The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-08
WHAT is GOING ON IN THE
DEP A RTMENTS.
AN EPITOME OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED YESTERDAY AT
THE CAPITOL.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

In the Office of the secretary of state
yesterday the following charters we're
fled: Paris Electric Light company; cap
itai, $4,000; incOrporators, W. H. Mar
shall, d. II. Moore Jno. II. Walker. The
Times Printing company, of San Anto-
MO, amendment increasing capital stock
from $4,000 TO $4,000.
Tho charter Of the Bonito lodge No
81 Knights and Ladies of Honor, Car
20 Springs, filed a charter in the office
E secretary of state yesterday.
Foes Of the office for March were
S2,113.14
The following charter was filed in the
Office Of the secretary of state yesterday:
"The Farmers Publishing Company of
Pannin county" of Bonham; capital,
S2,0O0OO; mcOrporators, James Marks,
IT, II. Adams, Lake G. Wilson.
pARooNED.
The governor yesterday pardoned
William Inv IA convict whose time has ex-
pired. The pardon was granted at the re-
quest of the district attorney of Hopkins
county, who desires to use Law as a wit
ness and for this reason his citizenship |
has been restored
CoMPTgoLLERs OFFICE.
credit OF general revenue to-day.
Nearly all the collectors have been very
prompt about making settlements, and
very few, if any, suits will have to be
brought this year
The comptroller yesterday paid over to
the treasurer about $4,000.
Wharton county paid $40 interest on
money borrowed from the school fund,
md Polk county $500. Polk county ais,
redeemed Que OF her $1,000 bonds.
The comptroler yesterday received from
tax collectors about $4,000.
lie deposited $4C719.12 to the credit of !
the available school fund, it being interest
paia in during the month of March on
land sales
The permanent school fund received
$4,000 from land sales; the blind insti-
tute, $3.50 the deaf and dumb institute,
$fS7; the lunotic asylum, $540. d,
The university received during the =
month s6lo for the available fund, and
$l07l for the permanent fund
To-day the comptroller will pay into the u
treasury $4,000, the available school
fund receiving $4,000. a
In this department very little was done Z
Yesterday. Mr.. Walsh furnished the fol
lowing statement of payment of taxes,
made at the comptrollers Office during d
the month OF March: fl
Drummera ......... St71b %
insurance econ. ... 1000 90
naurubd paaHenEer TAX ,......., ..... $40 %
Telegraph tax on messages go. 2g78 90
Nonreeidents on lands in nuorganized
counties ..a...,.......... Dgs2 90
Total. ,............ S1s,4l5 81
An additional bond of $500 of the Abb
lene watorWorks was received for registry
IN the comptroller's office yesterday
The counties of Shackelford, Cameron, Is
Oldham, and San Saba are are paying the '"
annual interest on their court house bonds, VI
held by the permanent school fund. This ~
interest falls due ON the 10th inst 81
Yesterday the comptroller deposited VI
$4,000 to the credit of the general rev.
spue fund, and $4,000 to the credit of 81
he available school fund. 81
GQupon bonds of the Abilene water AZ
sorks 10 the amount of $1,000, were reg
stored yesterday in the comptroller's Of
ice.
STATE LAND BOARD. =
Secretary Laurence yesterday received III
,ids 20 lease as follows Preside county, u
light sections Hall county, three sections; ca
'rio county one section. Te
The state land board paid into the r.
reasury during the month of March, III
10000.
The receipts of the board yesterday -
amounted 20 $1,000.
No bids to Lease were received yester- -
lay. Oh
Up to date, for the month of March, Oh
publications. have been received from 157 IN
.ctual settlers H Ho
Numerous letters are received making DE
inquiry about lands, and especially about NJ
he Panhandle section of the state lila
Gentleman in Kansas writes, saying he Llc
ieeires to locate a colony of farmers NJ
omewhere in the state. In
The state land board received no bids Lo
o lease yesterday. w
Mi. Hall, state surveyor, sent in a map Ne
howmg the completed surveys made on No
ne ground Of school lands in King and No
counties CHI CHI
St o,s. -1~croC of the land board, Ne
r.ot. a ri. following bids: 9 pd,
Presidio county, sections; Hall county, PG
sectionsi scurry county, 7 sections, at Oh
centsi = sections at 10 cents; 2 sections C =
. 10 cents; and sections at II cents. ST
a bid 20 lease one section was received ST
rom Howard county yesterday. Te'
The following land districts are to be va va
card from; Preside, El Paso, Pecos. W,
ON Green, Wheeler, Oldham and Donley. We
The state land board was in session we
but made no awards, owing TO
ne absence OF Attorney General Temple s.
lr -
One or two contested cases were settled. is,
nd among them that Of Lee VS.. Wulren. -
'om Mitchell county. The two sections ~
controversy We're awarded to Wulgen
u siA years at six cents per acre, Lee Me-
Aying failed to comply with the law gov Me-,
ming the purchase of lands by actual FRA
,ttleTs.
The board meets this morning. Ssv
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. Gal
Applications for summer normal schools 81"
ere received Yesterday from Atlanta and 1t
eyine. for
The clerks in this department are busy n,
repairing statistics for the use of the 4OA
ard of education. .,
Application for summer uormals were ,yd D'
solved from Uyalde and Paris. Mic
The following summary shows the CON $50
tion Of the community system of pub vas ;c,
schools IN the state Tor the year 1885:
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