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TEXAS. 



tion tax under said " bell-punch law," or may, 

 at their option, take out license under the pro- 

 visions of this act, and when so doing shall 

 have credit for any balance due or payment 

 made under said act of April 3, 1879. 



Retail dealers selling less than a quart are 

 required to give bond with two securities, pay- 

 able to and approved by the county judge, in 

 the sum of $1,000, conditioned that such deal- 

 ers shall keep an orderly house, and that they 

 will not knowingly sell or give, or permit to 

 be sold or given, any spirituous, vinous, or malt 

 liquor to any minor, or to students of any insti- 

 tution of learning, or to any habitual drunkard, 

 or to any person after having been notified in 

 writing by the wife or the daughter of the per- 

 son not to sell to such person ; and also that 

 such dealers shall not permit any games pro- 

 hibited by the laws of the State to be played, 

 dealt, or exhibited in or about such place of 

 business, or permit any minor to enter and re- 

 main upon the premises. The bond may be 

 sued upon at the instance of any party ag- 

 grieved. If the bond sued on is exhausted, 

 another in similar amount shall be given; if 

 not given, and the dealer continues business, he 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



County clerks shall not issue State license 

 until county and city licenses are paid. 



The act provides that if collectors of taxes 

 shall knowingly permit any person to engage 

 in any of the occupations named therein, in 

 violation of law, they shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor unless they report such viola- 

 tion immediately to the county or district at- 

 torney. 



The Adjutant-General's report shows the op- 

 erations of the Frontier Battalion and of the 

 special force for the suppression of lawlessness 

 and crime for the two years ending December 

 31, 1880. to be 1,001 scouts, 7 fights with In- 

 dians, 31 Indian trails followed, 5 fights with 

 outlaws, 12 outlaws killed and 4 wounded, 685 

 fugitives from justice arrested, 67 courts at- 

 tended by request of civil authorities, 67 jail 

 and other guards furnished, 180 escorts, 152 

 other assistances to civil authorities, 1,917 

 horses and cattle recovered, and one Mexican 

 child recovered. 



The cost of maintaining the Frontier Battal- 

 ion at an average strength of 165 men, for the 

 year ending February 28, 1879, was $123,492, 

 or $748 per man. The force of 107 men for 

 the year ending February 29, 1880, cost the 

 State $70,770, or $661 per man. 



The cost of the force for 1880 was at the 

 rate of $626 per man, $122 per man less than 

 it was in 1878, the force having averaged 112 

 men during the year. 



The number of children in the State of the 

 age to attend the public schools, 264,252 ; 

 amount of State fund apportioned, $860,074. 

 In the thirty-five principal cities and towns 

 there are 18,346 white children and 6,924 col- 

 ored, making a total of 25,270, or an average 

 of 722 to each place. The amount apportioned 



to pay for the maintenance of schools for 

 these children is $80,958. 



The assessment rolls for 1881, footed up and 

 summarized in the Comptroller's otfice, show a 

 very satisfactory increase in the value of taxa- 

 ble property. They exhibit a valuation of 

 $348,626,347 for 1881, against $31 1,470, 736 for 

 the previous year. This does not include as- 

 sessments of the counties of Leon, Liberty, Mav- 

 erick, Nueces, Kimble, and Tyler, which in- 

 crease the aggregate to some $357,225,011. 

 Assessment of the lands in unorganized coun- 

 ties, amounting to about $7,000,000, made at 

 the Comptroller's office, will increase the taxa- 

 ble values to something over $360,000,000. 

 The increase in the revenue, at forty cents on 

 the hundred dollars, is about $200,000 on prop- 

 erty, and about $56,000 on polls. 



Grayson is the most populous county in Tex- 

 as, having 38,108 people. Galveston is the 

 wealthiest, having $17,741,550 assessed. Dal- 

 las is second in population, having 33,940 peo- 

 ple. Bexar is second in wealth, having $10,- 

 462,522 assessed. Harris is third in wealth, 

 having $9,995,811. Bexar is third in popula- 

 tion, having 30,481 people. Dallas is fourth 

 in wealth, having $9,660,180. Fayette fourth 

 in population, having 28,004 people. Harris 

 fifth in population, having 27,715 people. Trav- 

 is fifth in wealth, having $9,121,131. Wash- 

 ington sixth in population, having 27.584 peo- 

 ple. Grayson sixth in wealth, having $7,643,- 

 375. Lamar, seventh in wealth, has $7,312,- 

 560. Travis, eighth in population, has 26,975 

 people. Ellis is eighth in wealth, having $6,- 

 871,883. Five of these counties are on the 

 line of the Houston and Texas Central Eail- 

 way. 



Statement, sJioinngthe amount of landed debt October 

 15, 1881 ; also annual interest October 15, 1881. 



The bonded debt has been reduced since 

 January 1, 1881, $505,800, making a difference 

 in interest of $34,500. 



Of the debt as shown outstanding October 

 15, 1881, the special funds own, about $2,044,- 

 100, leaving in circulation, and in the hands of 

 individuals, $2,447,020. 



Railroad construction is making rapid prog- 

 ress in Texas. The following table exhibits 

 the activity of construction in twelve months, 

 and presents the name of the road, the number 

 of miles in operation on September 1, 1880, the 

 number of miles built during the year, and the 

 number in operation at its close : 



