Joint Committee to Investigate thePurchase of Blue Ridge Farm proceedings and testimony 1919

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Joint Committee to Investigate thePurchase of Blue Ridge Farm proceedings and testimony 1919

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The Texas Joint Committee ofInvestigation into the Prison Commission and the Lease of the Blue Ridge Farm wascreated in 1919 and held hearings in May and June of that year to investigate thelease by the Texas State Prison Commission of 5,000 acres known as Blue Ridge Farmin Fort Bend County. After oil was discovered on the farm, Governor William P. Hobbyand the prison commissioners signed a release waiving their option to purchase theland and by doing so lost the opportunity to acquire the farm at a figure well belowmarket value. The joint committee was formed to investigate this issue and leasingpractices in general by the Prison Commission. Records of the committee consist of atyped transcript of the proceedings and the testimony heard by the committee fromMay through June 1919.

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