The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-02
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
srATE DEpARrMENT.


DEPARTMENT NOTES. p
STATE DEPARTMENT.. Il
The charter of the Fioresville "
Baptist church az Floresville, Wilson 81
county, was filed yesterday with the
secretary of state. Il
FINANCE DEPARTMENT. !,
The following communication will /
be found interesting:
Office of Comptroller,
AUSTIN, September -, 1884.
Hon. T.. I. Moore, Austin, Tex:
DEAR SIR:-I have yours of this date 9
requesting information on the follow |
ing points:
j. 1. What amount of cash balance of {
revenue was on hand at the time the
present administration went into
Office? What disposition has been
made of it, and by what authority
2. What amount of permanent
school fund (cash) was on hand when
the present administration went into
office?
3. What amount of permanent
school fund, in cash, has come in since
the present administration went into
Office? What disposition has been
made of this cash fund, and by what
authority
4. What will be the annual increase
to the available school fund by reason
of this investment?
In reply / answer:
1.-The revenue balance in the treas
ury January I, e3, was. ............$ ,l2i 96
Expended to pay deficiencies in pre-
vlous administration .............. 104 0O0 90 |
For DH lding branch lunatic asylum $3.50 20 |
Additions to lunaLic asylum. ...-..., $500 Oh |
improvements at the penitentiaries. 2GO,GS9 90 |
s55s, AS co
A sum you will observe which not |
only exhausted the amount of the cash |
balance on hand January l, '83, but to
pay which required portion of the
receipts for the current expenses of
the government.
These sums were paid out by au-
thority of appropriations by the legis-
lature.
1.-The amount of permanent school
fund (cash) OH hand January ], 'S3,
3.-There has been received in cash
since January 1, S3. ,66G ,661 GO
Making total on hand on hand JAN
uary i, S3..-..-.- -.--.-- l,lIo,UOo w
This amount has all been invested
in state and county bonds by authority
of the constitutional amendments
adopted in August, 1883.
A-rhe annual Increase to che avail
able school fund by reason of this
Investment VIII be.-........... $4,000 90
Very respectfully,
WIN. ]. SWAIN,
Comptroller.
The following statement from the
secretary of the state land board as to
sales ana leases of state school lands
is appended:
-, 600, ACRES;
At average price per acre ..-......S2.13
All dry lands per cent interest.
Sales TO settle under rules of the
board restricting sales to settlers
only. adopted July q, 1884. )....... 30O, 900
AT average price per acre --......S2 90
Dry lands per cent interest.
Sales to settlers (squatters) under &C.
ton OF present act, by virtue of
settlement prior to July 1, 1SS3... 4IO.5e0
Some are Sl.00 lands and some $500
lands, but think safe average would
S1.25 per acre and most OF them
draw per cent interest
Total leases to date. ,767 sos
Amount cash paid In on these leases
(snnuai rentil). :...>.................. sl25 900
per acre.
Total acres sold out of leased lands.., 5000
Above figures are taken from books
in Office of state land board, and are
correct as near as we can get them at
this time
RANDOLPH LAURENCE.
Secretary State Land Board.
The governor, Encouragement
and land commissioner are all absent
engaged in canvassing. All the state
officers have been invited to be pres
emit at a grand barbecue and flag rails.
ing October IL, at Gainesville. The
comptroller for one inetnds to comply
with the invitation,
Governor Ireland will meet the fol
lowing appointments: at Carthage
Pamela county, October %; Center
Shelby county, October 81; San Anto
MO, Bexar county, October %; Ma
cogdoches, Nacogdoches county, Dc
tober go.
The department offices yesterday
were devoid of items Of public inter.
est.
The state treasurer yesterday paiC
warrant OF the comptroller for $13.
2S7.47 additional payment for work OF
the branch lunatic asylum at Terrell
making $4,000 paid to date.
The charter of the Georgetown ope
ra house company-capital $1,000, wa.
fled yesterday with the secretary o.
state. Incorporators-W. G. Belcher
w. J. Taylor and w. l.. Mann.
Also, charter of the Laborers
League, Manufacturing Building ant
Loan association of Abilene-capital
$4,000, Incorporators-J. Speigh
Smith, John A. Rarick and J. S. Ma5h
isop.
The land board yesterday, sold 16t
acres school land to j. B. WALL i,
Guadalupe county, and 100 acres to r
b. Pryor in Wise county, at the min
imum 81 per acre. These are the frs
sales of school land under the new
provisions OF the board, allowing si1
months after purchase to settle upol
the lands and requiring three year
actual occupation of them to entitl
the parties to patents to the lands.
The comptroller paid $1,000 into tn
state treasury for account of genera
revenue.
State railroad engineer Britain. re
turned yesterday from a general in
speeding trip. He reports the road
improving but little in construction
the work being confined mainly t.
Bremond's narrow gauge and tn
Montgomery branch of the Gulf, Col
orado u Santa Fe routes.
Capt. BalneS, secretary of state
paid $16O6 into the state treasury yes
terday, as fees of Office collected TO
the month ending September 30. Tn
fees collected in the land office durIns
the month amount to $45lO.
The state treasurer yesterday pail
out about $35, 900 for salaries and cur
rent state expenses. The Statement
OF cash balances in the treasury viii
be furnished to-day.
Attorney General Templeton ba
returned from north Texas where h,
has been engaged in canvassing in tn,
free grass region. There was con
siderable dissatisfaction there abou
the land lease law, but he thought tn,
ticket would be generally successful
IN that section. The governor, h,
thought had conciliated malcontents
where he had spoken.
WATER-TAKERS.
Another Large Meeting Tuesday Night "a
the Court House.
Pursuant to action Of previous
meeting. there was another large