The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
THE IMPORTANT PORTIONS OF
THE DOCUMENT.
His Suggestions Concerning Public
lands-Eduoatlon, Judiciary Rail.
roads and Redemption Of
Property.
BRIEF AND POINTED THROUGHOUT
Executive OFFICE,
AUsTGs, January 70, 1888.

Executive OFFICE,
AUSTIN, January 30 1888
Tie the Senate ard House of Repre-. ontAiiye,.
| GentlemenI res ect uly invite your
attention to subjects hereinafter referred
] to.
THE LANDS SET APART FOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES.
In view Of the difficulties in finding
safe aud desirable Investment TO the
proceeds arising from the sale OF these
| lands, | submit to 20 honorable bodies
whether IT will not be best : place them
on the market at q long credit say
| twcnts years, The W ole subject TX
| iraught with difficulties, bat after mature
| del elaboration am of the opinion tina
sale on long time IL de irable. II the
two houses shall concur in this opinion
suggest that u minimum rice be fixed
| below which they should rot be sold
and that books be opened for bids which
shall r main open subject the inapec-
| ton Of oil, and at the expiration " six
months or such time ~ may b" fixed
the lands be awarded tO the highest bid
dor. TIE law should also qulrg a pay
| ment in advance qunl to one years in.
tcreat and should besD in other respect
ns to create rfeitur on the prrtipA
| failure to pay into the treasury all inter
est aud principal promptly VIII duo. /
deem IL proper also, to state that thu
law could so provide that the lands
shaIl be sold in quantities so rs tu
! plac' them within the reach u all. il
any person shall want more than any
one quantity sold he can purchase Other
tracts Safeguard should also be made
against allowing water fronts and priv
0 t.f -. . l.
pOndiug quantity o other lands Should
water fronts aud privileges he obs ryed
leasing the bulk Of other lands unsold
they would realize v'ry little. 1t ia be
| lieved that an interest can be derived
| from tins mode Of di POSING Of the lands
equal to any that can be had from ANY
other URGE, and II questions nhuut
safe Investment are thereby set led. !
deem 1t unnecessary to enter into the
details Of bill ON tins subject Still /
may say | don't think the minimum
pricc Of the lands sh uld be less than
81 an acre. With reference to the pine
lands, or those not desirable for paatu-
rage r agricultur PURPOSES, ] submit
whether u sale of the timber alone Is not
/ the best di position that can he made Of
| them, II these lands are offered in quinn
| titlts that will plnce them within the
| reach Of all, and the fact OF their hClnI
| plh ed on the market and published u
such a manner that all tue world may
uw Of it, and be able tucompctc for 1t,
will largely enhance the value and induce
immigration.
JUDICIARY.
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