Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-25

ton and that the proceeds flom salemust !
be applied IN aid Of the roads con-
struotion; required the legislature or a !
committee OF IL 70 examine the books l
and every ten years.
To pgEscmBE RATES
to be charged for transportation Of per-
sons and freight, and allowing the roads
a net profit az shat time Of - per-
centum per annum aud compelled them
TO make annual reports To the comp
troller, concerning their physical and
financial condition. When the Inter
national and Great Northern and Texas
and Pacific Land grants were made IL
was free from all conditions what
ever thus allowing their lands To be
located In large bodies Whon by the
act Of April Ia, lSs2, the passenger fare
was reduced from 0 to 8 cents per miie
necessarily freight tariffs also could
just as well have been adopted by the
legislature but therc was no real effort
towards that until by the act " April
10, 1883, the Office Oh state engineer was
created, some OF the duties OF which
officer were 10 prepare ans transmit
to the next Legislature complete
freight clnsslicatup and schedule OF
reasonable maximum rates for freight
Recommendation, fr,r. ,,u.h 81 tt, ,silrnnae
otsrate5 In ais sfate and comics IN
tbe sa,ne sbati H., f,,,nisl,,J IN ~, ,,,,r,.
bes OF the nineteenth legislature, thirty
mn Tbe rrg,iar e.es.'on of that
legislature abolished the office by omit
ting it from the appropriation bin No
record exists OF any use that was ever
made OF tho information provided Tor,
lan5s ~, c6nstit,tien of Isi5 n,,v-idsd
that the publie school lands shall moi
H. .,iil,,s VI h. ~, ~. ii,,i ~ r,b,
erwise tban by lease Tor a torn NOT cN-
',',,ji,,., t,,.,,,,. 80. ,rtt ,.,nsttt,,.
IN, ~ see ..',, l.@d th.t ,,'i'h. la,,isi".
a., .i,,,ii ,,r,,.id. ~, Ain, T., fir,r
~ - sl''i Pi ~ - 49, ~ ti
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,i,,p a,J t"rr,s ,g il mas, T1e,,, Cynsdi.
cntn Tbo act nj nscs,nhsr nj isS5
| ~ mel ~, ,,,,..,,, .,,,,,5,.t+5 ,g,tb
| itc ,,,.,,,,-,t Xxx, ,,ficc fr1,,, ,ninc ,,,n.
! c,,r,,9d a., md, ,,or,,g, ,,hntayo,. with
/ ~ nnrcbaac az n,thiic londs mo acf
! ~ i,,f,.,,ar,, t6Si 4, ,,t',,,,,.ii,., ,,nd
W. ~, 49, ~ against XXX stato h,
| ~ a, 80 ,,,,i5n assta,..d Ia ~ ,i,iT,i
81 81, ~ r.,t.,,t o..,lsir iand nbic,
49, -, tis,,i,g
......
hoth civil Anu Nhi'NlNAl"
About TO be Instituted And it first
section validates their acts IN specu-
latiug IN school lands upon Information
| which no private citizen could possibly
obtain, The act Of April 4, 1851, pro-
hibiting the consolidation 81 parallel or
competing lines Of railroads has proven
10 he imperative. IL Gun hardly be
claimed that the old laws have ever
boon betteed. The early Legislators
SAW the future beitor even than their
SUCCESSORS could 500 the present. The
railroads have been permitted 10y the
state 10 make both sides Of the trpde
80 long that something has had 20 be
done. The experiment OF state engln-
Ger gave no relief, and no ono can
doubt tho necessity for commission.
OIhar states have long had them and
prosperity, too. The farmers OF Texas,
before any ono else had thought
Of n, demanded railroad
commission, but rs o weapon iJr
defense, not for plumber, Whether OF
not the United States supreme court
would ever Affirm the decision OF the
lower court is Of but little moment now
because health commission law can %
framed IN Texas as Wen as rihe"heroi
p , J. ,a,os G u' max, nv u r tbc
the l'l,I'. ~" 80 ~, ,i1,lt ut,J
conn MISSION Ilicn ~ " ~ go. i'll.
] NV tuR election OF AlHHAhNtIH Aht