The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 1,443
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Laws of the State of Texas.
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of Texas shall issue, or cause to be issued, to the contractor,
or contractors, who shall open and clear out said river, for
each and every mile of said river so opened, four certificates,
each for six hundred and forty acres of land.
Sec. 5. That the certificates issued to said contractor or
contractors, under the provisions of this act, shall be located
and surveyed in alternate sections; that is to say, for each certificate
two sections of land, of six hundred and forty each,
adjoining, shall be surveyed, and the field notes and maps
thereof returned to the General Land Office, whereupon the
Commissioner of the General Land Office shall number said
sections, and cause to be issued to said contractor or contractors,
or their assignees, patents to the odd sections, the
even sections being reserved to the State for the school fund;
provided, always, that the State of Texas shall not be responsible
for a deficiency of public domain.
Sec. 6. That said contractor, or contractors, shall complete
the work contemplated in section second of this act
by the first day of January, 1875, and shall take no benefit
under this act for work done after that time.
Sec. 7. That the land obtained under the provisions of this
act shall be alienated by said contractor, or contractors, as
follows: one-fourth in eight years, one-fourth in twelve years,
one-fourth in sixteen years, from the date of the certificates;
provided, that the same shall not be sold to any company
or corporation except so far as may be necessary for the
proper use, and necessary for the conducting the business of
such company or corporation, or to any person, firm, or company
in trust for said contractor, or contractors; and a
failure to comply with, or any violation of the provisions of
this section shall work a forfeiture of all lands not alienated
as required by this act.
Sec. 8. That this act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Passed June 2d, 1873.
[Note.-The foregoing act was presented to the Governor
of Texas for his approval on the second day of June,
A. D. 1873, and was not signed by him, or returned
to the house in which it originated, with his objections
thereto, within the time prescribed by the Constitu(1443
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/1445/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .