The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-21
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Commissioner Baker has in,o,,,
ernor culbcrson that it is tho ~ ~
law over passed and his e,oo,,. NJ
taken Mr. Bakers word for il vl,ha.' Y
sulting them, hence their s-,.4s o.
was passed for the relief =, na .a !
o; Western lands and for tho r Sa.'.' :
cattle raisers. the. say. ibcre,o-a A !
be unconstitutional Worse ,h,. "
though. they have figured OH, ~. ~
It's provisions the aveilable scsoO, s =
losing considerable money ana a. u' !
very much concerned abou, it r.
The loss. they advance that una,, ="
law tthe law Of 1Ss7 receipts =, w ~ VI
on school land sales amounted - s,,.'
for the year ending August 81 ia; ,a
said receipts amounted TO but $40; e. .
the year ending August 81, 1896 ,o-,..
1 all the time that this falling or
terest payments is attributable IN
measure to the fifteen months ex,s,,,. J.
( time granted delinquents BY the rail-,
of 1898. and to the wholesale absns,,..
! of their claims prior to Angus, 81.
purchasers under the act CT 1851 All
further upon their treacherous msr..
/ the tory organists fear that under n.
act the available school fund will h. .
prived of revenue to such an extent Al
the people Of Middle and Eas, To,,, N
| have to 20 down in their pockets "a. 4,
wherewith to make up the loss, Will. !,
wild and Noolly Western row eats M /
| children's grass at reduced rates. for,r.,J
/ again that IL was owing to the eaas, n
/ the act Of 1857. and While said az ~
I Still in operation that it was found nss
sary 10 raise the school tax 10 The ~.
4 s,itutional limit
That sales OF school lands have incr,,s
under the act Of 1885 they are wlli,, N
admit but they would have it bels,aI
hat said increase is attributable to ,s,r.
chases OF forfeitures under former I'll
In other words. thoy contend under u&
cedent acts At t,go ald three dollars 4
acre are forfciting their claims in rxA
TO repurchase at one dollar per acre v,s \
the new act In their minds holden n
school land are making the State rss
Of what they have paid it for five, SIX u
more years back IN interest and prinaxH
and starting anew just because the y \
( chase price and rate Of interest was IN \
cred by the Twenty fourth Legislature
( il were not that of The 900 or ~
| sales made under the Act OF 1881 at N /
/ and three dollars per acre, at leasi "A !
were forfeited prior 10 August |, l@
1 ter as many as five payments bad IN va |
1 instances been made thereon, while d III
/ remainder over 90 per cent are ID IL /
! standing solely because o. the atn
months extension act Of 1898, II NIGH \
to claim that the act Of 1898 Is being q.
/ plotted by thrifty dcliuquen,s to The y.
riment of the school iand. But in The ls !
/ Of the records. which sustain the IN
/ approximate statement OF the presen. "
( dition Of the sales made under the AZ
1857 the tory tale OF woe won't wash
/ tell the plain. unvarnShed truth, Y
jority OF purchasers under the act W
made had bargains.
They thought they were getting aEkf
turalal lands, but experience taught w
that they hal taken up Indifferent pass
lands instead upon which boom vaui'1
had been placed At the end Of fTsw'
about two-thirds OF these purchasers sa
broke and delinquent and by ,as cot
the year 1884 oper two-thirds o. va