The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-01

out section IL. Lost ayes, Il nays,
Mr.. GoOch moved to reconsider the
vote by which the amendment 81 Mr.
TriIylor, inserting permanent water,
was adopted. Lost.
Mr. Stratton: Amendment to section
IL, by adding at the end thereof, mo
actual settler on land leased from the
state shall pasture more stock on les
sees land than three head to every
acre of ground annually cultivated 10y
such actual settler. Lost.
! Mr.. TraylOr: Amendment toSection
3. after word sell" (which applica-
ton shall be signed by the purchaser
or, if by his agent. he shall present
written authority properly authentl-
Gated" Lost.
Mr.. Peacock: Amendment to section
IL. by adding: and il at the sale a per-
son other than the applicant shall
purchase the land, the person purchas'
ing shall pay for improvements upon
the same by the applicant for pur'
chase. LOst-l3 ayes, Ii noes.
Bill engrossed, by vote of % ayes
to noes. Messrs. Davis, Jones, Mar
tin, Pfeuffer and Randolph voting IN
the negative.
Mr.. Gooch moved a suspension of
the rules in order to pass the bill to a
third reading. Carried.
Mr.. Gooch: Amendment insert
ing an emergency clause. Adopted.
Mr. Terrell: Amendment-"Every
attempt to evade the limitations OF
this act as to the amount of land one
may purchase, either by using the
name of another or by any other de-
vice, shall be deemed fraudulent, and
the fraud may be shown and the pur-
chase cancelled by the state at any
time before the issuance of patent"
! AdOpted-lS ayes. 8 noes. MesSrs. Col
lins, Davis, GetZendaner, Johnston OF
Shelby, Jones and Matlock voting in
the negative.
Mr.. Davis: Amendment, giving
purchasers of timber four years in
stead of two, to carry the same from
the land. Lost-ayes IL, noes IL
Bill passed. by vote OF % ayes to
4 noes; MessrS. Davis. Jones, Martin
and Pfeuffrr voting in the negative.
Following is the bill as passed.
Section l. BE it enacted by the leg
islature OF the state of Texas: hat all
lands heretofore or hereafter sur
veyed and set apart for the benefit Of
the common school, university. luna
tic, blind. deaf and dumb and orphan
asylum fund may Ike sold and leased
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. There shall be and Is hereby
created Il state land board, which shall
be composed OF the governor, attorney
general, comptroller. treasurer, secre-
tary of >tate and commissioner of the
general land office, who shall exercise
the powers and perform the duties
hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 3. The state land board shall,
under such regulations as they may
prescribe, cause the said land to be
classified into agricultural, pasture
and timber lands, and ascertain which
tracts have water on them or border
ing on them, and cause Il tabulated
statement of the land i'll each county
to lie made, showing the number Of
the survey block, quantity i'll each
survey. name OF the company or ILL
dividual to whom the certificate was
granted, the value of the improve
ments, and owner, and such other
description and information as may
he deemed necessary, and permit
nent record thereof shall be made and
preserved in the general land office,
and copy of such record relating TO
Il county, shall he forwarded to the
surveyor of such county or land dis
trict in which the land is situated.
Sec. 4. Said land shall, in no case,
be sold for less than two dollars per
acre for SURVEYS of land without
water ON them or bordering on them,
nor for less than three dollars per acre
lsar. lie .fGa@ IN
them or bordering ON them, nor for
less than FIVE dollars per acre Tor land
having timber thereon suitable for
lumber, and clasSed as timbered lands.
Sec. .. Surveys having water on
them. or bordering on them, shall not
he divided, but shall be sold as whole.
Persons who were on the first of jan
uary, 1853, actual settlers upon such
lands. and have since been such actual
settlers, shall have the tight for a
period of six months from the time
the land is placed upon the market to
purchase at the minimum price fixed
by law, the survey upon which the
improvements are situated, not to eX-
coed six hundred and forty acres.
Sec. 6. The land. when placed upon
the market, shall be sold in the county
or land district in which it is situated
by such system of competition as may
be prescribed by said land board;
provided. that no person or corpora
ton, either IN person or as an agent,
shall be allowed to purchase more than
six hundred and forty acres when the
same is classed as agricultural land,
but when the same is classed as pas
ture land, the same may he sold in guam
titles to suit the purchaser; provided.
that Lands classed as agricultural
lands shall be sold TO actual settlers
only, unless it is SO situated as to De
used more adyantageously in the sale
or lease of lar &c tracts of land more
suitable for grazing purposes. The
board may, in their discretion, require
the purchaser of any particular Sec
ton of watered pasture land to take
with the same such number of dry
sections as they may designate.
Every attempt to evade the limita-
lions of this act, as 10 the amount Of
land they may purchase, either 10y
using the name of another or by any
other devise. shall be deemed fraudu-
lent, and the fraud may he shown and
the purchase cancelled 10y the state at
any time before the issuance of pat
ent.
Sec. Z. Until otherwise prescribed
by the board. the land shah he placed
upon the mark,t in the following
manner: When the tabulated state
ment shall have been forwarded to
the surveyor of the county or land
district, and the board shall have des-
ignated some one 10 represent the
state in the disposition of the land in
such county or land district. and
notice of such facts shall, under di-
rectiOn OF the board, have been pub
lished in not more than three news
papers OF the state and shall have
been published under the direction
of persons authorized to SILL, for
thirty days in the section where the
land is situated, the lands of such
such county or land district shall be
considered upon the market for sale,
and the person designated to repre-
sent the state shall receive bids for
the same.
Sec. 8. The person desiring to pur-
chase any of said land shall file his
application with the person author
lied to sell, designating the particular
section, or tract less than 4 section,
which he desires to purchase and &C
company it with a sufficient sum of
money TO pay for advertising the lid
in such manner as may be prescribed
oy the board, and ON the first Tuesday
Of the month designated in the adver-
tisement, and after at least twenty
days notice, the person having au-