The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-21

ris county, Third distrlct-Revcrscd and
feinnnded.
Tho railway, ,>o,,,,,,,,. ,..,,-,,, .,... .t.
D., - ~ N0'''p""' "t""AN ti'S SUIT
w. 'N'VNcr iNe sections OF land OF gum
IAN which had been located and SURVEYED
hy Vfrfup NJ cortirics+a., ,g.,,o, ii.
W. ''''0"'e' l9su'" 70 'ie
""eo ana Northwestern Railroad com
pany. The defendant IN the trial court
claimed five other scctinns vhich baa bee,
i,,o.., 49,, 49,
"Naicu anu patcuted by virtue OF other
certificates and disclaimod as TO any land
sued for by plaintiff tbat was no, ON
braced in such patented s,,rv.,s rho
ni,estions 49, p a,uu,sp su'VoSs' Inc
'ut's H'io presenter arr wv.
70 NO w. ~ ~ W. WIZ. WI. iSsltoa
ror,ma,,,. IT. ,'' A'"i ''"Na'''" i"'i"""
NaHu ,.te
NaNu' uld the nlaihuH company
S ,V i,.ie 10 Su'u Vrruivu'rH an
~, ~ NtltI 'tr Oh Nle Na'o az run
.Hat COMPANY was aiuehu.u' ana W. haulo
cIdlS'u 70 mat oil the Waco ana North
western hhllroad company ny Inc special
,i y, 1.usu vs. o, IN'u, lIlc NeoV up iAHn-
AZ -, 'v,iilan1S M"S llDoti'oI". Ny ny NlrV"e
ytte," srnuvNlal w approved NoNcnnor -
IN'; rms incorporating act EXTENDED 10
Halu company an the proNlsloiS grants,
'i,i,,,,''.tleS al' P.tNhtS's even ~ otini
fSai U'''V' '"V "N' VI '"'""'S '''
i' St .,
ny u'i'hldht IN error 'ialnls Nnal vi"
vVrnllVdtes III question are Nahu, nuth ny
,. o. tnS PROVISION Ht tnt hrl Oh ~,
q
fhe general act Of 1871 extends the hene-
NJ OF MS provisions only TO those railroahs
hy ,j. $40 mo IN MA '" a,l,ort@,cd :" Ia
the absence of other words indicating that
IL lS ustu IN the iuturf-peil,g' tense ~
pues 10 pHst trahsaclohs we ma hoth-
ing IN this act under CONSIDERATION Which
tends to show that 1t was the purpose oil
the legislature to confer the privileges
tnrrtih Sraiteu upon eorlla,lles e"VtSai W.,
ern for tho encouragement of the con-
structiou Of railroads makes II manifest,
We think. that the legislative policy was,
as to the companies then chartered to
cantor hv general laws the privileges lf
earning lands. and in granting new char
ters 10 make such provisions for the com
n ". - ~ a ,,,,5itio,,s s,e
sho,,id avis, NJ tbe Time az mo rrant. We
ave aware tbnt in Rallrond cofiluanV VS..
E,nrhInr 26 ,Texas 40 II was held that
~ u'culv.' Oh ioNaS, 90 ~ thcre,
w S'"'ulo Hplr''S w. ,,,1n 49, 10 thhso
-, ~ ar,or hu, yya mink thnt
PREVIOUSLY yI"lI lcIV''' pu, w '.,'', -, 49,,
sent to IT. -......., ,a,,. ~
Sinco w noiu 'l'tt wv ~, - t,,.,,,.s
1894 hpplcd oniN 10 coiup"'lles III IN,
at the date of It's passage, II must nr nVLd
that whatever rights the waco and NoIi n
western Railroad company acquit,u unaer
il. were derived from the section OF the
surcial charter of the Waco Tap Railfoad
company. which, hy reference TO the gen
eral act Of 1854 attempted TO confer upon
the latter company the benefits OF sald
,rrnoral net Section "a article OF the
constitution, then provided that no law
hail he revised or amended by reference
10 he titic. INT in s1ich case the act re-
,TeeA or sertion emnded shall he re-en-
80 VA r,hlisbo3 nj Length "
q" ,btnll n clcar that section T. of ths
We iuan~ !, bar,a,.l,q, me railroad. is in
sleeiut a1, ,s,'istcn ~ he nj of 1884. II
~ Va NO o,,nration of that act so as to
49,. A',n"n V, ,,Ji tt n company to which it
mar ~ II uni5.S ,fa,e ~ this be- deemed
old nov appIs "r'v'o No. or the word
an alncnulneut ~ ny , ..,,G an amend
II is evident ihat ~ - n9l ~, No section
mept az was tot,ltlni,t"t ..J trbcre
Of the constitution IUst ~ ,,,,,nor, ia
are many statutes INA no ny 49, A.,
be amendments tnRl haNc Xxx Dt,ore
enlarge or restrict the operat9n Oh ~ W..
In the absence of some cpnsutu tiV'i .1i, ,,
strlciion Of like erect 10 tnat Of ss,tN'.
25. article of tho constitution OF lni'i ~
vs. the usual practice Of Legislative ppqlcs
"a amend a law simply 10y providlnB iilal
certain words should be added, or that
- sbo,,ld be stricken cut, or that IN
" ,,;ae. Of certain language, certain other
is,,,uae. should be substituted, such an
,,,.,,cs,,j,,,snt presented frequently problem
IT,. ,,st,1,riiou that II was difficult for
II 'V'i si s,. mind To solve This practice
Nie aNrii vans Of imposing upon many
oloruru m,''t.r,.a ~ lrrislativc bodies and
nnWaIN III il ',c naesopa of amendments
Of procuring ~ Me- nasscd had their