The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-02

state school fund for the year ending
August 81, 1886, not including cities anc
towns:
Cash on hand September l, 1885, $l71,
870.10.
Cash on hand September l, 1884, $780,.
914.17.
To credit of schools for 1885, S125,697,-
80.
To credit of schools for 1884, $229,SS2.
81.
Receipts from state fund for 1885,
S1,92S, 1929.
Receipts from state fund for 1884,
S1,533,5S2.05.
Receipts from county schools lands for
1885, $S6,5sO.09.
Receipts from county school lands for
1884, $117,996.99.
Receipts from rent of county school
lands for 1885, $S,429.53.
Receipts from rent of county school
lands for 1884, S18, 705.1O.
(The great falling off in this item is ac-
counted for by the fact that thirty -fve
IN 1884. Reporter).
Cash from fines for violating the local
option law in 1885, $3,719.80.
Cash from fines for violating the local
option law in 1884, $7,830.45.
Receipts from district school tax 1885,
,S1S,29637.
Receipts from district school tax 1884,
$58, 4s562.
Receipts from other sources 1856, $1l3,-
505.83.
Receipts from other sources 1884, $685.
90z13.
Grand total of receipts 1885, $2,455,-
s99.77.
Grand total 1884, $211, 304.2O.
Cash paid teachers 1885, $3.50, 355.55.
Cash paid teachers 1884, $1,762, 1858.
Paid for building school5 houses, 1885,
S117.416.87.
Paid for building school houses, 1884,
1882.
Paid for rent of houses, 1885, &c.,
SPILL.
Paid for rent of houses, 1884, 3d.
61S.6S.
Paid for repair of houses, 1885, ST.
927.36.
Paid for repair of houses, 1884, $18,-
29l.72.
Paid for school furniture, 1885, $i3,-
S04.44.
Paid for school furniture, 1884, 49,
COPS.
Paid county judges, 1885, $41,745.4O.
Paid county judges, 1884, $29,446.24.
Paid for other purposes, 1885, $751; !
.97323.
Paid for other purposes, 1884, $42, !
22l.70.
Paid county treasurers, 1885, $21 ,09o.62. I.
Paid county treasurers, 1884, $40, 1921. |
Total expenses 1885, $2,166, 632.5S.
Total expenses, 1884, $1,945, 714.58.
Balance on hand August 81, 1856, $685.
377.32.
Number of acres of land sold during
the year ending August 31st, 1886, by the
counties, 202, 266; average price sold for,
S2.18.
Acres of land sold for the year ending
August 31st, 1885, elisa; average price,
$3.50.
Fifty eight counties reporting show
56S,464 of county lana unsold.
CoMPTRoLLER's OFFICE,
The comptroller yesterday approved
the official bonds of the following col
lectors:
Hardie Russell, Blanco county; s. b.
Howard San Saba county; A. @. McNabb,
Hopkins county; G. G. Doyle, Rusk coun-
ty; Jeb Mabry, Johnson county; +. Y.
Hall, Harrison county.
The collector of Pope county settled
mis- accounts.
The comptroller yesterday accepted the
official bonds of the following tax col
lectors: Hardin Russell, of Blanco f. G.
Hall, of Harrison Zeb Mobley, of John
son; G. G. Doyle. OF Rusk; A. G. McNabb,
ID &c O.. |
Saba county.
Messrs. Thweatt and Holland, clerks in
the Office of the superintendent of educa-
ton, are still at work footing up elab-
crate tables showing the results of public
education in the state. Their work has
been very thorough, and will render the
report of the state superintendent of ed
ucation to the legislature unusually COM
plete.
The secretary of the state land board
yesterday received one application to
lease few sections of school land, and a
few applications to purchase single sec
tions. The business for the consideration
of the board at its next meeting will be
light.
The superintendent of the several
't'te asylums have their respective
q lrges in good condition, and will be
able TO make very s1"sfactory reports, no
doubt, of their work TO ,r legislature. In
the case of the deaf and lhmb institute
there will be considerable balance of
made for the institution
Notwithstanding some very
material improvements have been made
IN several departments of the institution.
The state printing and binding at the
deaf and dunno institute have given gen
ersi satisfaction to the officers of the state
The work reflects great
credit upon the state printer Mr.. Moore
land his assistants, and the inmates of
the institute working under his direction.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
All the state departments were closed
yesterday and the chiofs and their subor-
dinates ate turkey stuffed with oysters
and had a good time generally.
The secretary of state yesterday fled a
charter for The Dallas Lithographing com
pany, capital stock, $4,000. fncorpora-
tors: Neal Starks, j.. Borker and 7. s.
Townsend.
Governor Ireland yesterday refused
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