The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

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In speaking of Gov. Ireland's allu-
sion to the Gibson certificates, we
should have explained that while he
expressed the opinion that they were
issued in compliance with the forms
of law, he was not to be understood
as expressing any opinion as to the
merits of the facts upon which the
certificates were issued.
Governor Ireland, in answer to his
telegram to know if any assistance
was requi 81 on account of the trou
bic reported at Brownwood, received
a dispatch from Sheriff Adams that
all was quiet and no assistance was
needed.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
The land fraud board yesterday sub
mitted to the encouragement batch
of papers for suits against a number
OF parties Tor purchasing school lands
in excess of the maximum allowed by
law. The encouragement chooses to
withhold the names for prudential
reasons, to prevent parties having no.
tice and making transfers, which
would render service on the proper
persons difficult. The papers involve
suits for over $4,000 acres of land.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Uvalde Street
Railway Company, capital stock $685.
600, was filed yesterday with the sec
rotary of state. The incorporators
are: Messrs. John r. Speak and An
ton Oppenheimer, of San Antonio,
and j. q. Brown, A. G. billiard, JAS
McCann and A. A. Dial, of Uvalde
county.
Also, filed charter of the Abilene
Horse and Cattle Company, capital
stock $4,000. Incorporators E. l..
Carson, VIM. l.. Rodman and J. c.
Breckenridge.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The state treasurer yesterday paid
out over $4,000, including $4,000
from the school fund, for bonds of
Pecos county, purchased by the comp
troller for account of that fund.
The comptroller registered $4,000
Dallas city drainage bonds. lie de-
posted with the treasurer $1,000 OF
BaStrop county bonds, and $4,000
Bexar county bonds previously pur-
chased for account Of the permanent
school fund.
The comptroller is preparing letter
W W SSll1 OllO CIOGOAG1Oh
of the legislature to some desirable
changes in the manner of distributing
the school fund to the counties, with
view of oDviating the necessity of
large amount of the funds being with
held from the general revenue, by
being retained from the state
treasury in the hands OF the
county authorities to pay school GER
fiEoofnp h n lO mo- OF a 6S
have to be paid out of the first money
collected in the counties. Thus the
funds remain in each county await
ing accumulatiOns sufficient to pay the
certificates, whereas they might just
as well be paid over to the comptroller
rs collected and let hin pay it out.
sd, il monthly acquisitions, for the
sala. IS Of the teachers and other eX-
pensCs incident TO the running of the
Schools. This, as the comptroller ex-
presses it, would enable him to
"whoop up the revenue officers" and
keep the general revenue of the state
accounted for on closer and more
satisfactory basis, SO that its opera
lions would be better understood at
all times.
The statement in the comptroller's
report showing the amount Of fees
paid by the state to district and coun-
ty attorneys, clerks and sheriffs, in
criminal prosecutions during the year
is a new feature never before en-
braced in the comptroller's reports of
this state. The fees amounted to
1925, 1852. The smallest amount paid
by any one county was So, in Concho
county. In Milan county the ex-
pense was greatest, being $8229.81;
in this, Travis county, it was So
$50 26; in Bexar, $7S99.63; in Harris,
S555642; and in Galveston county,
only $2S2S.S0