The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-03
THE DAY AT THE
CAPITAL OF TEXAS.
A Bill introduced to Sell Two Hundred Thousand
Acres of Land.
NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION IS PROVIDED FOR.
One. Half of the Money Go the School Validate
City and County Bonds Where No Sinking Fund Was
PROV ded--To Equalize Charter Fees.

all the claims OF the class embraced in IT,
but only such as could be found within any
reasonable time. | am only enabled 10 give
this list thus early because OF the accident,
that the clerk v ho examined the Giles 10
enable ME to make my report tn September
l /, 1895. happened Ia make a list OF all the
lands embraced In It. Otherwise. 1t would
have been necessary 10 have consumed
| mere time IN the research than your body
! could reasonably allow. It Is believed that
| this list embraces nearly all the ,ales Of
7 It's class; IL IL does not, Il would REQUIRE
I tho oyamlnn:ion OF ali tho niles put up
I since the act OF 1887 became n law covering
! some 5000 tiles The contents OF each one
Of these would have ia be 'arafully eyE m
iucd 20 determine whether 1t was an Ill
legal detached sale. besides 4 reference to
! the macs FOR COMPARISON. have not, there
fore delayed this Information In order to
make such proiractcd Investigation. be-
cause I behave this statement VIII Furnish
SO nearly all the .le;al sales low In good
standing that IL viii fully NEE: the demand
OF your honorable body
The payments. both o. rrlyei:nl nd In
teresl made, IL will be observed, c'sclose
abont the same shoN.ne presented In my
biennial report Whatever payments have
been made since September l. 1895 can be
more readily obtained from the treasCrcr's
books than In this Q'1ce. rs | y )lld have
20 take out all tfsse n AMI examine last
Interest receipts. while the iroesurers
books will show at a glance by referring
to him the table hereto attached.
This statement does not embrace the
sales which have been forfeited On account
Of the non payment of annual interest, the
total Of which Is already included in my
biennial report. because there IS no data In
this office by which it may be determined
what forfeitures we're male IN account OF
the decision OF the court declaring such
sales Illegal. and we're. therefore, eutoIo ed
forfcitures. nor Of those which were un
ayoidable an appear "a Icing forfeited
for the non payment VI Interest, without
ANY explanatory notes.
Nor does the statement embrace those
sales which have been cancelled by deeds
n REIMBURSEMENT from the owners 10 the
state.
Both these latter classes Of sales are
deei,Cd b. this department to be concluded
against the purchasers. under the authority |
10 forfeit by the commissioner under the |
general lav.
should the legislature determine 10 open |
his question in order 10 inquire low many |
sales were permitted 10 he forfeited by |
the owners because Of the decision e. the
court eiicctiug their title. would be pleas
ed 10 furnish that list, although this would
involve the same tedious and piotractod IL.
search In order To Hpd these files. scattered
As they are. through many thouspnd sales,
As stated also IN my report. thorc was
paid ca purchases IN principal and interest
1855 IS on the sales OF y $40 acres which
were cancelled by this office under author
ity OF the decision Of the court declaring
an such sales void and under the opinion
of the attorney general. On all these can
ceIlauons, and macy others embraced IN
the list attached certificates were issued
from this Office 90 refund the amounts paid
after approval Of the governor and attorney