The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-15
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY.

Gov. Ireland, since his return from
Seguin, has taken occasion to send
Gov. Medara of CoahuiIa a fine lot of |
carp as a present. This is another
evidence of good feeling between
their excellencies following the late
visit of our governor to CoahuiIa. |
May their relations continue to be |
thus marked by the interchange of |
kindly civilities, and, In the circling |
rebound, may the social glass between
them always pass with the touch of
friendship. Querida Coahuila! Que
rida Texas Viva Ireland ! Viva
Medara!
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of thesCapital. City Club
!. w. Driskill, w. B. Brush, L. Z. Ed
wards, Gardner Ruggles, George E.
Pendexter, Fred Carttron, r. H.
Brumley, John b. Armstrong. Joe II.
Stewart and 5. K. Walker. The OBJ
jects of the club are literary and So
cial.
COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Swain and wife have
gone on brief visit to their old home
in GAINESVILLE. There was no business
in the Office yesterday of special in
tereSt.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Secretary Baker is engaged in pre-
pairing his report to the legislature.
He finds that the average term of the
public schools in the city during the
las. scholastic year was about nine
months.
Colorado City bonds to the amount
of $4,000 have been offered to the
board Of education for investment of
the permanent school fund. The
board declines to take them, however,
as there is no authority for purchas-
ing city bonds.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
There was meeting of the state
land board yesterday to consider the
protest filed against the treasurer by
Mr.. McComb, OF the Pacific railway
land reservation III Pecos, Preside and
other counties, referred to in yester-
days STATESMAN. The board seemed
to reaon the conclusion that they had
nothing to do with the protest, and
that Mr.. McComb had not violated his
trust. The language of the protest is
that "after the appointment of Mr..
McComb, in obedience to instructions
from his employers, the Texas q Paci-
avoided the undersigned" etc.
Mr.. Lawrence, secretary of the
board, after citing the complaint of
the protest, says, in accordance with
the action of the board:
am directed by the state land board
to reply to your petition and say they
have duly considered the same and see
no objections, nor have they any what
ever, to your sending whomsoeVer you
please as your agent to accompany
Mr.. McCombs, the agent of the state,
in the work of his resurvey of the
said (Texas and Pacific company's
reservation, and that for the present
they have no further action to take
on said petition.
respectfully,
RANDOLPH LAWRENCE,
Secretary State Land Board.
The board further instructed Mr.
Lawrence to send copy of the pr otest
to Mr. McCombs.
Capt. Gano says it is now too late
for him to send representative in
behalf of the interests he has in
time have about completed his survey
and could not be easily found at work
in the field of his labors. So he pro-
poses to bring suits in the district
court in Pecos and Preside counties
against the railroad company to pro-
cure another survey by order of the
court, pending which proceedings he
expects Mr.. McComb's report to be
held in allegiance to await the result
of the suits.
The land board also decided that
where school lands have baen pur-
chased under the old law and been
abandoned, or purchasers rights have
become forfeitable, the lands shall not
be liable to sale or lease under the
new law until further orders of the
board. Under the attorney-general's
advice it was considered that judicial
forfeitures were necessary or advisa-
BILE before the state proceeded to sell
the land again.
Land Commissioner Walsh is of the
opinion that there is no ground for
reopening the question, so far as the
state is concerned as to the Mont
gomery claim to about 10000 acres
which Mr.. M. claims and refused to
take back the first payment which he
made on the land. He agrees with
the opinion of the encouragement
in the matter. So it rests with the
courts to decide.
Applications for purchase and lease
of school lands embrace part of the
block leased to Lane & Millet and
Sayers & Miller, on which they had
paid the state $1,000 advance lease
money.
The land board have decided that
an agent having duly authenticated
power of attorney can make applica-
lions for school lands for his prin-
cipal, signing the latter's name to the
papers.
The following is the blank form for
application for purchase or lease of
school, university and asylum lands
Texas, U.s.
TO the Secretary State Board, Austin
Sir-Under the provisions of an act
OF the legislature of the State of Tex
as, approved April IL, A. ID. 1883, en-
titled an act to provide for the CLASH
tication, sale and lease of the lands
heretofore or hereafter surveyed and
set apart for the benefit of the COM
mon schools, university, the lunatic,
blind, deaf and damb and orphan aSy-
lum funds" and the resolutions of the
state land board, adopted on the 23d
day of October, A. ID. 1883, under the
authority of section seven co of the
above recited act, l hereby apply for
tne-fOr the period Of-yearS of
the following lands surveyed and set
apart for the benefit of the-fund, a
sketch of which is hereto attached,
situated in-county, to-wit -
The form is to be signed by appli-
cant who must fully describe the soil,
grass, timber, water, if any, and i'm
provements, if any, Under the head of
description" and subscribe to an oath
of which the following is the blank
State of Texas, County Of
Before me, the undersigned author
ity, this day personally Appeared
who, after being by me sworn, states
that he is the applicant for the
of the above described lands. and that
the classificationS and descriptions
msde and contained in his foregoing
application are true.
FISH COMMISSIONERS DEPARTMENT..
Fish Commissioner Lubbock has
returned from trip to the Rio Grande,
from which he extended his visit to
Monterey and Saltillo, Mexico. He
has forgotten to speak English and
now speaks Spanish, fluently, having
been completely absorbed by the fair
Castilian influences by which he was
surrounded. He had u very gratifying
visit, although, he was not received