  Table A. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OF TEXAS UNDER THE REPUBLIC AND THE STATE Table B. MINERAL ESTATE LEASED MINERAL ESTATE PRODUCING ACREAGE ANNUAL ROYALTY Table A. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acres | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to promote citizenship and to induce immigration. | |||
| By Spain and Mexico | 26,280,000 | ||
| Headrights and bounties | 36,876,492 | ||
| Colonies (Peter’s, et al) | 4,494,806 | ||
| Homesteads (Pre-emptions) | 4,847,136 | ||
| 72,498,434 | |||
| Donations to veterans. | |||
| San Jacinto veterans (Acts of 1879 and 1881) | 1,169,382 | ||
| Confederate veterans (Acts of 1881) | 1,979,852 | ||
| 3,149,234 | |||
| Sold to pay public debts by Republic | 1,329,200 | ||
| 50 cents Sales Scrip Act of 1879 and $2 Sales Scrip Act of 1887 | 1,660,936 | ||
| 2,990,136 | |||
| Internal improvements. | |||
| Irrigation, drainage, canals, industrial, highways, etc. | 4,088,640 | ||
| Grants to railroads | 32,153,878 | ||
| 36,242,518 | |||
| State Capitol Building | 3,025,000 | ||
| 3,025,000 | |||
| Education. | |||
| University of Texas | 2,329,168 | ||
| Public Schools | 42,561,400 | ||
| County Schools | 4,229,166 | ||
| Eleemosynary Institutions | 410,600 | ||
| 49,530,334 | |||
| Total surveyed land | 167,435,656 | ||
| Less conflicts (estimated at ½ of 1%) | 837,256 | ||
| Net acreage in original surveys | 166,598,400 | ||
| Excesses (estimated at approximately 1.1%) | 1,747,600 | ||
| River beds and vacancies (estimated) | 1,091,000 | ||
| Submerged coastal area to 3-league limit | 4,145,674 | ||
| Total | 173,682,674 | ||
Table B.
| MINERAL ESTATE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Acres | |||
| A. Permanent School Fund | |||
| 1. River Beds | 1,000,000.00 | ||
| 2. Unsold surveyed P.F.S.L. | 878,415.00 | ||
| 3. Sold P.F.S.L. with all minerals reserved | 7,281,949.00 | ||
| 4. Free Royalty Lands | 729,339.00 | ||
| 5. Bays and Inlets | 1,536,900.00 | ||
| 6. Area from Coast to 3-League Limit | 2,608,774.00 | ||
| Total | 14,035,377.00 | ||
| B. Permanent University Fund—All Minerals | |||
| 1. Sold | 3,377 | ||
| 2. Unsold | 2,127,700 | 2,131,077.00 | |
| C. A&M Fund | 35,008.00 | ||
| D. East Texas State Teachers’ College Fund | 337.00 | ||
| E. Prison Fund | 73,099.00 | ||
| F. Game & Fish Fund | 69,076.00 | ||
| G. State Parks Board | 30,580.00 | ||
| H. State Hospital and Special Schools | 12,903.00 | ||
| Total acres in Mineral Estate | 16,387,457.00 | ||
| LEASED MINERAL ESTATE | |
|---|---|
| A. School Lands | 4,275,703.00 |
| B. University Lands | 667,496.00 |
| C. A&M Lands | 2,017.00 |
| D. East Texas State Teachers’ College Lands | 337.00 |
| E. Prison Lands | 11,818.00 |
| F. Game & Fish Lands | 2,838.00 |
| G. State Park Lands | 1,531.00 |
| H. State Hospital and Special Schools Lands | 4,634.00 |
| Total Leased Acreage | 4,966,374.00 |
| PRODUCING ACREAGE | |
|---|---|
| A. School Lands | 428,177.00 |
| B. University Lands | 252,230.00 |
| C. A&M Lands | 1,579.00 |
| D. Prison Lands | 5,889.00 |
| E. State Park Lands | 112.00 |
| F. State Hospital and Special Schools Lands | 356.00 |
| Total Leased Acreage | 688,343.00 |
| ANNUAL ROYALTY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period Ending August 31, 1956 | ||||
| Oil | Gas | Total | ||
| A. School Lands | $11,987,467.00 | $2,115,954.00 | $14,103,421.00 | |
| (Other Royalty) | 288,351.00 | |||
| B. University Lands | 13,132,713.00 | 470,650.00 | 13,603,363.00 | |
| C. A&M Lands | 8,664.00 | - 0 - | 8,664.00 | |
| D. Prison Lands | 39,957.00 | 993.00 | 40,950.00 | |
| E. State Park Lands | 56.00 | - 0 - | 56.00 | |
| F. State Hospital and Special Schools Lands | 9,790.00 | - 0 - | 9,790.00 | |
| Total Annual Royalty | $25,178,647.00 | $2,587,597.00 | $28,054,595.00 | |
