Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-20

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COMMISSIONERS FOSTER IS REPORT
just out. IT is a very comprehensive
york, embracing valuable information
lpon a variety OF subjects and Will prove
3 great interest and assistance to any
desiring to write or speak OF the
growth, development and general
IS.
TIE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1e house viii report favorably a bill
70 add 900 600 acres TO the common
school and 900 900 to the university
lands from forfeited Texas and Pacific
lands The university people with their
usnal modesty, asked several other fa-
vors, but the committee thought this one
enough 10 consider.
a REPUBLICAN.
Frank Hamilton of Austin is one of the
recently nominated penitenttary board
Mr.. Hamilton is a Republican, and this
I fact ha1 been the cause of much COM
ment. Somebody has said that he was
appointed because large majority of the
s---ehtes of the penitentiary are Repub-
are entitled. TO representation
u
PITAL CULLINGs
'asury to-day took in about
for account Of the gener-
col fund, etc, received
roughout the state
.es has presented the geo
Il of the Ytte univer-
N-- orkS of the
valuable
brary.
lent of Rusk
led his position,
ndered TO Capt.
.s, Dumble was to-day ex-
81 IT, me les Nlators fine specimen
agnetic iron ore from Gillespie
atty, held TO be superior to
ut Rusk, now being
led by the penitentiary.
+. Rhoades Fisher, secretary of the
aitol furnishing board, stated this at
noon he had received a telegram from
contractors at Chicago that the car
tinssi for the new capitol had already
Ell shipped and that the men to lay
left Chicago for Austin to-day The
thamper aud hall Of representa-
Ill be the last of the apartments
arpeted.
ToLAR' s IRRIGATION BILL.
to the Gazette.
srIN, TEX. Jan. 10. Following is
Ext OF Dr.. Tolar's irrigation bill, in
iced in the house to-day:
ction l. Be it enacted by the legisIa-
of the state of Texas,
lat the waters of all streams, creeks,
: and lakes within the dry belt are
ic property subject to use for irri-
ln by the owners of the lands adjpin-
or contiguous tc said
rs; and as between appropriations
ity in time shall secure priority of
l. a. .,
4ried as to impair rights to water APP
rated and acquired prior to the
age of this act.
80 IT, -&Hv belt is hereby defined
afEua cleared To be ali that portion of
ithe Aare in. which by reason of insufficient
rainfall irrigation is necessary for agri-
tulturai purposes.
I Sec 3. The provisions of the railway
pct in regard to right of way for rail-
reads, shall apply likewise to right of
way for irrigating canals, together with
their feeders laterals and branches, and
shall apply also 10 sites for reservoirs for
the Rtorage of water for irrigation But
private property shall not be subject TO
condemnation for right of way for new
canal when there already exists canal
that IL capable, or that may be made
capable of doing the service for which g
is proposed TO construct another canal.
Sec. 4. It shall be lawful under the
provisions Of this act, and Of the general !
laws OF the state, for persons to associate /
themselves together as bodies corporate |
for the plrpose of constructing and MAIN
tanning canals, feeders, laterals and res /
ervoirS fer the purpose OF conveying said 1
waters TO persons entitled by the provi- |
sions Of this act TO use said waters for ir- /
rigatiOn. But said corporation shall ac-
quire no right or title to the water ITSELF /
but shall sustain the relation of COM
mon carriers TO the persons entitled /
TO use said water for irrigation.
All owners of land adjoining or contig-
uous TO any canal or lateral constructed
or mentioned under the provisions of this
act shall be entitled TO be supplied from
said canal or lateral with water for irri-
cation and domestic use. subject 70 the
rights of prior appropriations and subject
also TO provisions Of section five Of this
act
Sec. 5. Any irrigation company organ
ed or operated under the provision of
oct shall be allowed TO make two
charges, and two only, for
or: first, q charge for water
'eh connection shall
instruction of prop
Sea. d branch canals
q ex. mails and laterals of
its la7 boundary of the
h Fields
the on