The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
HATURDAY.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

SATURDAY,
Gov. Ireland yesterday appointed
Col. Stephen ii. Darden, superintend-
ent, under the new law. of public
grounds and buildings. Col Darden
is well known as formerly state comp
trcller. The appointment is one OF
the best the governor could have
made.
There was a meeting of the state
land board yesterday, at which good
deal of routine business of no special
interest to the public was transacted.
The b ,ard. however, adopted one i'm
portant resolution, providing that
surveyors of the public lands instead
of closing the registry of bids finally
at 4 O'Clock on the tenth day before
the meeting of the land board to con-
slider them, shall open the bids next
day, that is the ninth day before the
board meets for competition bids
against the bids registered. About
$4,000 have been received by the
board on account OF land payments
for the EAST month.
Gov. Ireland yesterday Tespited for
six months longer a man named
Samuel Wheeler, already respited
thirty Cays previously, who was con-
Victed and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary on charge Of having. some
years ago, murdered the county judge
of Upshur county. Since first respited
Wheeler has been declared insane, and
the second respite is granted in order
that the facts as to bis condition may
be fully established.
The comptroller yesterday paid into
the state treasury $45C0-collections
for account Of general revenue.
MONDAY.
The charter of the Sherman Coop
erative Cigar Company, capital $4,000,
was filed yesterday with the secretary
of state.
Also charter of the Young Mems
Building and Loan Association at
Lampasas, capital 100000.
Also charter of the Colorado Cattle
Yard Company, capital $4,000.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
The follow ing IF. the latest regis
tered student + he univ e.Sity:
re. Walker, Lea"der; Miss Bessie
Belle II xie, AusJir; John Is. McVay,
Kilgore; L A. Carlton. Henderson;
III. W. Gibson. Calvert; fl. Ii. LenoX,
Bennett; J. V. Meek, Richmond; Mi S
Gussie Brown, Orange; T, B. Dupree,
Hockey; G. j. Chaison, Bfaumontt;
w. A. Roberts, Cedar Hill: Leon Is.
Bramlette, Bonham; }. l. Bonner,
Stewards Mill; Mrs Mary j. Eber-
hardt, Cuero; c. G. Walton, Corsicana;
Rogers Whaley and Yates Flanagan,
Longview; Rebel Lee Robertson,
Tyler; Miss Mary Scruggs, Mexia;
Miss Kate Robertson, Btenham. Total
to date 2l9.
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT..
Adjutant General King has return
ed from visit to Mr.. VIM. III. Bruner.
his half brother, who is very danger
ously sick at the latter's home in
Crockett. He reports Mr.. Bruner
still very low; but he was compelled
to leave him for while to attend to
some imperative business in the adJu-
tant-general's department.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller will to-day issue
the following circular of instructions
to tax collectors:
OFFICE OF CONTROLLERS,
AUSTIN, Feb. IL, 1884.
1. A list of lands situated in your
county, on which the taxes of 1883
naXe been paid at this Office, has been
sent S0SA by registered mail.
Please examine laid list carefully
and see that no lands described therein
are advertised for the taxes OF 1888.
2. No changes have beeE~made In
the law relating to advertising landS
for taxes, and advertisements muStNSe
made in accordance with the act APP
proved March Is, 1881, page 81 general
laws, first session Seventeenth Legis-
lature.
In making up the sales list great
care should be taken to advertise no
lands on which the taxes have been
paid.
Where the same tract of land was
assessed twice on the rolls of 1883. and
only one of the assessments is paid on,
the land should not be advertised and
sold for the taxes appearing on the
second assessment. but should be re-
ported as a double assessment" in
the list Of erroneous assessments, for
credit.
Lands which have been sold to the
state for taxes of PRIOR year, and
which have not been redeemed, must
not be advertised and sold for the
taxes OF 1883. (See article 1859, re-
vised statutes.) SuCn lands must be
reported delinquent for 1883, provided
the taxes of 1883 on same have not
been paid.
3. Blank forms for reports of sales,
delinquent and insolvent lists, lists of |
errors, ETC., will be sent in due time.
with full instructions relating to set
Element for the year ending June 80,
1884. WM. !. SWAIN,
Comptroller.
The comptroller will shortly issue
another letter III accordance with the |
new law relative to redemptions of |
lands sold. for taxes.