot BACK 10 long
tro om "nu 3"ui,t1 'lle ram WINE inc
', 'i WI" , .i 'i'o.,Hh u." iuari Wa stlhu
g,1,,,' ;" ~ ''',v '1in'''I Wltl ltloWpN.'
1V,aEcI' ult conductor tolu hlm ITO SIT
down tIat ne could not drum that train;
, It,"' NJ 'nus' l'he MS seal and Keen H.
nv p"huu'lo' aIau l"oh nnld OF nm and
Pushou nm !" henI ana held nm there
,Ea A." Mi.i'' 'nIl lelllug hih at the time
-, ,,,", nc , MaS nol , Glul''lllns Pearl arose
Inc,nr n '"aT " ""u,iI var ant, inc con
I"ut liz, "stn "SuC mn, ln'o ms seat ana
"' Ill., u'," ,mriG until the lrain arrived /
~ s S S',u", l'ort OF inc houston .
ms vHnS vu mn Ma5 received N the comp
1ctoher NV T i".'1 MANN ,"r 'nG year e9a'nS
',0'Hpor Ia" report SHOWS paid up /,
100, VI . 'i..Ii'.S5oooi spent on improve
.,,l' Sie. 90 l.; a,G on equipment,
49,, "i' nun" sIao o-.lf Indebtedness to
80 0sI a l"I'u nionoH2i Iuorlsase bonds,
a. oSI mo- rcmcraI nor'gas' nonas'
yo6 oa6i. Gr S'm"Iai ilor tl bonds, SIS
Wn'oooi DIS payable, S2,@lal72' other
'"4 pnmo,, ot 49,. , ,,.,,,
"Jp'at y, iv noo , oei''rai SHOWS Gapitt
800 " oon in5nWn'"o""' ana Indebtedness
WI nv, gr'uuu}' w.
I nc A' ~ lteSpyterlah synod met here
nrcsrSt pro. tp'toM,"g MINISTERS were
" n, . M'lisf OF Gay liiil, Il,
G,oo mS'rs; ~ OF MeMia' d. Me
n''Ior VI houston, ~ H. Junkln u,
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