The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-12
STATE CAPITOL.
NEWSY NOTES PICKED UP IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENTS YES
TERDAY.
Items of Interest for the People, and
officials Figures and Opinions for
County Officials.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Governor Ross has gone to Bryan to
attend commencement exercises of the
A. & M. college. The governor was
accompanied by General Stanley, COM
manding the department of Texas,
who came over from San Antonio
Sunday to join the governor.
ADJUIANT GENERAL.
Today Adjutant General King issued
a general order for the institution of a
camp OF instruction at San Antonio
iron. July 7 to II inclusive, at which
staff, commanding, field and regi-
mental officers are expected to appear
with companies of not less than thirty
officers and men. Railway tranporta-
ton will be free and subsistence fur
nished without charge, and commuta-
ton for rations according to time and
distance allowed. Officers and men
of the Texas Volunteer Guard are
informed that the camp is for
the purpose of perfecting them
in military practice and not
pleasure party or picnic. Neither
liquor nor beer will be allowed to be
sold in camp, of which Maj. Gen. A.
S. Roberts of Austin, is appointed
commandant. Companies must reach
San Antonio by Sunday night or Mon
day, July Z.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
An important railway charter was
filed yesterday, that of the North Texas
and Gulf Railway company, from town
of Jefferson to Sabine Pass, through
counties Of Marion, Harrison, Pamela,
Shelby, San Augustine, Sabine, An
gelina, Tyler, Jasper, Newton, Hardin.
Orange and Jefferson. Distance, 230
miles.
Incorporators, E. w. Taylor, of Fort
Worth, G. A. Ginochio, OF Marshal, A.
T. Henderson, of Trinity, E. D. Rand,
of Atlanta, Tex, Q. S. Woodwork, of
Dallas, G. M d. Grigsby, of Marshall,
L. w. Lloyd, of Marshall, G. w. Brow
and A. d. Blanton, of Jefferson; CAPT.
tai stock 100000.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Attorney General Hogg has returned
from his trip into the Panhandle and
other parts of the State, and was hard
at work during the day.
STATE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
Following important circular has
just been issued by Hon. w. M. Brown,
state inspector of oils:
OFFICE OF
STATE INSPECTOR OF OILS OF TEXAs.}
To Inspectors, Vendors and Consumers of
Oils in the State of Texas:
N When the oil inspection law of
Texas was being put in operation,
there was doubt in my mind as to
whether merchants could be allowed
to sell oil out of retailing tanks unless
such tank bore an inspectors stamp
as evidence of the fact that the oil
contained therein had been duly in
spected. After much hesitation, I was
inclined to acquiesce in the practice
where the oil was emptied into these
retailing tanks or other similar vessels
out of inspected packages.
In an official letter upon this SUBJ
ject, at this early period. of the exist
ence of the law, l held this language T.:
eff to prevent fraud and secure the
inspection of all oil offered for sale, it
were necessary or should hereafter
become necessary, to forbid oil to be
sold, in any case, except from stamped
or branded packages, the inspector
could do no less than to forbid it.
That would not be to require a second
inspection and double inspection fees.
The retailer could arrange SO as to
sell from the branded package which
he had bought, defacing the stamp as
emptied. When he elected for his
own convenience to confuse and m: x
together various oils in pump tan
or reservoir, he could not blame tn
inspector, if, finding himself unabl
to keep the run OF the tank, h
deemed it necessary to inspec
and brand the vessel even thong
all the oil had been inspecte
before in separate packages. TIL,
fact that merchants had
most universally provided themselve
in many cases at considerable e
pense, with retailing tanks from whicXS
oil could be supplied to crst) ners, inn
varying quantities, with the leas
waste, in the shortest tim e, and with
the greatest convenience, strongly dis
suaded me from taking any action
until experience should show it to he
indispensable for thorough inspection,
that would abolish the tanks or render
them useless or improbable"
In my opinion merchants and deal
ers have generally refrained from
abusing the opportunities for evasion
of the law presen ted by this practice.
But mature reflection satisfies me
that the inspection law does not con-
template OF permit oil to be kept for
sale, under any circumstances, except
in a branded package Sections q and
y. You are, therefore, instructed to
proceed at once to inspect and brand
all tanks or similar vessels from which
oil is now retailed, unless the vessel it
f.. .l.;ol, +l,o oil is now retailnd