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 SPECIAL LAWS 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 .4.V ACT to qutliorize the holding of hA Election fur Re; in Dallas 
 
 county, to fill the vacancy created by the action of the Tenth Legislature declaring 
 
 the s-eat of 11. J. Moftal vacant. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Stale of Jexas, That the 
 Governor be and he is hereby authorized to issue a writ of election to fill the 
 vacancy aforesaid, and that the Chief Justice of Pallas county be required to 
 order said election, in five days after the usual notice in such cases, and the 
 returns thereof be made within three days after the day of election, and the 
 certificate of election be issued forthwith to the successful party. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That tbi« act take effect from and after its 
 passage. 
 
 Approved November 20th, 184 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 AX ACT for the r§lief of A. J. Yaughan, of Lamai % count u. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative of the State of Ttxai, That the 
 Comptroller of the State of Texas be authorized and required to issue duplicate 
 warrants to A. J. Vaughan, of Lamar county, in lieu of the following original 
 warrants : No. 1195, for $139 25, issued to J. W. Hicks ; No. 1196, for $101 22. 
 issued to W. S. Kennedy, attorney for C. C. Miller ; No. 1G39, for $85 34, issued 
 to J. Jemison ; Trovid'd. the suid A. J. Vaughan shall first file with the Comp- 
 troller his affidavit, stating that the original warrants are lost, and that they 
 were his property at the time ; and, /urMer provided, that he shall file a bond, 
 with good and sufficient securities in double the amount, payable to the State 
 of Texas, and approved by the Chief Justice of the county that he resides in, 
 that the original warrants shall not become a charge upon the ?tate of Texa=. 
 
 Sep. 2. That this act take effect from its pas? rf£ 
 ved November 27tli, 
 
 -L\ di&Mfofy of minot'ity. 
 
 iron 1; J , T&cas, ThatC. 
 
 M. Quarles, a minor, resident of the county of Anderson. State of Texas, be and 
 ■1 of the disability of minority, and declared of full and 
 1 are lor all pu managing and controling hir own propcily, and 
 
 ,ect to all the legal liabilities appertaining to the same. 
 
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CHAPTER IV. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of Robert Price. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to issue to Robert 
 Price a patent for three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon the head-right 
 of A. J. Viser, of Lamar county, upon the same terms that a patent could issue 
 for land outside of the Memphis, El Passo and Pacific Railroad reserve ; and 
 that this act be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 2d, 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of Henry K. Harrison 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Henry 
 K. Harrison, a minor in the service of his country, be and he is hereby author- 
 ized and empowered to dispose of his estate, both real, personal and mixed, by 
 last will and testament ; which said will shall be as effectual as if he were of age. 
 
 Approved December 4th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 AN. ACT to incorporate the Sulphur Fork Iron Company. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of (lie State of Texas, That J. C. 
 Moore, A. H. Chappell, G. H. Kelly, R. H. H. Moores, David Moores, J. M. Ball, 
 Lewis Moody, and Warren Hooks, citizens of the State of Texas, their associates 
 and successors, be and are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under 
 the name and style of " The Sulphur Fork Iron Company,'' with capacity to own 
 property, real and personal, in sucb quantities as may be necessary for the 
 legitimate objects of this corporation, make contracts, have succession and a 
 common seal, to make by-laws for its government, and in their corporate name 
 to sue and be sued, to grant and receive, and generally to do and perform such 
 things and acts as may be necessary and proper for, or incident to, the fulfill- 
 ment of their objects, or maintenance of their rights under this act, not incon- 
 sistent with the Constitution of the State. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said company is hereby created with the right to erect, own, 
 maintain, and operate, a manufactory of iron and steel of every description 
 whatever, and all other articles of which iron and steel may form a part, at such 
 place, or places, as said company may select, within the county of Davis. 
 
 Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of 
 one thousand dollars each, and the holders of said shares shall constitute said 
 company, and said capital stock shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars 
 
 Sec. 4. The corporators, mentioned in section first of this act, shall, witbii 
 ninety days from its passage, cause an election to be held for a board of direc- 
 tors, of not less than three nor more than seven in number, who shall be elected 
 by the stockholders at such time and place a 1 * may be appointed, and annually 
 thereafter : Provided, That in case of failure to elect, at the stated time, the 
 board of directors incumbent shall continue in office until there be an election ; 
 the time for which shall be fixed by said board, whereof notice shall be given 
 as required by law governing other corporations. The corporators under this 
 act Bhall be considered a board of directors, until the first election of directors 
 has taken place. 
 
 Skc. 6. No person shall be eligible as a director, unless he is the owner of 
 at least two shares of stock of the c<niip?ny. The said board shall elect a presi- 
 dent from their number, fill vacancies uDtil the next succeeding stockholders' 
 meeting, and appoint such officers as tl.ey mav deem necessary, and require 
 
security for the faithful performance of their respective duties ; also, they shall 
 have power to prescribe the time and place for the payment of instalments or 
 assessment on stock, declare the forfeiture of stock for non-payment, and to do. 
 or cause to be done, all other acts and things which they may deem necessary 
 and proper in conducting the business of Raid company. A majority of the 
 board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business., but 
 in no case shall a director vote by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 6. This act shall be in force and tike effect ffom and after its passage, 
 and continue in force for the term ot twenty \ears. 
 
