Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  TESSLER ALLAN R
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/15/2019
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST [TPL]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2500 MOOSE-WILSON ROAD
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

WILSON, WY 83014
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Sub-share Certificates of Proprietary Interest 10,330 (1)
I
See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)
Sub-share Certificates of Proprietary Interest 1,300
I
See Footnotes (2) (3) (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
TESSLER ALLAN R
2500 MOOSE-WILSON ROAD
WILSON, WY 83014
       

Signatures

/s/ Allen R. Tessler 03/25/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents the Issuer's Sub-share Certificates of Proprietary Interest, par value $.03-1/3 (the "Shares") held by ART-FGT Family Partners Limited, a Wyoming limited partnership ("ART-FGT LP"). The general partner of ART-FGT LP is Tessler FMC, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company ("Tessler LLC"). Mr. Tessler and his spouse, Frances G. Tessler, are the members of Tessler LLC. Andrea Tessler and Karla Tessler, daughters of Mr. Tessler, are the managers of Tessler LLC. Mr. Tessler is a partner and controls ART-FGT LP. ART-FGT LP and Mr. Tessler may be deemed to share voting power and dispositive power with respect to such Shares. Mr. Tessler disclaims beneficial ownership of the 10,330 Shares held by ART-FGT LP for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), except for his pecuniary interest therein.
(2) SoftVest Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("SoftVest Advisors"), Horizon Kinetics LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Horizon"), ART-FGT LP and Tessler Family Limited Partnership, a Wyoming limited partnership ("Tessler Family LP") have entered into a Cooperation Agreement, dated May 15, 2019 (the "Cooperation Agreement"). As a result of the Cooperation Agreement, SoftVest Advisors, SoftVest L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("SoftVest LP"), Eric L. Oliver ("Mr. Oliver"), ART-FGT LP, Tessler Family LP, Mr. Tessler and Horizon may be deemed to have formed a "group" pursuant to Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Act.
(3) Each of the parties to the Cooperation Agreement may also be deemed to share voting power and dispositive power with respect to each other party's Shares as a result of the covenants and restrictions set forth in the Cooperation Agreement. Therefore, each of the parties to the Cooperation Agreement may be deemed to beneficially own all Shares beneficially owned by the other parties to the Cooperation Agreement, but each party to the Cooperation Agreement disclaims any beneficial ownership or pecuniary interest with respect to the Shares held by the other parties. The Shares in this Form 3 do not include the Shares owned by SoftVest LP, SoftVest Advisors, Mr. Oliver and Horizon.
(4) Represents Shares held by Tessler Family LP. The general partner of Tessler Family LP is Apres Vous, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company ("Apres LLC"). Andrea Tessler, Karla Tessler and Christopher Tessler, the children of Mr. Tessler, are the members of Apres LLC. Andrea Tessler and Karla Tessler are the managers of Apres LLC. Mr. Tessler is a partner and controls Tessler Family LP. Tessler Family LP and Mr. Tessler may be deemed to share voting power and dispositive power with respect to the such Shares. Mr. Tessler disclaims beneficial ownership of the 1,300 shares held by Tessler Family LP for purposes of Section 16 of the Act, except for his pecuniary interest therein.

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