The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
DEPARTMENT MOTIFS.
rxrcI-rlvE DEPARTMENT.

I-Al
Gov. Ireland, in answer to certain
statements in some of the papers, de-
MES that any board with which he is
connected as a member, or in any Off
cial capacity. including the peniten-
tiary board, has had secret proceed
ings. On the contrary, the meetings,
he asserts. have always been open 10
the reporters of the papers, and he has
always discOuntenaDced secret eXecu-
tive sessions i'll matters concerning
the public interests.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter of the Park Hotel COM
pany, of LampaSas, capital stock .SoO,-
600, was filed yesterday with the SEE
rotary of state. The incOrporatorS
are II. b. Rice, A. l.. Steele and ). X.
McIlhenny.
The commission OF Hon. Felix Nc
Cord, appointed judge of the seventh
district in place of Judge Robertson,
of Tyler, resigned. was forwarded to
Judge McCord, at LOngview.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
Alex Coker, collector of Live Oak
county, and G. w. Arlington, collec-
ter of Wheeler county, settled their
accounts with the comptroller Mon
day.
/ The assessment rolls of Cooke cOun-
ty show an increase of S744,OUO. and
those of Sabine $4,000 increase in
taxable value over those of last
year. .
The rolls of the following additional
| counties have been received, but are
not vet examined: Austin, DuVal,
Hunt, Jasper, Jackson. Parker, Madi-
son, Taylor, Guadalupe, Upshur and
Nacogdoches.
Capt. &. w. Arlington, who is the
sheriff of Wilson county, reports that
many of the large stock men of Greer
county. which is in his district, refuse
to pay their taxes without levy upon
their cattle. which will make the col
lections difficult. II he should levy
upon their stock they viii doubtless
enjoin and take the matter befGra the
supreme court on the cues
ton as to whether the state
or United States has jurisdiction-a
question which has been already
raised in the prosecution of a party
arrested in that county for cattle
stealing, and about which Land Cons
missioner Walsh has answered inqui-
ries of the United States district at
torney as to the boundaries of the
county and claims of Texas TO its
Jurisdiction. In this connection the
fact is interesting that the state has
all along been exercising its jurls-
diction, and has sent parties u the
state penitentiary for theft
QUESTION or AN EXTRA SESSION.
In answer to inquiries on The siib-
lect of calling IN extra session of the
Legislature, Gov. Ireland states that
his views as eS pressed before the Late
vote on the constitutional amend
ments bad been somewhat inlsrepre-
scented. lie had stated that he did islt
think there would he any necessity
tor an extra session, merely FOR the
purpose OF legislating upon the invest
ment of the school fund, the constitli-
tion il such matters being Self-opera-
tive. AS 80 the present propriety OF
reducing the taxes on account OF the
revenues OF the state having lSen
SO largely increased the governor e%-
planned that he had expected an in
,, crease of some $50O)0,O00, and the
state school board, of which he is
president, had made their apportion-
ment OF the aGA0ol fund on that an
ticipated basis OF increase, but now,
as it seems the increase OF taxable
values will reach $80,000,0O0 Or $.t5,
100000, he felt justified in stating that
the taxes can and should be materially
reduced, say to Is or 20 cents.
do not say now nor have said, he
added, that / would call an extra ses-
sion. but l will say that if do call
one / will designate very few subjects
for legislation, the chief of which
would be the reduction of taxes and
the next in importance you'd be an
act to conform the school law to the
amendments to the constitution, il
they have been adopted. He did not
consider that he would have the
power, during the session, to name
ny new subjects such us members
might propose.