The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-21

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/ ton in about a week.
Secretary Of State.
Articles of association for the incor-
poratIon of the Pan-American Uni
versity upon the coast of the Gulf oil
Mexico were filed with the secretary
OF state yesterday. The association
will solicit benevolent, political and
governmental aid in accomplishing It's
| object, which is the instruction OF the
various languages, customs, usaSes,
| and trades of the American republics to
| the youth of the country, thereby pro
noting mutual interests and imprOv-
| ing commercial and social relations.
Its principle office is to be in Calves
| ton, but its business may be extended
to other points within the limits OF the
American republics: Its present as
sets are estimated at $4,000 to be heid
in trust and used foi the purpose Ior
which the association is created. Inc
directors are Messrs. 0. IL. Cooper,
Walter Gresham, w. b. Lockhart, n.
L. Futon and F. L. Davis OF Texas, d.
l.. Hampton of Ohio, G. b. Grlggs OF
Ohio, John Evans of Colorado and V.
Nj. Sherman of Kansas.
Articles of association were also
filed for the Vowel Electric Medicine
company of GreenvilIe, Tex, with a
capital stock of 100000. Directors are
b f. Orr of Dallas, j. II. Orr of Sui
nhur Springs, A. ID. Martin of Camp
county and Hugh McCallen of Upshur
county.
Articles of association were also filed
for the VIM. NJ. Rice Polytechnic In
ruith mr. fn
as follows: VIM. M. Rice of New York,
+. A. Rice, j. A. Baker, Jr., Il. Raphlal,
O. Lombardis, j. E. McAshen and A.
s. Richardson, all of Houston.
General Land Office.
A very quiet day was passed in the
land office yesterday and little but the
usual business was transacted.
big lot of circulars have been printed
showing the cost of making hand made
maps of each county in the state. The
list contains PAT counties, III of which
have been Autographed and put on
sale for 80 cents each. The cheapest
hand made map on the list is that OF
Winkler county costing So, while the
most expensive is that OF Ell Paso
county, costing $4j. These lists are be-
ing mailed to county clerks surveyors,
land agents and attorneys in all parts
of the state, by inserting one into
every letter mailed from the office.
By this method about 12j are daily
scattered all over the state at no extra
expense. Arrangements will soon be
made to have large number of the
other and most expensive counties
in order that the public
will not be put to so great an expense |
to obtain official maps, as these are all
certified by the commissioner, and are
official.
The patent department sent about
twenty-five new patents yesterday and |
carried batch over to the governors |
office. 1t is peculiar, what ideas the
general public have in regard to the
issuance of patents They remit the
fee and ask for q patent at once, with |
out thinking of the routine through |
which the claim has to pass before it |
can be patented. When a claim is
passed, correct for patent, it goes to
the desk of the chief clerk, where it
remains a week to receive his endorse
ment; then it passes to the patent
room and takes it's place among the
many others ahead of it. Here 1t
works up toward the first, until it is
issued, and comes up to the commits
sioner's desk, where it will lay per
haps several days before its time
comes to be signed. When signe,, by
the commissioner, the patent is then
sent to the governors office, where it
is side-tracNed for about month, be-
fore it receives the governors sigma
ture and returns again to the land Of
flee. In a few days after it has re.
tnrned, it is ready for delivery, and if
the owner has deposit on the books,
it is forwarded to him at once; if he
has not, he is notified, that it is being
ready for delivery and of the fee re-
quired.