Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-04

The Land Hear Leases NJ Six Cents
an Acre. but 'HonIda'i Take
Pour rnis.
"A clrc,aes q ,n,srs.t 10 81 Neci rsashsre,
County CLERKS aud ~ en'- -
ssiIsoi ohidrss.
special q do aAse,,e


I special 70 the Gasot.e
Arsns, Tax March q The 'ot
land board met 10 regular monthly II y
eion to-day. Tho following member
were present Hon Frank Lubbock,
state treasurer, Chaiiiunn lion A.. G..
Walsh. state land commissioner, Hon.
y, d. Tempicion. attorney. general Ah.
eenti Gov Ireland and Hon W y.
swain, state comptroller nids for lease
~ grazing and dry lands al ak cents, the
regulation Price, wcro placed before the
board by Secretary Lawrence, covering
Q total Of one hundred and twenty soc.
lions Out " this scvanty.four sections
were leased ani the bids accepted. The
balance, or forty.siN SECTIONS, were re.
jectcd. Tho reason for rejection was
that these same lmds had already been
lcancd at eight cents an aero unknown
TO she bidders. couple Of con.
tceis were disposed OF, Mr. NswtoH
Walton was prescott with $1,000 cash
which be- rendered II, payment OF leeae NJ
I ccuts.. but the hoard'conld not see 4
The same fate bpioll Mr.. Wursbach OF
san Antonio, who, however, concluded
90 tumble b. the right Side OF The boasd
ard will rsiec 10 q cents.
To-morrew Tho board; reconvcnas to-
settle some contests between actual
settlers, ana also 10 attcrtl TO the waiter
OF the lease q university lands, recently
made 10y the regents 10 Peacock Bros OF
Fort Worth and Colorado City The
lease VIII DO approved, but the contract
made by the regents must not conflict
with any rule made by the heard. IL Is
said the regents win soon lease over
! 900, 600 acres The rejected bid " Mr.
Walton was for nlnety-two scctions.
Land leased Dy the land board to-duy
WAS situated a. follows. Borden county
four sections; burnett county, ono sec
tion, Gargg county, fourteen sections,
Hats and Lamb CO1ntlcs, two sections;
Lubbock county, Ten scctlonAi Lynn
county, twenty.aoNem sbcilonsi Preside
county, six scctionsi uvalde county,
twelve sections Wharton county, two
sbctions.
Hon. II. M. Baker, superintendent OF
public instruction, io-,iay sent ont the fol-
lowing circular TO tax assessors through.
out the statei 81 send you blanks for
scholastic census rolls aud abstracts OF
the law which requires you TO complete
the iolla aud deliver Thorn 90 the county
Judge by the 10Th day ~ June,
To he hlod hy hlin with the
county eitfkf Inc HihiINNiS arc 10
he mndu out IN duplicate and illcd
with the county clerk after they have
been approved by the county Judge Oh OF
before tho Let day Of July. Under the
law you cannot receive compensation I'm
less this IN done, IL rs tllo duty of Tho
county clerk TO place one of the abstracts
on ille Ia his office and mail The other 10
this department al once, and snggost
that yon see that hO does 30, II there rs
a city on town In your county which has
assumed control Of It's public schools yOu
viii not take tho schplnstlc Hensus OF such
city or town, but Leave II 60 he done by
the city or town assessed Children who
viii DO eight years old September !
next and not sixteen years old are on
titled 90 enrolment Unless your Rb.
stroct reaches this ONCE by bic 9Th day
OF July, apportlo1moat VIII have
Ca he made Go your county on
last years census report respectfully
cab your attention TO sections 40, ~ ~,
80, 81, 10 and 90, school laws ai 1884
February receipts IN the uecretary Of
state's office were Sl1ll
The state treasurer win begin to.mOr.
row The payment ~ revenue warrants 10
the amount Of $4,000