Texas General Land Office
Texas General Land Office
Texas General Land Office
Agency Information
The General Land Office (GLO) was established on December 22, 1836, by the First Congress of the Republic of Texas. The Office was originally responsible for managing the public domain by collecting and keeping records, providing maps and surveys and issuing land titles. On entering the Union in 1845, Texas’ constitution charged the General Land Office with the supervision and management of the state’s millions of acres of public lands. Since then GLO duties have evolved, but its core mission remains managing state lands and mineral-right properties totaling 20.3 million acres.
Texas Veterans Land Board Records, 1968-2019
Veterans Land Board
Creator: Texas. Veterans’ Land Board
Title: Texas Veterans Land Board records
Dates: 1968-2019
Abstract: The Texas Veterans Land Board was created by the Texas Legislature in 1946 in an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the State of Texas as the executors of the Veterans Land Fund, created in the same amendment. The board uses bond funding for programs to help Texas veterans purchase land and homes and make home improvements, oversees Texas State Veterans Homes that provide long-term nursing care, and manages Texas State Veterans Cemeteries. These Texas Veterans Land Board records consist of meeting agendas, minutes, exhibits, information about bonds, lists of land parcels for sale, publications, and press releases, dating 1968-2019.
