The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
THE STATESMAN.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
MONDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.


Gov. Ireland yesterday issued the
following proclamation:
To all whom it may cOncern:-
Whereas it has come to my knowl-
edge that recently the material for
building fence, consisting of posts and
wire, belonging to l.. Il. Harris, of
Tom Green county, and the fencing
material of other persons have been
burned by evil disposed persons; and
whereas under the lawsEof this state
such offences are felonIeS and subject
the offenders TO punishment by con-
finement in the penitentiary.
Now, therefore, |, Jonn Ireland, gov
ernor Of Texas, do by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the consti-
tptions and laws offer Il reward of
$500 Tor the arrest and conviction of
any party for the above named offen-
ces or the burning OF any fence or
lumber.
In testimony whereof L have here
to iSgned nay name and have caused
the seal of state TO be hereon Impress
ed at Austin, Texas, this the 18th day
of December, A. ID. 1883.
JNO. IRELAND, Governor of Texas.
BY the Governor.
Jos. w. BAINEs, Secretary of State
The proclamation is based on arti-
Gle G65 If the penal code, which reads
us follow: 1t any person shall will
fully bur aly building not coming
within the description OF house as
defined In the preceding chapter, or
shall wilifully burn any stack of corn,
hay, fodder, grain or flax, or any pile
of boards, lumber or wool, or any
fence or other enclosure, the property
of another, he shall be punished by
confinement in the penltentiary not
less than two nor more than five
years, or by fine not exceeding two
thousand dollars.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPAR
The comptroller yesterday deposited
with the treasurer 5000 of Nolan
county bonds previously purchased as
already reported for the school fund.
He Is offered $1,000 of Goliad county
bonds, which he will probably pur-
chase also, when furnished with prop
er vouchers warranting their issu-
ance,
STATE STATISTICS.
Col. Brewster, state commissioner
of statistics, ETC., is sending out blanks
to be filled by county assessors for the
purpose of gathering data for his COM
pilation of information in forthcom-
ing volume. 1t is hoped the assessors
will generally attend to this import
ant matter, so the commissioner can
have the fullest data for his book from
every county. 1t is intended to EN-
brace the number of acres planted and
quantities raised in each of the years
1882 and 1883, of corn, cotton and nu-
merouS other products of the state;
the average amount of wages paid for
various kinds OF labor in each county
In 1888, and other comparative data.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Last month there were six cases re-
ported for technical violations of the
was turned over to tho district attor-
ney for prosecution.
There was one case of Illicit dealing
in manufactured tobacco and one for
Illicit liquor dealing.
An examination of the Office was
made by the agent of the department
and the Office was rated on his books
rs first-class.
A cigar factory was established dur
ing the month at LaGrange.
The distilled spirits which must be
drawn at the end of this month will
cause the discontinuance of the
bonded warehouse at Waco, so the
bonded period terminates on the last
of this month. Distillery warehouses
are allowed to keep in store three
years.
The case of the United States VS..
w. s. Hunnicut, of Enon, Falls coun-
tY for deficiency in taxes has been
settled. The case was pending in the
United States court at Waco.
Two breweries have resumed opera
tions-one in Austin county and one
in Gillespie county.