Texas § CV.7 - DETERMINATION BY BOARD

§ CV.7. DETERMINATION BY BOARD

DETERMINATION BY BOARD; PROCLAMATION; TIME FOR APPLICATION. The Land Board, upon the passage of this Act, is authorized to determine when such lands are available for purchase, and said Board shall by proper proclamation give notice to all persons desiring to file an application to purchase said land, by causing such proclamation to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in each county in which any part of said lands may be located, and by filing a copy of such proclamation with the County Clerk of each such county. Applications to purchase such lands shall be filed with the Commissioner of the General Land Office within four months from and after the last publication, and if said claims are not filed within said time an additional filing fee of Ten (10¢) Cents per acre shall be required. No land shall be patented or sold under the provisions of this Act unless claimed and applied for within twelve months after the publication of said proclamation, and the proclamation shall so state. Acts 1931, 42nd Leg., p. 311, ch. 185. Amended by Acts 1941, 47th Leg., p. 242, ch. 170, Sec. 1; Acts 1951, 52nd Leg., p. 298, ch. 177, Sec. 1. Sec. 6 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.54, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Art. 5330b. SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS ALONG WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN TEXAS BOUNDARY AUTHORIZED. From and after the effective date of this Act all public lands in this State situate along the western boundary of the State of Oklahoma and the eastern boundary of the State of Texas and along the 100th degree of west longitude, found to be in the State of Texas by final decree of the Supreme Court of the United States entered March 17, 1930, in the case of the State of Oklahoma vs. the State of Texas, the United States of America, intervenor, theretofore claimed by Oklahoma but now located in Lipscomb, Hemphill, Wheeler, Collingsworth and Childress Counties, are to be offered for sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 5330A , Revised Civil Statutes of Texas Acts 1931, Forty-second Legislature, Page 311, Chapter 185. Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 478, Sec. 1. Art. 5337-2. EXECUTION IN FAVOR OF NUECES COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 4 FOR WATER SUPPLY.