The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-06
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY.

The offices of the several state de-
partments were closed yesterday noon
as a mark of respect on account OF
the death of the wife of eX-Goy.
Roberts.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT..
Comptroller Swain has returned
from his trip to his old home in Red
River county. Yesterday he deposit
ed with the state treasurer S24 ,OUO
Trinity county per cent court house
bonds, contracted for some time ago,
and contracted for $4,000 per cent
court house bonds, for account OF the
permanent school fund.
The bids for furnishing supplies for
the lunatic asylum were opened yes
terday. One item Of 500 yards OF car
peting was withdrawn. The awards
were concluded just before the closing
of Office hours.
The comptrollers and other. state
offices will be closed to-day on account
OF it being Thanksgiving day.
THE STATE CAPITOL BOARDS.
This board met yesterday to con-
slider the resignation of Mr.. Clark,
superintendent of construction of the
new capitol. No action was taken
for the present, the board concluding
to wait to hear from Col. Myers, the
designing architect Of the building,
who telegraphed from Detroit that he
would write fully concerning the
matter of Mr.. Clark's resignation,
which Mr.. Clark stated at the time
was made at the instance of Col. My
ers. The board will hardly do other
wise than accept the resignation, and
elect another uperintendent, but
wish to know the facts.
Enough stone has been dressed at
the Oatmanville quarry to finish the
basement walls.
There was a meeting also OF the
temporary Capitol board yesterday to
consider the application of Capt.
Brush for payment on account of his
sewer contract. The board ordered
payment of $500 of the balance of
$500 due on the contract.
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
The resignation Of Supt. Ford OF
this asylum which was rendered on
the 21st inst. to take effect Dec. 3lst..
has been accepted by the Board Of
Managers. Col. Ford's intention to
resign has been limited mt tor some
time, but the causes which have led
to it have not been made known to
the public.
LAND DEPARTMENT..
At a meeting of the state land
board yesterday the following resolu-
lions were adopted
Resolved, That the commissioner of
the general land Office is hereby
authorized to employ clerk to assist
in the work of disposing Of actual
settlers, applications and for such
length of time as he may be needed,
ut a salary of SO per month.
Resolved, That in case of the alb
senct from his Office of the surveyor
of any county or land district IN this
state, or of his failure to register APP
plication or to appoint deputies to
register them for him under the reso-
lutions of this board, adopted October
%, 1888, the clerk Of TIE county court
be and is hereby authorized - receive
and register such applications in q
record prepared by him and to receive
the same fees allowed the sury eyor in
said resolutions, and 10 act in all
respects thereto as the surveyor
should do.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the
official notice of the adoption. 10y this
DOdru, Oh TUE GOu udy VI OcIO-
Der, of the resolutions placing
all lands on the market have not been
printed and distributed in proper time
to give all parties interested sufficient
notice to prepare their applications
for bids, in time to be considered on
the fifth Tuesday in December; that,
therefore, this board postpone action
on all bids until the first Tuesday i'll
January, 1884, at which time all ap-
plieations properly registered and
filed will be disposed of.
The last resolution was adopted ow-
ing to the fact Of general complaints
that parties interested were not fully
appraised in time to bid, that the school
lands had been placed on the market.
1t was also reported to the board that
the surveyor of Tom Green county
had absented himself from his office;
thereby preventing purchasers who
intended to apply from making appli-
cations. The postponement seems to
! be proper though it will occasion some
inconvenience to distant purchasers
already on their way here to make
their arrangements.
The board, after some other bust
ness of minor Importance, adjourned.