The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19
AT AUSIN.
THE CAPITAL CITY ouLLINos
Superintendent OF Public Iastrnetfon
Takes Iasue with the board OF 10
ucatioa OF Robertson County
in tho Cab h,ron Case.
General Local Dats,


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AUSTIN, Nov. H.-[SpoclaLl-I, will
be seen from tho following loiter that
the superintendent of ed1cAt,op. takes
issuo with tho board OF education, In
the Robertson equity school con,ro-
varsy, and II Is understood that Judge
Crawford will ignore the opinion of the
hnard. as be oonetgu6a tho law az 2iv-
ing the board no authority in tho mat
ter:
Austla, Nov. ITO Hon. John l.. Craw-
ford, County Judge OF Robertson County;
DEAR SIR:-ksfarring to tho cDpy OF
tho opinion Of the Ssste board of educa-
tiOn in tho matter of tho appeal OF q.
h. CAhafon from ynnrrnliug, this day
banded you, deem il iny uuty IN in
form you that nai,. opinion
and that in my future rn.incs on
TIM points theroia discussed, / shxll
not hold IL binding on IN, r obsegv-
nuso. The opiniou may ocaur 10 you
~ "dlcta" Ia tha case, since IL docs not
seem % decide any question o. which
tao appeal was tnkeu. do not moan
20 vClunieor afvice, but ~ tho law
malSes IL my duty 10 edvlso With andir-
struct subordinate school Officers, i am
impellcd 70 instruct that in other csses
th0 opinion mentipned Wili constitute
Jha law iOr me. Said opinion, Rs a
rule, would wreck tina public school
system of Texas, and shalt treat It as
| u ruie only In oases NJ appeal TO ths
state board OF education, and decided
by that body.
Respectfully,
"B. NJ. BAKER,
"SuperintendeR Public Instructions"
In answer 90 tho county judge OF
Cass o.unty, the con YfrOtier aays
there ~ no law under which occnpa-
lion tex, ouco paid, can bs refunded,
sf.0r the party paYins has pursuet MS
occupation unGRr bla Ncanse, except
in tho case of liquor daalsrS ia dis
tricis where ths legal opinion OF the
law takes efIsct.
TIE ladies' up about Lin5on have pe-
tinoned j. /. Nelson to atop ths nals Of
liquors 30 his store, and ~ seems ne
wiu comply, but wSnts 3 portion OF
mis- liquor TAX refunded, hencA the
cnmpIollsr, IN letter Ia taa judgs OF
Case county mas ADVISED that tee tax
| be- rsfundt d.
The following RTe ibo TRANSACTIONS
on ne revenue accounts had during
the year ending August 81, 1885:
Balance on hand at the beginning.
OF tne year. st...........a li)ZJo
From taxes, general and ocSupa
ZION. .....,..... ...... ............. i,s95,l75
Sale OF state bonds. ................. 20 900
| Loan OF special funds. 1926
Fees departments. ................ 9S7lS
| Raj roads unuer act February, 1883 giAl6
Asy un funds Ia part payment cf
appropriations made for support
of asylums. ....,.,.......-.,......... 4oVvl
Total '..........,......,....,,.......s2,O .s2,O3i22i
rhs Disbursements sra hs follows:
In payment warrants. s............Sl, ,si' Sl2
| Nc. rntRA fttfN
Tan fers to all oihes accounts s,sIi
Tne revenue balance n the
close OF the year was Ss4S4l.
IL viii be sem from the aboye
phet hsd not $500, 900 in bonds heen
| sold and the special furd- hlen reS-,
rowsd. there would have bRen ga
flciency of about $500 sos, dgs % the
lack or wisdom on ths p rs Of the
patriotic lsgislators Fog ihis Year fs is
believed tnTse viii be no detic,euryy as
tho Niuet9enth Legislature inoraased
tba r5ra of taXston.
G. w. Littleteld and Bud Dr'ske1t
leave for St. Louis tomorrow. Other
delegotes tc tbe cattiemens' cony ell--
tiou viii stsrt Saturday.
y. Il. Duflinly, eptomin6ntsrehitect, !,
Oisd last night, and was burietf so-dEy
BY tbe Knights Tempiar.
Major Goree is here, aud will go out
to Sbe Oatmsuvills qnarries to-mhIow'
80 locate convict bindings.
rho capitol contractors VIII work
100 convicts at this ctmp and go at
Burnett, where they now hSvs co SG
work.
Tha Wedding Of Miss Cartia Piesle
and Mr.. II dson Maud waa soleaf aad
this evening es o'clock The b Ike la
one of Austin's most itel-
ligent end prap0ssasaing l9d.ss,
Mr.. Maud has been connected win .
The Western Union offire in this 2ity
for over year. de is 4 oourteous gem
tlemsu, AN expert operator, anc ha5 q
host of friends, who wish lin and nia
ialr bride long and prosperous l'e.