The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14

% land o. allowed until after / haze actual
&c settled upon the land and improved il q
my home; that am twenty-one years o
age. II is understood and agreed that
am TO pay TO the state of Texas Oh tn
? first day of January, of each year. one
: thirtieth of the value of the said Lane
: with five per cent interest on the un
= paid principal; that any ms tallment o
= principal, except the first, may be de
y ferred until the expiration of thirty years
3 bu. that the whole of the purchase money
shall be paid within thirty years, and thai
the interest due will be paid on or before
the first day of August of each year: that
my classification of the said land as to
f water and timber is true. II is further
c understood that any violation of any of
r the provisions of the law or any violation
q of the rules and regulations of the state
land board prescribing the manner Of
e purchasing said lands or failure To set
tie upon and improve the land within
e ninety days from date of award by the
/ board, or any failure to make any of the
2 payments required by law or said regua-
{ tions, shall work forfeiture of all money
paid on. and all claims to the said land
without Judicial proceedings. 1t being
also understood and agreed that the OBJ
Iect OF the sale to me Is for tho purpose
Of securing Il bona fde settler on the
land; and 1t Is further understood. that
after the expiration of said three years of
actual residence | shall have the right I'M
der such regulations as may be prescribed
by law to pay the whole amount of princi-
pal and interest due the state for said
/ land and procure a patent therefor.
The board Yesterday received Sl.7OO
second payment on leases.
! The report that an application had
| been received to lease ninety sections Of
university land is an error.
Early yesterday morning Secretary Law
renee, Of the land board, was confronted
by Mr.. j. X. DOnnan, who carried huge
bundle of papers, which was made CON |
Spicuouo by familiar looking 81 900 gold |
note, issued by Uncle Sam, carefully placed .
on the outside. II have come to tender
payment on seven sections of dry and one
Of watered land situated in Preside
county. The tender is made under the act
of 1888. Will you accept of it ?" said Mr..
Donnan, temptingly thrusting the 81 900
note under the nose of the secretary.
Il would be glad to accommodate you.
but can't cody responded the secre-
tary, as it refusing $1,000 bills was one of
his most pleasing pastimes, and, in truth
barring the pleasing part. it is, for he has,
during the past year, refused a sum Dor.
derlng upon half million dollars. The {
tender was made on the ground that the
act Of 1888. permitting the purchase of {
seven dry and one watered section. has
never been repealed, and that the land |
BOARD has no legal authority to change the
aw and limit the purchase to not exceed t
ny three sections of dry land.
MEETING OF THE BOARD. >,
1t was announced at the meeting on
Wednesday that the board would hold a
eSslon at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning. b
. which time it was proposed to discuss
he governors suggestions sent in the day CT
'etOre. The hours grew on apace. and
he grass commissioners, longing to know CT
neither they are to be retired to the shades
l private life or sent out upon the broad kl
ralrle to browse and keep watch over
he chlldrens grass, were there on time. dl
reasurer Lubbock, the guardian of the
ate's ready cash, was there too He is ST
ever late, but not so yesterday with the
her members of the board. They were til
tie; SO late in fact, that for sometime a
Getting was despaired of. After a time. pr
very, very long time, the members be-
N to drop in, and by 10 O'Clock. Cor in
ereabouts, the board was call ed to order
Expectation was on tip-toe to see and
ar if the governors suggestion was to
acted upon. 1t was not, but instead.
or some discussion on minor subjects, -;
following resolution was offered bv III
easurer Lubbock: VI
'Resolvcd, That section | I of the act of IN
I'll IL, 1883, be SO construed that an -
'uai settler mas no control over land t,,,
rchased IN an enclosed lease until he ~,
settled, fenced and built thereon. and -,
til he does this the lessee is entitled to Io
control and possession of the nm ,rt
iced land" "h
This provoked short debate. when ma n%.
hmlSSloner Walsh offered the following the
inj
Resolved, That it is the sense of this t Uo
ard that the purchaser of land within an bei
closed lease shall not turn thereon more an an
'ck than reasonable pro rata to the ito
Iount of land purchased by him. and
1T any number i'll excess of such pro
IA Is practical infringement upon the
,hts of the lessee"
AuoP'eu' Attorney General Templeton CIT
ting no >.
lhe board then adjourned till 10 o'clocl, pa
Is morning, Subsequently, however. it exl
Is limited around that there was To he y ing
aetlng of some kind in the attorney
neralS Office, and along about , O'Clock an
enters were seen to enter that Office.
STATESMAN reporter on the ground es- Dr
yed to enter, but was politely informed
ut his presence was not desirable, ms ha
meeting was to he strictly private.
ter It's adjournment it was learned from
e of the members that the governors lo7
was laid over until to-day. av'
Il that the meeting confined itself ey XII
lSyeiy to discussing the pro,tiety and by
'Slhility of having all the school Ian Is 70
rveyed and classified, the RAILWAYS to be -.
agreeable with the expense of making -
p surveys. Nothing definite was accom-
she'd however and the question prob
ly will receive further attention this
'rning. Possibly the grass commissions
: VIII also learn their fate to-day. and +
I'm indications yesterday. they will be
famed in the service of the board. y
THE LAND BOARD. the
he land board yesterday. after some ine'
'cussion in secret session. adopted the hli7
lowing which is of Importance TO cat =.
men or those who desire to lease lands. y