Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-12
THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Review OF Current Events aud Topics
OF ticncral Interest.
i'~uor,ant 10 Tax Collcctors--o'hor p''
parimsni Notes,

special to the GaAatc.
Austin, February ,,.~-Coleucl Oar
den gave bond Today and took posses.
sion of The state buildings ana grouhus
rs superintendent. ,.. ,,orr
j. ii. kirby, senate calendar oletN,
Ind his coat and n warrant Tor twon's
five dollars stolen from him Few uhys
nyo This morning the coat was iouhu
In n pnwn shop. Payment OF the Wn.-
rant has been stopped ut the 'ic"SH's'
General king has returned 10 nus,
tin. He reports that SO fAras ne hen,u
expressions made, the people geh'r".s
nnproyr of the laws passed ny thc 'N-
tra session, Ho Will make changes
i'm tho frontier force IN Gay
or two, 40 as TO get them nearer 10 the
foncc.cutting districts.
The following charters were hleu ,o-
day; The Sherman Cooperative Nlgnr
J,ompnny. capital stock $4,000; me
Nounp Mems Loan and Building AZ
sociation of Lampasas, capltai STOCK
$40 600. the Colorado OIL Company,
capital stock $4,000.
commissioner Walsh hns been re-.
strained from Issuing patents to netua,
settlers on the eleven leagues OF land
i'm Williamson aud Milan counties III
volyed In the suit Of Kavanaugh vs..
Uendrick, recently decided ut Calves
ton by notice of appeal TO the
supreme court 10y the defend
ants, who claim title under an
old grant. Kavanaugh and the other
defendants whom he represented de
lnyed applying for patents until SatuI'
day, when this notice was served
which will prevent their issuance UNI
til the case drags through the supreme
court, perhaps two or three years
The comptroller to-day IN answer To
n letter says that only such buildings
ms are used exclusively for school pur'
poses can be exempted from taxation.
A building used IA n boarding school,
where the pupils eat and sleep, can
not be claimed as being used exclusive
ly for school purposes. This question
has been settled by the supreme court;
see page 2si, vol. SO, Texas reports.
The following was sent to tax coilec-
tors to-day:
First.--A list of lands situated in
your county on which the taxes. of
issS have been paid at this office has
been sent you by registered mail.
Please examine said list carefully, and
see that no lands described therein art
advertised for the taxes OF 1883.
Second.-No changes have been
made in the law relating to advertising
lands for taxes, and advertisements
must he made in accordance with the
act approved March Is, 1851, page 81
in general laws, first session of the
Seventeenth legislature. In making
up the sale lists, great care should b'
taken to advertise no lands on which
the taxes have been paid. When the
same tract of land was assessed twice
on the rolls of 1883, and only one o
the assessments is paid on, the Ian
should not be advertised and sold fol
the taxes appearing on the second as
sessment, but should be reported as Il
double assessment in the list of errone-
Gus assessments for credit. Lands
which have been sold to the state for
taxes of prior year, and which hay,
not been redeemed, must not be adver
ti4ed and sold for the take,
of 1888 ISee article l750 re
vised statutes Such lands mus
be reported delinquent for 1883, pro
vided the taxes OF 1888 on the same
have not been paid.
Third Blank forms for reports OF
sales, delinquent and iusulvent lists
! lists of errors, etc, will be sent in du'
| time, with full instructions relating Il
| settlements for the year ending jun
Both 1884.
tSigned) WM SWAIN,
Comptroller
The board of education to-day II
structed ass gssois To take me sch'
lastic census under the new law
q. Ia, 40,
nmissioner Walsh will cOmplet
the com pilation Of the million acres {
land In the Panhandle, set aside TO tn
un iversily, IN about ten days, and TN
same will he turned over to the n
gents.
There are two hundred and seventee
students now attending the uniyclsit.
The preliminary trial of the burglar
arrested day or two ago, was con
menced to-day and will he conclude
tomorrow.
There il something evidently wrOn
, Thus fur not single application HI
been received for state superintendent
Of free schools. The friends of ll0I
y. NJ, Baker, however, without co
sulting him, have proposed his nam
A., II Is believed he viii make u most e.
+ celleut aud efficient officer.
\ pordan knot seems TO have lit
up the commissioners to reprcsel
, Texas Mt the worlds fair, and wht
the sw ord which is to sever II drop
| IL will unlpOsc II man not yet mention
cd by the press, but who, it Il saio,
ominently qualified for the position.
A acquisition wns made on the luf
for suppreasing fcnce'cutting tuda
but for what purpose l. not known.
g During the thunderstorm this eve
ing lightning struck the residence
j. Y. Berger, south Of Austin, Bcatt6
ing bricks and books about one Of Il
! rooms. A stoyepipe was thrown dow
and over the heads of two ladies In u
room, but noone was hurt.
Q LAREDO.