OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAG 

AUGTIN 

kionorablr 6. 3. smibh 

county Atborwy 

Braor Coarrty 

hlw.11, Tercrr 

striets in the County an 6 
monb;l~ A. 0. -1th. Fa#w 2 

to pay the County en emus1 dalay rantal of; 

fifty awts per ear%. Th8 lra8ra has nct,as 

yet, arllled ror cfl PE gee and has not ranxo*ad 

from tba hAa any oil, g88 or any Other miharAl8 8Ad IMy nw8r 8#&80. UAdar Arliiala 2825 

Civil St&tukr ot 3%%8a, the ComiraioUar8 pxut 

D~pO868 to apprOpri6t4 the MAAd fifty OUbt8 

Par'&Qra tG the &AAtr Available md AS iA 

*First’ 8bo~~. 

-a-t1018 2825. amwslder oth&r rohool 

tine8 prorld8a by la*, ttN praorrd8 OS any 

luri4 or rant14 of &n&a, heretotore arsntrd 

by tha State ~of T-68 tc tJu Aa+.ral eoAntia8 

thorrot for rduo8tlonal pur 808, ahall br 

l ppropr i%t by trhC a aoani88 1OMrs î oourts of 

raid oooatl88 IA tbr mu m&Ma- a8 I# IWO- 

,ridad by hr for the App~pri8ttOA Of th6 iA- 

~b6n.t ol, bond8 prrr&h&r&d With Oh& p-&&&88 

of the aalr of rmob leadat &Ad tbo pl’O880d8 

arising from Oh8 ralr of timE8r OA said 1~~48, 

or aat part tbreot rhnll be hwaekb In lik8 

PUAA9f &I tbr ~lUt<iOlB 8Ad l8V1 nQtlit88 

of tE& pr0oaed8 at the Nk8 of 8AOh laid88 

and %t rball 

P 

a unlnfpl - - - 8tO.' 

*IA&~WAUO~ 88 A0 g&a, 011 OT 8AJ othrr &IAn18 h%r% been removed from the laAde,. the buAty 8till ha8 all it bad brtora ths leer& a&maaant book dfwt, 6~6 th&~iorr ir eat 8tmila.r 

to the *s&la OS troo8* ia the law. 

*Ti.iIFG? Tha laarr &@'&&A&At unaar 's&&oab' 

abore elm prorldre the rtandard l/6 reral~y OLI 

all b,e8, oil and miA&r&l8 raaO+&d fzO?J tho8r 

l%Ad8. If aA4 Wh4LR t&O h888~ prOdUOe8 a$, 011 

8114 ether8 minanlrr sad p8ya the teuaty t ~,tA rojalQ, th* Coamlrsionere court ~l-0pa&%8 to apprapriatr euoh roytiltialr tc tha fk?uAty FeWWlt 

p\lnd." 
HonW%bla A. D. With, p&8& 3 

First, w approve th& proesdurs outllaed In your 

fir8t qU%%ticA. Arti 2825, H. tl. 1925, ~XD~8881$' autborlzss the county to approprlatc the procsals cr d graaing 

1&&S& '@in th% Sam& PUnMr a8 i8 pZQTi&Sd by l&W iAr tba &pFM$Wi&tiOA Of the intOl'@St OA bond8 pUTOh686d rdth th& 

B 

MO6868 Of the 8610 Of SUOb 181166” OAd ktiOl& 7, hOtiOA 

o? th% T&xar &mAtItatloA proridrs that Weld 18~40, and 

th@ prCO~~d8 thS~Of, Whb~ tIOi& Oh&l1 b% held by said AAUAtl.8 alone a8 a b&St for the bon&fib Of pub110 SOhOOl8 

thSr&lA; s&Id ~M08ad8 to be 1~~88b&d iA bOBdo Of the UAitSd 

Stat&s, tbr St&t8 or lkraa, or sountlrs IA raid ::tata, or in 

au&h other 88OUrijii88, &Ad UAt!ar Suoh 2W8triOtiAA8 88 My ba 

prasorib%d by law: &Ad thr oountias ah811 b& r88poA8ibl~ ~fOr 

811 iA*r8bA8AtA; 6&d iAt8rASt tharaon, &Ad othrr CStaAUl, 

l XO8Ft th& DriAOipSl shall br 8T8ilSblS fUAd.’ 

%OOAd, W Dt88U88 that th8 OOUAtf fOl~0W.d &'- 

tiala 54GGa, VarAon*a rhnotakd Clrll Stcrtutes, In ~kily: 

the al&are1 l~&888r We cm or the OPIAIOA that thr a4rlay 

rank@ under ths ralairat 16680 rhm1d &o iAt bh& prnuASAt dbOO1 fUIl8 aEd AOt tb8 l tallabla fAAd. TbtS 18 MOl 88ar~~'~bac8u8a of the A8tArr of a riaar&l 10&88. "By ths 

great walaht'arrd ujoritl cf th8 d001810~8 of Taxer 0ourt8, 

th& ordinary r0m.0r 011 and gas l&a*& ia not a ~18680~~8t 

&ll$ 011 tha 6OAtrSry, it IS a OoAt6~aAO8 Of 8A int&nSt 1A 

land and, as &U&b, oparrtar to Awsr tbr mInar&l a&tat& 

from tha 8urfaOa." 31 Tax&a Jarl8prub&ao& 5'?k576, Saotlon 

39. The instant on 011 end gas ~&a8c).Is &x&Cut&d 6&d 6aiiT8XVd th& 16888~ boaom68 th& OMl&r Of tih0 5iAW618 iA 

pl&Oe &Ad 8ubjeUt $0 be taxrd #&r&fAr . ~t8phan8 WUnty 

t. Xld-Kemsas Gil ,snd 06% timp&Ay, 113 T&x&S 160, 254, Q. 

A'. 290. Tha %CIIUII~ or ars&ta18w Whloh, th& f88880 pays aro 

88 auah a part of ths ~MOSadS Or th8 Ml& 68 th8 'rOf<f' 

SAd uador Article 7, 8IOtlOA 6 Of tha ‘f&X68 C?QAStitUtiO~, 

thr @AtiT% eo&&id&r&tio& ior the 8618 %AA%titUt88 A tX’U8t 

fOr the boASfit Of public 80&0018 %A8 AU& bs Ql&%%d iA 

th& county prraaneat school fund. Th&i&&n VII. Hobiaon 117 

~oxae 489, 8 6. vi. (zd) 646. 
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