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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{PAGENAME}} of the Texas Constitution (discussion page)}}Texas Legal Guide (texaslegalguide.com) is currently under construction.<br /> <br /> This page is available for comment and discussion regarding the page &#039;&#039;{{PAGENAME}} of the Texas Constitution&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> == review ==<br /> <br /> Submerged lands, as lands under navigable waters, were held in trust for the people by the<br /> state, and could be sold only by the legislature. Lorino v. Crawford Packing Co., 175 S.W.2d 410,<br /> 413 (Tex. 1943); City of Galveston v. Mann; 143 S.W.2d 1028, 1033-34 (Tex. 1940); State v.<br /> Bradford, 50 S.W.2d 1065,1069-70 (Tex. 1932)<br /> <br /> Consistent with article VII, section 4, land belonging to the Permanent School Fund “must be<br /> sold and may be disposed of only by sale.” Weatherly v. Jackson, 71 S.W.2d 259,266 (Tex. 1934).<br /> “Article [VII], [slection 4 . . . says that Public School Lands ‘shall be sold.’ There must be a sale;<br /> otherwise, one collides with the constitutional prohibition of gifts of public lands.”<br /> <br /> Cobra Oil &amp; Gas Corp. v. Sadler, 447 S.W.2d 887,898 (Tex. 1969). The state may not dispose of Permanent School<br /> Fund land by gift. See Wheeler v. Stanolind Oil h Gas Co., 252 S.W.2d 149, 152 (Tex. 1952)<br /> <br /> Empire Gas &amp; Fuel Co. v. State, 47 S.W.2d 265, 275 (Tex. 1932)</div>

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