Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-14
THE STATE CAPITAL.
The ComptrOlIcr's Demand for All
Taxes to be Paid Direct Into the
State Treasury.
Penitcntiary Rcport-County Bonds
The Texas Slave Suits.
Other Department Notcs--A German
Grocer Robbed.

Special to the Gazette.
Austin. December 13.--The conn
trollcr, in his letter to the governor re.
| garding the present method by which
collectors deposit taxes with the cour
ty treasurer in settlement of the school
| fund apportionment of their several
counties, says that the general reve-
nue. for balance on the LIST of Decem-
Der was only STAG, 033, an amount bare
| ly sufficient TO meet the current ex-
penses of the government one month.
He says the present system will re-
quire very large balance to prevent
u deficiency at certain seasons of the
year. The law requires that the
amount due the counties from the
school fund shall be paid by the
collectors from the first money COL
lected 10y them, almost stopping the
How into the treasury until the
amount of schoo! certificates held by
each county have been paid in full.
To pay this and the cost of assessing
requires the collection of nearly three
lpurths of the entire amount of taxes.
The governor 10 asked to call the at
tention of the legislature to the mat
ter, ami the suggestion Is made that
the counties no longer be recognized
rs preferred creditors at the expense of
other departments of the government.
The system advised is that ali monies
should lie paid directly to the state
treasury by the collectors. and that
the counties be placed upon the
same plan with other claimants upon
the treasury.
The report of Financial Agent Bra
han of the penitentiaries for Novem-
a,h
n balance ON hand, October 3lst OF
$50 l21; receipts So, i25: expenditures
81, I59, leaving balance ON January
LIST of $i2,205.
Counties applying for place for
bonds with the permanent school fund
are notified that they will he accommo-
dated If the money is on hand ut the
time the bonds are issued; and that the
INST To come viii be first served
II Is said that Col. Bob Taylor of |
Fannin county is nj the bottom of the |
suits for recovering from the federal |
the value of Texas slaves. |
Ten thousand dollars of Shsckelford |
county bonds were purchased for the |
permanent school fund to-day, and |
was received from Kauf- |
man county to sell $4,000 worth of its
bonds.
The recent decisions of the supreme
court mt Tyler on the case of Cotulla
VS.. Saxon, against the right of sur
veyor 10 purchase school laad, is based
Oh article rs of the penal code. 1t
prohibits the purchase of any public
lands by AN officer or clerk in the gen
ersl land office or surveyor. and the
opinion says that the term public
lands is not limited in its Significance
10 the nnappropriated public domain,
but Includes public school lands.
Judge Amos Morrill,, who is visiting
Austin, is very indignant ut the
.harge of the district attorney, Jack
Evans, that he has been derelict in
iuty, and says that he has never
ailed u hold but one court in Jetler-
son, and that was pending his resigna-
lion.
In the district court to-day, the case
VI North VS.. Nabos on change OF venue
rom Menard county, was decided in
aNor of the defendants This in
volved the title 10 large portion of
ana IN Menard county, the Eabos
claims being based on the original sur.
rev.
Julius Guase, German grocery
nan, was robbed OF 81 ,6lO last
night about one O'Clock. He
vas on spree and walked out of his
tore, leaving the safe door open. No
'lue 10 the thief. :
street ~ Knox gave II grand banquet
o the employees of the Siltings, and :
he bohemians of the town tonight. II D.,
vas orcasioned by the departure of
,ir Knox for New York, where the ,,
,iftings will hereafter he published. i
'he old name, Texas Siftings. will I've :
etained, and Mr., Sweet will remain
lere until spring. /