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

The comptroller yesterday made
transfer from the available school
fund of $4,000 to the general revenue
being for amounts paid out by tax
collectors on school certificates taken
UP by them.
The amount of $57,647 80 was paid
directly to the comptroller for taxes of
1883 on lands in the organized coun-
ties belonging to non-residents of the
several counties. This is an increase
over last year of S14,503.
The governor has been presented
with a box of cigars made of tobacco
raised in this state, at Round Top, by
John II. Schege. jr.. a boy who manu-
features the cigars himself and will
probably have some of them on eX-
hibition at the New Orleans eXposi
ton. The cigars indicate that tobacco
can be raised to advantage in Texas.
The managers of the New Orleans
exposition have granted Mexico 5000
feet of space in the main building and
100000 feet of the adjoining ground
for the purpose of Mexican exhibit.
What is Texas doing to secure desir-
able space? and should not the COM
tend to the matter?
The following circular is issued by
the secretary of the board of educa-
ton:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AUSTIN, Feb IL, 1884.
To County and City Assessors:
The law passed by the legislature at
its recent session changes the scholas-
tic age, making it to include all chill
dren who are eight and under sixteen
years old on the first day of Septem-
Der. Assessors in all counties, those
under both the district and commu-
nifty systems, will therefore enroll all
children of said ages. The census
rolls already sent out can be made to
conform to the new requirements, and
the abstracts, with the change of
few figures, will answer the purpose.
New blanks will not, therefore, be
prepared. In counties in which the
district system is to be put into opera
ton, the assessors will take the census
without reference to contemplated
district lines and in the same manner
it has heretofore been taken for the
community system, leaving the COM
courts, after districts are
laid off, to assign the children to their
proper districts. Respectfully,
B. M. BAKER,
Secretary Board of Education.
Major Meyer, secretary of the state
will, 1T the instance of the
examine and plumb the
walls of the temporary capitol, to de-
termine if they are out OF plumb or
not. and perfectly secure.
The following circular was issued
by Commissioner Brewster.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
OFF INSURANCE, STATISTICS AND HISTORY.
AUSTIN, Feb. II, 1884.
TO the Honorable County Judges and Asses
sors of Taxes OF the different Counties in the
State of Texas.
Dear Sir:-The legislature, at the
ate session, made provision for having
our state represented at the Worlds
Industrial and Cotton Exposition, to
begin in the city of New Orleans, Lou
isiana, on the first of December next.
In order that the state of Texas may
be properly placed before the world
through the channel of said eXpoSi-
ton, l am specially DESTROYS to have
and ready for distribution at
that time as complete statistical re-
port as possible of all matters per-
tanning to Texas. Looking to that
end, you are earnestly requested to
furnish to this Office the desired infor-
nation by making answer to the in
here sent to you at your
earliest convenience. By doing this
you will greatly all in presenting your
county and state in proper light be-
fore the world. 1t is desired to COM
plete said report and put it in print in
time to be distributed at said eXposi-
ion. Very respectfully.
II. p. BREWSTER,
Commissioner
The Chiricahua mining and Reduc-
ion company, organized in this state,
nave brought suit against John Peter
Smith for $S1057.48 on subscription to
The stock of the company, which was
for the purpose of mining
md reduction of ores in Arizona.
The commissioners court now in ses-
sion will probably fix all county taxes
1t an aggregate of 40 cents. In three
years they expect to pay out the
bonded debt, of the county, which has
been reduced in four years about $70,-
100 to $4,000 at present. Until this
1ebt is paid it is not likely that the
will purchase the new bridge
over the Colorado at Austin. The
of not purchasing the bridge
IS doubted by good many, as the
bridge, IN the meantime, would be of
immense advantage to the county, as
well as to the city, which is so large
factor in the material interests of the