The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-22
GOVERNMENTAL.
III alters Picked Up IN G Tour o
the Departments.
Spicy Gossip and Political Points
Heard ct the Capitol
From Sunday : Daily7,

proper measures will he taken TO yindl-
/ cate the honor of the United States.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Lamar Cooperative association.
capital stock, $4,000. flied a charter to-
day. Incorporators, b. +. Spalding, d.
z. Hollow and Vim. Booth.
CuMPTRoLLER's OFFICE.
The comptroller yesterday deposited
81, 132.57 70 the credit of the general rev
enue, and S677.7O to the school fund.
He also paid over 81 ,626.59 interest and
sinking fund on Dallas city railroad sub
sidy bonds.
Mr.. j. House, city collector OF Dallas,
was in the city yesterday. aud settled up
his accounts with the state for the past
two years in the matter OF the railroad
subsidy tax. For the two years he had
only 1914 on the delinquent tax list.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent Cooper yesterday made
the following ruling relative to the dis
missal of teachers:
Trustees have no right to dismiss q
teacher without legal cause until the con
tract is fulfilled. believe a mandamus
to sign the voucher, or to reinstate the
teacher will lie in cases mentioned by you.
similar case was SO decided by the su-
preme court of Tennessee on October 81,
1881, (Morley VS.. Power. The substance
of the decision is as follows:
A maudamu- will lie and Is ihs prop r
remedy to compel q board of school
trustees to reiustate teacher who has
been duly elected aud appointed by rhe
board and afterwards wrongfGliy deprived
of his office aud prevented from p, rfOrm-
in its functions.
Second The tendency of pr, ceedipg
in equity for an injunction brought BY
the board tn prevent such :. teacher from
assuming the functions of the Office is no
bar to petition for maudamus by the
teacher to compel his reinstatement.
Third-While it is true that no mandA-
mus will lie to control the exercise of b
Legitimate discretion, sill it will lie W lere
the act to be done is ministerial upon q
given state of facts, although the officer
or tribunal or body must Judge whether
the facts exist, and whether they should
perform the act. And that determine
ton cannot be contrary to the facts rs
disclosed by the respondents own plead
lngs and evidence.
Fourrh-Tne right to dismiss teachers
il limited 10 incompetence, immortality
and unfaithfuluess. Such right can upon
common law principles only be exercised
after a hearing, at which all witnesses are
sworn, upon specific charges with due
notice. Further, the same principles and
proceeding will apply when trustees
refuse to siGu vouchers of teachers for
services rendered according to law.
LAND OFFICE.
Applications to purchase and lease public
free school lands were received and filed
in thu general lard office yesterday, as be
low:
To purchase-Oue for $40 acres, dry
AGRICULTURAL in Childress county: one for
800 acres in Schleicher county, dry graz
ing; two for $40 acres, dry farming and
grazing, III Comanche county; one for
609 acres grazing land, in Fl Pdso. Al
asse' 5cd at 81 per acre.
To lease-OAe 800 acres, in Kendall
county; one for $40 acres in ThrockmOr-
ton county.
State Agent w. j. Jones filed his classi
iicatiOu OF nine surveys in Hdrdemau
county, four Of which are watered land;
balance, dry; mostly Agricultural Good
land.
From Tuefday's Daily
The governor has Information of seri-
Gus trouble brewing in Mills county, where
feud exists and where two of the OPP
posing factions have recently been assas-
sinatyd Judge Head of that couuty has
asked for rangers, and the governor yes
terday ordered company there.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were fled yester-
day il the office OF the secretary of
state:
The Texas Loan agency, of COrsicana;
capital stock, 100000. IucorpOrators: w.
B. Bright, II. c. Damon, S. j. I. Johnson,
f. n. Drane, NJ. Drane, S. D. Curtis and
X. O. Elliott.
The Winship Manufacturing company,
of Corsicana, filed All amendment chang
ing the name to the COrslcaua Manufac-
turing company.
The Dallas Rapid Transit company: cap
ital stock, 100000. Object: To build a
street railway and telegraph line to the
fair grounds. IucorpOrators: j. c. Hen
derson, Luther Reese, Henry Exall, Alex
sanger, d. DlHuheusnlp, W. H. bdsIOu'
Walter A. Bunker, Olive p. Dickinson, j.
I. Irrelevant and L. s. Miller.
University of San Antonio. Incorpo
rators: Geo. w. Breckenridge, H. B..
Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Stribbling, A. G.
Schriver, DIR. F. Herff, E. II. Terrell,
Albert Maverick, j. s.. Thornton, E. H.
Ssbin, W. j. B. Patterson, Frederick
Groos, DR.. Amos Graves, ]. S. Lockwood,
Charles Z. Giddings.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
Purchased for the permanent school
fund $4,000 of Val Verde county per
cent court house bonds.
He deposited in the state treasury to
the credit of the general revenue, 81
SS2.2S, and to the available school fund,
$2,119.1O.
T. H. Langham, collector of Jefferson
county, has forwarded his credit papers to
be used in his final settlement.
THE STATE PRISONS.
Mr.. W. G. Parrish, financial agent of
the penitentiaIies, made his report for
the month of February, and it shows the
following:
RECEIPTS.
February q, warrant from comptroller. $1,000 90
February - warrant from cOmDtrOller 80 90