Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-22
OFFICE OF STATE LAND BOARD,

ed ana adopted tnehl LOT their govern
ment:
OFFICE OF STATE LAND BOARD,
Austin, Texas, Feb. IS, 1854.
Resolved by the state land board,
that all applications for the purchase
or lease of any of the common school,
university or asylum lands, shall, rs Is
now provided, be filed with the coun-
ty surveyor, or county clerk when
authorized to act, before 4o'clock p IN.
on the last day proceeding the ten
days before the first Tuesday of the
next succeeding month, the tune fixed
when this board vii! consider all bids
that have been so filed.
That the surveyor shall, Immediate
~ after closing the bidding at O'Clock
p. M, cause all the applications to be
registered in the manner provided in
resolution No. |, of this board; and
when registered, the register and APP
plications shall be opened to the eA-
animation Of all persons free of cest.
That the surveyor shall, between the
hours OF ten o'clock a. m. and four
o'clock D. m. OF the day next following
the day upon which the applications,
are required herein to be filed with the
surveyor, offer for sale OF lease, t. the
highest bidder, for the purpose of COM
pctitive bidding only, all lands appli-
cations for the pur :hase or lease OF
which have been filed with the sur
veyor as herein provided. That is 10
say, he shall take up each tract of land
in the order registered, stating who
the highest bidder is, and amount,
and offer the land therein described,
at public cutlery, 10 the highest bidder,
no, in h..
manner as to all lands for which bids
have been registered, and award the
land to the last and highest bidder.
He shall. after declaring the award,
endorse on the back of the application
such award, giving the name of the
highest bidder, the amount bid and
sign said endorsement officially, and
without delay, forward the same to
the secretary of the Land Board ut
Austin.
That no lands will be offered for COM
petitive sale or lease on the day herein
desi mated for that purpose unless bids
for such lands have been filed with the
last day preceding the ten days before
the first Tuesday of each month.
That all resolutions of This board,
! previously iih'it, llies'ii'lht1 iiio'iS al
IN amer Of selling or leasing the conf
mon school, university and asylum
lands are still In force, except in SO far
as they may be modified by these Iesc-
lutions.
That said surveyor shall, on the days
of bidding, provide, in a conspicuous
place in his office, n time-piece by
which the time Ior closing the hour OF
| hid Shutl Lao raunlataI
That The surveyor shall be the legal
custodian of all applications after they
have been received and filed by him,
and they shall not be Withdrawn or
removed from his Office or changed in
any manner.
Resoired, further, That the sale and
lease of all common school, university
and asylum lands, provided by the
rules of this board to take place on the
first Tuesday in March, 1884, be and
they are hereby postponed to the iirst
Tuesday in April next.
That all lands, applications for the
the purchase OF lease of which have
been filed since the hour Of O'Clock
p. m. on the 2lst day of December A.
ID. 1888, will remain open for competl'
ton In the manner provided in these
resolutions, until the time for closing
the bids for the first Tuesday in April
next, and will be disposed of by the
board at that time.
A true copy of the original resolution
RANDOLPH LAWRENCE,
Secret"ry State Land Board.