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

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:. AZ agent aod tue Sgecs shanla re-
Saiss Al right "a land TO ba recorded,
S.S w., AesSrasis 10 rhA records would
shore ne means OF detestiag u viola
TIE agso; Should have authority 10
easfse : taa iGg ne frouoie OF $50 when
the owner bias over l.G00 cattls or
norsSs, and Ss5 when 80 and updar
iiOV0 and y for anything uadsr go
neat, G1G ors-f00Tth as much fer
she . aud goats.
When stock owner hSvlng enough
grass iA00 owned nr leased 10 sustain
ms stock 1oSs not choose to fence il,
mere could DO no OBJECTION to his
stcos running Stlsrge over tbs unia-
h'lsan sapde OF OihNEs similarly situa-
lsV. II could nos matter on whose
iand the stock iod when al men were
required Oh ova or leRsa enough land
u sustain theic stock, and such ar
raagemeu's would NJ. materially
eoauz0 OLD hSb.tS.
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
tt 70 necessary 60 have judicial
syst m. eeo9ci'liY Tor tho frontier
c9untv. Wne counties OF Tom Green,
70, Preside, 81 Paso and Crockett
sbo0 q oo divided into unovg&ulsei
counties OF the area required by lAa
constitution, as was doaa by law d.
Vioiag ;h0 Panhandle into unorcan-
1ztd cOnnt.Ss, "a iac I drow up whoa
member of tho StatS
senate, and taan the unor-
SsazgG counties s00Uld bsleid oiflnto
two JEdlcial districts. The judges for
sdSs0 districts should DO appointed
fron other portions OF ths State and
ire0 nom the interests and influence OF
that section. They should have civil
7nG "tiQina5 jurisdiction and should,
whenever Ia any case plaintiff and
d9iendaut agreed - submib tina oase
30 tue decision OF tina judge, try II aud
daoiCa It; bat II jury should he de-
mandad by either party the Judge
RhpuiG ChangE the venue on his ayn
motion 20 Travis county for trial bg a
jury. phls viii bring law and or3or
on toP, The judges sho9ld appoint
peacs Cnic6I3 gnd hold their courts
at designated places convenient 90
the pSople como place OF holdlnC
cours ior each four counties, and a.
near tue center OK the Coar coEntiea
as possible. l'wo judges would be
enough and TWO oisLviGb ATTORNEYS.
Ono renson Tor iDylng OH thdsa c0uu-
ties is, u ~ the large COUNTIES aro cre-
atinR debts for public buildings, and
when q ua~ oouutyis ems OF hereafter
aOd organized, IL becomes liable foe q
portion OK the deb.s created by The pA.
rsua 00gnty, aud hiss 40 m0noy 70
build ouurt house and iGil, II pre-
ri0utly laid eff tae county tex accam-
Hlatug while unorg&niged would b.
available when II Ooss organize. aud
eau 10 used for builQiag purpose. AS
70 IL ROW, when n rev county IN laid
of, 90 in The cGss Of Midland, a viii
not hGv2 e d0lloc to start With, and, be-
eide, viii DO indebted Tor SulldiNgS for
the parent county.
In considering tie proprietY az es-
tabhe hlug 5ii0 Judiciary sFgtein, / aug,
B6Sl il should bs remembered that cut
ci 81 ,365 gqu5ra milas IN Texas, 5nas
thore are 100000 square milo2 IL which
thaEG Ia no, q resident pegre officer,
judge or jury. This state OF things OK,
lst II more Ensn 0ne'Lhlrd VI the Whcia
arcs Of the State.
SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS.
AS q general thing, lSnd suryS' Is
.peYer we're IQade en- Tho ground, eng
when The iHmigcant undertakes "a
saleC5 hi1 tract OF Land Tor q home,
no 10 compe)lea ia nearly evegy ogBa
60 have long connecting lines run be-
fOr6 he can tell where 6he land he
wants is situated. tins lea fixed by
lew Is 20 @ iaile for such w0gl.. Gud Of
ten detere o mum with limitoa means
from applying, snd 10 q great draw
beck 10 this satsloment OF tho country.
The railroads should be made 60 run
and establish the cornor2, 20 they
originally contracted with the SKATE To
do. IT tho State make auTyoys aud
ereota corners 70 will DO establishing
the corners 10 the railroad suxwava as
well es 20 tho school sections. Ono OF
tho considerations for tho grant oflGo0
10 Railroads was tbet they would sur-
v0y Tor tho Stata school gaotions ana
make corners, eDd they should b msda
10 comply with their contract, Tor theiS
AolHy on this Meter will ba detfimen-
Isl 10 tho properly Of ana schDui fun d
Rnc the Developments OF tho country.
Surveyors on tho frontier sce goner-
ally careless and poorly provided with
record books aud stationery, They do
not feel Ii their duty 30 assist the mar
hurting G homo by showing him the
lands on tao maps not previously sold
OuC refer him 70 th2ir bcosg, maps
etc, sud q Won Ecsted mar
m iapd matters would find IL exceed
iugly difficult to inform himself from
the records IN tA0sD offices. Tho land
hunter Gnu not ind g blank arplios-
lion Ia moS50f thelc Offices and "a OLD
that he ON end chem with tho land
agents, aud IA forced % the necessity
OF employing az agent 20 raako out hil
application, which COSTS him nom $ll
10 Sl5 This, together with tho scr
veycr's tC0s, often k9ops biM IRON ap
plyiug, Laws ahould remedy this anc
make tne land more easy o, acquire
inent.
DRY LAEDs.
Tho greater portion OF the publ.
lands are without wafer on then, 5u
water can DO procured almost any
whore by sinking wells, with anpl,
supply. II tho State would allow S.
per foot tor sinking wells ca dry 1to-
ttous, whore water is procured, 20 b'
paid out OF the money for leasss--tha
ia, 30 allow this as credit on the leas;
obligaii0n-a great number of the dry
school sections would DO mRde NOR
valuable, 4 section of land with ,
we'll Of water on IL would DO Wortl
from $500 to $500 more than dry sec
tiol.
GRASS.
The grass on the school landsis goot
and valuable, and the turf should bt
protected; ifnot protected it VIII, 70
great cxtont, DO destroyed and the
country grow up in weeds. When
large stoekmen are going 70 Ewith
draw from tho country they will over
stock tho land in order TO make tn,
mont they can out OF 1t, and destroy
the grasE, and this question is OF NOR,
Importance than tho people believe
The sreHs on 30,0o0,000 acres Of publ,
school lands sc 0 cents por acre, Il
worth annually sl,s0000O, and shOult
not 80 overlooked.
ACTUAL SETTLERS,
This question has heretofore wrecked
! all lana legislation IN this State, hu
when stripped OF imagination and do
fusion aud looked at in plain, bust
ness Like manner, 1t can bo solved sat
lsfactorily.
II Ia tho argument used by tho fro,
grass advocates, but FREQ grass vii
not better the condition or chances O
the actual settler. Tho lease law cal
i L ta a ...tIt -.