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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION. 29
other minerals on, in or under said land and pay the sum of one
per cent per acre for each acre contained in said tract or tracts,
which sum shall be credited to the proper fund. Upon receipt of
such application and payment, the Commissioner of the General
Land Office is authorized and required to issue an award to
show the acceptance of this provision by the owner. Such an
award shall clearly set forth that the owner of the soil, his heirs
and assigns, is the owner of the legal and equitable title to 15/16
of the minerals subject to the balance, if any, due the State of
Texas on the original purchase price, and that the State's reserved
interest consists of a royalty interest of 1/16 of all minerals
that may be produced and saved on said land, free and clear
of any expenses or charges for development. Upon the issuance
of patent, same shall include 15/16 of the minerals and shall expressly
provided that 1 16 royalty only is reserved to the State.
The enlargement of the original sale to include 15/16 of the minerals
by the owner of an interest in said land shall inure to the
benefit of all of the owners thereof.
SEC. 2. The owner of land sold by the State with mineral reservation,
or mineral clasification, and of mineral rights acquired
under the term of this Act, is hereby authorized on his
own behalf and as agent for the State as to the royalty reserved
by the State to develop said minerals, or to sell or lease said
land for oil and gas and other mineral development and production,
to contract for such development, or to develop and produce
said minerals on such terms as such owner may deem
proper, and without further action by or on behalf of the State,
subject only to the condition that the lessee and producer of said
minerals shall deliver to the State 1/16 part of said oil or gas
or other minerals so produced and saved, free of cost in the pipe
line to which said oil or gas wells are connected, and at the
mouth of the mine in the event any other mineral is produced.
Such leases may be made by the owner, his heirs, successors, or
assigns, or by any personal representative of said owner or his
heirs appointed by any Court of Competent Jurisdiction. All
leases so made shall be assignable in whole or in part. No development,
contract, lease, or assignment executed hereunder
shall be binding on the State until said instrument, or a copy
thereof, is filed in the General Land Office. Whenever the commencement
of development for the discovery and production of
oil, gas or other minerals shall begin, written notice thereof shall
be immediately filed with the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, both by the owner of the land and by the lessee; similar
notices shall be given when production begins or is obtained.
All royalties and other payments to the State under this Law
shall be paid to the State through the Commissioner of the
General Land Office in Austin, Texas.
SEC. 3. All sales and leases of oil and gas that have heretofore
been in good faith made by the owner of the soil as heretofore
authorized, and in which 1/16 of the oil and gas has been
reserved as a royalty to the State of Texas, and the sum of ten
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/475/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .