Education Code § 87.103

Sec. 87.103. CERTAIN LAND IN WALLER COUNTY UNDER CONTROL OF BOARD. (a) The 110 acres, more or less, of land in Waller County near Prairie View A&M University, but not adjoining its campus, conveyed as a gift to the Governor of the State of Texas when the site for then Prairie View Normal and Industrial College was purchased, is placed under the control and supervision of the Board of Directors of The Texas A&M University System for the use and benefit of Prairie View A&M University. (b) The land is described in the deed of record in Record Book 3, pages 496, 497, and 498 of the records of the County Clerk of Waller County as being 110 acres of land off a 320-acre survey patented to the heirs of Solomon Smith No. 276, Vol. 11, the said 110 acres lying on the south side of said 320-acre survey and adjoining the Law Survey and is described by metes and bounds in Decree of Partition in District Court of Austin County in Matters Probate between Helen M. Kirby and the estate of Jared E. Kirby, deceased. (c) The board of directors is authorized to lease the land for oil, gas, sulphur, and other mineral development under existing law applicable to other lands under its control and supervision and to apply the proceeds from such lease to the use and benefit of Prairie View A&M University. Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 570, ch. 229, Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 1975.