The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14

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THE LAND BOARD.
The board held another secret meeting
yesterday, at which the governors lettei
: was discussed, without coming to al
agreemeI t. a I'd il will be taken up agar
this morn in Z. II is also said that tn,
grass commissioners will be given theil
instructions and during the week they
will probably leave for their posts OF
duty. The receipts of the board for Jan.
uary 1886, are Sl4.932.
STATE LUSATIc ASYLUM.
DIR. Johnston having resigned AS one of
: the assistant physicians at the lunatic
asylum. DR.. +. 4. Maxwell has been ap-
pointed TO fill the vacancy, and went upon
duty yesterday.
DR. Maxwell was graduated from the
Vanderbilt university, at Nashville. Tenn.
in 1881, and has since been in active prac-
tice at DelYalle, Travis county. Texas. but
owing to bad health, was forced to leave
his practice there and accept the offer Of
the position of assistant physician To Dr.
| Denton at the state asylum at Austin.
STATE LAND BOARD.
! The land board met in regular session
yesterday, at lO:3O a. m, in pursuance of
adjournment, the day previous.
The following letter was received from
his excellency. the governor.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
AUSTIN, Jan. &. 1856.
non r. Il. lubbock President Of the Land Board:
Sir beg to suggest the propriety of
reducing the price for leased land to four
cents. 1t will be remembered that one of
the main reasons actuating the board in
raising the price from four to eight cents. |
was to make the valuable grazing lands. |
or lands so situated with reference To /
water as TO make them desirable, produce .
revenue TO compensate in some degree
Tor the less valuable or lands that |
the board would he compelled to lower the
price Of on account of its inferiOrity.
whether the time has not now arrived for
reducing the price is worthy of considera-
ton. think it has been demonstrated
that the remainder of the lands not rented
are not desired at six cents,
also beg to suggest that when re-
sponsible parties lease and fail to pay in
the time specified, that nothing is TO be
gained by declaring the contract off. The t
net or leasing that is the offer to lease. |
and the acceptance of the offer, amounts |
10 u binding contract for six years at the {
price agreed upon, and may be enforced q
hence nothing can be gained by an at t
tempt to release the land. a
These suggestions are made after ma s.
5ure consideration of the sub ect, and | II
submit them to be treated and given such b
consideration as you may think proper. la
am very respectfully, il
Your obedient servant,
JOHN IRELAND.
The question of timber depredations
eng referred to, the secretary of the "
onrd stated that he had notified the par st
Ies' and they complained of the price at
'hich the board required them to pay. I'll
On motion of the encouragement, the bt
oard directed Mr.. Lawrence to send them tn
circular letter notifying them that if wi
ley dld not settle up they would be of
led. mr.
The secretary also reported that Good tn
ght and Others who had applied for III
Asses of large bodies of the school lands, ST.
I'd not paid. Mr.. Goodnight had re- ne
tested HIM to correspond with Mr.. Nc otl
'hhell to make the remittance, but Mr.. lat
cConnell simply referred him TO Mr. me
)odnight. n ,
Capt' walsh sad he had disapproved of gal
tease While Mr.. Goodnight had a the
rid of water open to him.
GOV. Lubbock said it was clearly under hea
ou that the water was not to be fenced be
Inc lana was not leased to him with aftt
y such an idea. The water facilities the
zen Goodnight made himself were to be Ire
pit open to the public e."
}o. Swain said that the question WAS AM
ether we could enforce the lease. act,
Attorney General Tempeton said that pur
odnight had thirty days in which to has
hpiy' ana that no contract had been unit
ned the
VII. Gibson, one of the clerks of the fen
ard, stated that the board did not rive I
= goodnight large body of watered Cor
III, Whlch the Goodnight proposition sub
lbraced 4"
Fempleton | think we notified him boa
Mt he was To take the land subject to fine enc
les of the board. $40,
Walsh And he was very careful not to am,
Ie IL in tina. way. tho
"' ""'S''oh OF continuing the grass rat
at work was continued fin rigI
is morning. a
If the board To day adopts the suggest vot
OF Gov. Ireland TO reduce the price of 7
Uses 10 four cents an acre, the work of thi
e grass commissioners will undoubtedly wa;
discontinued. ma
NlthCu5 taxing any action ON the sug- gel
stions of the governor, the board ad- me
lrned until 1880 this morning. A 5
The session was not characterized by say
, transaction of Il very large amount of tina
sness' though the proceedings were the
"reeting. Ara