The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06

and asylum lands shall be sold only Ia
actual settlers thereon and in quant Z
ties not to exceed one section Of aRr1
cultural land, or two sections of gran
ing land, or one section of each.
That the party proposing to pur-'
chase any of said land shall file with
the county or district surveyor, or. the
agent of the state authorized to re-
ceive the same. his application, de-
scribing the said land by number of
section, block and township, name of
original grantee and number of GER
t1ficate, as in application to lease said
lands, and the same shall be registered
and forwarded to the secretary of the
state land board, as are applications to
lease. The said application shall state
the price offered per acre for land, and
whether it is agricultural or grazing
land
He shall state in his said application.
that he is acquiring the said land for
his own use and benefit and not in
trust for, CT for the use of, any other
person. That the said purchaser shall
actually live upon, improve and culti-
vate the said land for three consecu-
tive years before he shall be author
lied to sell the same or any part there
of, except to some one who will im1ne-
diately actually settle thereon and oar
ry out his contract. That an abahd-
onment of the said land, or any other
alienation, shall work forfeituTj
without judicial action, of all none
paid and all claim to the land. THAI
the said purchaser shall, within thirty,
days after the award of the land to
him by the board. pay to the state
treasury one-thirtieth of the whole
value of the land and five per cent
interest on the balance of the pur-
chase money, to the first of the next
January, and that between the first
days of January and of March of each
succeeding year he shall pay one-thir-
tieth of the principal, together with
the annual interest on the unpaid
principal.
But any instalment of principal ex-
cept the first payment, may be post
poned till the whole is due.
That he shall, within ninety days af-
ter the said award, actually settle upon
the said land and begin to actually
improve the same, and failure herein
shall work forfeiture of all money
paid and all claim to the land with
out any order or decree of court.
All applications to purchase shall
be made in the following form, pre-
scribed by the board, and they shall be
sworn to before some officer author
lied to administer oaths, by the ap-
plicant in person:
+, do hereby apply to purchase
for =, by virtue of Certificate No.,
iocnod RI ond cit,,ofal ~
county, offering and agreeing to pay
= per acre for the same.
1t is understood and agreed, that /
am actually to reside upon and inn
prove said land as homestead for the
use and benefit of myself alone, and
that am actually to settle and reside
upon and begin the improvement of
said land, within 80 days of its award
to me, and to continue such residence
for three consecutive years.
That the abandonment of said land
or its sale by me to any other than an
actual settler, during the three years
OF such required occupancy will for
felt the land and payments made tc
the state without any judicial action
That within 30 days of the award I
OF said land to me, am to pay to the !,
state treasurer one-thirtieth of the/
value of the land, with intererest OF
3 per cent per annum on the unpaid
principal. until January 1, succeeding
such payment.
That | am to pay between January
and March l, of each succeeding
year, one-thirtieth of the principal,
and one years interest on unpaid prin-
cipal until the entire amount is paid
that any payment of prip
cipal, except the first, may be pos
poned until the maturity of u
obligation.
The land above applied for IS
land and does not embrace or II
upon any water.