The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-27
STATE DEPARTMENT.

the Office only short time and noth-
ing of public interest TRANSFERRED.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
One or two charters were received
Yesterday at the Office of the Secretary
of State, but the clerks having holiday
they were not filed.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
During the morning hours yester-
day some of the clerks were busy
sending off proper blanks to the Tax
Collectors of the State. One of the
forms sent out has printed on it the
tax deed given by the State for prop
erty sold for taxes as follows, but
which many lawyers say is not worth
the paper it is printed on:
The said levy and seizure being
made for the purpose of sale to make
the said amounts OF taxes unpaid, TO-
gether with costs accrued and to &C
crue; and
Whereas, Having advertised said
lands for sale in the manner and for
the time prescribed by law, and in
pursuance Herewith 1 offered said
lands for sale, each parcel being Of
fered separately, to the highest bidder
for cash, at public cutlery, at the time
and place and in the manner required
by law, and having failed to make
sale of said tracts Of land, or any of
said tracts, or any part thereof, for
want of q purchaser, bid the same
(each and every tract thereof off for
the State of Texas for the amounts of
the taxes due and all penalties and
costs (said amounts being specified
above); the said several tracts of land
being offered for sale and bid off for
the State on the several days and
dates annexed to, and made part of,
the description of said lands above
written:
Now Therefore, For and in con-
sideration of the premises and the
several amounts above specified by
virtue of the power and authority
vested in me by law, 1 have bargained,
sold and conveyed, and by these pres
ents do bargain, sell and convey unto
the State of Texas and its assigns all
the right, title and interest the own.
ers had at the time the assessment of
taxes as aforesaid was made in and
to the several tracts of land above
described, together with all and sin
gular the rights, privileges and ap-
purtenances to the same belonging.
To have and to hold, The State
of Texas and its assigns, the said
lands forever, upon condition that the
owners of the several tracts of land
herein conveyed may redeem the
same by depositing with the Collector
of - county double the amount
of the purchase money and all ac-
crued taxes thereon within two years
from the date of this deed.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The following items are from Com
missioner Fosters report:
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION.
Farm products in the hands of the
producer and family supplies for home
and farm use.
Household and kitchen furniture to
the value of $3.50, including sewing
machine.
All annual pensions granted by the
State.
All public property.
Lands used exclusively for grave
yards, or grounds for burying the
dead, unless held by persons or cor
porations for profit.
Buildings and lands attached thereto
belonging to charitable or educa-
tional institutions and used exclu-
sively for charitable or educational
purposes.
EXEMPTIONS FROM FORCED SALE.
A homestead worth $4,000 exclusive
of Improvements, if in town or city /;
if in the country 200 acres, including
improvements and crops growing
theron, except for part or all of the
purchase money thereof, the taxes due
thereon, or for material used in con-
structing Improvements thereon, and
in this last case only when the work
and material are contracted for in
writing, with the consent of the wife
given in the same manner as is re-
quired in making sale and convey
ance of the homestead.
All household and kitchen furni-
ture and all provisions and forage on
hand for home consumption.
Any lot or lots in cemetery for
the purpose of sepulchre.
All implements of husbandry, and
all tools, apparatus and books belong
ing to any trade.
The family library and all family
portraits and pictures.
Five mich COWS and their calves,
and two yoke of oxen with necessary
yokes and chsins.
One gun, two horses and one wagon
one carriage or buggy and all saddles,
brides and harness necessary for the
use of the family.
Twenty head of hogs and twenty
head of sheep.
All current wages for personal
services.
WEIGHTS OF FARM PRODUCTS.
By an act of the Eighteenth Legis-
lature, approved April 10, 1883, the