A Description of Western Texas: Pub. by the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company, the Sunset Route |
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... Farming and gardening are considered more profitable in Harris than in some more distant counties , where the land is more productive . There are some twenty or more saw - mills on Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto river , employed in ...
... Farming and gardening are considered more profitable in Harris than in some more distant counties , where the land is more productive . There are some twenty or more saw - mills on Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto river , employed in ...
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... class of cattle raisers usually conduct the business upon a farm or ranche , where their families live , and where they raise crops of corn and other products , from which their support is derived until 12 Guide to Western Texas .
... class of cattle raisers usually conduct the business upon a farm or ranche , where their families live , and where they raise crops of corn and other products , from which their support is derived until 12 Guide to Western Texas .
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... farm and become quite gentle . About the first of March they commence dropping their calves . The owner then rides about every few days , seeking the cows with young calves . These he drives up , and puts the calves into a large pen ...
... farm and become quite gentle . About the first of March they commence dropping their calves . The owner then rides about every few days , seeking the cows with young calves . These he drives up , and puts the calves into a large pen ...
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... farm , and all belonging to its owner left , and so on until the whole is disposed of ; and at each a fair proportion of the " mavericks " are also . This term is used to desig- nate such yearlings as follow no particular branded cow ...
... farm , and all belonging to its owner left , and so on until the whole is disposed of ; and at each a fair proportion of the " mavericks " are also . This term is used to desig- nate such yearlings as follow no particular branded cow ...
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... farming counties in the State , the soil being generally very pro- ductive . The average yield is of corn from thirty to forty bushels , and of cotton from one - half to one and one - half bales to the acre . The principal productions ...
... farming counties in the State , the soil being generally very pro- ductive . The average yield is of corn from thirty to forty bushels , and of cotton from one - half to one and one - half bales to the acre . The principal productions ...
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Page 111 - And no law shall ever be enacted appropriating any part of the permanent or available school fund to any other purpose whatever; nor shall the same, or any part thereof, ever be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian school; and the available school fund herein provided shall bo.
Page 112 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property, and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife in relation as well to her separate property as to that held in common with her husband. Laws shall also be passed providing for the registration of the wife's separate property.
Page 113 - On the death of the husband or wife, or both, the homestead shall descend and vest in like manner as other real property of the deceased, and shall be governed by the same laws of descent and distribution...
Page 111 - State for educational purposes are of right the property of said counties respectively to which they were granted, and title thereto is vested in said counties, and no adverse possession or limitation shall ever be available against the title of any county. Each county may sell or dispose of its lands, in whole or in part, in manner to be provided by the commissioners
Page 113 - ... the homestead in a city, town or village, shall consist of lot or lots, not to exceed in value five thousand dollars at the time of their designation as the homestead, without reference to the value of any improvements thereon ; provided, that the same shall be used for the purposes of a home, or as a place to exercise the calling or business of the head of a family ; provided, also, that any temporary renting of the homestead shall not change the character of the same, when no other homestead...
Page 112 - No mortgage, trust deed or other lien on the homestead shall ever be valid, except for the purchase money therefor, or improvements made thereon, as hereinbefore provided, whether such mortgage or trust deed or other lien shall have been created by the husband alone or together with his wife; and all pretended sales of the homestead involving any condition of defeasance shall be void.
Page 112 - ... the taxes due thereon, or for work and material used in constructing improvements thereon, and in this last case only when the work and material are contracted for in writing, with the consent of the wife, given in the same manner as is required...
Page 97 - The homestead of a family not to exceed two hundred acres of land, (not included in a town or city,) or any town or city lot or lots, in value not to exceed two thousand dollars, shall not be subject to forced sale...
Page 97 - To every head of a family, who has not a homestead, there shall be donated one hundred and sixty acres of land, out of the public domain, upon the condition that he will select, locate, and occupy the same for three years, and pay the office fees on the same.
Page 111 - ... valuation; and no county, city or town shall levy more than twenty-five cents for city or county purposes, and not...