The public land system of Texas, 1823-1910

Reuben Mckitrick

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mMl lif iMWt:i.»aH'j)''f. Mnnent and of andthe bonded debt of the state as fast as the same became due "^^ payable. So urgent was the necessity for selling this land that "any person, firm or corporation" desiring to purchase it was authorized to do upon having it surveyed by a publicso not sold, however, in tracts ofsurveyor. The land could be more than 640 acres. As a source of revenue, this method of disposition was not a very important one, especially when the results that were ob- under it compared with the debt it was expected totained are records of the general land office show thathelp liquidate. The sold under law mentioned aboveonly 3,321,873.72 acres were the These salesand two similar statutes which supplemented it. wasthe treasury $1,769,572.79, one-half of whichbrought into •• Quoted in Gouge, Fiscal History Texas, p. 180.of 466.»' Sayles, Early Laws of Texas, 2: 452 and »>Wooten, op. cit. 2: 218. "Act Civil Statutes, 2: 681.of July H, 19,19, [86] McKITRICK—THE PUBLIC LAND SYSTEM OF TEXAS 87 transferred to the school fund.^* Fewer than one million dol- less than one-fifth the amount needed, were available,lars, of therefore, for application to the public debt. Its policy, how- ever, was severely criticized as "selfish," "unwise," "unstates- ' ' ' manlike and gross injustice reserved vast body' 'a ' because it a of lands for the satisfaction of a public debt then existing and deprived holders of valid certificates land of any chance forfor their satisfaction.

Sujets

• Texas
• Public land

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

Wooten, op. cit. 2: 218. "Act Civil Statutes, 2: 681.of July H, 19,19, [86] McKITRICK—THE PUBLIC LAND SYSTEM OF TEXAS 87 transferred to the school fund.^* Fewer than one million dol- less than one-fifth the amount needed, were available,lars, of therefore, for application to the public debt. Its policy, how- ever, was severely criticized as "selfish," "unwise," "unstates- ' ' ' manlike and gross injustice reserved vast body' 'a ' because it a of lands for the satisfaction of a public debt then existing and deprived holders of valid certificates land of any chance forfor their satisfaction." />

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?:^ipdBULLETIN
OF THE
UNIVERSITYOFWISCONSIN
SERIESECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
VOLUME IX
1918
MADISON. WISCONSINH
v,^
CONTENTS
Page
No. 1. The public land system of Texas, 1823-1910, by Reuben
McKitrick 1
No. 2; The immunity of private property from capture at sea, by
Harold Scott Quigley 173
No. 3. Fair value—economic and legal principles, by Heiskell
Bryan Whaling 373
The Economics and Political Science Series the Bulletinof of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin is discontinued with Vol. IX. In the future papers thisof
nature will be published in the University Wisconsinof Studies in the Social
Sciences and History.
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