The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-26
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
FRIDAY.


munication from the seat of war Us
to the recent emeute between the
cowboys and citizens of Tokay The
presumption is that there has been 10
further disturbances in that quarter
LAND DEPARTMENT.
There was ii meeting of the land
board in the governors Office Friday.
Gov. Ireland, president, and Ran
dolph Lawrence, Esq, secretary.
A resolution was passed authoriZ-
ing the secretary to receive all COM
munications and applications adj
dressed to the board, and a blank
form necessary to be followed in max
ing applications for lands was adopt
ed. Copies are to be sent TO the
county officers as record of informal
ton of the character of the blanks to
be issued.
A resolution was adopted as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the mere receipt for
money sent to and received by the
board shall not commit the board to
sale of the land applied for, but the
board reserves the right to determine
thereafter whether the applicant is
Applications are to be addressed to
the secretary of the board, and pay
ments are to be made to the state
treasurer.
The blank form as adopted, to be
filled out by applicants to purchase
the lands, is as follows:
No. -
THE STATE OF pENAs.
County Of
Before Inc the undersigned au-
thOrity personally appeared - -
a resident citizen of - county, in
said state. to me = known, who, af-
ter being sworn, declares that he is
now, and was on the first day of Jan
uary, 1888, an actual settler in good
faith upon the - quarter of section
No. situated in - county, and
surveyed for the common schools by
virtue of certificate No. -, issued to
-, that he settled upon said lands
in good faith with view to purchase
same, and that he makes this affidavit
in accordance with section 5 of an act
to provide for the classification, sale
and lease of the lands heretofore or
hereafter surveyed and set
apart for the benefit of the
common schools, university, the
lunatic, blind deaf and dumb
and orphan aSylums, approved April
II, 1888. for the purpose of purchas-
ing said - quarter of Sec = above
described, upon which are located i'm
provements, and upon said land there
is no timber suitable for timber or
or shingles, nor does it contain any
mineral so far as this affiant knows.
Signature of applicant.
AT the same time and place appear.
ed before me and -
credible citizens Of -- coun-
ay. to me known, who, after being
tworn, state that the facts set forth
sy -. the first applicant, are true,
bnd that the land is not valuable on
account of timber suitable for
Der and shingles.
Witnesses:
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this -- day of --, 1888.
After some other business of minor
Importance the board adjourned.
THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANI-
CAL COLLEGE.
The requiSition was made upon the
comptroller for $4,000 for this insti-
tuition. but as the comptroller was
not satisfied with the correctness of
the contemplated purposes of the
requisition it was referred to the at
torney general, who will give his
opinion. The legislature, it will be
remembered, appropriated $4,000 for
the college.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller warranted for pay
ment of only about $500 into the
treasury Friday. Per contract the
amount was more than paid out on
warrants to pensioners.
a. R. Andrews, tax collector of
Grayson county, and A. Killings
worth, collector of Gregg county, set
tied small balances due on account of
their collections.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Secretary Baker of the Board of Ed
ucation received copy of the annual
catalogue of Coronal Institute at San
Marcos, Texas, T. E. Pritchett, A. M,
president. 1t is the property Of the
M. E. Church, South, and is under thu
patronage of the San Marcos district
conference. Roll, 248 pupils. compris-
ing both sexes.
THE SEWER BOARD.
There was a meeting of the board
Friday morning for the purpose of in
speeding the sewer from the lunatic
asylum to the river. The water was
turned on and the sewer was flushed
entirely through from the asylum into
the river with very satisfactory re-
suits. Upon the certificates of the
present and previous engineers in
charge, that the work so far had been
properly executed, the board approved
the account of the contractor, Mr.. w.
B. Brush, for $6195.92 in addition to
what he has been previously paid,
leaving only a balance of $1,000 due
upon the contract, which amount is
reserved till the work is formerly ten
dered and accepted. The water was
turned on at the asylum at s a. H.,
and came through the mouth of the
sewer, at the river, in full volume
twenty minutes before IL o'clock. 1t
will, of course, be great convenience