The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-17
NEWS.BY SPECIALS.
Cattle Company Representatives before
tho Land Board.
Tarrant County Grim lnals Before the
Bar Of Justice.
Republican Convention nt Tsrrell-rhe
"ins" Gei Ia.
A CoIored Art Teacher Barely Escapes
Lynching.
Gang OF Horse Thl yes Hard Pressed by
Determined C,tizens.
ContentiDns Among MUD Trainers st
Gatesvllle.
Other Specials from Suudry Sources.
Other Specials from Suudry Sources.
AUSTIN.

AUSTIN, n pflt I'D Il op'Sihl'I I-iue tfCIh
tary of the BOARD OF education Received Gp
plostions for sumuer normal tcoo, Is from
Uinrksyills aud Fort Worth. TIE hoard II
tiSed A. So or - per week. Fort WORTH, Ia
add ton, offered 10 pay y Tor every one
furnished by 'he state, so az ~ make the
,chool more sfhcent.
The land board this evening met To hear
Mr.. Brown, Of the PaDhsndle; Temple, ol
III 1us oD, and Teprese ntative OF the Con.
,ineutal Cattle company, on the question o!
the lesse OF lands. Nr. Brown showed In
an arguRen. giving tgurcs, taat sm al
stock men In tie Panhandle could
not afford TO pay over aud
cents lease per acre and Offered 10 paw ex.
penses of an egebt II the board would sent
Que 10 exsmin that section, thal the board
may form u correct e.ttm.ie % its value ~
. orozing country. He insiso that In the
Pan handle IL required twenty acres Of
land TO slpp 1rt one head OF st,ot, aud that
to lease at s aud 0 cents won d not pay
sufficient IN interest on the money invested.
Mr Temple OF Houston, concurfed aud
tend red he iaBd board 81 100000 for the
lease OF 5000 sections for term Of Ten
yesrs, intimaiing if il was refused ho and
thoee he represents will use The land, and II
measures are taken to enforce he pc 1ities
they will take all Legal measures to prot c,
themselves.
j. S. ughcrty, Of Dallas, represent ng
the Con inebtsl Land Il Cattle company,
read a thsIp criticism on the ao'iou oi tue
board, and In iG insists they had adopted
rules not In accori with the land law pnsssd
by the extra session. Hs rendered bids loi
lands at 4 cents. and in case they were rs-
fused asked tae ard t. give reasons In
wr ting. Tnis they refused to do aud I'D
journed.
The Cltizers' Loan company d q ilvestou
filed an aneno mem to tuelr cnul 'noreaa
iag the capital stock IRON $4,000 10
S6)O,OOO.
General revenue paid in TO-DAY, $27OOO.
SECRETARY Baker to-day sent circular to
the county JUDGES. Thich say: The nc"
school law taxes tff-ct On tn ION OF Nav,
but expressly provide that the publit
schools for the scho astlc year ending Augut
shall be in oil things c1uiuuea under t7e
laws heretofore IN inrcs 10 colntl-s in which
the district Is provided Tor oy the new law,
1t is made ths.duty OF the county com mts-
siouers' cour t-sio ssao.dlvide tho couniss
into school dtFtrio's oGe~wsek lsiore the
first Monday IN October ntxt. Since The
law Will be Ia io.ce on ihe 1th, the distric's
should be formed as soon sfter that date ms
possible; TO the END of that lime WIN be CIV
en- the people of the various dslricts 10
elect school trustees, ana II thoy wish, hold
elections TO determine on local tsxes.
BY prompt action the dstricte will
be prepared Tor the new
system on September lat next NJ which
time the schools will open under II. Your
county Ia under the district system by tie
law and must bs rc-nistricied. Ia sub
dividing your county iuto school districts
your cdu1ty commissioners court VIII @
expected to designate the district lines IN
the mott economical way possible, and 10
give the acreage OF whole surveys and the
approximate acrssge Of parts OF surveys
contained In each district Thess orders
snou'd appear on the minutes OF the COM
missioners court The cjunty juoge w'l
not be REQUIRED 10 keep an independent
record OF tho district, except that cooks
will be furnished IN cue time upon which
the districts vii. be designated only ~
numbers for the use OF the
county Judge. As many or a. few
districts should be ma Q, in the discre-
ton Of he com mi siontIs cJunr; will bes t
subserye the school interests. Cities OF
towns which have assumed control OF thar
public schools will not be affected by the
new law except in scholastic age aud you
need not, therefore, co.'s der them In
IN msking the Districts The SC olsstic census
log 1884 and 1855 aayinE been already trtpn
by ths assesso,s, L. Is especially desired
ina, H. will no. for some years b. taken ny
school trustees When the districts baye
b, en- made and the scholastic census roll.
retur ned by the Il sses,or The county COM
mlbonofb court suouih " .hO7 a'9t 90. "