. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . assed and the Governorapproved, a compromise act which the company , it was far more liberal to the company than would havebeen possible, but for the great desire to avoid any possibleground for further interference of the Federal governmentwith the domestic and internal affairs of Texas. It grantedto the railroad company twenty sections of land, in lieu ofState bonds, for every mile of road then or thereafter only this, but it relieved them of taxes on the lands sogranted, for a period of twenty-five years. And yet more
. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . assed and the Governorapproved, a compromise act which the company , it was far more liberal to the company than would havebeen possible, but for the great desire to avoid any possibleground for further interference of the Federal governmentwith the domestic and internal affairs of Texas. It grantedto the railroad company twenty sections of land, in lieu ofState bonds, for every mile of road then or thereafter only this, but it relieved them of taxes on the lands sogranted, for a period of twenty-five years. And yet more !Contrary to the settled policy of the State from the beginning,ranking next in public esteem to the homestead legislation, itrelieved them of the obligation to sectionize the public lands,they taking every alternate section, and the State setting apartthe other alternate sections as a part of the public free schoolfund ; and allowed them to select their lands in solid bodies —a concession only justified by its advocates to escape
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