The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-09

railroad certificates located II ...a.
abai doped. 1000 acres. altar. svu
schcois, ulQic acres. veteran ,ionai,sS7
cafes located In Greer county ana s.l
26l .362 acres: total, 3,236, 722 acres
Total present liabilities In excs.. e. 4,'
domain. 39s.s76 acres. -
X. NJ. Hall. Commits
Austin, septembe, y.
81, ff isso. september l. isSs' and ending ~
Estimated area OF the state $500,
bays. l7o,ssi.2so acres. eAc'u
Liabilities existing August a 10.
sso 100 acres; increased by special at y;
Gates, 1880 acres; total. III, Isl. 43s acra ~ 80
Deduct veteran donation certificrssss I. 81,
turned WITHIN hve years and barrsa ~
acres: deduct Confederate scrin' lrs,.4
part, 7o3, i05 acres; deduct Confcdsysus
date sfeo p Iss $40 SSG al acres total Liabilities
Excess OF public domain over l,h,.
R. NJ Hall. commissIo,u
| Austin, Texas, September =.
For two years ending August 81. Isas
ing the Liabilities of the State on ia ~ ~
douiain: sn0 pa<
Estimated area of the State, erc,,.,..
bays. 110.SS1, ESQ acres. 'sssW
Liabilities existing August a. 10. q
Sso,Bll acres; increase by special All ..
cate, 1880 acres: increase by alterns1sss
veys for common schools, 30s20 arrss, n
crease by homestead claims. POTTER arres
1857, 1881 acres; total, 10 1854 acres
Excess OF public domain over liabilite. !.
666 acres
W. L. MeGaushey. commissious
Austin, Texas, September 4 -.
Approximately, there were within III i,-sJ
of the State Of Texas when the conss,iss
OF 1876 was adopted. 75.96l.277 acres 81 n
located public domain. s'sffI
Since the adoption OF the constitute y
1876, there have been located and sufyss
for various purposes as follows:
i. For building State capitol, 3,050000 ~.
2. For pre-emption and homestead dops,Is.I
claims, 1,S57.S97 acres.
3. For State University, set apart by 4 I
constitution of 1876. 100000 acres
Surveyed for. under act of April 10 IA !
1, 000, 900 acres. IA
Total, 2,UuJ.000 acres.
4. Surveyed and set apart for county ssh.s
purposes, 1,5I5,I2l acres.
&. For common school fund lin ALL, asDsI
600 acres
G. For railroads and other corporation N,
individual purposes. 3l,45o,73o acres. N
T. Sold under act of July H. 1870 ana vi
act OF March 80, 1857 lin ALI, s,2G3, a35 sffys
Making altogether 72,I07 $50 acres which al
duct from the I5,96l.277 acres above nv
toned, and we have 3,S53,69i acres OF MI
surveyed public domain now. on hand.
There have been recovered from the M.
road companies, as will hereinafter be set al
in detail. 1,Ss9.1SO acres.
There have been located and surveyed, al
of the public domain, since the adoption III
the constitution OF 1876. about II, 250,6Si atfn
against which the State common school iuill
got no alternate amount or like quantity.
The separate purposes for which said Ill
250,6s. acres were as follows:
/. For state capitol, 100000 acres.
2. For State University. 1.ooo,0o0 acres.
3. For locations by certificates of the an]
class, 2527SO0 acres.
4. For locations by certificates of the sseoh
class. $3.50 acres.
4. For locations by certificates OF the tttN
class, 145,S6l acres
G. For locations by bounty and donsta
warrants other than veteran donation or
tiflcates. l2l,262 acres
Z. For locations by veteran donation certit
Gates, 1169,3S3 acres.
S. For locations under our presumption al
homestead donation laws 1,S51,S9I acres.
.. OF the 325 leagues which were surveyd
and set apart by the acts of 1881 and lSS3, isl
county school land purposes not INCLUDED b.
item three t3) there remains unapplied Il,
counties 100, 4oi acres.
10. Locations by International aud 0er
Northern railroad certificates issued u
"straights,' that is. where no alts1'sl
amount for the school fund was required 10.
be surveyed, 100000 acres.
Making altogether 11.25v,6S1 acres.
an alternate or like amount.
Andrew J. Baker, Commissioning
From the foregoing 1t will be ohserrN
that certificates were authorized and u
sued for more land than the State M
public domain. But certificates for t.te
eral million acres have been feriei,h
and barred by limitation, because ttH
We're not returned TO the land Office With
the time prescribed by law, or oecause "
double locations.
The attention of your excA.sncy is M
vited to the report of Hon. j. j. Grcos
dated September /, 1876 four months ~
ter the constitution was adopted. Ba
states the estimated area of the State "
be us, 594,5 $50 acres, against which, 1t thal
time, he says, there were ouLstdn ling Ia
bilities aggregating 1892, 240 acres, leay'
ing an area against which thers Is az
claim amounting to 57,6ss@
acres, from which he says should be de
iucted 1852 900 acres of vacant land sl'
lated within the Texas and Pacific resef'
'ation. The correct number Of acres ID
such reservation. as computed and ascy-
aimed by the special com mission WA
he act approved March 2, 1899, is 13.6li-
1880.
In this connection I beg 10 state that hs
Texas and Pacific railway reservation vas
segregated from the general mass Ct pub
ic domain by an act approved May 2, INA
Within this reservation the Texas and "a
life Railway company had the exclusive
light to locate certificates issued to II p
he State, and for every certificate LOCATED
or itself like amount OF land was ESQ
equired to be located by It at tho sans
line for the permanent cchool fund. tAc1
1873. Special Laws of Texas, p. $685.
Therefore, that portion of said ressrya'
on upon which the Texas and Parihe
ailway company was entitled to locate iW
ertihcates. and which was done prior y \
uly II, 1879 must first be ieduoted In or f
er to determine the amount which became
lbject to disposition under other laws,
1t has been definitely ascertained thai
lie amount actually located for itself y
I'D company Is 3,647,720 acres (of whieo
lie State since recovered By SUIT 224G@
res. and which was transferred to ny
edit OF the permanent school fund BY az
10 approved April IS, 1921 and that sara
at the same time located for tns :
school fund 3,64IsS4 acres, G'
'egatins ',295,G04 acres. (See Exhiplb
and b.
Deducting from the amount SO reselvea
y The benefit of said company the anoup, n
tually located by the company for itseI I;
I'd for the permanent school fInd, there
IRE left 6,37S,S44.90 acres of said r.serya' 4
IN which became subject to disposal un' 4
II the act approved July II, 1879, psge ~
neral Laws OF Texas, and as ame1dea
acts approved March II, 1881 sage y, 4
nuary 20, 1888, page 2; April 10. iSs;s
sc IL; March 81, 1885. page lo4; %,
arch 20, 1887. page 81, General Laws os,
xas.