The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
SATURDAY,,

The comptroller yesterday paid into
| the state treasury $4,000, receipts
from tax collectors, for account of
general revenue.
The state treasurer received $1,000,
receipts from interest on land notes,
which goes to the credit of the avail
able school fund.
Filed yesterday: Charter of the
Young Mems Building association, of
Lampasas. Capital stock. S106,O6699..-~-
Also charter of the Calcasieu Lum-
Der company, capital $4,000, with
Office at Austin. Incorporators are
Henry J. Lutcher, of Orange, Texas;
Carlton t. Drake, of Austin, Texas,
and G. B. Moore, of Willlamsport,
Penn.
Commissioner Brewster has issued
certificates for doing business in this
state to the New Orleans Insurance
association, the Royal Insurance COM
pany, of Liverpool, and the London
and Lancashire Insurance company,
of England.
Secretary Baker, of the board of ed
ucation, yesterday received $1,000
from the Peabody fund for the benefit
of the Sam Houston Normal institute.
THE LAND BOARD.
There Waa a meeting of this board
yesterday to consider rival claims to
section 2, on which Arson, the county
seat of Jones county is located. The
section is, of course, quite valuable.
The claimants are P. S. Upton for the
whole, Martin Duval and w. J. &C.
vert, each claiming the same one
fourth, and VIM. Med. Bowyer, who
claims three-fourthS of the section.
The evidence of the several contest
ants makes quite mass of testimony,
which the board concluded to take
time to digest.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The adjutant general, under direc-
tions from the governor, has changed
the location of the state troops so as
to operate to better advantage in
fence cutting districts.
Capt. SEEKER is in command of the
region of Mccullough, Mason and
Maynard counties. Capt. Gillespie, as
Capt. Baylor is moved to Murphys-
vile in Preside county with detach-
ments of his command at Toyah and
Pecos city. Lieut.. Smiths COM
mand is changed from Collingsworth
county to Wichita Falls. Lieut..
Shelby will remain in Southwest Texas
at Cotulla.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
The attorney general has received
answers to anumber of heterogeneous
propounded by him to ex-Comptroller
Brown, in connection with the suit
against the latter officer for an al
legged deficiency in his official accounts
of $567750.
Among other things answered, Col.
Brown says:
"My Investigations do not show the
sum named, or any sum, due by me to
the state"
"The tax law of 1876 makes the tax
on insurance companies payable to the
comptroller. The sixteenth and sew
enteenth legislatures provide a num-
Der of special taxes to be paid at the
comptroller's Office, such as the tax on
| commercial travellers, the tax on ex-
press companies, the tax on sleeping
cars, the tax on passenger receipts of
railroads, telegraph messages, etc. In
addition to these was the payment of
taxes on property in organized coun-
ties first provided for in the acts of
1879, as authorized by the constitution.
In consequence of these taxes being
made payable to the comptroller the
receiving and handling of tax moneys
grew into a kind of sub-department of
the office. This outgrowth was sudden
from 1879 to 1881, the legislation OF
| 1881 greatly increasing its proper
tions.
In answer to inquiry as to the dis.
charge of his duties or rather as to
what were the duties of the office
after stating them so far as expressed
by law and the contribution, Col
says: 81 tried my best to discharge
my duties as comptroller fully in de
tail. Sometimes looking back, with
the light of experience and reflection
l could see where 1 might have done
: better, but on the whole feel that
: discharged my duties efficiently anC
benefcially to the state. My energies
were especially devoted to thorough
, collection of the taxes throughout thu
state by the proper officers as dut.
of the first and highest importanc,
: devolving on the comptroller WheI
| retired there was outstanding a bal
ance of less than $4,000 in net rev
enue, receivable for the then last pre-
3 ceding collection year of about $1,000
5 GOO. This small balance due fror
, sundry collectors l placed in sui
l and nearly all of it has sine
e been collected, The result !