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Letters of Inquiry Relative to Alleged Vacancies
Letters of Inquiry are correspondence sent by individuals to the Survey Department of the General Land Office to ascertain the presence of unsurveyed public school land also known as a vacancy. The Letters of Inquiry include 7 file cabinet drawers of correspondence and maps, 1919-1930. Each letter contains at least one vacancy inquiry, though many have multiple pages of inquiries. As one of the more esoteric and complicated groups of records, the Letters are only available through appointment in the Research Room. Notice will give staff the time to consult with the Surveying Department to better serve the researcher.Categories
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Lists of Tracts Advertised for Mineral Lease
The Land Commissioner is compelled through various acts of the Texas Legislature to advertise land available for sale or lease to individuals. The Volume includes public bulletins announcing state lands available for purchase or lease.Categories
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Mineral Applications on Advertised Lands
The Registers are records of applications made for the prospecting for and the development of the minerals in the public lands of Texas made available by the passage of SB 357 on March 16, 1917.Categories
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Mineral Leases Records
The Mineral Leases Records record lease information for State lands open to mineral prospecting for the years 1944-2004. Entries include price paid per lease, upfront bonus payment, and individual or corporate lessee.Categories
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Register of Applications to Purchase Public School and Asylum Lands
The Register is a record of applications made for the purchase of public school and ayslum lands made available by the passage of HB 71 on April 19, 1901.Categories
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Register of Applications to Purchase, Prospect and Lease Mineral Lands
The Register is a record of applications made for the prospecting for and the development of the minerals in the public lands of Texas made available by the passage of SB 357 on March 16, 1917.Categories
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Royalty Awards
This brief volume lists the recipients of royalty payments from the State of Texas, 1940-1983.Categories
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Royalty Payments for Mineral Leases on Public School Lands
The Register provides oil and gas (mineral) production information and royalty payments to the State for the years 1933-1934.Categories
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Sadler (Jerry) Newspaper Articles
Newspaper clippings from around Texas documenting the eccentricities and controversies of Jerry Sadler's last years as Land Commissioner. Includes articles upon his death in 1982.Categories
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School Land Classification and Reappraisment
Classifications and reappraisments for school, university and asylums lands were undertaken to determine the value of the lands for sale or lease. Lands were classified and valued based on their natural attributes: agricultural, grazing, timbered, and mineral. Agricultural and grazing lands were further subdivided into watered or dry.The School Land Classification and Reappraisment Records consist of 202 bound volumes and one unbound volume housed in 3 oversized boxes. The Records document work done by different GLO groups at different times from the end of the 19th century through the 1960s.