The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
THE STATE CAPITOL.
Matters Picked Up in Our Tour of
the Departments.
Important and Interesting Infor
nation of County Officials
and the People.
From Thursdays Daily. ]

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The Lincoln Library association, of
Dallas. Incorporators: P. W. Wrenn,
j. W. Ray, S. W. j. Lowery, Thomas Or
man and G. N. Pryor.
The Conoho Valley Street Railway
com pany, of San Angelo; capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators: Henry Exall
and Frank R. Malone, of Dallas; j. S.
Letcher, of Lampasas, H. l.. S. Kniffin
and A. Waher, of Denison.
The Bophau Compress company, of
Fannin county; capital stock, $4,000. In
corporators: R. B. Sample, S. B. Allen,
NJ. W. Holsell, Il, Levine, Frank Jones, M.
Rosenbaum, II. @. Alexander.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT..
The following is a comparative state
ment of the occupation taxes for the years
ending April 80, 1887, and June 30
1888:
Retail liquor dealers-Number of Ii
censes issued in 1887, 1907; value, $780,
100. Number issued in 1888, 1913; value,
$321,900
Quart dealers-Number of licenses is
sued in 1887, 312; value, $62,40O; Number
issued in 1888, 315; value $4,000.
Wholesale deaers-Number of licenses
issued in 1887, "a; value, $4,000. Num-
Der issued in 1888, 81; value, $4,000.
Beer dealers-Number of licenses issued
in 1887, 919; value, $45,950. Number is
sued in 1888, $40; value, $32,45O.
Billiard tables-Number of licenses is
sued in 1887, 767; value, $15,340. Num-
Der issued in 1888, 444; value, $3.50.
Total occupation tax on liquor dealers
and billiard tables 1887, $64S,554.S0. Total
in 1888, $553,013 90. Decrease, 500, 54l.25.
Total occupation tax, including other
trades and professions for the year 1887,
| $648, 554.S0. Total in 1888, 1858, O13. 90.
Total decrease, $95,541 25
The deposits yesterday were very
light.
Some curious figures continue to Sc
renely bob up in the comptroller's
Office, relative to the pay of assessors
for taking the census and agricultural
statistics for the department of agricul-
ture. For instance, Fort Bend county,
with valuation of $3994,294 and polls
numbering 1869, of whom 76S are insol-
vent, pays the assessor $4,000; Parker
county, with total valuation OF $5,06O,935
and polls numbering 3,147, of whom only
626 are insolvent, only pays her assessor
$3.50. An examination of the above
figures is inclined to make one think there
Is something radically wrong somewhere.
Why should the assessor OF Fort Bend
county receive more than three times the
amount paid the assessor of Parker
county, the taxable valuation and the
population of which is nearly three times
greater than that of Fort Bend?
TErOnn Eridavia noiIp
The governor yesterday appointed Mr..
G. A. Carroll, of Denton, delegate from
the state at large to the deep water con-
vention, to be held at Denver, Colorado
August %.
Pressing official business prevented the
governor from attending the Tyler agri-
cultural and horticultural fair.
ooMPrRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Mccall deposited 1928 to
the credit of general revenue.
Up to date Mr.. Riley, the urbane head
of the auditing department, says none of
the assessors have sent in their tax rolls.
This time last year there were about a
dozen in. The law requires them to be
sent in by August l.
lot of Palestine school house bonds
were registered yesterday.
Comptroller Mccall left for Tyler last
night,
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Ia this department about fifty rolls,
showing the agricultural statistics of as
many counties, have been received, and
Clerk Dixon is kept very busy.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
The following circular of instruction to
school trustees will be sent out, and it is
important that the suggestions contained
ther elm be carried out:
First-Trustees, whether elected or ap.
! pointed before entering upon the duties
of the office, must qualify before some Of
| fcer authorized to administer oaths of
Office. The officer administering the oath
is entitled to the fee prescribed in title AZ,
chapter 3, Revised Statutes.
Second-Trustees, as soon as they have
qualified, should organize by electing one
of their number president and one of their
number secretary. Notice of the organ
| ization should be Immediately sent to the
county Judge or superintendent, and to
the state superintendent of public instruc.
ton.
Third--The president of the board
should preside at all meetings, and be
charged with the execution of all acts
passed by the board.
Fourth-The secretary should record in
well bound book, kept for the purpose,
all the official acts of the board.
Fifth-Trustees should hold meetings
at the school or schools under their CON
troll at stated times, at least once in each
month, to approve the teachers voucher
and examine into and promote the welfare
of the schools uuder their control.
Slxth-At least two members of the
board of trustees must concur officially in
any act to make such act legally valid.
Seventh-It is the right and duty of
each board of trustees to prescribe the
text books which shall be used in the dis
trict or community under their control.
This duty requires much care. When books
have been adopted they should not be
changed without strong and evident rea-
sons for change. Trustees have the right
to exclude from the schools all books not
prescribed by them for use in the schools.
Eighth-The school law has been fur
nished to the county judges in sufficient
quantities to supply every school trustee
in the state with one copy. Every trustee
should obtain copy and inform himself
thoroughly concerning his legal duties
and powers.