The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-14
DEPARTMENT DOINGS.
RECORD OF YESTERDAYS TRANsAC-
TI0Ns AT THE CAPITOL.
How, Where and by Whom the Governmental
Affairs Of the People Of the Great
Commonwealth of Texas Are
Being Administered.
SECRETARY OF STATE.

The secretary of state has asked for
bids to print 500 copies each of two
bills of a. revision and digest of the
laws of the state.
Acting Secretary of State Curl re-
quests The STATESMAN to say that
the statement of the clerk of the
printing board that Wednesday even
ings meeting of the board was for the
transaction of private business was in
correct and unauthorized. The present
board does not transact star chamber
business, and in future the newspapers
p can get all news pertaining TO tho
board. The meeting referred to was to
decide what fund the University cata-
logue should be paid out of.
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
The following order assigning Gen
eral A. S. Roberts to the command of
the state encampment, was sent out
yesterday:
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE, |
AUSTIN. July Z, 1892. T
General Cr1er NO. 81.
l. Paragraph u of general order
No. 80 is hereby revoked. The reason
for this is that nearly all the compa-
MES of the Texas Volunteer Guards
are candidates for attendance at the
opening exercises of the Worlds Fair
at Chicago in October next, and the
amount of The appropriation for the
militia is not adequate for that pur-
pose, if part of the appropriation is
so used. The amount of the allow
ance was small to each individual
soldier, but large in the aggregate,
and it is thought that the members
of the Texas Volunteer Guard will
not hesitate to forego the small remu-
neration promised in view of the bene-
fits TO accrue to the state in having a
fair representation of the Texas troops
at the dedication of the Columbian
Exposition.
2. Major General A. S. Roberts is
hereby assigned to the command of
he camp of instruction. the name of
hich will be announced when the
to of the companies, called for by
cular of 10th of June, are all
ceived.
By order of the commander in
chief.
w. H. MABRY,
Adjutant General.
The above order revokes the follow
ing paragraph of the militia law:
II. Communication of rations at the
rate of so cents per day, per man,
while going to and returning from the
will hA
vouchers prepared in this office in the
first days of the ehcampnlent.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
The following scholastic census re-
ports were received yesterday:
Seguip, white male ia, female SO,
Total white 2U7 Colored, male AZ,
,colored female 119. Total colored
116.
Tarrant county outside of Fort
Worth, white male 1850, white female
1922. Total white 3772. Colored male
1875, colored female 144. Total colored
go.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
A. r. Morris, collector of Travis
county, settled yesterday with the
comptroller. State taxes, $50, 172. IS;
occupation, So, 238.5O.
The comptroller yesterday purchas-
ed $500 worth of Motley county bridge
bonds.
RAILROAD COMMISSION.
A rate of $2.75 per 1000 pounds for
brick from Laredo to Kyle, Buda,
Manchaca and Austin, car loads of
5000 brick to the Car, effective July
IS, was issued yesterday.
A number of railroad officials and
business men were before the COM
mission yesterday discussing rates on
general merchandise for the purpose
of proper adjustment of tariffs.
Following is list of the gentlemen
present: Jake Davis, J S Brown, b
Adoue, George Mitchell, Morris Stern,
M Marx, James Moore, M Freidberger,
j E Wallis, w B Fordtram, Wharton
Davenport, B A, Isaacs, F Sheridan,
Walter Gresham and w F Breath of
Galveston; and A G Harrel, VIM
Bryan, X Dick, B Morris, H Il
Keller, G Hutchinson, E w Sewall,
HI Henke, II r hurry, g w Allworth,
John Brown, Theo Keller, A G Dow,
CT Shearn, r w House, r P Smith
and J w Coleman of Houston, all of
whom while in the city made their
at the popular Hotel
Salge.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The following charters were filed
yesterday:
The Good Samaritans of Honor No.
1, of Marshall, charitable institution
for colored people; capital $1,000 In
corporators Charles Fields, Joseph
Rhodes, R. J. Cromwell.
The Rembert Roller Compress COM
pany of Galveston, filed an amend
ment to it's charter, increasing its
capital to 100000
Minneola Cotton Compress company
of Minneola capital $4,000. Incor-
porators r. G.. Reading of Minneola
and three non-residents of the state.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Bowie county reported scholastic
population of 1927, Ell Paso 1,184 and
Val Verde 345.
The city of Columbus reports 5l2 and
West Dallas III.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT..