The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11

office: "A," county surveyor, writes !:
Son the first instant L decided to pur-
chase section 232, school land, but owing
TO press of business had not time to write
out and record my application, and SIM
| ply marked said section onmy map "filed
| on" On the second instant ''B' present
| ed written application to purchase said
section. / stated the facts to s'B,'' re-
fused TO receive his application, and pend
/ ing the discussion, wrote out and recor-
ded my application. "B" appeals, claim
ing that he is the legal applicant and that
the surveyor under the law can not Pur-
chase school lands"
The commissioner rules that the deci-
sion to purchase by the surveyor and the
marking of the section on the map ''filed
| on" conveyed no right. as neither is rec
ogniZed by law, and that "B, - having ap-
piled for the land in legal form, is en-
| titled to purchase.
Second-A surveyor, as such, has no
right TO purchase. The individual who
| holds the. office, may purchase, not as
| agent, but for himself, and must be
governed by the same rules that govern
other individuals. As purchaser, the sur
veyor had no more right TO mark the section
''filed ON than had B.; he could only so
mark it, In his official capacity after it had
| been legally filed on.
The Alamo Railroad Company filed a
charter yesterday in the Office of secre-
tary of state. The object of the company
is the construction and maintenance of u
| street railroad in the city of San Antonio.
The capital stock is placed at S125,0
divided into shares of 500 each. The
following gentlemen compose the board
| of directors L. n. Lerich. Francis
Vogel, Frederick Wulff, Gustav Ramp
mann, Albert Stoves, Ed. Stoves, Jr., and
Eugene Staffell, all of whom reside in the
city OF San Antonio.
The regular enlistment of the frontier
battalion expires at the end of this
month and the battalion will be thorough
ly reOrganiZed for the next twelve months
| service and be kept up as thoroughly as
possible.
The following is from general order
No. 2, just issued from the adiutant-gen-
erals office:
tier battalion will be recognized on the
first OF September next with the number
Of men stated below, viz
Company A: One captain, one first SER
geant, two cOrpOrals, seventeen privates
total, 81.
Company g: One captain, one SER
geant, two cOrpOrals, nineteen privates,
one teamster; total, "a.
Company D: One captain, one SER
geant, two corporals, fifteen privates, one
teamster total, 20.
Company E: One captain, one ser
geant, two corporals, fifteen privates, one
teamster; total, 20.
Company F.: One captain, one SER
geant, two corporals, eighteen privates
and one teamster; total, "a.
Company commanders in recognizing
their companies will be particular to enlist
none but men of good moral character,
sober, energetic and unmarried.
By command of o. NJ. Roberts, COM
mander-in-chief. w. III. KING,
Adjutant-General of the State of Texas.
The board of veterans yesterday passed
favorably upon the following claims: G.
w. Jones, Mrs. Cordelia Armstrong, Ma
thaniel Reed, Thomas Mcclure, Mrs. Emil
ly Smyth, f. NJ. Smyth, Galloway Dean,
Peter Roach, David Hill, Osborn w. Ran
dali, Moses L.. Patton, 4. G. Rector, Mrs
Rebecca j. Cloud, Hiram Watts. Eight
claims were rejected for want of proof.
of service and four were suspended for
further proof. The board adjourned
until Monday.
The Niagara fire insurance company
filed the proper papers in the office of
insurance statistics and history yesterday,
and was granted permission to do bust
ness in this state.