The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-02-18
WHEN LEASES ARE OUT.
Land Commissioner Terrell Has Com
piled a List to Come on Mar
ket By First of June.

husbln, feD. l4.-PersOnS reSld-
ing IN territories where Texas
school lands are located have been
able to learn of the expiration of
leases on such lands, and to ar
range to purchase same if they so
desired. 1t has been difficult,
however, for persons residing in
other counties to obtain such in
formation. In view of the wide
interest in these lands throughout
Texas rs well as in other states,
and also in view of the fact that
a bi!I has been introduced in the
legislature 20 abolish the absolute
lease line, and throw all the state
school lands open to settlement,
the statement now given out by
Hon. John J. Terrell, Commits
sloner of the General Land Office,
doubtless will be widely appreci-
ated. The statement in full is
published below.
This department is flooded
with requests for information as
to what lands will soon come on
the market. The volume of other
current work is too great to per-
init a compliance with such in
qulries. For the benefit of those
desiring such information, and in
order that everyone wanting to
buy land may have some definite
information and an equal chance,
| have compiled and an equal
chance, | have compiled list of
all lands which will, by reason of
expiring leases, come on the mar
ket from now to June /, this year.
Unless the present Legislature
should change the law so as to be
effective before the leases expire,
these lands will be open to sale to
actual settlers on the day after
the date given each lease for eXpi-
ration. The land will be, under
the law, open to sale for sixty days
after the lease expires. The class
ltication and price of this land can
be obtained from the clerk of the
proper county at the time it is
subject to sale. The list below
gives the lease number, section,
block (f any, grantee, certif-
cate, acres in each tract, county
where located and date such lease
expires. This might not be nee
essary, but great deal of COM
plant comes TO this office to the
effect that homeseekers are unable
to get satisfactory information
from the county clerks records,
with whom every application to
purchase must be filed under the
present law. To buy this land
one must select his home tract,
become an actual settler thereon,
then file his application to pur-
chase at classification and price
shown by county clerks record,
paying the clerk 81 as filing fee
and deposit with him one-fortleth
of the value of the land applied
for, and give his note to the state
for the unpaid purchase money at
3 per cent interest. Then the
purchaser must live on the home
tract the next three years. Pur
chasers have forty years IN which
to pay for this land"
The list given below is incom-
plete but gives all counties in the
Press territory:
The list was published in Sum
days Dallas News.
CROCKETT AND VAL VERDE COUNTIES
Lease No. % 1850 expires March
%, 1903. All the lands compre-
bonded in this lease are contained
in block A of grant to Texas Cen
tral Railway. The sections each
contain $40 acres, as follows:
Sec. Is, cert. 1876; Sec. 20, cert.
1917; Sec. 86, cert. POS; Sec. 80,
cert. 212; Sec. go, cert. 2l7; Sec.
"a, cert. PIG; Sec. 66, cert. 22O;
Sec. ~, cert. DOB.
Lease No. 23,88S expires April
23, 1903; Sec. II, blk, X l., cert.
1891, granted to c., c. ~ 5. F.
Ry., $40 acres.
EDWARDS COUNTY.
Lease No. %, 096 expires March
81. 1903: Secs. 66 and 1914, certs.
sob and 6l7 respectively, granted
c., c., S d. & r. G. n. g., each
containing $40 acres.
Lease No. 28,315 expires April
%, 1903: Sec. 272, cert. 1871,
granted G. G. S. ID, & r. G., n.
c., POI acres; sec. s, blk. A 3,
cert. 2059, granted c., IL, & 5. A.
Ry., $40 acres.
Lease No. 2B,B16 expires April
%, 1908: Sec, "a, blk, A B, cert,