The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-30
THE STATE CAPITOL.
Matters Picked Up in Our Tour OF
the Departments.
Important and Interesting Infor-
nation for County Officials
and the People.
From Thursdays Daily.l

From Thursdays Daily.l
Capt. W. G. Walsh refused to serve on
the capitol furnishing board, and yester.
day the governor appointed Capt. Rhodes
Fisher.
| AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The census report of Bell county shows
an increase in population since 1880 of
5000.
Population of Bolton is estimated at
5000.
NcLennan county increase since 1880,
10000.
Population of Waco is estimated at
$4,000.
STATE DEPARTMENT..
The following charters were filed yes
terdsy in the Office of the secretary of
state:
The Mutual Benefit Lodge of Faith,
Hope and Charity" of Texarkana. OBJ
race and charity. Ipcorporators: j. l..
Logan, Moses Emery, Henry Howard and
Randall Jenkins.
The Gainesville Electric Light, Heat
and Power company, capital stock 100000.
Iucorporators: John T. Walker, G. G.
Potter, Ben s. Brooks, j. F. Lilly and E.
A. Blanton.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
McCulloch county redeemed one per
cent Jail bond for $500 yesterday, paying
interest on same to date.
The assessment roll of Hopkins county
shows an increase in values of $375,552;
Navarro county increase $963,323.
From Fridays Daily
The governor yesterday appointed Prof.
W. s. Binghurst, of the Agricultural and
Mechanical college, commissioner to
represent Texas at the Paris, France, in
ternational exposition next year.
STATE DEPARTMENT..
The Texas Trunk Railroad company
filed an amendment to its charter yester-
day, authorizing the issuance of $1,000
600 mortgage bonds.
CONTROLLERS DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Mccall yesterday pur-
chased $4,000 of Eastlsnd county court
house bonds, and $4,000 of Potter county
court house and Jail bonds, the purchases
being made for the school board.
The following tax rolls were received:
Franklin county, increase in values
$11S,157.
Jack county, increase in values, $6S, 403'
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
The following was sent out yesterday to
county superintendent of schools:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, |
AUSTIN, Tex. August %. 1888,
Dear Sir-It is my purpose to aid you in your
work, by sending during the year circulars OF in
struCtion to every trustee and teacher in active
| work in the state. If you will kindly make out
and send to me, at your earliest convenience,
complete list of the trustees and teachers, with
their postofce addresses, will relieve you of the
labor of distribution. Very respectfully,
| OSCAR H. COOPER,
| State Superintendent Public Instruction,
In letter the superintendent of public
instruction says "The following sub
jects shall be taught in every public
school: photography, reading in English,
penmsnship, arithmetic, English gram
mar, modern geography and composition.
Other objects may be added by the
trustees, as the state superintendent has
never added any subject, and trustees are,
| in general, advised not to do so. They
may properly add to the list of sub
| jects prescribed, under the following con-
ditions:
First-If the district levies special
tax.
Second-If parents are willing to pay
extra for instruction in extra subjects
and such instruction can be given without
detriment to the classes studying the sub
jects prescribed by law.
| Third-If students over aud under the
scholastic age, paying tuition, can be in
structed in extra subjects by the teacher
without detriment to the interest of stu
dents within the scholastic age pursuing
the subjects prescribed by law"
From Saturdays Daily.l
The usual batch of application of par
dons was received yesterday and giver
attention in their order.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The clerks in the state department arr
busy getting up blanks for the next cleo
ton and it is quite job.
The election proclamation is usually
issued about September %.
CoMPTRoLLEB's DEPARTMENT.
The following figures show the decrease
in taxable values of the counties named
Bell county, decrease, $419,65O; Dim
mitt county, decrease, $103,552; Falls
county, decrease, 1854.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
The following has been sent out t.
county and city treasurers:
Dear Sir-Find enclosed herewith
blanks on which you are required to make
staten ents of school fund in accordance
with the following act of the extra session
of the Twentieth legislature:
Section BE it enacted by the legis-
lature of the state Of Texas: That i
shall be the duty of the county treasurer
of each county, and the city treasurer o.
treasurer of the school board OF each city
or town, having exclusive control of it,
schools, to report the disbursement OF tn,
school fund, state and county, to thu
commissioners court of his county. Sale
report shall be made at the first regular
term of the commissioners court, after
August 81 OF each year, or the end of the
school year, and shall consist of COM
plete exhibit Of all moneys received anC
paid out by him, TO whom paid, upor
what voucher, and what moneys, if any
remain in his hands.
section 2-When such report shall
have been examined and approved by the
commissioners court, it shall be the duty
of the county treasurer to Immediately
transmit copy of such report, including
a statement of the status of the perma-
nent county school fund, certified to by