78S41271 PAM-D


By:  Hughes                                                     H.J.R. No. 11 

Substitute the following for H.J.R. No. 11:                                   

By:  Mowery                                                 C.S.H.J.R. No. 11 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by 
relinquishing and releasing any state claim to sovereign ownership 
or title to interest in certain land.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 2C to read as follows:
	Sec. 2C.  (a)  The State of Texas relinquishes and releases 
any claim of sovereign ownership or title to an interest in and to 
the land, including mineral rights, described as follows:

The said tract of land is situated in Upshur County, Texas, about 14 
miles South 30 degrees east from Gilmer, the county seat, and is 
bounded as follows: Bound on the North by the J. Manning Survey, 
A-314 the S.W. Beasley Survey A-66 and the David Meredith Survey 
A-315 and bound on the East by the M. Mann Survey, A-302 and by the 
M. Chandler Survey, A-84 and bound on the South by the G. W. Hooper 
Survey, A-657 and by the D. Ferguson Survey, A-158 and bound on the 
West by the J. R. Wadkins Survey, A-562 and the H. Alsup Survey, 
A-20, the David Ferguson Survey, A-158, the Sarah Harrell Survey 
A-200 and by the W. Bratton Survey, A-57 and the G. H. Burroughs 
Survey, A-30 and the M. Tidwell Survey, A-498 of Upshur County, 
Texas.
	(b)  This section is self-executing.                                    
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held September 11, 
2004.  The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against 
the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing for the 
clearing of land titles by relinquishing and releasing any state 
claim to sovereign ownership or title to interest in certain land in 
Upshur County."