The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-21
AT TINE LAND OFFIoE.
What Conmissisnsr walsh HAS TO
Say as to Ssis Department Ger tho
PAat TIVE Neara.

Correspondence Of the Bereld,
AUsTIN, Jan. IT, 1881.
The coRnissioner informs as that aurss
the psat two yssr there lisa bean collected
aSd pAid into the treasury, She sum Of Sl18,-
967 II, which is equal 20 monty revenue
yield of absut 81 200 to the ,lats. Ard ,hl,
AoIount has bcaA o5tsinsa IN this wise, viz:
Ofics fese....,... ..,,.SiS, $40 %
PatoEt fees...,....,.,.,, s9,le5 70
GOyommsni duos ..,. l,ft9 81
Presumption duear.... 1888 3j--Sll3, eGz II
lie recommends several chasgss ia tas
present land lava II seems that the Coz
Sttution article XIV provides tbrsa modes
BY which Spanish and Mexican titles RAY
be recognized as valid: lst. by being
msppsd and afchiyed in the land oGics.
End. BY being recorded 10 the county, 81.
BY Potasssion Of the grantee or those holding
usder him, Now, the low should provide
ssme mode whereby thu Office Gao bs ad-
yiscd VI what eurgeya ara entitled TO respect
by rsasoa Of compliance with the osnBtiJu-
lion. | Ia also rgcommand0d that carta,n
lands in the ua0rgariasd counties should DO
'sctionized and tie igBts lhus classified.
The state now has sn tho market Of
Acres,
University lands .................... qIg 9MI
hSyluni lRnaS. .''.'.'.''.... 4OI rdlb
oehool lhnuH' ~, 90, Goa
Ts attend properly 10 this will in the future
require much additional f9rc0 and 6 iySsam
less cumbersome Than tho ora uaW ia opgta
atioR For the university lanGa, Of N6iga
the raTisad statutes required locNtiea and
survey Of 100000 scres, no provision What
sver hss baen made by the lasiLa.ura Tor
advertising or for comp s,i,.ya bids, ard ,ha
as@ml5sioncr ssya that bs received shout lsn
or twelve private bids, payiaa floa $40
down 10 81 eor geotQu.
Ia ts3 matter Of tao isgd frauds Il.
Welaa s.ya this, several important otrsa,1
have heeu mNdl gnd cpE,i2tiJas stcurss.
Since the Get sf july 1875 1lprs9ag hsys
baen gent 70 the paoi.5nLiIy .sGtl.t5 nsudE
Giod aud Gulgiaal before 3abl raattacs; 4
hNys boon convicted all afs now Rppaal.e;
u1cs- U1n5 sad awaiting
trial. sVa Z have forfeited ,iaif bsads.
Lilo further asy5 TIA. o. ltdoul1 ia tho iiral-
| tlsetion q fsrgaias Las exposed aums da-
tac.s i2 our system af con70yauulEg, and .le
nutle5tcaA9p Of in5,ruAgus Wkiub la.ecr
| easy It .hoy do not invita- frauds d. NY
c9lnHlu,ead.n Rom the slL9rhaY.gaucg
smoei royo1l tbiag' vera peuled ont 90
soarlos theae subjects, aud e 10 UNDERWOOD
thst BIZ. viii DO prepared TO rem3dy Che
evils The remedies would fs3n 70 b., az
sa2gatsi slNa.a e. require tive uln3ro. 81
least; tho official acts VI autsantieatag
tdicsra in aEe.hor state should bo verified by
the secretary Of such state, under his official
sal the csrtifSse Of authorization should
~ iull and 90 written or printed On tho in-
sEumest; the grantor and witnesses sheuld
%, required, when sigpi6g IN Instrument,
TO also sgR their names on tue record Of The
ellicer in space left for thg. purpsgs eppo-
slte the sE!ry tho lGw ahould psrlnit the ap-
Pslntmsht Of ne notary publis except rs he
asseeFaer of aelne uamsd predecessor.
The fetal number OF ClaiAs patented nod
Ger0s embraced ela: