The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-20
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENTS.

The Condition Of the State, as shown In the
com,,roller,s Department--The Treasury
ua,nnces--Tbe SpeciaI Occupation Taxes
How They Foot up, Especially from the
Liauor Dealers and the Merchants-What
Couuties Pay Them--The Real Estate As
sessment-.S Sale of Lands and Their Ke-
semptiou-The Railroads-i.istO of Killed
and Injured for the Past Twelve Months.
No. s.
Correspondence of the Herald.
AUSTIN, April H.. Ss2.-The comptroller
has made up the accounts OF his office down
TO the LIST of March, nit. The balances in
the treasury to the several leading accounts
show:
Currency Bonds.
State revenue account. $685., 9S5 30 S, -: =:
Permanent school fund. 1866 W 3o'7o'- 10
Permanent school rail-
Available school fund i6l,s IS "..........
Permanent university ,so,@ s427sS OF
Agricultural and Me. ,ooooo ~
chanical college fund. ......o ]os s,oo ~ 0O
The three asylums....., l3.H w oo'ioV W
Available university o,,. a..
The bonded debt OF the state have al
ready furnished to you in my iirst commu-
nication when reviewing the status oil the
treasury department 1t may be as well
lust here to exhibit the account OF the ran.
road companies with the permanent schooi
fund, as considerable reference may be
made to this during the session;
Houston & Texas Central. .........,..s'2l'6o z 10
Washington County X. R......,".'' 500, ~
Southern Pacific OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ito zol %
Texas 4 New orleans, ..,...,,,.:, oioH, 10
Galveston, Houston & San Antonio. 5lG'b3l 70
While the total amount Of in crest due on
the LIST of May proximo will be nearly sIo,-
600, the Washington County railroad, you
will recollCct has defaulted In its interest
for nearly three years.
In the matter of
SPECIAL OCCUPATION TAXES
| note that of those payable annually
in advance there was received down to the
LIST OF October last, some $3.50 2Oj O53, the
chief sum herein being from liquor dealers
who paid within q fraction of Sl5OOOOW.
Next came the other merchants OF the sixth
and seventh classes, from whom was receiv.
ed Si5 ,224 90; the physicians, $l7,OoOOO, and
lawyers $l2,050,O0
Of the occupation taxes payable quarter
ly, the heaviest amount paid by anyone
was by the merchants, 2.iOl.00, out OF the
entire sum received Of $H,I6OO. or the
special license tax, the circus contributed
$3.50 90, and the theatres, 81 $50 O, the totnl
amount thereirom received being SS,3O.OO.
In the foregoing account, the comptroller
says there are over 60 quarterly reports not
embraced, but that with them the total oc-
cupation tax, exclusive Of the tax from re-
tail liquor dealers, will reach S2GO,O,O.OO.
Under the Bell Punch Law down to LIST OF
last October, the amount received was
$257, 5000.
Now what part of the state, what coun-
Ties more particularly contribute toward
these taxes Let us see. Bcxar county
heads the list and turns in some So, DI .5l ;
next Galveston with $l5,03,l5 next
Travis with $l3,2i320; next Dallas with
$la,974.3j; next Grayson with $ll 1905 /;
next Mclennap with $l0,355; next Tar
rant with $0,5l6. In the
PROPERTY ASSESSMENT LIST
for the past year, | find that the statement
discloscs total value of $40, SSl ,j66. The
state ad valorem tax being forty cents on
the dollar therefore yielded $3.50, AL 10
while the state revenue poll tax gave S2S1 (,
T23, and the school poll tax was the SAINT
amount, or u total of 81 07i, S51 10.
Examining more in detail, we find that
the assessed value of the land
some 81 ,i69,032 acres, was $l0O,i6l ,65O.UN
this gives the average vAue OF lands pc
acre Sl.S3. Value OF city or town lots i
put at $55, 766 1851; of railroads, S2O, SOB ,55i.
%; while carriages, buggies ana Wagon
assess at $50, 597 ,2O5,00 horses and mule
are put at 81, 0sS, 0is,0O; and cattle, som
4,02S, 600 head, at S25,GSl 900; the value Q
goods, wares and merchandise is assessed
at only $l0, 100, 7O2W.
SALE or LANDS,
The number OF acres sold last year 70
taxes in the unorganzcd counties was 233
$50, although there were advertised for sal
for.that purpose nearly 10000 acres. Tn
state tax and cost on these were S3,i0l 81
or.an average ofabout Il centsper acre, Their
is n conflict in this business that sh Oul
be cured, and that is that sometimes wher
taxes In these counties have been pait
they subsequently become organized an
She land is assessed for the same year b
The county authorities. On the 9th of Eel
ruary last the time for redemption of land
so sold expired but this Legislature, rs
have already tcegraphed you, will extcn
the period again. The total amount ,
state tax paid in the way of redemption tn
past wear was q little over $4,000
Now last but not least, how stand
THE RAILWAY COMPANIES
with the statcg will call out for 20
only the leading ones for tho yea
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