Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-03
THE LAND BOARD MEETS.
The Number Of Dry Sections to Be Sold
to Actual Settlers Reduced From
Seven 10 Three.
Applications to Lease or Purchase Lands
May Be Made Under the Old
Rules Of the Board.


AUSTIN, TEX, May 1.-The land
board met this morning to adopt rules
and regulations for the sale and lease
OF public lands. Swain offered the
following:
Resolved, That all the lands named in the
act OF April 18th, 1888. are hereby placed ON
the market for sale at the prics named in
section six OF said act under the REGULATE ms
heretofore made by this board, and for le ase
subject TO sale, as provided by this board, at
prices as follows Ten cents per acre for wa
tered sections and five cents per acre for IN
watered graz ipg lands.
Time OF the lease six years.
l. quantities of blank sections TO each
Individual.
actual settlers without competition.
A division was called for, and on
the question of fixing the lease price
of watered lands at 10 cents, it was
voted on and lost; yeas, Swain and
Lubbock; nays, Ireland, Templeton
and Walsh.
Gov. Ireland offered substitute for
section 8 Of the act of 1888, reducing
the number of dry sections to be sold
to actual settlers from seven to three.
Swain moved to amend by making
1t six. Lost. Yeas, Swain and Lub.
book nays, Ireland, Walsh and
Templeton.
Lubbock moved to make it five.
Loot 10y the same vote.
Swain then moved to make it four.
Lost.
Walsh was willing to support the
governors substitute, provided the
sections were contiguous. The substi.
tute was so amended and adopted,
Templeton voting no.
Ireland wished to know il the board
would adhere to the rule OF selling
| only to the heads OF families.
| Lubbock said he was willing to sell
| to any person who desired 10 settle
upon the land. 1t was d stermined to
| adhere to the rule.
| Swain offered resolution that all
the dry sections be placed on the mar.
ket for lease at five cents per acre sub.
ject to competition.
Walsh moved to insert eight cents,
The governor thought that six cents
would be the proper thing and be sat
isfactory to the people. The six-cents
price was adopted: Yeas, Ireland
Swain and Lubbock; nays, Walsh
and Templeton.
The term OF lease was unanimously
fixed at six years,
Mr.. Swain offered resolution pro.
vidipg that after all the adjacent dry
lands have been leased the board may,
In it's discretion, lease the watered sec.
tions at 10 cents per acre. Lost. Yeas
Messrs. Swain and Lubbock; nays
Messrs. Ireland, Walsh and Temple,
ton.
Mr.. Lubbock offered a resolution
providing that the actual settler may
purchase one section OF watered agri
cultural land at So per acre. Lost.
Mr., 1empleton offered resolution
providing that where the school set
tier purchases three sections it shall be
by competition. Adopted
The board authorized the secre
tary to give public motto,
that applications to lease and
purchase lands may be made under
the rules and regulations of the board
in force when sales and leases wer,
suspended on the 4th of February last
Tine bids are to be awarded on tn,
second Tuesday in June.
The board adjourned till Monday,
when the quantity TO be leased I,
any one person will be fixed and tn,
l PAoP'iVty vi iCoSibS tuC NIlGCI GcGltO
lands will be discussed
Somehow the opinion obtains here
that the board will 80 limit the GUAM
tity 10 be leased to one person anS
place other restrictions tina
will practically prevent tn
leasing of the lands at all
The Denison Cotton company, CAPT
tai stock $50, 900, filed charter To- day
During the month of April $452 "a
were paid into the treasury.
Available school fund on hand ........s 81 o.
Revenue on hand ..... ...,.-......... $50 OO
Available university fund ON hand..... 5000
Total cash In the treasury. ..,..... $780, C
A sale of $500 head of yearlings an,
two-year-olds, to be delivered il
Wyoming, was made here to-day q
SIS to $2S.