The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-30
public free schools of the county. The
bill is long one, and LOO copies have
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ATING THE RANKS,

BRow-BEATING THE BANKS.
Mr.. Tankersley's bill requiring re-
ports from all banks, other than ma
tional banks, at least five times year,
their assets, liabilities and condition
generally, is patterned after the federal
law similar, relative to nationalsbanks.
The object of the bill is manifest. 1t is
intended as a protection to depositors
when bank gets into a shaky condi-
ton. The comptroller, under the bill,
has the right and power at any time to
appoint some person or persons to eX-
anime with close and thorough scrutiny
into the affairs of such banks, which
examiner or examiners shall have
power to go through the books
of the bank or banks and examine per-
sons under oath. 1t is not improbable
that the bill, or one of similar character,
will become law.
GRANITE FOR THE CAPITOL.
| The special joint committee appointed
by the senate and house yesterday, be-
gan inquiries and investigations as to
the feasibility and ACCESSIBILITY
of substituting granite for lime
stone in the construction of
the state capitol. One serious question
the committee will have to solve will
be whether the foundations already laid
in part, if not in whole, of limestone will
stand up under a superstructure OF
granite. There is no hesitation on the
part Of anyone in saying the capitol
should be built of the granite, If the
contract can DO changed to that effect,
and if the cost of the change will
not be too great, 1t is said the addi-
tional cost will not exceed $4,000, but
whether or not this includes the re-
placing of the foundations already
made with granite. in case it be deter
mined said foundations will not hold 1
granite superstructure, is not stated.
PREPARATIONS FOR LAYING THE COR
NER-sToNE.
= Grand and elaborate preparation
, are being made for thu
ceremonies of laying the cor
} ner-stone of the capitol on the 2nC
Of March, proXimo, and it is said Gen
Diaz, president of Mexico, will be pres
. ent. 1t would be well and economical
S too, mayhap, to have the greaser her
on that occasion, for then no will Sc
the Texans in multitude, goodl.
number of the military organizations o
4 the state being present, an
= he can form something lik
o an adequate idea of the material he Wi
h have to cope with if his banditti doe
$ not stop their depredations on the live
# and property of our citizens along th
II Rio Grande. There was an old TeXia
II who once said he never had seen bu
= one real, good, reliable Mexican {
O greaser olass) and he was dead.
/ THAT PRESS CLUB CONCERT.
% The Press club concert was maj
2 nifcent success, the elite, the chivalr,
it beauty, learning and intelligence of Il
e city being present and filling tho hou
s. to lamb. Austin audiences pride an
re plume themselves upon their cultu
a. and refinement, and they have ia
Ot grounds for doing so, b
4 it smacks of the gallery gods to STAN
If and applaud and guy stage supos AZ
" even gentlemen as the audience did
RS this concert. The programme W
in most admirably chosen, and truly CT
VII it be said that some of the ladies WI
as aided are priestesses and vestals
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