The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-19
h LAND MATTERS
| .,,,pt Letter from Land CON-
uIssieasr ROsan.
y, 4 slIvDLY SELL SCHOOL LANDS
Ease Them Until They
~ u .,yy Classified and a
y ~. FIXED ON Them.

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.... August 1s.--The follow
S0A :, important and self-expiana
r. :. has been made publ
',,ssiouer of the general lan'
~ lakewood, Maria, Texas:
w r w. August l7.--Dear Sir:
% ssr q recent date desiring les, I'M 90 20 k nn y
sit,! ssr Il Of senate bill No. ~. pas s
s.nsral laws of Texas, passed D!
my.sixth legislature, commonly
rsuy ha Turney bill, and as to thu
~ = rS was duly received.
Ebs us Y, ,hs fact that the law does mo-
'l's ss !. until the Goth instant, ant
W NV, ~ lime has been SO hard presses
'ss ~ nnblIc duties which could no
cns, has prevented an earlier re-
-, !, ths bill is as follows: ar
Nv y. spart and appropriate to the
school fund of the state OF
'n,p' y the lands heretofore or here
=. .rsrsd from railway companies Oh
l s,ons Arms or corporations; and
~ ior the disposition of the same.
'' or,n,lty Of land covered by this act
a, ss more than 1,29O,o acres. This
Y. narer been classified. nor valued
. ~, ON the records of the land Of
r PAIN This is done none OF 1t can be
Y y an he leased, but leases can not
w.,asd until the department finds
v.v bv which 1t can get 1t OF record
=, ioinr the very best we can with
,r,,sa force at our command to get
Iva nlaced of record, but to do so
.,r system. and to get it properly
E.ssd and valued and put on the mar
~ saIe, would require the services OF
|,,,l clerks for several months.
1, M connection, for the information
-,rrsslf as we'll as for all others inter-
4 M you seem to think the only
I, NOW lacking for both sales and
y Of this land to be made is to wait
IN law to take effect), beg to inform
ma, the legislature imposed this and
i ouerous duties on the land office
Aout providing this department with
silent force to perform the work.
nm time immemorial to 1897 the land
4 vas provided with a working force
frm ffty-six to sixty men. From 1893
IN our people suffered from the double
ID Of panic and continued drouths.
i could make nothing on their farms
he State was making comparatively
uies and leases. Although the Of
nd working force of fifty-six men,
rincipal work from 1898 to 1897 was in
Wing sales and leases of people who
! compelled to abandon their pur-
Is situated in the Panhandle and west
part Of the State. During this lull in
business affairs of the State it was
ned necessary to reduce the force in the
D " thirty-seven men. For the past
FEARS fairly good crops have been
) 10 the State. Rains have made pas
n better and In greater demand.
h have materially increased in value.
" matters are much easier. Lands in
Panhandle and In West Texas again
ne 10 great demand and the demand |
been steadily increasing for the past
% months. The demands on the land
are daily Increasing and the bust
o. the Office is said to be greater now
= has been since the boom in 1889,
y the legislature seemed to think the
an do the work with thirty-nine
Which formerly required the services
ON fity-six to sixty to do, to say
% Of the additional duties imposed by
10 last session. Until this land is
ny classified and valued 1t would be
coal policy towards the permanent
iund to sell 1t. 1t would be crop
lne dark--a policy that no sane man
acopt with his own property, and
saall not do with the public school
" unnecessary for me to state
VIII not arbitrarily declare all of
aaa dry grazing" and place it on
aAet al 81 per acre, the minimum
lled by law, for that would probably
y permanent school fund a half mil
Oaais In making sales / want to
sAal am selling, and that am get
naiue, whatever that is. There
~ 'n'n ! can DO better, / am going to
:, o. this land as early as practical
.vp' ,ne territory known as "biock
Ts IN Borden and Scurry coun-
~ later will be reserved from
+ ssie ior the present as soon as it
!, ,, nu because of the great de-
y, y purchase and settlement on that
! ! nave read the law, you will have
: ,nM where parties purchased and
~ 10y OF this land from the parties
n, uvin ~ was recovered, that the
s h. neither be leased nor sold, pro-
"a Of the act.
,s,. VI the act gives for thirty days
-sust 20 to lessees of the corpora
i,' from whom the State re-
IN ,u'a n land the right to lease the
~, ae state; provided they will
~ uelr applications:
an original leases from the les
.ha. with their receipts or copies {
i living VINE when and for what time J
81 same. Spora''on TOT
"a -, tssreement in writing that they J
4 ar re state treasurer for the BEN
Az variable school fund, when no
~ by the land commissioner.
STAT, oe que the State from the ;
Ap.Ms. recovered the same 10 the :
IN ''' 1893, at cents per acre
for easement e to pay to the State 8
bact ne use OF the available school $
hool ,. tease due the State on any
whi iahd upon which he has NOT
thsm mas been used or en- +
!, Of q the act further provides =,
L psfson, prior to the recovery "
orr.s Of this land from the nor. n
,ot na,a claiming ownership. Il
for r n, Tor same, he shall buve Il
and ely days to file his proof 81
cona,tp,urchase same under the a
'''ons prescribed by the gem u
nfor 4nd Is SO great for this char g
nsws- a.ion. and for the want OF a.
4 n, ~ full all replies. t,u will 81
n swing this publicity. very n
nI,,,. Charles Rogan. Il
u. s'.s'oner General Land ia. h
A.. sn with the above it may be !. -
! y mat article Sb of the act :
4 TITLE Off in one OF it's pro-