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Acquittance and Excess Acreage Registers
The Deed of Acquittance Register is an index of those land owners who have been granted a Deed of Acquittance for excess acreage by the General Land Office. This volume is the only extant register and covers 1960-1983. The Excess Acreage Log records where and how much land is in excess, 1965-1999.Categories
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Advertisements for Lands and Leases coming on the Market
The Land Commissioner is compelled through various acts of the Texas Legislature to advertise land available for sale or lease to individuals. The records contain advertisements for the following: Oil and Gas leases on University Lands, Submerged Oil and Gas areas, and School Lands.Categories
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Advertisements for Public Lands for sale on Mustang Island
The Land Commissioner is compelled through various acts of the Texas Legislature to advertise land available for sale or lease to individuals. The records contain advertisements for the sale of land on Mustang Island.Categories
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Agents Reports
Similar to a clerk return, the Agent Reports document the legitimacy of those who had received a land grant certificate. The records are incomplete and document only 1838-1839 and it is believed that they were used to inform the clerk returns filed at the GLO.Categories
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Asset Management Records
The Asset Management Division of the General Land Office was created in 1985 to manage the public lands of the state of Texas for the benefit of the Permanent School Fund. Asset Management Records consist of state land reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, publications, maps, pamphlets, land patents, and questionnaires.Categories
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Attorney General Opinions of Texas Public Lands
Attorney General Opinions contains official opinions of the Texas Attorney General on the interpretation of the law regarding public lands.Categories
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Board of Veterans Journal
The Board of Veterans Records include 2 items. The Board of Veterans Journal is a summary of the review and approval or rejection of applicants by the board created by the Acts of 1879 and 1881. The Abstract of Claims is a loose collection of spreadsheet pages with one column for the "name of applicant" and a second for "action of Board."Categories
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Boards of Land Commissioners Records
County boards of land commissioners kept a record of their proceedings as they went about their business of issuing headright certificates to eligible applicants. The Traveling Board was created in 1840 to audit the certificates issued by the County Boards of Land Commissioners with a focus on disqualifying certificates found to be fraudulent. The records documenting the work of the County Boards of Land Commissioners contains four document boxes and five published volumes.Categories
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Coastal Resources Records
The federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) gave coastal states financial incentives, through federal funding, to establish environmentally-friendly coastal management programs in order to “preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations” (CZMA ’76). This prompted the Texas General Land Office, under the leadership of Commissioner Bob Armstrong, to begin studying and surveying the Texas Coastal Zone, identifying ecological, economical and social issues within it, holding public hearings to discuss and establish a coastal management plan, and finally, applying for program approval to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Department of Commerce.The Texas Coastal Management Program is well-documented by applications, correspondence, published reports and meeting minutes. Also included are a brief program history, resolutions, audits, procedures, newsletters, research files, floppy disks, video tape, and slides.
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Commissioner's Reports
The Commissioner Reports are a collection of annual and biennial reports summarizing the activities of the General Land Office (1837-2012).Categories
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Energy Resources Records
The Texas General Land Office earns money for the Permanent School Fund (PSF). One of its primary responsibilities is leasing the state's vast land and mineral holdings for energy and mineral development with the proceeds going into the PSF to help finance K-12 education in Texas.The Energy Resources Collection contains correspondence, legal records and computer-generated reports detailing what State-owned tracts of land have been leased; by whom; and what fees were owed to the GLO.
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Garry Mauro Papers
The political life of four term commissioner of the Texas Land Office Garry Mauro, as seen through office documents, photos, and Christmas cards sent to his supporters.Categories
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Hard Mineral Patents
A listing of hard mineral patents granted to various energy companies.Categories
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Historical Budgets Records
Every biennium, the Texas Legislature sets the budget for the Texas General Land Office (GLO) based on previous budgets, General Revenue collected by the State and budgetary documents provided by the GLO.The Historical Budgets Collection contains reports used to determine the Texas General Land Office's (GLO) biennial budget: Operating Budgets, 1986-2008; Legislative Budget Requests, 1976-2011; Performance and funds management reports, 1979-1999; Strategic Plans, 1992-2013