The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-08-26
STATE CAPITAL.
Items from the Departments The
ht IL
Important to County 0nieials-Under a
Cloud.
Amos Fosters Removal Dlseredlted

AUSTIN, Aug, 25-ESpecial. THE coll
lector OF Lampasas county settled to-day.
The assessment rolls OF Cameron and..Starr,
showing no increase In value, were received
to-day. The rolls Of Smith aud Bosque
were received, showing light increase.
The encouragement rules that Judges
cannot act as agents and receive commits.
sions for selling or leasing county school
lands, nor can commissioners court ap.
point one OF their number 80 to act. He
also decided in answer TO Comptroller
Swain, that witnesses cannot be paid out Of
appropriations for paying sheriifs, clerks
and prosecuting attorneys. The legislature
failed TO make an appropriation to pay wit
nesses.
The land board to-day accepted Dennis
Corwin's proposition to examine and re.
report on university lands. He thinks Il
will require six men thirty days to do the
work. The school and asylum lands
| In Jones county were
put on the market. The state
agent Of Preside county was instructed to
forward to the board the names OF all par
ties cutting timber and hay on state lands.
and 10 notify the commanding officer at
Fort Davis that such persons are selling
solen wood and hay.
The university faculty are expected here
on September LIST, and the proctor thinks
it will be opened with about 200 students,
DIR. Denton announces that the additions
to the Insane asylum are completed and
that he can accommodate 200 patients In
addition to the number now here
He will be ready 10 receive patients on aud
after the 9th OF September, and desires
county judges who wish to send from lheti
counties to mail Immediately compet'
record Of each patient In doing so they
, must be governed by article 0S OF the Re-
yised Statutes. A circular giving full in
formation will be mailed to county jadgei
Monday,
The comptroller to-day calls the at cntioI
OF county commissioners courts, count!
surveyors and tax collectors to IAN &C
to require persons enclosing publi
free school lands to pay an annual rem
! therefor approved April II, 1870, whicl
Z provides that the surveyor of each county
! shall make report to the county commits
! sioners on the first Monday In June Of eacl
! year, the number of sections OF snol
, lands inolosed during the past year
i and that said courts shall max
list OF the names OF person
controlling such lands aud the aggregat
amount due from each person at the rate G
$25 for each section so enclosed or cor
J. troled; certified copies Of which are to b
sent TO the comptroller and dellvere
8 to the tax collector for collection {
5, the amount shown TO be du'
-, State school landssituated In unorganize
u counties are under the jurisdiction Of III
s. authorities Of the county to which sNc
80 unorganized counties are attached for jud
cial purposes, as far az relates TO the rel
y tai OF such lands under the Law referred /
e, Grave charges have been made and plRc'
In the hands OF Post-otlice Inspector Fost
n against Jim Newcome, postmaster at So
9, Antonio, and they will be thoroughly !
ID vestigAted, aud II reports are trae San A
tonic will have new postmaster.
n Nothing Is known here of the rumor
d. renewal Of Judge Foster, and II Is d
credited.