The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-03-26
NRWSY NOTES PICKED UP IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENT YES
TERDAY.
Items Of Interest for the People and
Ofnclals-Figures and Opinions
for County Officials.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.


ance in the governors office yest' rday
ADJUTANT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
The following has been issued from
the adjutant generals office:
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
STATE or TEXAsT
Austin, March q, 1891.
Circular:
By an act of the legislature approx
ed April 10, 1883, fee of one dollar
is required to he paid the secretary Of
state for leach commission to every
officer elected or appointed in this
state; and each and every officer
elected or appointed in this state is
cequired to apply for and receive his
ommissiOn."
The secretary Cf state CONSTITUTES
the above to apply to military as well
as t. civil officers.
This Office hoped to have the legis-
lature now in session amend the law
in such way as to exempt officers OF
the Texas Volunteer Guard from the
payment Of the said fee But, since
the passage OF the act taking the Con
tolerate Home under the protection Of
the state, and said home is supported
from fees paid into the Office of the
secretary of state, it is believed now
that no amendment having a ten
dency to less n the revenue derived
from the payment OF fees for commits
tions, chart rs, etc, would be enter
tanned by the legislature.
Hereafter, certificates of election of
regimental oil company officers, or APP
pointments as general officers, or REG
concentrations for appointment on
general or reglmental staff, when sent
to this office, will he accompanied by
the fee OF 81 for each commission, TO be
paid over by this Office to the secretary
of state on issuance OF same. Respect
fully, w. H, MARRY,
Adjutant.General.
GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The geological department has q
fine exhibit of mineral on exhibition
nd several fine specimens Of fossils
fund 10 Texas. Visitors to the CAPT
to.should by all means visit the geo.
iogl"l department.
PrO Dumble. in his report on the
lgnites,f Texas, says:
Alter careful comparison OF the
hgnites o Texas and Germany, as
shown by Numbers of analyses that
we have OF e@h, it is clearly evident
that those of hxas are of consider
ably better grade,han those of Ger
many. The German contain a much
larger percentage OF wafer than the
Texan, and in Consequence the
amount of fixed carbon is correspond
ingly lower in the former. Indeed, in
the greater number of Texas lignites
that have come under our notice the
amounto water is within the amount to
which the German must he reduced by
evaporation before they are ready for
manufacture. This in itself is great
advantage, for the drying of the Ignite
is one of the m st particular and risky
operations OF the entire manufacture.
Whether the Texas .ignites can be
compressed without the aid of of a
cementinR material is as yet uncer-
tain, hut there is no doubt whatev. r
rs to their advisability as fuel in the
form of briquettes. This has been
proved by actual experiment" The
company organizing in Austin to
work the Ignite fields near the civ
expect to complete their organization
in a short time, and they hope to be
able to 'mmence operations some
time this year.