The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-01-30
STATE DEPARTMENT.

Gregory, j: G. Tomlinson, j. l.. Focke,
J.V. Robertson, w. H. Cune, James
Stephenson, ]. w. Blanton, L. G. HUI
lett and j. S. Rowell.
The Leonard academy, capital stock
$4,000. Incorporators G. d. Allison,
L. Thomas, j. 0. Kuykendall, j.
Shields, and ]. T. Giles.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, of Corpus Christi. Incorpora
tors: Robert H. Bingham, Samuel F.
Stevenson, John r. Wyss, Thomas B.
Southgete, VIM. H. Caldwell, Herff G.
Smyth, John A. Smith, r. o. Cook
and S. w. Rankin.
The Vowel Electric Medical COM
pany,o Dallas; capital stock, $4,000.
Incorporators, w. B. Henderson, Hugh
McCallen, d. G. Norton.
The Meriden Britannia company, of
Connecticut; capital stock, 100000.
Willesen Betting company, of st.
Louis; capital stock, $4,000.
CoMPTRoLIER's DEPARTMENT.
Wharton county yesterday redeemed
$1,000 of bonds and paid $2,O73 inter
est.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
Hon. o. H. Cooper has answered
several questions relating to Texas
school affairs, asked him by Congress
man Grain, as fellows:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIoN.)
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 81, 1905
To His Excellency, the Governor of Texas,
Austin, Texas:
Dear Sir:-The communication
from Hon. w. II. Grain, M. c., under
date of January, 1890, addressed to
you, and referred by you to the depart
ment of education, has been duly re-
ceived. and in pursuance with your
request, the following answers are
furnished from official data to the
questions propounded by Mr.. Grain:
l. The scholastic population of the
state of Texas for the fiscal year end
ing August 81, 1889, is 523,110.
2. The scholastic population is di-
vided with reference to color in the
proportion OF one negro child to three
WnlU6 CulluTeu.
3. The amount of public money ex-
pended during the fiscal year ending
August 81, 1889, for educational pur-
poses from school funds, was $685.
347.39. To this amount should be
added expenditures from funds de-
rived from sales of bonds in cities and
towns for building and equipping
school houses, 100000, making a
total expenditure for educational pur-
, poses, $3,29S,34 This amount
does not include the expenditures for
the State University, the Agricultural
and Mechanical college and the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind asylums, which
aggregate 5000, 900, giving total OF
$3,49S ,347.39.
4. No distinction is made on the
basis of color in the distribution of the
school fund, such distinction being
forbidden both by the organic and
statutory law, and, as u matter of fact
none has been made.
5. The proportion of taxes levied
for school purposes, paid by the col
ored taxpayers, of the state is about
one thirty-third of the entire amount
of taxes levied and paid for this pur-
pose.
6. One state normal school, the Sam
Houston Normal institute, is support,
ed by the state for the education OF
white teachers, and one state normal
school, the Prairie View institute, is
supported by the state, for the educa-
ton of colored teachers. The annual
state appropriations to these schools
nav the salaries of the faculties of the
schools and furnish scholarships to
about 200 students in addition. The
buildings and grounds of the normal
school for the negroes are superior to
those Of the normal school supported
for white teachers.
7. During the past ten years the
public school system of this state has
been built up, practically alb initio, SO
that the average school term of the
state is about 5 $40 months, and the
average salaries of the teachers about
$500 per month, which is about $4.OO
more than the average in the United
States. The steady growth OF the
public school sentiment is conclu-
sively shown by the extension OF local
taxation by which the state and county
funds are being supplemented.
8. The permanent school fund Of
the state is increasing at the rate ol
about 100000 per annum. The
annual receipts of school funds are
increasing by the interest on this in.
crease of the permanent school fund
of the state, the increase OF the per
manent county school fund, and by
the extension of local taxation IN
school districts. The annual expen
ditures for school purposes for the
fiscal year ending August 81, 1889, ex
ceeded the expenditures for the yea
ending August 81, 1888, about $4oo
7 have the honor to be, yours very
respectfully, OSCAR H. COOPER,
State Sup't. Pub. Inst.
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