The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-18

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az , .v.1see ssl0elsel % incidental sAla 10
ort,,.-l ses.fers aud the duties and re.
W. W. 'e-.isnss ct the Sc,Eai settler aud
1 49, $3.50 s,eoUlQ 10 definitely defret,
~, 80 pS,te' sRou!i know exactly
49, esSA shQaid Go, Asis 4 now. a
,,ae., wi. pOicAaaa $40 acres inside A
S~ssuie ana turn loose whatever uunl-
e ces =. uaLtle ne may desire. In one
eq En- s -alo pAfl{ made application for
nv nv Scrss; out had not complied with
inc she NV ny building snd fencing, nut
u uaa ,tusueg loose In tho pasture COO
S@.'te anu horseS. In another Tine
patSy owned 5000 head OF cattle
SSu oluaed me zight 10 turn them
- luoSe inside = certain sheen
MAJ Was grazing his sheep inside a
pasture wlth6Ut owning land, and
SUIT was instituted 20 else. him, Int
Ine pasture man failed and this mgn ia
tsui inside, Laws to regulate ell
sue9 Ia speedy mannar gre badly
needed, and the Legislature shouli
use caution IA declining whatths rights
OF sech should be. When two or less
SECTIONS aro leesea 90 az individual
suen lease sno1ld 30 absolute for no
1s!1 or y0Sra leased, provided tho
party teasing enclosaS The land with A
lsAcs,out tue law should guard against
fraudulent leases under this rule bv
lonch owners through their eulplOvei.
IS Is now The cesa OF purchasers. as
actual settlers. ii such provision
should be pl8oad ia tho law, severe
penalties shcald be enacted Tor the
punlahmeEt OF any party thes
would rent two nections for other
than his own use, and no pgr-
son should be permitted 10 lease
directly or indirectly for tho uRe az
another. For such Violations OF Ina
law Che penalty should be fxed, ana
the certainty ofin1licting the puuiah
ment should be the obitc5 10 be ~.
tained, When lands sra leased sub-
lecl 70 purchase tine rautsl ehould bs
less than whom the Lease is ABSOLUTE, If
paIhe9 leasing are 20 10 continually
annoyed by actual settlers thew should
nave cheaper reDts. The rate Of rental
should be liked a. price per acre that
would permit the State, without doing
th9 lessee an Injustice, 10 tax tho lands
IN the hands OF the lessee iur general
state purposes. Ifths necessary land
laws arc enacted and atriely enforced,
leasing th9 lan02 ana making them
taxable, the school fund viii
receive enough money aunuelly GO
carry Ou tho fra6 SCHOOLS with
cut taxing the people for thai purpose
anG toe S5ste receive large revonue
iot general purposes. The school fund
sno the state government should both
derive Q benefit from the schoGl lands.
Ih6 laws leasing She lands should be
lieersi and tho terms easy, but the GER
tainty II enforcing them should be
Kent 10 miud, and the venue Fixed that
viii insure q conviction he case OF VIC
laEl0a' Every person using Gao State
lands should be iaSde 10 pay ion them.
Make tho ront5 rad tayma easy and
thrn no lcntent policy saop!d be toi-
Grated,
SALES.
Laud shoald be sold il Qusntitl0s az
MOI moro lhan $40 acres 20 actual sat-
tlota, and mono others, without COM
ps,it'on, and If only $40 acres were sold
the country would settle up 90 rapidly.
Competitive sales work q Hardship
70 ths Immigrant hunting lauG for q
nome. tie cannot always oo prasanl
ON tao day of sale, and II ha emp!oys
an agent 20 represent him the business
IS unsatisfactory, because no leaves
instructions that the agent must carry
out, end often tho instructions are
known where the lsnd is sold, and
little strategy on the pare OF home peo-
plo can defeat the object Of tho immi-
grant and the settlement Of the country
DO retarded.
The purchaser should DO required to
reside on the lanc for Mt least one
year, aud for three years might be bet
ter, before he ia allowed TO transfer
hia claim; this would prevent iraudu.
lent purchases, 70 require an appli.
cant TO swear shat no Win settle the
land aud chen permit him 10 trans
for as soon as he makes hts first pay-
mont, which 10 has 20 DO ut tia time
he makes tho purchase, defeats tho
object of She Calr and opens tho do1i
to fraud, From what ] have Learned
from tho r6c0r15 in my district, and
from the conduct Of tho parties apply
ing for lsnd re NC 9al sst.lers, and ialt.
Ing tho irdnClad oath, believe 10 pro-
acilD9 an oath 30 bs taken, is bad ioi
the morals OF tho country, for the mes
Of them openly disregard it. The Leg.
islaturs may enact strict land laws auc
sell $40 acres 10 actual aatilsrs ;only thol
man with money viii pet all thJ
land h9 needs by purchasing from
others that may settle as his neigh
bors, The United Statoe selia land II
tracts Of 100 gcrss 70 aotua, eattlora
aud under that limitation the people
exist and become prosperous, and u
we soil four times bhat much the poo,
pie VIII not suffer for lands; they
have always managed 10 got enough
70 do them, even under tho strictesj
laws.
Whon settlement is made proc
should bB filed with tho local State
SCENT ana forwarded TO the school
land department, and when no has
lived on the land the time required by
law proof OF that fact should also be
made by advertising in @
newspaper, giving tho names
of tho persons by whom
no expects TO mako proof Of settlement
Tho school lands arc becoming more
valuable every day, and wo need not
be IN ruoh To got rid of them. They
will soon DO worth Sl00,0Co,C00, and !
do not know of anything moro valua-
bic that the legislator can quarrel
over.
All tho school lands arc good grGz.
ing and valuable FOR that purpose as
we'll ss agriculture, and can be made
TO yield large revenue annually.vary
noar, IL not quite, Gs large as the STATE
ad yslorom lRxes, aud NJ less than one
fourth the cost Of collecting the State
tnxeg.
When the purchaser fails 70 comply
with hla Obligation with the State, The
commissioner OF tho schcos Land do
partment should DO vested with IN
dlcisl authority TO declare g forfeit
ure, rfter giving the party Ia dofaulI
notice 10 show t6o c3us0 why forfeit
uro should not b0 taken. phis shoulC
90 AZ ledy ana without red tape. For
feitnre sheuld be- taken in every casi
without deley except where tho patty
diss, then, IN that case six or twelve
months should be given the heira {;
make payment
pAsTuREf,
A great many pastures are oStromo
ly largo, some enclosing niore thar
SEQ, eco scres, and tho soaool lands II
somo OF tho largest pastures have beei
enclosed without authority or warran
of law by nonresident firms and cor
porations that have no interest /:
Texas except TO enrich themselves OF
free grass, =,