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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the County Recorder shall
furnish a register of all titles to lands which were granted under
former Governments, and transfers of lands which were made under
the same Governments, which titles may be of record, or which
may have been filed for record in their respective counties, on the
first of January of each year; which register shall state the name of
the person to whom the land was oriinally granted, and as nearly as
can be ascertained the present owner, the quantity of land expressed
in the title, and if the title be a transfer-deed, and calls for an undivided
interest, the amount of such interest must be expressed.
Sec. S. Be it further enacted, That the Deputy Surveyors of
every county shall make returns of all surveys made by them within
three months from the date of survey, to the respective County Surveyors;
and it is hereby made the duty of such County Surveyors
to make a full and perfect register of all surveys, which have been
recorded and filed for record. on the first of January of each year;
which register shall, on the first day of February of each year, be
dcelivered by the County Surveyors to the County Court of their
respective counties; which courts shall during the first week in the
month of February of each year, hand over to the Assessor of such
county, the registers of land made out by the County Recorders,
and also. the registers made out by the County Surveyors; whereupon
the Assessor shall immediately proceed to class the land contained
in the registers from the County Recorders, and value or
,estimate the same, bearing in mind that the lowest or minimum
value of any such land is hereby declared to be one dollar per acre,
and that the valuation of all land surveyed and returned by the
'County Surveyors, according to the registers, is hereby fixed at one
-dollar per acre as its minimum valuation, provided, that for the
lpresent year, the returns required for the deputy Surveyors, and
from the County Surveyors shall be respectively made by them in
time for the County Courts to hand them to the Assessors by the
first day of June next ensuing.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the Assessor, so soon
as he shall have received the inventories from the inhabitants of
the county, as provided in the fourth section of this act, and also,
the registers provided for in the foregoing section, he shall compare
the returns made of the lands bv the various individuals,
who have handed in their inventories, with the registers, received
from the County Courts. and if such returns shall not agree with
the reports in the registers, and the difference shall be so marked
and so great as to induce a belief that there has been an attempt( S6)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/190/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .