The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-03
DEPARTMENT. NOTES.

ready for distribution from the office
of secretary Of state.
According to information of gentle
men who called on the governor yes
day the fence of but small pasture
was cut near Senterfeit i'll Lampasas
county; and the cutting was probably
done to get some cattle into the pas
ture or out of it, and not in a spirit of
communistic diablerie to d Stroy fences
generally.
The town of Crockett, il Houston
county, applies to the secretary of the
board of education for the location of
a summer normal school at that place.
Major Baylor, comm ndlng the
frontier battalion, and Captain john
son, QuartermaSter OF the state troops,
have returned from their trip of in
spection in the whilom fence-cutting
districts of Brown, Coleman and adj
Joining counties. they have no ap-
prehension of further organized DIS
turbances in that line. If fences are
cut any more Major Baylor thinks it
will be merely for the convenience OF
cattle and horse thieves, or on account
of personal spite, and not in spirit of
general wanton destruction Of such
property.
Attorney General Templeton refused
| to approve charter presented by the
Independence railroad company for a
twenty miles track from Inde p 4nence,
| in Washington county, to Clay station,
of the Santa Fe route, in Burleson
| county. The objection relates only
to some features which do not comply
with the law and can be easily reme-
died.
The Thames and Mersey insurance
| company, of England has renewed It's
| license from the commissioner of in
surance to do business in this state.
Charter of the Camp County Oil
Works, capital $4,000, was filed yes
terday in the Office of the secretary of
state. IncoIporators-H. j. Dickson,
| VIM. Lay, e. a. King, q. w. Davis,
u. Bailey and L. j. Reynolds.
Col. Frank Bowman, of st. Louis,
and others of his party Of excursion
lists to this state, visited the capitol
grounds yesterday, and were courte-
0usly shown araund by Gen. Walker,
the superintendent of construction,
IN company with MesSrs. Taylor and
Farwell, of the capital syndicate. The
party are noted in another column OF
THE STATESMAN.
The investment by the board of ed
ucation in county bonds for account
of the permanent school fund amounts
to date to 81. Al 8,748.93.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
At m ,eting yesterday the board
ruled in re gard to actual settlers that
application, proof and payment by an
actual settler eXhausts his privilege
of acquiring any more lsndas heme
under the privileges of the act, but
ne may bid for the balance of Sec
tio- j. unsold, and acquire as much
as is allowed him by law through com
petlUlun. lie can get outside sections
where his home is, provided the sec
, ton on which he lives is not all sold
All this under the act of 1888.
Under the resolution OF the board
} of February q, 1884, if a purchaser
has already fitted on quarter section,
under the act of 1888, he can also pur
J chase three-quarters OF the sector
additional by competitive bids as pro
vided by the board and enclosing the
land in fence and using the same II
connection with and as part of hi
home He must comply with the &C
under which he commenced, but thu
board will allow him to buy furthe
to complete his quota under that act
but he cannot go outside of the section
; to do so. A man may put tenan
or agent or hired man on the
land to occupy it for him within 81
days prescribed which will answer tn
purpose, but the settler must live OF
The land three years. The board re
, serves the right to refuse to complete
the sale if a purchaser evades the re
quirements by selling or transferring
to some one who will not carry out thu
contract. Purchasers under the rule
of the board must not pick up scatter
ed fragments to make the allotted
amount or buy up all the fragment
in county.