The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-21
rx.coNrEpEnATH CERTIFICATES.
Proposition to validate Locations Oh
Land Under Them Reviewed.

Lind Under Them RcrfeWe".
Austin. Texas February 20.-There oe'ns
a proposition pending before the Legislature
to validate locations of school land maze
on certificates issued to ex-Conleoerates
under the act granting them lsso acres vi
| land II is worth while going into details
and figuring on the extent to which the
| State is interested in the matter
nh. scboo, fund comes In on the deal to
| tho eytent of /. 9O1, 900 acres, from when IL
| Ia deriving no revenue owing to the stay
| TON decision declaring the surveys thereoi
| illegal and practically tying up That area
until 1t can be released by legislative &c
| ton. A fair idea of what said fund Is miss
| ing while this land remains in It's present
conaitjon can be arrived at by considering
| that under lease those .90l. 900 acres wouid
| have brought $4,000 for the past TWO
wears. and that II the present legislature
refuses to validate. the same amount VIII
| be lost for the next two years, making To-
tai of s22s,o00
| AT 81 first payment for last two
| years would have been. Ss3,o'z
| Al 81 first payment for next Two
years will be ....................' $500
r..., .slS7, 14i
At SO first payment for last TWO
wears would have been ......... SlSIl44
All 81 first payment for next two
II years will be ....'.......'' io''if
ro,., 1914 ,2ss
AiS o. ,bo above first payment. -. 1S7,1i4
Amount lost in first payments, a..
! without valuation ..........'sooi'fo -
, Interest lost in last two years on
deferred payments at 81 per acre 900 oo'
Interest lost in next two years on ,,o-,
+; deferred payments at 81 per acre oo'"''
E Ma, $780,
:, = Interest lost in last two years on
: deferred payments at 81 per acre'Sioo''i IL
, Interest lost In next two years OH ,o. -.
: deferred payments at 50 per acre. l3o'h'
i, Loss In interest on failure TO vail 1850 -,
"a date ..-.... 49,
y. Loss in interest at 81 per acre, .,
four years deferred paymentsSl5o'ha "
n Loss in interest on first pay ,,- n
!, ments, four years at sl....'.. 5000 :
It ma, SAG OCT o
e sama 70 sold at 80 1922 ,lSS 4
y The trouble with the lands located unue
" the Confederate certificates sought 10 ~
70 validated is that the sections surVeSeu ~
- the school fund were not contiguous ,no, =, +
/, to- The act providing for the gram W.
not specifically require contiguity' but Jus
lice Stavton. when the question was raise
before the supreme court. held tnat IN !"
absence Of specific declaration that SUI
: contisuity was not necessary. the CUSTOM
ary statutory requirements in that parue
A. uIar must he observed.
A few months ago the supreme cour' ne ~
l. that where a section had been located 10
p a holder Of Confederate certificate an
ID another for the school fund, said section ne
n being contiguous. a division oil eaen seo ,,,,
between the state and the locator t,n
Ct State to elect which portion 1t would ,an,
Ig would fulfill the requirement OF contisui,,.
g but as there is no authority under VINE
the land commissioner can incur me ~
pense necessary to determining which POI
ne ton of a section shall be reserved TOT "
Sc school fund, no such divisions as are cor
templated by the decision referred 10 nay
= been made. ..
10 As a matter Of fact, the Intention OF "
Is legislature which passed the act giving e,
re- Confsderatcs the land In controversy was
ne do away with the requirement OF con.'eu
v ~. az at the same time the passage .. r.
" act contiguous sections Of much value ~
a. become somewhat scarce.