The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-21

take il out OF the market? lfthcrc he
on n whole tract of any size one acre
covered with such timber does it save
the whole tract! What sort of
shingles" or "lumbcr" must the
/ land produce? Shall the old mes
quite, which makes most durable
and valuable 'cnce posts or hsinglcs
and plank, save the land from sale!
viii the burr oak, that Is used so cN-
tcnsivcly for wagons and other like
vchicles-will the live oak, which fur
nishcs so much tannin and is so use
full for ship building and other rur-
poses. save this land from sale? VIII
the post oak, the hickory, the pecan.
the blackberry. the cotton wood. the
elm, the pine. the cypress, the cedar.
render the land exempt from sale:
How large shall il be, and who shall
determine!
The twelfth section confines u pur-
chaser to 6l0 acres. If il be true that
one section was thought To be 50 in
significant that the purchaser might
break up some other contract 10y lcas-
Ing over Il former lessee, why cuniinc
him To one section: In the region of
country where the great body of lhc-
lands are, one section is not enough
Tor II family, and the purchaser should
he permitted to buy from one to four
Continc the head of n family to one
section of land in that country. when
Inc depends on his little stock tor
great part of his living, and he is like
~ to starvc. But do not bclicvcthc
right TO purchase home should he
confined 10 the head of family
There are thouSIncs of Young men
who would like to 90 and prepare
homes in order that each mi"ht tit
himself out To he the "hcud of "a iami-
w. In this respect the law seems I'M
equal and To discriminate. 1t j. true
that the single man can purchase n
high ~ 100 acres The Young man
starts out and gets hi, l6u acres, but
unlcs, ii has fine water privileges. or
valuable mine. ii is almost entirely /
worthless in that country. No man
that expects To hccomc permanent
citizen, or even raise family. would ,
accept such land Is a gll't If he is com /
PEELED to live upon it. lie has adioln-
in% him ncighhor vino may have
leased 100000 acres, because that
ncighhur happens to have the money.
lie himself may have the means to
pay for home of two or more ~cc-
lions. but his government will not al
low him the privilege. This j. not a
happy contemplation for that indi-
yidual. or calculated 10 inspire II pa
triotic regard either for tine laws I'M
der which he lives, or his native or
adopted state. True, the tenure OF
the 100000 acre man Is not 50 durable,
bnt he may renew when his first term
expires.
BY the nineteenth section the origi. +.
nal purchaser may sell after three (
years. He may sell to anyone who f.
will go on the land and occdpy it,.
This vcndcc may be the head OF a
family, or he may not. Proof of set .
Element may be made by tic suh-vrn- .
dee.
This bill rccitcS an act making il II
penal oilcn~c to occupy amy of the
lands named without authority. aud F.
yet it gives to particular pan dies sixty 4
days over other and unolicnding cili- .
lcns in which to deliberate ndprcparc
to purchase 1t is admitted that
large bodies of these lands .
are now held in def
HnCc Oh anu III Nllitl Nlohli'n +.
of the act of 1881, and vet the bill
under consideration gives such trcs-- .
passers and violalors of the law pre- I
ference over other people in buying
and leasing, | do not think it cor .
rect pubic policy to thus offer prem
iums to those who defy the authority
of the state.
The twcnty-lifth section provides
f r one of the clerks employed by the
commissioner fthC general land OF
lice to act rs n "rcnt agent" but there
i, no machinery provided to enable
this person to collect rent, Besides,
the bill prov idc- that the rcntOr shall
pav up. or suffer his contract to be
declared forfeited. But thu agent j,
to see thatno one use, these laud-
without authority Here, again, the
power is not given him to perform
/ this duty; but even if il were, il l.
| wholly foreign 10 the caption and
purposes of the bill to require one of
/ the clerk to see that no one violates
/ the act passed at the extra session,
/ -Si, and recitcd in this bill
The twenty section prov dies
/ for selling the timber for - per acre
4 Now, the land, may have timber suit
able tor shingles and lumber, but the
quantity may not be worth 81, and
/ vet 1t cannot br sold unless If lie
limbcr-br 'ngo - cr acre.
The thirticlh section restricts the
sale of lands, huN NJ thinner suitable
/ for lumber or shingles, to acluml SET
tier, for 50. Here, again, Que section
NAV have upon or OVcrlt some timber
such rs i, described, vet not sullic cnt
to make it worth more than ) per
acre. but the purchaser, if he desires
To settle on ii, must pay - for the
lnud. By tie last section the small
tract, of laud, in organized counties
NAV he sold. II will be remembered
that thsis the constitutional objection
10 the bill that pointed out
in the beginning of these remark.
Thi, land does not belong to amy of
the institutions named in the caption.
Again, these strips or small tracts
viii furnish thousands of small home
, ,tcads for humble people, aud should
be icalously guarded. Our cph'lilu-
ton stIll oilers prescriptions Tree.
Adjoining these tracts may hc men
who own their leagues ana nan or
l quarter leagues, aud yet they are CIV
en- preference ia acquire more over
, the man without AN acre hnd without
a home. five restrict the purchaser
% in the northwest To one section NO
. rood reason can bc given for allow my
| those who have comfortable homes
, with thousand. of acres, rrrhanrr
{ already, to purchase the small lra'!
- referred to. aud thus add To ihrli
r. abundance. in preference 10 the poor
u and deserving settler who toil- i'
10 build for himself and hi- little one
i tne means of existence and the simple
10 roof-trcc which he loves 10 call IN
u home.
But apart from an the reasons thu
s, far assigned, there il Que general 90
e lection 10 ihr hill thni become p"lr en-