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Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Alamo Library Items
Source: Associated Press
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Over Alamo Library Items
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Jun 24, 2016, 2:51 PM ET
A group that served as guardian of the Alamo for more than a century and the Texas General Land Office reached a settlement Friday in a dispute over ownership of about 38,000 books and artifacts that had been kept at the Texas shrine.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas filed suit in March 2015 after the agency headed by George P. Bush declared the state owned the organization's private library collection. Bush also had announced he was ending the group's management of the downtown San Antonio landmark. The Daughters began caring for the Alamo in 1905, raised money in 1945 to build the library and then donated it to the state.
Under terms of the agreement, the state agency drops any ownership claims to the library collection and pays $200,000 to cover legal fees of the Daughters.
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The collection of books, maps, flags and other artifacts used by researchers is being moved from the Alamo grounds to the Texas A&M-San Antonio campus. It had been at the Alamo more than 70 years.
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By MICHAEL GRACZYK, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Jun 24, 2016, 2:51 PM ET
A group that served as guardian of the Alamo for more than a century and the Texas General Land Office reached a settlement Friday in a dispute over ownership of about 38,000 books and artifacts that had been kept at the Texas shrine.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas filed suit in March 2015 after the agency headed by George P. Bush declared the state owned the organization's private library collection. Bush also had announced he was ending the group's management of the downtown San Antonio landmark. The Daughters began caring for the Alamo in 1905, raised money in 1945 to build the library and then donated it to the state.
Under terms of the agreement, the state agency drops any ownership claims to the library collection and pays $200,000 to cover legal fees of the Daughters.
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The collection of books, maps, flags and other artifacts used by researchers is being moved from the Alamo grounds to the Texas A&M-San Antonio campus. It had been at the Alamo more than 70 years.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/settlement-reached-lawsuit-alamo-library-items-40113540
