Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-16
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Proceedings Of the Regular session q
the Land Board.
The Knights Of Pytllias-Notes From
the Departments.

Special to the Gazette. -,
Austin, April 15:--The land poa y.
met in regular session odny 70 ace ol
applications for school lands. ne "
tai amount leased was ..y,vvo acres, al
an average Of o. cents nu acre. O
lhis 80 sections lie in Motler county
iii ~ IN fom Green and l62 Ia Floyd
Lane & Mjllett of Preside, who made
n nrivate contract with the board fol
lenses last fall, aud paid 81 900 down
for which they have received but one
months use. were permitted to apply
A. Ia leases applied for mt this meeting
The enplicatlons Of the Matador Cattle
company for lease confilcting WtIl
others III regard to several sections, they
were postponed until tomorrow, wren
the highest bidders will receive awards
Total amount of sales to actual set.lers,
23S. 1874 acres, at an average OF " ~ ni'
acre. Tomorrow will be devoted 10
the consideration of contested cases.
The following resolution was passed
by the board:
made application for the purchase Of
land as actual settlers, aud who have
omitted to file the necessary afiiday,,t
ms provided for by the land board,
NAV be permitted to amend
their application by filing the
proper affidavit or afiidavits at any
time before the final award by the
board OF the land in such application;
provided, that the above Is not IN
tended to operate rs u waiver Of re-
lease from any of the other conditions
ms to payment, or to limitations as TO
settlement OF such land.
Tenders of first payment In three
hundred cases were made to-day by
purchasers OF school lands under the
law of 1881, on which the files but no
payments were made previous TO the
withdrawal of the land from market by
the legislature on February 8, 1883.
1t will be remembered that under the
attorney-general's ruling the treasurer
refused 10 receive payments on these
lands after that date. In the act Gre
ating the land fraud board provision
was incorporated providing that unless
suit was fled by the state v thin one
year from its passage for the recovery
of these lands, the treasurer should
receive payments on them under the
files Of the law of lSsl. The limita-
ton Of the time for suit expired yester-
day; none having been instituted,
purchasers came pouring in to day with
their payments, aggregating Sic, 600. Ii
Is estimated that the total amount of
lard involved in this matter is one
acres.
The Encouragement advises the cat
tie inspector of Pecos county that cat
tie men owning ranches in the North
western territories may drive their
herds TO them without being subject to
the burden Of inspection. However,
persons buying to drive are not sub
EFT 10 the same exemption.
Wilson, Harris and Bastrop counties
,aid interest on courthouse bonds held
~ the permanent school fund.
General revenue receipts, 81 200.
The grand lodge of the knights of
pythias met here to-day, delegates be-
ng present from all the lodges in the
state. At O'clock this evening n
grand procession of Knights was form
ed at Knights OF Pylhias hall, which
TO the Bapiist church. headed
by band. Mayor Saylor rendered the
hosritalities of the city to the visiting
knights, and Col. Trigg delivered the
address of welcome, which was re-
sponded to by Grand Past Chancellor
Labatt. Tomorrow night an enter
tainment will be given The knights at
the blind asylum, and on Thursday
night occur the grand ball and ban
quet.
-. Laborers OH the street railway extern
sion were arrested to-day for obstruct
ing the street, on complaint of parties
residing on 1t. Bond was gwen, and
the work wilt he continued.
Col. Leader of the Dispatch has
procured certified copies Of an indict.
inent for gambling found against Post.
master Degrees, forwarding one to III,
post-office department at Washington
and another TO Splnger's investigat
ing committee 10 he used in an etior
to Gust Col. Degrees.
The suit of Kr ,use against the cit,
for $50, 000 damages in hecounty cour
to-day resulted in n hurg Jury.
Weatherford city school-house bond
In the amount Of $4,000 were receive,
for registry.
Under the new occupation tax law
winch takes elect July l, canvas.
ers and sewing machine agents are +,
CURED TO pay county tax In eac
county, and peddlers state oecup,
ton tax in each county, besides mat,
rally increasing the tax. 1t Is ere,
ting much dissnt iafa.tinn