Sec. 1. The Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and empowered, acting for and on behalf of the State of Texas, to execute any and all grants of easements in, on, and across all unsold Public Free School Lands, and in, on, and across all islands, salt water lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the state within the tidewater limits, and in, on, and across that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of Texas, to Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District Number 4 for right-of-ways for pipe lines and for the installation of all works, facilities, and appliances, in any and all manners incident to, helpful or necessary for securing, storing, processing, treating, transporting, and selling an adequate supply of fresh water; provided, however, said Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District Number 4 shall pay the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) as consideration for the granting of each easement.