The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-23
CAPITAL CITY CULLINGS.
REAnYFoR STATE HOUSE WORK
Additions to the Old Veteran Pension
List-An Important Occupation
Tax Circular Prom the
Comptroller Notes.
NEW CAPITOL NOTES.

AUSTIN, July %. Special. Tho
supplementary capitol contract is
drawn up ready for signing. Colonel
Goree will be here tomorrow to ar
range for transferring convicts to Bur-
net, and work on the extension rail-
road to the quarry, some IL miles, will
be commenced st once. Within 30
days Colonel Taylor expects to COM
mence work on the walls.
LEvERToN's EXAMINATION.
Leo LeYerton, arrested Il tow days
ago rs an accomplish In the killing of
DR.. Stoval, mad preliminary exam
ination to-day, which was continued
till tomorrow. The Impression pre-
walls that he will be declared limo
cont.
The Great Western Il Rio Grande
Railway PAID its quarterly passenger
tax to-day.
TOOK LICENSES.
Some 40 drummerg took out licenses
to-day.
OLD VETERAN PENSIONERS.
The Veteron Board met to-day and
recommended tho following spplica-
tons tor pensions:
John Sanders, Of Kaufman.
John McTaylor, of Williamson
County.
Mrs. Marthe Mccoy, OF Harris
County.
Solomon Puylo, Of Hill County.
Mrs. Mary Morrison, Of Hill County.
Thomas Freeman, ot Travis County.
Simon Cocbrel, OF Parker County.
Anna Jackson, OF Washington
County.
IL. E. MyficB, of Uvalde County.
Sarah Ann Guest Of Red River
County.
John NJ. Gaze, Of Nueces County.
3. b. Hughes, OF Galveston County.
M. Cuero, Of kaufman County.
WATCH OFT, TuEREl
The Comptroller has sent out the fol-
lowing Instructions: "Many com.
plGinls having been fled with this
Office that large number of CONNER
clsl travellers, or drummers, are pur-
suiog their occupation in this state
without hsYing paid the tax required
by law, the attention of tax collectors,
hherlils and peace officers generally is
called to The following extract from the
occupation tax law, which took effect
July /, 1882:
"FrOn every commercial trRYoler,
drummer, salesman or solicitor OF
nual occupation tax OF $35, payable in
advance; provided, that the tax horsin
required to be paid by such CONNER
cisl traveller, drummer, salesman or
solicitor, shall DO pSid to tbs comp
troll8r OF public accounts, whose re-
c0ipt, under seal, shall he evidence Of
the payment OfsuCh tex; and provided
further that no county, city or town
shall levy or collect any occupation
tax upon Buch commercial traveller,
drummer, salesman or solicitor;
provided that nothing herein
contained shall ppply 10 any one sole.
lting subscriptions for religious, liter.
airy or historical books or maps, or per
sons soliciting for nurseries, newspa-
pers and grhyostOnes; provided iur-
Their, that every commercial traveller,
salesman or solicitor OF
trade shall, on demand Of tho tax col
lectOr OF any county of this State, or of
any peace officer OF said county, GX
hibit 70 ouch officer tho COmptrOllsrs
receipt above mentioned; and eVory
traveller, drummer, Balos- !
man or solicitor OF trade who shall fail !
or refuge TO exhibit said receipt to |
such officer or demand by |
him, shalt DO deemed gui- |
" oil misl0AoSuOr and iinGd |
III a sum not less than $2j nor moro |
than SlUl.n
Tho law is yoIy clear sud thore can |
be no misclus'ruetiOn Of its torms,and
thera ara f5w j. any CT tho drummers
travelling IN tIia state s. no arc not &c.
quaiUted with It's provisions. This
depends on the officers
throughout tho State Tor the exc.
cu,i0n Of tho laws rotating to taxes and
they are urgently requested to demand
otevery commercial traveller or drum
mer an exhibition Of tho comptroller's
receipt, showing tho payment OF the
tax, aud in tho event OF y failure In ex-
hibit such receipt that thoy see that
the law is strictly enforced.