The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-07-15
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT is GOING ON IN THE
DEPARTMENTS.
AN EPITOME OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED AT THE CAPITOL
YESTERDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor Ireland and the penitentiar,
board left yesterday to inspect the iroi
furnaces at the Rusk penitentiary.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
The following charters were filed yes
terday in the office of the secretary Of
state:
The Sherman Opera House company
of Sherman; capital stock, $25,0OO.
The Eagle Pass Ferry company, OF
Eagle Pass; capital stock, $4,000.
The following charter was filed in the
Office of the secretary of state yesterday
The American district telegraph com
pany, of Dallas; capital $4,000. The di.
rectors are, James B. Simpson, W. j. Kel.
Ter, A. H. Afford, w. G. Veal, W. l.. Griggs,
ID. L. Stuart, John @. Ierniz and G. IL.
Cooper.
The Farmers and Merchants bank, of
Paris, and the Red River county bank, of
Clarksville, also filed their semi-annual re-
ports yesterday.
In the state department the First Bap-
fist church of San Angelo, Tom Green
county, filed a charter.
The Young Mems Christian association,
of Corsicana, filed charter in the office
of the secretary of state yesterday.
The Galveston Sewer company, capital
stock $4,000; also filed charter. Incor-
porators: Isaac Hebron, j. W. Byrnes, j.
p. Davil and George H. Henchman.
The Texas Lumber company, of Corsi-
cana, capital stock $4,000; also filed a
charter. Incorporators: w. l.. Witaker,
VIM. Buchanan, @. G. Galloway, j. f.
Roesberg, Joseph Mark and Benz. Whit
aker.
The Nolan Price Hardware company, of
Dallas, filed an amendment to charter yes
terday, changing the name to the Nolan
McKoskey Hardware company.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The treasurer yesterday paid off reg
istered school warrants to the number of
forty, leaving only about ten warrants
unpaid.
coMPTRoLLERs DEPARTMENT..
School bonds of the city of Sherman, to |
the amount of $4,000 we're registered |
yesterday.
Comptroller Swain yesterday paid into
the treasury $4,000. OF this amount &c.,
900 goes to the credit of general revenue,
and $4,000 to the available school fund.
The comptroller also purchased for the
board of education $4,000 of Hidalgo
county court house and Jail bonds, bear
ing per cent. interest.
The collectors of Cass and llectVrs wllI
settled yesterday, and before
it is expected that all the co o.....-
have settled.
The collector of Gonzales count
yesterday.
Henry Fontaln, one of the gentlemanly
and efficient clerks, who has been ill for
week or more was able to be out yester-
day.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Swain yesterday, for the
board of education, purchased $1,000 of
Kaufman county bonds; $4,000 of Bosque
county, and $4,000 of McColloch county.
To-day he will pay into the treasury 81
900 to the credit of general revenue.
STATE LAND BOARD.
The receipts by the land board yesterday
ran up into the thousands. Lease men
are paying up promptly, and all have
about settled up.
Secretary Laurence reports seventy five
received yesterday as interest
pay OH puICllHSo anu ltuSeu lHndS. ,
Application for four sections of land
by actual settlers were received yester-
lay.
Secretary Laurence reports money for
interest and payments as coming in at
lively rate.
The state land board yesterday received
exactly 100 letters containing remittances
which run up considerably over $4,000.
The state land board yesterday received
! batch of petitions, as long as the moral
aw, from Stephens, Nilbarger and Co
nanche counties, asking that the time of
payment of interest on land Lotes be ex-
ended, because of the severe outh in
hose counties. The relief asked for can
lot be granted, as the land board has
more than once stated.
The following is an official copy of
No. n, passed at the last SEES
ion of the board, with the following
members present:
Hon. I. r.. Lubbock, treasurer and {
hartman.
Hon. w. j. Swain, comptroller. - 80
Hon. W. @. Walsh, Com. g. l.. o. Il
Randolph Laurance, secretary.
Resolved, That purchasers of common
chool, university and asylum lands, as
ettlers under the act approved April u,
1888, may dispose of the lands purchased {
" them in quantities less than the origi- /
al purchase, provided that no sale of
ess than one-quarter section (l60 acres)
hall be made; that all conveyances of
ess than the full quantity of original sur
ey shall be by properly authenticated
iced describing the tract sold by metes
nd bounds, and signed and acknowledged
" both vendor and vendee, and the ven
lee shall become responsible for the un-
,aid principal and interest on the land
o purchased, and shall be subject to all
he obligations as to occupancy and pay
nents entered into by the original pur-
haser.
TSigned +. r. LUBBOCK,
Chairman State Land Board.
Approved:
RANDOLPH LAURENCE,
Secretary State Land Board.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
The school census of the state is nearly
there being only about twenty
more counties to hear from.
Superintendent Baker estimates the to-
al number of children in the state within
cholastic age at 100000.