The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-11
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT GOING ON IN THE
DEPARTMENTS.
AN EPITONE OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED YESTERDAY AT
THE CAPITOL.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

of Galveston, Texas, was filed. Incor-
ators: Mrs. Sarah G. Ball, Mrs. j. G.
League, Frank M. Ball, W. P. Ballinger,
Miss Hattie Balllnger, j. H. Hutchings,
Miss Minnie X. Hutchings, Mrs. Rebecca
Sealy, Geo. Sealy, Miss Magnolia W.
Sealy, j. V. League.
In this department yesterday, the char
ter of the Laredo Casino association, cap
ital stock $4,000, was filed; incorporators,
Paul Huberich, A. L. McLane, L. w.
Stevenson, H. Benninghaus, ]. l.. Bartlett,
Henry Deaty, H. A. Burbank, G. A..
Merriam and E. A. Alice.
In this department., yesterday, the fol-
lowing charter was filed:
The Texas and San Antonio Land COM
pany; capital 100000. Incorporators:
W. W. King, j. Il. McLeavy, T. +. Brady,
Gustav Frasch, Thad W. Smith, Jno. N.
Groesbeck, d. Sullivan.
The receipts of this department for the
month of January was $685..
The following charters were filed:
The Pearsall Mill company, capital,
$4,000. Incorporators: R. W. Hudson,
N. S. Scovill, G. W. Cox, O. A. Koehl, R. S.
Long, Gale Haus, Geo. w. Sanders.
The Denison City Water company, cap
ital, 100000. incorporates: M. j.
Emil Woltman, d. w. Duryea.
The following charter was filed yester-
day in the Office of the secretary of state:
The City Street Railway Company of Ell
Paso; capital, $4,000. Incorporators:
H. M. Mundy, j. j. Mundy and l.. l..
Mundy.
STATE LAND BOARD.
The following is the number of sections
of land leased by the land board, and the
counties wherein situated Archer cOun-
ty, II sections Armstrong, sections
Bandera, 81 sections Bristoe, l section ;
Crockett, 299 sections; Cottle 70 sec
tons Donley, 20 sections lwson, 120
sections Encinal, 23L sections Ed
wards, 1919 sections Fisher, 156 sections;
Floyd, ia sections Cara, 237 sections {;
Hall, 80 sections ; Hardeman, SO sections;
Hemphill, 1885, sections Howard, 50
sections Hutchinson, 2512 sections /;
Jones, 10 sections Kaufman, l section |;
Kent, 63 sections Kerr, 20 sections /;
Kimble, "a sections King, 3919 sections !;
Kinney, 8 sections Knox, IL sections ;
Live Oak, section Medina, 20 sections I;
Motley, 318 sections Mason, 10 sections /;
Pecos, 83 sections Preside, 297 sections;
Roberts, sections Runnels, 2 sections
Scurry, 226 sections Stonewall, section;
Shackelford, p section Throckmorton,
4 sections Tom Green, 1,1S5 sections /;
Uvalde, 8 sections Wheeler, l section !;
Crosby, 80 sections Callahan, l section !;
Coleman, section; Andrews, 20 sections;
Baylor, section Borden, $50 sections !;
Gillespie, l section Gray, II sections !;
Lubbock, 45 sections Martin, 40 sec
tions Montague, ~ sections ; Johnson,
l section Duval, l section; Dimmitt, l
section Arkansas, section Frio, sec
tion Moore, 203 sections Burnet, l sec
ton Bee, l section; Childress, 176 sections;
Ell Paso, SO sections; Hall, POI sections;
De Witt, .section Dickens, ~ sections;
Menard, l section; Mitchell, II sections;
Patten, POI sections; Collingsworth, IA
sections; Wharton, 1 section; Green, 500
sections; jackson, section; Reeves, 2 Sec
tons; Lipscomb, 81 sections; Lynn, 80
sections; Midland, 60 sections; Hartley,
81 sections; Webb, section; Nolan, 4 sec
tons; Dallas, sections; Llano, sec
ton. Total number of sections leased
6,267, or 1917, 100 acres.
MEETING.
The board held meeting yesterday to
consider letter from Engineer Surratt,
sent out with the railroad surveying
parties to establish corners and desig-
nate surveys. The agreement made by
Commissioner Walsh with the railroad
companies was that they, on the ground,
were to run parallel lines, two miles apart,
and have the corners of each section
plainly marked thereon, and Mr.. Surratt
reports that they are running the lines
three miles from each other, which will
leave block of surveys, it
is said, in the same condition
they are now in. The board yesterday
determined to communicate with the rail
road authorities, and adjourned over until
Monday, when Mr.. Westbrook, of the In
ternational, is expected to be present.
The board also considered some matters
pertaining TO the recent destruction of
pumping machinery and the cutting of
pasture fences on leased lands up in the
Panhandle, and adopted measures that,it It's
hoped, will bring the offenders to justice,
and prevent a recurrence of tho cnie:-ccrl
act.
To date the land board has sold 3,600000
for the sum of about $7000,000. The
same quantity sold under the four bit act,
during Governor Roberts administration,
brought $1,S00,000.
The following is the quantity of land
which has been forfeited by actual settlers
and which will be ordered back on the
market:
Archer county, 81 sections; Austin, q
section; Bandera, 1 section; Baylor, sec
tions; Borden, 3 sections; Bosque, . sec
ton; Brown, "a sections; Burnett, IA
sections Callahan, 81 sections; Coleman,
2 sections; Concho, sections; Crockett,
sections; Duval, q section; Eastland,
315 sections Edwards, sections; Ell Paso,
1 section; Encinal, 361s sections; Fisher,
IL sections; Guadalupe, d section; Har-
deman, 8 sections; Hartley, l section;
Howard, 16 sections; Jack, section;
Jones, IA % sections; Kendall, section;
Kerr, "a sections; Kinney, 1 section; La
Sale, section; Martin, l section; McMul-
len, section; Medina, 6 sections; Mitch
ell, 4 sections; Montague, "a section; Mot
ley, sections; Nueces, 8 sections; Old
ham, IL sections; Palo Pinto, p section;
Pecos, Il sections; Preside, 10 sections
Roberts, 2 sections; Runnels, 2 sections
Robertson, "a section; Tom Green, rs
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