The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13

ANHIINf NH'f ~ f'l' NN.
Mount Pleasant 4 Atlenis HailL.sl
company, capitol sio'k j2i0'OOD, fl
charior.
Tho a-sesamolt rull lf DiWitt
county shows 1900 docroaso io taxab a
We uet
Tho collector oi Washington county
| settled to-day,
mo land tpard met to-day aud
awarded an bids iu lngse, iucNdlug
| 800 600 acres in GfDrI uuUuiy, The
| hunrd considered t,n proposition of
| ihC capitol cnuirau5uT, proposing 90 OK
rhHuuO four loagutH Oi his land FOR
four i0aguoa OI ohu1i land, aud cuu-
| clutNt IlCy he'd mo- authority 20 max %
! tho tNohGngH. The hNnII was vnH-
IN ~ dis,uunilru over an editorial IN
! tho Calves ton NawS, 81 Wednesday
insf, EOR ted, "UmliernhlO InwnTu.
ness OF tIo StNt6's Land Aiflra,'
H. took mp tho aforesaid editorial and
discussed 10 IN a rather inrt
m sunrr, 4 resdlutiuu was inuCdUCol
aUsnViu tno N6ws from all liability
uudur lA- libel statutes should 70 pub
lish any If the INFORM -tIuu IN mated
10 10 In sta hands tending 10 STOW
crloko1nass on tho pert OF Wee board,
any UlN AAhfI NaANNfRNF Wa N".' az ~
men Of the Stnt0's l'un maitnrS,
Aiter some discussion tho resolution
was laid over until tomorrow, when
II will como up Tor action.
An eminent law, ar, IN conversation
with nUmbRr OF tho hoard, Sr'd the
article has already laid tho News
l,able 10 a suit under the lfv" CI lhe
Sts,t AK now interpreted. NUu board
* Ncetdlngiy anSilus i1r frr vir.
tuuus News 90 toll all s. knows,
AUsTIN, Aug. H. lSpeci 1t - Tine
land board Rt Its session to- gay
awarded bids to purchasers. Ac-
tuu on the lease of 80 secti Ins of lad
Ia controversy between tho Intecna-
i!out Al d Great Northorn aud the H1uS-
ton ~ Texas Central railroads, WAS
postponed. The companies ere cot
testing The right to the land In the
United StHteg court Some four or
five sections bio 'or IN 1881, and on
which the money has not been psid,
were ordered put on the market again.
SIR. Slaughter, OF Dallas, having failed
o ray the money on ma lohso, bid M.
81, 10 psr acre, tho board declared The
lands open 10 lease, ard to protect
such bids I'm tho future adopted rule
requiring bidders To GouO.it tine first
yUAr's Lease with tho surveyor before
no knocks Off the land.
Tho News editorial was taken Up,
and after discus sion the following was
cd p,ed:
WHEREAS, There bgs recently APP.
pearea ia tho Galveston News an
article in WhiCh charges and iusinua-
tons Of misconduct and corruption
arc clearly made against members Of
the STATE land board, and facts aud
names are omitted, under tho pra.aXt
that the editors are afraid Of the con
sequences under The present libel law;
now, therefore, (
John Ireland, william Walsh, w. j.
Swain, John d. Teppleton hereby
fully end completely eXouerate, ac-
quit, release aud hold harmless from
all pains and peua ties, suits, cos g,
prose culiOEs, damages aud Eebihles,
taid Galveston NaWS for AID on SO.
count of anything iG may publish
.ouChiug any mOmber OF this hoard n
tho management of the land affairs Of
this State, provided said paper ostaG-
the truth OF such publication.
The grass commissioners will be
ready for their discovery in at,w Gaya.
The capitol contractor intends 40
fence his entire 3,OOO,OOO acres, alt is
now a. work.
Mr.. S. G. Sneed, representing . large
cattle company whicu has want area
leased, desired o lease two sections OF
public domain which are surrounded
byl ands alre 10Y leased, but the board
refused 10 do So WichOuS competitive
bids, notwithstanding no offered
cents. This action Of the board ere
.ated some adverse comment, as it had
yesterday leased $50, 0O0 acres Of public
domain in Greer county At 6 cents,
without competition. The last lease
also included watered lands, which
are generally Understood to DO on
tirely off the market.
The Grimes county collector settled
to-day.
The ineilicieocy of tho laws regnia-
ting taxes, is shown by the following:
Some time since wealthy cattle com.
pany gave into the assessor catt4o val
ued al 50 5000. A short while after
and before the AK was paid, the COM
pauy transferred by sale all its stock.
the taxes, some $1,000, have not boon
paid, nor is there any law on tho stat
ute books whereby enforced collection
can be made. and thus the State Is out
q considerable sum,