The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19

aotoar TO THE LAND uoAao.
the tehcol fenaa-ssiss 10 Actual
feisisfa osir ffse osass
nesanus from heheoi
Lands closure act.

AurtHf nov lus-io thf itpuofauk nthic
Land Aoanii
t1sie Des-sssry thss our lsod inNs be-
chaagei. / submii, ia ooaDeouDn
with ny ffppr's my Siswa nnd sugges
tom ~ TO needn't remedies. fhe
sohool iaads SRI ~orih NIUE shan
go. oco.0 900, aud me subject is ono oil
Groat iIaporlsnc' 20 suo people aud
shnuld b. iuiy liscu~-ch aud under.
stool hy sllnna my Suggestions are
made vi h ,hst ohleot IA vlew.
scuooL LAND DErARfMrSr
This Department, now under TOO
manasepeos 81 toe S:a,a land hnnrd,
uhouio ht, sepif'ste and nistinct 20.
elfctd by h6 people, Tho shoul1 maa-
age, rnnifnl sad supervisa tIe lease
Hno teis ~ u,l the public lsudii and
ench other business AZ may usceasagtlv
DO conuVctec with the school = al pub
lie iHnda ~ the state, under law. en-
acfcr for the control and mnugremeut
or lhis Departments, which should
definitely prescribe tho cu,ia~ per-
toyinsn ~ This department.. This !s
rapidly becoming one OF tire mnst
important departments OF the
STATE governnent, and although
" has only becn Va exist
oDce two years and wGs crea I'd aa an
expertuenf. tao faosipte received sn-
nuAliy from EsloS, leases and interest
on schoIi l2rd obligations nrnount 10
$500 GOO, and With mo Deossssrg nchool
lana laws, with anthcfi.V mud power
TO enforce tnen, not less Than VI 600 600
more can snnuslly he added 10 the
receipts of this dopsrin snt, and when
placed uudcr tho management OF
cOmmlesi0oer, charged wi:h iha re
sponAib.lisy III tho msnagement ~ the
offeo sno ali school land business,
then this department. will receive and
pay into The State treasury more
mccoy annpnlly tnan any other DO
pnrlihegt oi tue StAto govern nent.
More responsible. ity will rest with the
school lgud cDm missioner than any
other; ttiB duties 81 thas officer will bp
all that ono nlRu can Nttsrih
20, ana no other labor or duty
should ever be required OF
Z HIN .Dr his whole tine nnc attention
should % dires,ed TO tho school iand
business. ana the management of that
vast and growing interest. The com
missicpor of tho general land Office
now hiss all no osu manage and do JUS
tice to that department, and 70 in
cIensaapu burden tho commissioner
OF Tint Office with the pa,e and lease OF
the school l9rds Will ba requiring
more Of him Than he can and VIII do.
Wbop department. officer il burden-d
with more work ;ber no eau fad time
is certain tnSuEs& II this business
shoul,i be- plkcsu G'der tho mHnsge-
ment OF the iane piflcs nothing would
be saved, because tlis same mum Der of
men and employees viii be required 10
handle tho bnsinesR "a II under u
separate department, snd tho result
would be- t. lesson. the
responsibility. The school land de-
partnent, II managed by q commits
tty to control and direct its sfsirs, San
be made almost, II not quito, Helt.s,is.
tanning by charging cerlaip fees fixed
by law for all work dono by the do.
partlnent for per IONS having business
with that ofHue. Under The present
HyHtem there III no law authorizing the
land board Department. TO charge fees
for work done. All business pertain
ing 10 school lands should DO placed
directly under tho school land depart
ment. Al II now ~ IL takes three de-
psrtmeDts 10 manage II. Lend books
and accounts are keeps by she treas
urer, tho land board ana land office.
Two boolEkespers are kept in the treas
ury department. on land matters ut o
salary OF VI 400 each. and one assistant
bookkeepyr at salary of
I land clGrks at q salary of $1,000 each.
The land board has ono boolskeeper
and ono assistant, at a salary of $1,000
each, and five clerks, two at $500 and
three at 81 200 each., The bookkeepers
and clerks 10 the treasury ehsui0 be-
placed under the school land depart
menl and the business would be more
e.
{ IL IT present, tho business necessarily
/ must DO conducted in this manner, but
the Legislature should remedy 1t. The
4 Expenses of the land board are paid
js6dt OF money collected from the school
lands, and all clerks and enployes on
sUhOol land matter should be paid in
: the gana0 way and not out OF the gem
exal revenue. Tho c0mmissi0ner of
this department. Should have some dis
4 In the absence Of laws, because 1t 10
not In the Weldon OF any Legislature |
to enact laws that will cOv0r all land |
\ Questions and prevent frauds.
LOCAL STATE AGENTS
i should b. appointed BY the commits
doner Of the school land department |
and assigned certain districts, and \
K guch districts should be created BY |
law FER the local management of the !
school land IN their districts, with |
certain powers prescribed by law
to prevent frauds upon tho State, and
Y to regulate and adjust certain ques- |
ltion6 between tho actual settler and |
I tho leasee. They should protect set
TIERS and small Htockmen from vio-
lenO6s and Intimidation from the |
wealthy, and sac that the latter
\ By the sctual settlers or small stock
men. The duties and powers |
S0iFon these agents SHOULD he plainly I
and definitely defined by law. This
aGonrs should be paid in fees of office
and the Laws should prescribe the
Teas to be charged for all kinds OF
work done. They should have Rccess
lee, and should keep maps and plats
az all the land In their districts and
Abstracts from records 30 Us to be more
readily able to point out lands TO i'm
In{fKHnts for purchase or lease, md L
70 receive the moneys for all GALES or
'loaSes and forward 20 the school land
department. They should be under
tho control Of the commissioner OF the
school land department. and subject to |
q, "a h6 may prescribe not
si x contsct with tho laws Of the
Hta&e. Ehe protection of the school
1nndg from fraudulent purchase, tho
0o0d icting and clashing Of interests
botWeeu the small and wealthy man.
and the ectusl settler and the stock
MAN, the great trouble and expense
~ procure him home, aIlsOf which II
&4Vo fully described In my raports, I
r. chitfly the reaeons assigp for the
4Dp0{pt ni0nt OF these agents. Through |
t63m Che lands would be pyotscted;l Il
: n 15,>bupry more rapidly s0tiled AND