The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-25
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

Wednesday,:
Texas Steam Laundry company, OF
Galveston; capital, $4,000. 1ncorpor-
seo-s: George A. Ellsworth, II. III.
Sc aions and w. J. Hughs.
Capital Detective association, OF
AS. I'm; composed of the following
ine.abers: NJ. NJ. Hornsby Sheriff OF
Tr wis county,, Tom o. Bales, L. q.
Martin and NJ. NJ. Johnson.
X ierter's Patent Pecan Polishing
company, of Austin.
Brady Real Estate association, OF
Brady, Texas.
ATTORNEY DEPARTMENT.
The Encouragement advises that
county judges are not qualitie1 until
hey have given the bond required
inner the act of 1888, to be hxed by
he county commissioners court at
one to five thousand dollars;
;ani also the bond required
b. section Al of the general
school law of 1884, which is intended
to require performance of duties I'M
der Inc school law.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
The new rules for the regulation of
sales of school lands to actual settlers,
which have just been completed by
the attorney general and the iand
commissioner, will probably be adopt
ed without change by the board.
Tney provide for the SAFE of dry sec
tfoas to actual settlers at the minimum
price per acre established by law free
OF competition. Any settler can get
n)t more than one section by applica-
lion to the surveyor of the county In
which the land is situated, and max
iug affidavit that it will be taken pos
session of and improved in 80 days;
that it is for his sole use as home
stead; that he will hold and use 1t as
such three years, and net sell to any
o,-e except to a person to use and oc-
cupy as homestead continuously !;
that he does not purchase directly or
Indirectly for any other purpose; that
he will pay one-thirtieth of the pur-
chase money down, and interest an
nually. and will pay as he may Wish,
one thirtieth of the purchase money
as.aually thereafter, or the entire
amount before the expiration OF thlr-
ty years.
In case the purchaser fails to make
payments stipulated, or his applica-
tioa Is not in good faith, as sworn TO-,
the land and all payments become
forfeited to the state without Judicial
proceedings.
he oath prescribed by the rules is
strong one, intended specially no
doubt to prevent land and cattle syn
dictate purchasing in excess of law.
Tlt. lands embraced in the rules do
not embrace timbered lands, such as
are found in East Texas, but includes
only the grazing and agricultural
lands of the west.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Treasury receipts yesterday were
$4,000 for general revenue, and $1,000
scholastic funds.
Mayor Smith of Fort Worth, left
yesterday with $4,000 of Fort Worth
sewerage aud street improvement Z
per cent. 20 year bonds, which the
Comptroller had registered.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
AUSTIN, September 16, 1884.
To County Treasurer:
70 enable the comptroller to make
partial payments on certificates of
credit for school funds, the board of
education has decided to call in the
certificates for scholastic year end
ing August 81, 1885, and supply their
places with certificates with coupons
attached. If therefore you will at
once forward the certificate of credit
now in your hands for said year to
the comptroller, its place will be at
once supplied with the coupon certi-
b. M. BAKER,
Sup't Pub. Ins.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter.of the Central college, of
Walnut Springs, in Bosque county,
was filed Thursday with the secretary
OF state.
Also, charter of the business firm of
Geo. B. Loving 81 Co., publishers
of the Fort Worth Gazette. Capital,
$4,000.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller deposited about
5000 to credit of the general fund.
Assessments of Jack county show
1854, 144 increase in values.
jose ID. Urebe, collector of Zapata
county, settled his accounts with the
state
The state treasurer paid out some
5000 for current state expenses.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
The new rules for regulating the
purchase of school lands by actual set
tiers were adopted yesterday, sub
stantially as they were reported in the
STATESMAN, with the exception that
such purchasers are allowed six
months instead of ninety days to set
tie upon the lands purchased, and are
required to live upon the land three
consecutive years to entitle them to
patents for the lands.
INSURANCE.
The American Fire Insurance COM
pany, of Philadelphia, were yesterday
authorized to do business in Texas for
the residue of the year.
GREER COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Reports from Greer county, which
the United States authorities claim to
belong to the Indian territory, are to
the effect that a number of Texas set
tiers have been elected from the
county as intruders upon the rights of
the Indians TO the reservation. An
Olu man named Richardson, was liter
ally broken up by the United States
squad, by which he was elected, under
the orders of Lieut.. Crane.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The governor did not reply to the
party complaining in the Dallas Her
all mat the governor had not acted
ia the matter of the expulsion of Tex
as citizens from Greer county, because
he was awaiting test case of the
calm of Texas to Greer county
against that set up by the general
government.
The charter of the Laborers' League
OF Texas, a charitable association at
Abibue, Texas, was lied with the Sec
retry of state, Friday. The incor-
porafors are j. E. Cooper, j. b. Webb,
J ". Anderson, and ]. S. Smith.
THE LAND FRAUD CASES.
Attorney general Templeton and
4he counsel for the defendants in the
case OF the State vs.. j. NJ. Lindsey and
others. one of the suits suggested to
the attorney-general by the land
ffsfd's board, have agreed upon a
4 ii:sixment, by which defendants sur
render their claim to 1872 sections of
school land in Wheeler county, remov-
fi,e al clouds of title, on condition OF
The state refunding to them some $l0,-
0,l0. amount of their first payment on
the land and interest on the same.
This has already been done, and the
money has been paid to the defend
a1fS.
As this was the case which was
most likely of all TO be strongly con-
tested against the state, it is very
7sstobahle the others will be settled on
A the same terms, and thus about three
onarters million of acres of the
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