The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-01


owning said railroad has established Its
office within this state, and proportional
part of such company's roiing
shall be rendered and assessor
for taxation within the state accord
ing to the number of miles of such rail-
wsy therein as compared with the NUMBER
of miles without the state"
In accordance with said article as
amended, assessors, to whom the sworn
statements of rolling stock are oeAVereu
by the railroad companies, VIII suDniS
such sworn statements to the bOaru Vi
equalization for review, and as soon as
such sworn statements are received a'
this Office from the board of equalization
certificates of the amounts apportioned to
each county will be sent to the assessors
of the different counties through Whioh
the roads run.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
In the land office, yesterday, applica-
tions to purchase and lease public lands
were received and filed as follows:
One TO purchase 800 acres in Wilbarger
county, dry agricultural, 81 per acre
offered; one for 800 acres asylum land,
dry grazing, at 81 per acre; one for $50
acres, dry grazing, in Bosque county, ~
per acre; one for $40 acres, watered agricul-
tura', in Scurry county; So per acre. To
lease: One in Matagorda county, for three
years, 1880 acres; one for the term OF
five years, Bexar county, 1900 acres; both
4 cents an acre per year.
State Agent VIM. M. Mcconnell, from
i ~ oIo e. chi
veys in Eastland county, all dry and gem
orally rough and mountainous; valuation,
| 81 per acre.
From Wednesdays daily
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
An old gentleman, named Hartman, all
the way from Mississippi, called on the
governor yesterday to try and get him to
pardon his son, sent to the Texas peni-
Tertiary three years for horse theft.
Hon. Joseph D. Sayers has sent the
governor the following, which explains it
self:
THIRD AUDIToB's OFFICE, !
WASHINGTON, d. c., February %, 1888
Honorable Joseph D. Sayers, House of Represent
atives:
Sir-I have the honor to inform you
that settlement of the war claim of the
state of Texas for expenses incurred in
repelling invasions and suppressing In
dian hostilities, has been made in this
Office, and the sum of $927,177.4 found
due the state under act of June 81, 1882.
All the papers, vouchers, etc., etc., have
this day been referred to the second
comptroller of the treasurer for his action
thereon. Very respectfully,
JOHN WILLIAMS, Auditor.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
The following charters were filed yes
terday in the Office of the secretary of
state:
The Ward County Irrigation company,
capital stock, 100000. Incorporators;
Joseph L. Curtis, james B. Robinson, B.
X. Brant and Otto T. Brant.
The Austin Sanitarium filed an amend
ment to its charter, increasing the stock
to $4,000.
The P. X. Land and Cattle company, Of
Dallas, filed an amendment to the charter
changing the name to the Central Invest
ment company, and increasing the CAPT
tai stock from 100000 to 100000.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
Superintendent Cooper yesterday sent
out the following relative to changing
teachers:
SIT is highly desirable that in any given
school district the teacher or teachers
should be changed as rarely as possible
The uncertain tenure of position OF SC
many of our teachers is one of the most
serious drawbacks to the steady progress
of the schools. But 1 am clearly of the
opinion that the spirit and intent of the
school law are repugnant to the idea that
one board of trustees may, by contracts
wholly to be carried out in the future
dlvest future boards of the power to select
| the teachers they shall desire for the
terms to be commenced after their organ
ization."
Mr.. Thomas j. Paine, of Hampstead.
writes Superintendent Cooper to know if
there is reasonable probability that the
school fund will be collected soon and the
school teachers paid their salaries.
Superintendent Cooper replies as fol-
lows:
Every little of the public school fund
derived from taxes has reached the state
treasury, nearly all of it being paid out
in the counties. Hence, the inability of
the state treasurer to pay claims against
the available school fund at an early
date.
I'm April the amount due on county
bonds, $4,000, is due and payable. In
August the amount from land notes, S4OO,.
600, is due. The amount on land sales,
1000, is due from time to time; also,
the income on land leases, $135,0OO. In
terest on railroad bonds, $4,000, is pay
able in May.
SIT is safe to say that by the last day
of May at least $25O,OOO will have been
collected from all sources from this
date"
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Applications to purchase public school
lands filed in the land office yesterday,
namely:
One for $40 acres in ChiIdress county.
One for $50 acres in Randall county. One
for $40 acres in Potter county. Que for
l6O acres in Jones county. With one ex-
ception all dry, agricultural, price offered,
81 per acre.
Applications to lease filed as follows:
One for eleven sections In Sutton
county. One for 100 acres in La Sale
county.
Henry Z. McCHllooh, state agent reports
his classification of five surveys in Chill.
dress county, mostly good agricultural
Dry, and assessed the same at 81 mar