The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-08

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Among desirable objects OF Legislation
IL one Ia which no aliusion, ~ far ~
known a. the writer, has boon made. II
u the ju-lio- aud wisdom of dividing in
Ia constitutional counties OF 100 square
miles each, the Ave giant counties ~
Crockett, Tom Green. Peoos, Preside
aud M Psso. All the remainder Of our
vast vacant territory, regardless of LIS
unsettled conditions, was SO divided In.
~ iifiy-iUur handsomely shaped coun-
Ties lew years agO and their positi hs
an the nap at the stale In the strongest
argument IN iavoI Of tho policy. OF
this number, then without inhabitants, |
noni.y, Wheeler, Oldham, Nolan,
Mitchell, ScHry, Howard, Martin aud |
possibly - hers are now organized and
prosp ruus. An immense advantage
IN this plan Is In the la
creased facility afforded for The
iden.l iicatiun OF lands aud the conso-
quent projection given 10 purchasers of
them against deception as 10 location
a"u '""i"c'cr. ihaRiu@ oh tno ono
hand, as u afOretlne was, a patent 10
land describing IL thus: "In tho Pan
handle (bi ~ Ohio ~ miles y, II w,
oI the initial monument on Red, a stake
Tor beginning corner" How lucid aud
deiiuile, anu how easily found 10y pay r,
ing some surveyor $500, more or less, 10
III out "a parry, run the ~ miles and
show you about where no snpposes the !
stake ought To be; for the next surveyor, u
by some one else, IN show an
adjoining tract, may IGiss Tho point u
mile, and soon tno country Is covered u
win suits rs To boundaries. On the other v
hand, suppose the patent reads: ain tho c
Pan handle, II miles y, Is w, west from
he southeast corner of Floyd county,
How easy 10 locate tho roighborh0od q
'nd iinn the land. y
IL The Il I've mammoth counties named Il
ire now carved up in the same way the s.
anne reSui = will follow and immigTa-
ION VIII be encouraged, because vast
lumhers, as experience attests, will seek Il
ZONES in cuuuties WITT permanent !,
In good shape and yet Ia he ~
who shrink from & ing Tut NJ
vast territory, liable 10 la cut into ~
regiments 10y the old policy and have n
Is county seats moved about on wheels :,
D suit the caprices of land spectators. IL
costs nothing to do this thing. IL has
Iorked admirably since its inception Ia N
500. IL has drawn together commun Ii
les where none would Otherwise
ave existed. The map of that part oi
no state is made Ineligible TO stran-
ers, and there Is not one valid obicc-
on to 10.
But there Is another view appealing To
ie spirit of Justice for this action. Look
those immense counties rs they are. n
hey are organized. They tax the
hole territory To erect costly court
buses and jtils, and ii they create
'btsr then whel new county, under
e old plan, is laid out in any portion
the territory, they demand that 1t II,
Iall pay Il proportion of the old cOunty's
'b;s, tholph fifty. seventy-five or 100
les away from the courl- house. Then
c new county is compelled TO rc-tax
: own people for the erection OF it, n
lblic buildings. In Tom Green coun- az
the county seat il in one extreme
rner, aud must remain such when
q territory il cut up into other coun-
"; YET hey tax, or can do so, this iul-
ense area, as large AZ many states, T.
set buildings for the sole and perma- EN
mt use ot The present county when re-
iced to its proper area % !
lrty miles square. IL is .
just. Divide these large counties int ]
Institutional ones Till organized, at b
:h them lOr Judicial purposes to those u
AZ are organized, and tax them pro CH
Ia for the ordinary current expenses 8