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30 GENERAL LAWS.
cents per acre paid to the State at the inception of such lease,
and on which the lessee has paid to the State the sum of ten
cents per acre each year since the date-of such lease or until
production was had thereon, or upon which such payment shall
be made within six months after this Act takes effect, are hereby
validated, and no claim shall be made by the State for the payment
of any bonus or rental thereon in excess of the said sum
of ten cents per acre per annum, and all sales or reservations
of royalty or interest in the oil and gas arising through contracts
heretofore entered into between owners of the soil in reference
to their 15/16 interest in the oil and gas, are hereby ratified and
confirmed. In all cases wherein any claim for rental, or other
payments due the State of Texas under any lease heretofore
executed by the owner of the soil, affecting lands covered by this
Act, shall not have been paid, and shall not be paid within six
months after the passage of this Act, such lease shall forfeit
for non-payment of such consideration or rental, and such forfeiture
shall be in lieu of any claim for such consideration or
rentals.
SEC. 4. The validation of leases and royalty sales heretofore
made shall not be construed to validate any lease or royalty sale
the validity of which is involved in litigation at the time of the
passage of this Act.
SEC. 5. If any part of this Act should ever be held to be unconstitutional,
such holding shall not affect the remaining provisions
thereof.
SEC. 6. In all cases where the owner of the soil shall have
acquired the legal title to 15/16 of the minerals, as provided in
this Act, Articles, 5369, 5370, 5371, 5372, 5373, 5374, 5375, 5376,
5377, 5378 and 5379 shall hereafter not apply.
SEC. 7. All laws, or parts of laws, in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. The fact that continuously after the enactment in
1919 of Chapter 81, General Laws of the 36th Legislature, commonly
known as the Relinquishment Act, said Act was construed
by the General Land Office, by the land owners and the legal
fraternity of Texas as vesting title to 15/16 of the oil and gas
in said land to the owner of the soil, with the reservation to
the State of only 1/16 of the oil and gas as a royalty, and the
further fact that numerous contracts have been made by the
owners of the soil relating to the development of the mineral in
said land, which contracts have been based on the foregoing construction
of said law, and the further fact that said construction
has become a rule of property between citizens, based on
their belief in the good faith of the State, as expressed by the
Legislature and the heads of Departments; and for the State to
disturb conditions now would lead to endless litigation and destroy
many industries, and confuse numerous land titles, and
force many of the citizens into bankruptcy, and would prevent
and delay the development of the mineral lands of this State,
thereby causing the public school fund to lose much revenue, all
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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/m1/476/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .