The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
THE STATESMAN.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
FRIDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

Gov. Ireland not having returned
from his trip to Laredo, there was no
business of public interest in his Of
flee yesterday. He is expected back
to-day.
REPRESENTATIVE Swan, of Clay coun-
ty, is here, to see the governor about
the fence-cutting troubles IN that
county. They have reached such
point that he thinks some action by
the legislature is absolutely required,
and that the governor ought, proba-
bly,, to call an extra session.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Hamilton col
lege association, whose object 1t Is to
erect building and maintain col
lege at Hamilton, Hamilton county,
was filed yesterday. The capital
stock is $4,000. incorporation: S. D..
Terry. G.. n. Gentry, w. T. Crapper,
j. J. Durham and Thomas c. Pier
soli.
COMPTROLLER'S DEPARTMENT.
The aS sessment rolls of Tom Green
county received yesterday show an
increase OF about 81 10000 in taxable
values.
The unrendered list of Van Zandt
county was also received, making the
rolls of that county complete, though
not yet examined.
Joseph Tomlinson, collector of
Dimit county, settled his accounts
with the office.
The board of education having
stipulated for $4,000 Of the bonds OF
Eastland county, tire comptroller re-
nnixrol Of tho hnr11c of 010n n1nh
which were held here in bank.
Tarrant county offers the board of
education lot of jail bonds of that
county at par.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
The county commissioners of some
of the old counties which had not got
ten their four leagues of land provid-
ed for by the legislature, have paid
attorneys fees ranging from $500 to
$500, to get them, when all that was
necessary was to have the county
judge, with two county commissioners,
make the application as the law clear
ly prescribes. When that is done they
can get them without further cost eX-
cept to refund to the state the actual
amount for the surveys, which is
$l225 per league. They can thus get
the patents for such quantity of land
as is due them. Such is the informal
ton from the commissioner.
ATTORNEY GENERAL's DEPARTMENT
Attorney General Templeton re-
plies as follows to Il letter of inquiry
from g. f. Flint, county attorney of
Dallas county, relative to county
commissioners courts:
/ have given careful consideration
to the question submitted in your
letter of the 9th inst, and have I'M
hesitatingly reached the same conclu-
sion as yourself, viz: That without
awaiting legislative enactment your
county commissioners court may. by
order duly entered ON its minutes,
provide for the holding of as many
terms of the county court as may be
deemed necessary for the prompt dis
patch Of all the business Of the court
The expression ''and such otter
terms as may be fixed by the commits
sioners' court" contained in the
amendment seems to have been in
tended to leave the matter to the
county commissioners court. will
add that this question was recently
examined by committee of the
Travis county bar, and that their re.
port was in conformity with the
above. This report was ratified by
the bar, and will be followed by the
county commissioners court of this
county. Very respectfully,
JOHN ID. TEMPLETON,