Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-11

| against 1t for five or six months in the
year. Impressed with the Importance
of this, efforts have been made by me
persistently for the last three years, ia
have disinfecting houses established,
~ they have I'm New York and Lou
isiana. to facilitate this trade so far ~
IL can thereby be done consistently
with the proper protection OF he.
| Something has been done on this sub
ject. which, together with the opera
tions OF the last year, will be fully ex-
planned by the report Of DIR. X. Nj.
/ Swearingen, state health physician,
which was made at my request.
To his intelligence, firmness
and influence exerted i'm that ca
pacity, In aiding me In the dis
charge of duties, am much indebted.
His report will also exhibit our obliga-
tions to the Unified States for the very
material aid given Us, as controlled
and directed by Surgeon Murray, in
harmony with the state authorities.
In the great work performed IN confin-
ing the yellow fever at Brownsville
/ take pleasure, also, In acknowledge
ing my obligations to the National
Board of Health during each year of
my administration, and especially to
Or. Beems of that board. at New Or
leans cor valuable Information and
aJv;o,e
'r'.e' -
OFFICE OF cohaisSioNhh or ,Ssu-
~ mhNcn Hlh isii,o nNp ne tt,i,,,,.
Inc present incumbent, W o',u,'io ,',l
20 o.her dulles mas p.ep"'eSs u oooh
with n great deal OF care and labor
that Ia unw rpndv far circulation
Comics of IL will be submitted for your
INSPECTION, It's circulation, ~ pre-
viously provided for by law, will, IL IL
believed. give the most acurate and
extensive Information Of all parts Of
Texas that has ever been embodied
and furnished TO the public.
He, having been placed III charge OF
the public property of the two houses
Of the legislature, has undertaken TO
nave IL placed IN tne TWO nails pre-
pareu ior INC ieBisiiture III we 'eliPpI-
ury capitoi, ana 10 nave suPpiiee what
! ever auuilioi's are NECESSARY ior .lo
icgisiature 10 commence us session.
ihere han peeh no appropriation
mace ~ tiie iast Session 10 ueIray lhe
expenses OF inns preparation Tor the
TWO houses III advance Oh their meet
ing. All previous experience SHOWS
that such an appropriation shouid be
maze at or before the adlourninsnt OF
eacn session or the legislature, ana,
lurtiicr, tilat IL shouid be maze me
| spccial uuty I'll some particular officer
10 nave ~ uone.
ne mas also gwen ms attention, III
ald OF The governor to the subject OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Such 81. wera needed for atandarda
were annl;ed for and nht,innd fram,
the Irnjted STATES Inv which numerous
conntjcs bnve heen e,nnji.d uhnn .,,.
nlieation ma reo,,ired hy lavv I'm that
subject. His renort wifi exhibit what
I hna hann donn
iin uhAlh y" IEAAs AuAlNsr THE
uNiIEp alAIEs FOX hNfENshs OF
rhoNiihh fhoIhciloN.
Efforts were made during both Gt
my terms OF Office to have this claim
adjusted and recognized. During the
last session of congress bill was
passed prescribing the manner III
which the various items of the claim
should be prepared in order to he sub
nitted to an auditing board at Wash
ington CITY, whose report thereon,
when made, is to be submitted to con-
gross for its action.
In the report of the adjutant-gen-
eral will be found an explanation OF
what preparation has been made and
the reasons why nothing more has
been done. refer you particularly
to the letter OF the state comptroller,
contained in that report ofthe adjutant-
general, which exhibits fully the
great difficulties, and the necessary
amount or labor of experts, and at
tendant expense, IN properly prepar-
ing that claim for auditing, according
70 the Ia" OF congress, From this IT
VIII ne seen mat the appropriation oi
fVe hundred dollars, made heretofore
TO employ some one To prepare said
claim for auditing, was not sufficient
10 JUSTIFY tho entering upon n work OF
such magnitude and of such pecunary
Importance TO Texas.
! You are respectfully referred to the
| report OF the capitol board upon the
TEMPORARY CAPITOL,
which will show the difficulties that
have been encountered in carrying out
tue law OF the special session of 1852,
appropriating iity thousand dollars
anu the material upon the old capitol
grounds, and placing them under the
direction oil SAID hoard to lease, pur-
| chase or erect suitable public buildings
iof the executive officers, tho higher
| courts, and for the legislature.
me board having finally decided to
nui'd u mouse, made a contract with
MI James H. smith of Austin as
shown m The report. Just rs the stone
WORK OF the buliding had been ecm-
pleted ana the roof had been placed
upon ~ ready for the tin covering GALL
o. winch had been done rapidly, in u
very snort time, In gct the house RON q