Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-31
GOOD WORK DONE.
Bill to Validate Titles to the Land
Board Sales Passed.
Provisions OF Commission Bill-Liberal
appropriations for Quarantine
Purposes Asked.
The Bill Consolidating All the Branches OF the
Supreme Court at Austin to be Re-
ported FayOrabiy.
TITLES MADE GOOD.


Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. Jan. 30.-The commit
tees substitute for Mr.. Tolar's bill to
validate the titles TO land sold by the land
board, was passed by the house to-day.
1t is much the same as the original bill
intfoduced by Mr.. Tolar and printed in
fun in THE GAZETTE. One provision re-
quires the holder of the land to swear
that he purchased for his own use and
benefit, in good faith, and not for the
benefit of any corporation or company,
and that he has made actual settlement
upon the land claimed. 1t is not likely
that the bill will meet any Sc
rious opposition in the senate.
Mr.. Tolar was ably seconded in his work
for this bill by Mr.. Stevenson of Parker,
who made rouslng good speech for it
this morning. Mr.. Tolar has right to
feel jubilant over getting this important
memorial through the house so early in
the session.
Judiciary committee No. l of the
house viii tomorrow favorably report
Mr.. Hamby's bill raising the age of con-
sent for girls from ten to fourteen years
CONSOLIDATING THE SUPREME COURTS.
Judiciary committee No. l of the house
decided this afternoon to favOrably re-
port Mr. Kincaid IS bill consOl-
idating all the branches of
the supreme court at Austin. One
strong reason for doing this is that the
expense entailed upon the judges in tray
cling from place to place was so heavy
that good lawyers could not afford to
serve the state at q salary of $500 year.
There will be a minority report on the
bill
The same committee viii also report
favorably a bill to compel every foreign
corporation doing business in Texas to
keep a general Office in the state.
GRESHAM IS JOINT RESOLUTION.
Col. Gresham IS joint resolution pro-
poses to amend the constitution so that
bonds may be issued for the purpose of
improving Texas harbors. The tax pro-
vided for is cents on the 500, which
levied on valuation of 500 900 900
would raise money sufficient to pay inter-
est on 81 600 900 of bonds.
THE COMMISSION BILL
reported this morning is made like the
Uneaintroduced by. Brown of Grayson. - 1t
fixes the number of commissioners 1t five,
their salary at $500 and gives them two
clerks The maximum freight rate is
40 cents per hundred pounds per hun
dred miles There is no change in the
rate of passenger tariff. The bill intro
duced by Senator Stephens to validate
railroad land titles in Greer county was
to-day sat down upon by the senate jul
dietary committee. Senator Stephens
introduced it by request and voted aginst
it in committee
Or. Rutherford appeared before the
house finance committee this evening in
reference to the expenses of the STATE
health department, but lacked some fig
ures desired, which he will have to go to
Galveston to obtain.
Mr. Ben Morelle, who resigned some
time ago the management of the tele-
phone exchange, has accepted the posi-
ton of operator in the Office of the Austin
and Northwestern railway in the Driskill
hotel.
1t is reported this evening that the
Evening Dispatch has changed hands,
Col Murchison disposing of it to Col. Il
A Rutherford, who will use it hereafter
as a true blue Democratic paper.
OFFICE SEEKERS.
Fifteen applications for appointment as
railroad commissioner have already been
received at the executive office and still
they need it.
a delegation of Houston aldermen and
lawyers arrived this morning including
Aldermen Freund and Koch and Attorney
King. Editor Johnson of the Post also
came up, and another delegation of
Houston IS wealthiest Taxpayers is looked
for tomorrow All are here to take
part in the fight over amending the
charter of Houston in the interest of
drainage and street improvement.
DIR. RUTHERFORD
of Houston, state health officer, also ar
rived this morning TO place before the
legislature the absolute needs of the
quarantine department during the ap-
preaching season DR.. Rutherford says
some $50 900 viii be necessary to be ex-
pended on quarantine improvements at
Galveston and other points. Stations are
to be built at LoganSport on the Sabine,
Denison, El Paso, Laredo, Gainesville,
Paris and perhaps other points. DR..
Rutherford evidently wants TO prepare
himself well for next summers cam
paign against yellow jack.