Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-22

| which no uctnilPd statement need BE-
made ls that making the statute OF
Limitation applicable TO married women,
| which Will quiet land Titles. the law
regulating contested elections. which.
besides providing Tor the trial OF tho
right to Office. VIII put an end to the
corrupt and fraudulent removal OF
county seats and the consequent de-
ftruction OF public and Individual
rights; the law regulating primary cleo
lions. which viii tend to preserve the
Integrity OF the primaries; revision OF
the civil and penal codes. which Will
put all the laws IN cheap and compact
form. the law making occupation taxes
Uniform by Imposing them upon insur-
nnce agents and better ascertaining the
clnEs OF merchants. the ash and oyster
law. which has arrestcd the Wholesale
destruction OF the food Ash and natural
oyster beds OF our coast: the law equal
Icing the burdens OF taxation by levy
Ing Il upon rational bank and treas
ury nctea and the gross receipts OF
expresa companies; the law giving to
the coiored people the management OF
their schOola BY the election OF coiored
Trustees, and the law validating rail-
way land titles in the hands OK actual
settlers and bona iidc purchasers
Heretofore when freight waE shipped
over several lines OF railway and was
lost damaged or delayed, the owner
was compelled al hts peril to discover
on what road the loss. damage or delay
occurred before u recovery could be
had. The hardship OF this rule IS mani
Fest for the facts IN such cases arc
peculiarly within the knowledge Of the
railway companies and Corresponding
ly difficult 20 be obtained BY the ship
per. II has accordingly been changed
by law so that now Ia case or through
freight IN this state all railroads over
which u passes are made connecting
lirea, each the agent or the other. and
either Is responsible to the shipper FOR
demt ges and IN turn when free fror;
negligence Il can recover from the
company on whose road the damage
was actually done.
A Confederate Home was formerly
supported by fees received from several
state departments, AZ these fees were
uncertain and varied In amount from
time 10 time. the efiicient maintenance
OF the Home was doubtful and precarl-
Gus. BY an act OF the last legislature
all question is removed and the Home
has bean established upon permanent
basis BY appropriation from the gem
esal revenue, where disabled veterans
OF the confederacy are generously pro-
vlded for.
Among others. two great evils result
from the operation OF trusts and con-
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traction OF business, throwing many
out OF employment thus combining even
legitimate profits to Il few and creating
Suionaal iot tuiles' keeVsl.@nis lnetr
inlurS 10 the stare, the hct OF Mareh
~ ~, ioes, Mus ptsHsu 70 supprsTs siietn IN,
Inls law was anenuea plohdehsu anu anu
30 1885 and the effect has been whole
some. The Insurance trust mas pup.
licly announced us dissolution ana
fntea or insurance nave oeen reuuceu'
the cotton-seed trust mas peen aeslfoy-
ed, and an oil trust is now at the bar
OF Justice
IL Is wen known that the heaviest
charges against the state In the mat
ter OF fees are those paid ms fees In
felony cases. These have grown enor-
mously In recent years. From March
l. 1883 to March ], 1850, the appropri-
alton for witness fees IN such cases
was only siO240, while the appropria-
tion for this purpose from 1888 70 1898
was S250,Oo0 From 1883 TO 1885 the APP
preparation for fees OF sheriffs. clerks,
and attorneys WAS 2515.0O0. and from
1893 20 1926 II was ssh0,000. No general
fec bill reducing and limiting the fees
Of county and district officers was
passed, though earnestly recommen-
ded by me In general and special mes
Hagcs, but great relief was given by
separate bills which reduced the grade
OF theft OF property OF the value OF
twenty 20 nifty dollars from felony
TO misdemeanor, amended the process
OF subpoena, which VIII reduce the
number OF attachments Issued. limited
the ices OF prosecuting attorneys in
forgery cases, reduced tho fees OF sher-
ms for attaching witnesses and re-
duced the fees OF prosecuting attorneys
where the defendant IL sent 20 the
reformatory. These laws reduced ex-
pendiuires SlSs.0O0 for the year 1895.
as shown by the report OF the comp
troller
The merltorious and deserving cause
OF labor was not neglected. In its In
terest a general arbitration act was
passed providing for the amioable ad-
JuAtment OF Industrial grieyanccs,
workingmen and unions OF Workingmen
were protected in their labels. trade
marks, designs and forms OF adver-
Using; and when personal Injuries are
received by worklnginen not resulting
In death the right to damages now
survives to their wives and children
and Ia not lost by their death as for
merly. As intimately Affecting the
vital interests OF that class OF our
citizenship which most directly touch
the development OF our material and
commercial resources particular refer
ence Is made TO the legislation favor
able to organized labor A code OF laws
essentially contributes to tho business
tfan7ullity OF the state which while