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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment releasing the state's claim of |
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ownership or title to certain land in Lee County. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 14, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 2 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2. (a) The State of Texas relinquishes and releases any |
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claim of sovereign ownership or title to any part of the tract of |
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land, including mineral interests, described by metes and bounds in |
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the Warranty Deed dated and filed on November 27, 1944, in Volume |
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89, page 199, of the Deed Records of Lee County as follows: |
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Beginning at the southeast corner of the Scott Homestead on |
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the Old Austin and Brenham Road; Thence N. 19 W. 900 varas to a stake |
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for corner from which a Post Oak marked X bears N. 84 W. -- varas; |
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Thence S. 80 W. 1677 varas to a stone for corner from which a Post |
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Oak bears N. 88 E. 9-1/2 varas; Thence South 30 West 337 varas to a |
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stone for corner from which a Post Oak marked X. bears south 40 east |
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12 varas; Thence S. 19 E. 522 varas to the Old Austin and Brenham |
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road; Thence with said road at about North 80 E. 1380 varas to the |
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place of beginning, containing about Two Hundred and Fifteen acres |
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of land, more or less. |
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(b) Title to the interest in the tract of land and minerals |
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described by Subsection (a) of this section is confirmed to the |
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person who, on the effective date of this section, holds the land |
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under color of title that originated under the deed described by |
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Subsection (a) of this section. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment releasing the claim of |
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the State of Texas of sovereign ownership or title to any part of a |
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certain tract of land in Lee County that has been held under color |
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of title that originated under a deed filed on November 27, 1944." |