The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-01
LAND DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS.

SCHOOL LANDS.
Applications have been received for the
purchase from September i, 1881, of Al 40
acres-an average of l, 1897 acres daily. Onlv
eighty counties have filed their tabulated
statements Of valuation and seven of them
have been rejected, consequently the above
sales are from seventy-three counties only.
No valuations have as yet been approved
from unorganized counties. When they are
placedon the market the sales viii be
doubled.
PUBLIC DEBT RESERVE.
| Under an act of July II, 1870, for cole of
portion of the public domain, onc-half Of the
proceeds for the benefit ofpublc schools
and one-half to pay the public d ht, APP
this date of a small fraction under 10000,
at fifty cents per acre yielding SO, ~ pub
lie schools and u like amount to public GcJ,.
VETERAN LAND GRANTS.
Under act of---lSSl, granting GER
tiiiGatcs Of 1880 acres to Texas veterans Of
the Texas Revolution, 655 applications have
been filed and 375 certificates have been
issued. These arc exempt from office fees.
CONFEDERATE cRIPrLTs,
Under the act of 1851, $50 certificates have
been granted TO men disabled in the con-
fcdcrate service, and to widows of those
who we're killed or died in such service.
These certificates aTe for / 80 acres each,
and q like amount must be surveyed for the
public schools. These must pay 50 Office
fees,
LIrHoGRAru MATS.
The following county maps have been
Autographed, and are for sale at fifty cents
Austin, Bandera, Bee, Bell, Be1ar, Blanco,
Bosque, CALDWELL Callahan, Cherokee, Clay,
Coleman, Colorado, Comal, Comanche,
lConcho, Denton, Dimmit, Duval,
Eastlana, Encinal, Falls, Fisher
Franklin, Eric, Gillespie Gonzales, Quad
aloQpe, Haskell, Hays, Jack, Jackson,
Jones, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr. kimble,
Kinney, Knox Lampasas, Keen, Live Oak,
Llano, Mason, Maverick, Mccullough, Mo
Lehman, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Mont
| Orange, Paio Pinto, Red River, Rockwell,
Rains, RunHels, San Jacinto, San Saba
Shackliord, Shelby, Stephens StonewalS
Smith, Taylor, Throckmorton, Titus, Wal
Ter, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson, Wise,
Young, Zarata.
CAPITOL LANDS,
Inquiries are received daily rs TO tho de-
scription Of these lands aud the terms upon
which they are to DO offered for sale, Tho
law requires the Commissioners TO first IN,
yite proposals for the eroctions of q capitol
building according TO the plans and srecitl..
cations adopted, and take pay In land, III
no proposition Of the kind Is received, tho
board is authorized TO sell the land at not
less than iiny cents per acrce and con.
tract FOR erection Of the building for money.
The board has already received an oller OF
afly cents cash per acre for the entire
1000, 600 acres,
The description Of this land by leagues,
which was embraced in the report of the
commissioner, who inspected the survey
has recently been printed und is now for
sale at the General Land Office at 81 w per
,opy.
RECEIPTS AND ExrESntrunHA
Receipts Of CHICO fees from September !, isSl
. May D. ISL being $50.
vine menus 4sstsaassss aatsstts NtNhtfo =.
Expenditures for same tlme ...,.......-.. s6IAe2
Surplus paid v gsusll rsysnuo. u,rsa&s'i@