The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-02
AROUNO THE CAPITOL.
Matters and Things Picked Up il
Tour of the Departments.

From Tuesday's Daiiyl
The following are the receipts for April
in the comptrollers office:
Land Gales for permanent school fund. p S35 o.
Interest on aud sales UeloIging to per-
manent school iund.......... l4234 o.
Lease of school land ................ 3,'29 e6
The following tax collectors made their
final settlements yesterday with the comp
troler: A. N. Stone, of Jasper county,
and E. D. Doris, of Newton county.
The comptroller ID sending out to
sheriffs blank fee bills and he is sending
to the same officials the law passed by the
last Legislature regulating their fees. The
following is the section of the bill which
relates to attached witnesses:
For conveying a witness attached by
him to any court out of his county, or
when directed by the jGdge from any
other county to the court where the case
is pending, $3.50 per day for each day
actually and necessarily consumed in
going to and returning from such court
and his actual neoessa y expense by the
nearest practicable route or nearest
practicable pubic conveyance, the
amount tolbe stated by him in an &C
count which shall show the place at which
the witness was attached, the distance to
nearest railroad station and miles actually
travelled to reach the court; if horses or
vehicles were used, from whom hired and
price paid and length of time consumed
and amount paid out for feeding horses
and to whom; ii meals and lodging were
provided, from whom and where and
what price paid; Provided, that officers
shall not be entitled to receive exceeding
fifty cents per meal and thlrtyfive cents
per night for lodging for any witness
Said account shall also show, before said
officers shall be entitled to compensation
for expenses of attached witnesses, that
the witness was called upon by him to
give bond, and was offered by him an OPP
portunity to give bond to appear before
the proper court, and was unable or re-
fused TO Go so. Where the officer reoeiv-
ing a writ for the attachment of such wit
ness shall take bond for the appearance
of any such witness, he shall be entitled TO
receive from the state one dollar for each
bond so taken, but he shall bs responsible
to the court issuing said writ, that said
bond is in proper form and has been ex-
ecuted by the witness with one OF
more good and solvent securities, and
SAID bond shall in no case be less than
one hundred dollars; provided, comp
troller may require from suoh officer q
certified copy of all such process before
auditing any account.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The reports of the county clerks of the
following counties were yesterday received
at this department:
Bee, Brewster, Burleson, Carson, Chill
dress, Coleman, Coryell, Dewitt, Donley,
Hardeman, Howard, Houston, Kinney,
Lamar, Marion, Mason, Maverick, McCul-
loch, Mills, Nolan, Nueoes, Orange, Polk,
Preside, Scurry, Shackelford, Shelly, Vic
torla, Walker, Webb, Wilson.
Reports from the treasurers also came
in as follows yesterday:
Bastrop, Brewster, Gillespie, Hale, Has
kell, Hopkins, Kinney, Leon, Mason, Nc
Mullen, Menard, Morris, Newton, RunneIs,
ShackeIford, Smith, Throckmorton, Will
barger, Young, Zavalla.
Reports from the sheriffs of the follow
ing counties we're also received yesterday :
Austin, Callahan, Wilbarger.
The correspondence of the agricultural
department just now is very heavy. In
dccurdbe Ut lucOlupleIe reports from q
number of the county clerks, sheriffs and
treasurers make it necessary to write a
large number of letters.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Superintendent Cooper yesterday re-
ceived petition, signed by fifty seven,
asking for a summer normal school at the
town of Livingston, in Polk county.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The following charters were filed yester
day in the Office of the secretary of state:
Dallas City and Suburban Street Rail
way company; capital, 100000. Iucor-
porators: W. H. Prsther, =. W. s. Dun
can, W. E. Parry, G. Fl. Sawyer, s. p. Men
DEE, A. @. Audrey, Richard Morgan, jr.
Laredo Park association; capital, 3d.
600. Incorporators: w. ShOwaller, A.
l.. McLane, Henry Fisher and others.
The Kansas and Texas Investment com
pany, of New Birmingham; capital, S25,-
600. Incorporators: @. Bender, Wiley
Thompson aud others.
Fort Worth Manufacturing company.
for the purpose of manufacturing cotton
a I'D wooden goods and clothing: capital,
100000. Incorporators: Robert Nc
Cart, L. B. Imboden, G. W, Alexander and
others.