Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-28
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Important Action OF the Land Board In
Regard 10 Lease Of Lands.
Items OF Current Interest and Topics
Of the Times.
Special 10 tho Gazette

Special 10 tho Gazette
Austin, February 97.-The land
board was in session to-day, and made
sOue important changes III regard To
the school lands AZ pred ic,ed IN yea
teroiay X dispatch, the minimum lease
rate was aHVHuced from four 10 eighi
G, nts an acre, and the maximum period
req uced from ten to six years, while
waterrd sections were throw n an tn
market Tor lease only, with several re.
striciions.
The text Of the resolutions adopted
IL n follows:
Resolved. by the state land board,
that no land belonging to the common
school un vsrsitN and asylum fund
shall hereafter be leased for a period
longer than SIX years. and at the mini
mum price of eight cents an acre Tor
dry lands and twenty cents per acre
for watefed lauds; provided the board
reserves absolutely the right to refuse
tu cuusumulate any iense VI waieTtu
lands for reasons which they may
deem ~ being for the best
interest of the state, amt
All parties interested in. owning or
controlling dry lands adjacent to aaid
watered sections; y divided further that
no water sections will be sold.
R,-ulVe,i, mat all vacant aud ungp
propriated land existing In any Of the
counties enumerated in the act of the
Seventeenth legislature, approved
March ii. ISL. together with all un-
appropriated lands situated and ill.,
ciuded in the Pacific reservation, aud
all fragments of surveys OF less than
$40 acres situated in organized
counties, are hereby placed upon the
market for lease only.
Resolved, further, that the sales and
leases fixed 10y resolution No OF this
board, to lake place on the first fu. -
day in April next, be ard are hereby
postponed 10 the third Tuesday In
April, the 18th, III order 10 give all
persons full notice OF these resolutions
Quite huttet of excitement has
been caused among land men by these
resolutions, aud those who have al
ready perfected large leases are con
graduating themselves upon their
early application. 1t ia estimated that
the expedited rate will yield an addi-
tiunat revenue Of at least $4,000 or
500. 600 year
\ prominent gentleman writing
from Lampasas to the governor says:
There Is feeling OF Insecurity sail
prevailing in the minds Of the
better class of our people.
think this Is attrib-
uted Is great degree
to the encouragement given to fence
cutters by the criticisms Of the press
on tn. legislation Of the special ses-
siun.n
An appeal was made To the attorney
4 Il so f.4I
eat question from Edwards, a newly
organized county. In the election,
Lpaky r. ceived a majority 81 the votes,
and was declared the victor by the
commission, - court. Afterwards, it
rccunysned to consider charges Of
fraud In the election, and under the re-
consideration gave its verdict in favor
of Bail Head The district Judge ig-
nored the latter decision, aud fixed the
time Of holding courts al Lesky. This
causing considerable dissatisfaction.
the matter was referred by him TO the
encouragement who sustained his
action and declared that after once
passing on the vote the commission. |
ers court had 10 further jurisdiction |
ia the matter.
a gentleman owning four sections
OF Watered land in Stonewall
county wrote to the attorney
general iuquIring whether he could
not graze his cattle IN that locality and
not USE line.riders for the pufpos. OF
checking his own without interfering
with or hefding or other stock. He
was answered IN the negative.
The district clerk OF Milan county
recently received am appointment as
United states commissioner, but was
advised by the encouragement that
to accept II would vacatc his other p0-
.itiop.
The total amount Of revenue depos.
tied In tine treasury during the mouth
is about $40 coo.
The Fort Worth 4 Denver City rail.
way paid $3.50 passenger tax for the
current quarter.
Taxes on land in unorganized
counties are being rapidly received 10y
the comptroller The tax sale Of thee
lands win occur about the lat OF April
A gentleman just in from BastTop
says that Wash Joncs declared 20 him
that he was OFT Of politics, aud was go
ing 10 stay out.
l0NGVlEW.