 Approved December 4th, Ii;(i3. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 AN ACT defining tlie duties of the Agent fur t/te Alabama, Cos- 
 hatta and Museoga tribes of Indians. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 agent appointed for the Alabama. Coshatta and Murcoga Indians, or that may 
 be hereafter appointed for said Indians, shall make a quarterly return to the 
 Governor of this State ot the condition of his agency and the situation of said 
 Indians, and what he has furnished them ; on the failure of said agent to make 
 his return as required by this act, within sixty days from the end of each quar- 
 ter, he shall be removed from his office as such agent. 
 
 Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 4th, 1868. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 AJf ACT to establish and define the boundaries of the Counties of 
 Live Oak and McMuIlen, and to repeal certain Avis therein named. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 boundaries of the county of McMuIlen shall be and the same are hereby de- 
 clared to be as follows, to wit : Beginning at the south-east corner of Frio 
 county ; thence run due south forty-two miles ; thence due east twenty-eight 
 miles ; thence north forty-two miles ; thence west twenty-eight miles to the 
 beginning ; and all the territory comprised within said boundaries shall be and 
 constitute the county of McMuIlen. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the boundaries of Live Oak county shall be and the same are 
 hereby declared to be as follows, to wit : Beginning at the west corner of San 
 Patricio county, on the Nueces river ; thence running east to, and northward 
 with, the boundaries of San Patricio and Bee counties, to the north-west corner 
 of a Burvey for B. I. Ijams ; thence north, forty degrees west, with the county of 
 Karnes, to the line of Atta3C0sa county; thence with the lines of Attascosa. McMuI- 
 len, Duval, and Nueces counties, to the place of beginning; and all the territory 
 comprised within laid boundaries shall be and constitute the county of Live Oak. 
 EC, 3. That "An Act t'> define the boundaries of Live Oak county," ap- 
 proved January 3d, 1862, and " An Act t* define the boundaries and provide 
 for the organization of McMuIlen county," approved January 3d, 1862, be and 
 the 6ame are hereby repeal d. 
 
 1. That this act take effect and be in f jrce from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 4th. I 
 
 (HATTER IX. 
 AN ACT to l ■ nes of Jfarri- 
 
 ■"■' 1/;, 
 
 TION 1. / i ..-.>,< • . , That the 
 
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 county line between the counties of Harrison and Marion shall be as follows: 
 Commencing at a point in the centre, or channel, of Big Cypress Bayou, oppo- 
 site the north-east corner of Upshur county ; then down said Cypress Bayou 
 to a point opposite the north-east corner of a survey for 2214 acres, made by 
 virtue of the head-right of Alexander Johnsou ; thence south-east to the centre 
 of Little Cypress Bayou ; thence down said stream to its junction witli Ferrey 
 Lake and Caddo Lake, to the south-east corner of Marion county ; which said 
 line shall hereafter be known and recognized as the boundary line between 
 said counties. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Surveyor of Upshur county be and he is hereby appointed 
 a Commissioner to run said line, who shall proceed, within sixty days, to run 
 said line, and report the same to the Chief Justice of each of the counties ; and 
 that the county of Marion shall pay all charges incurred in running said line ; 
 and that this net be in force from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 8th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of Capt. Joseph M. Bound's company, of 
 Colonel William C. Young's regiment of State troops. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That when- 
 ever the Lieutenant-Colonel, or Major, of Colonel William C. Young's regiment 
 of State troops, called out in the year 1SG1, shall approve the muster roll of 
 Captain J. M. Bound's company ot said regiment, ami certify thereon the length 
 of time said company were in the State service, the Comptroller shall audit the 
 claims of said company, in the same manner and at the same rates of pay allowed 
 the other companies of said regiment. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may 
 be necessary, out of the appropriation heretofore made by an act of the Legis- 
 lature, approved March (itb, 1863, be and the same is hereby re-appropriated to 
 pay said company, and to pay the claims against the State for h asportation 
 and supplies furnished the same. 
 
 Sec. 3. This act take effect from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 8th, 1863, 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Waco Manufacturing Company. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That George 
 E. Burney, H. M. Hood, J. Thomason and J. B. Earl and their associates and 
 successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the name 
 and style of " The Waco Manufacturing Company,''" and by that name may sue 
 and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any of the courts of this State. They 
 shall, by their corporate name, be capable of contracting and being contracted 
 with, and of acquiring, by purchase, donation or otherwise, real and personal 
 estste, and of selling and conveying the same, or any part thereof, as the said 
 corporation may deem fit, pibiMm, however, the said corporation shall not 
 acquire, or hold, more real estate than is necessary for the purposes of said 
 corporation in constructing and carrying on their corporate business.^ 
 
 Sec. 2. Said company may manufacture cotton and woolen fabrics, cotton 
 yarns, wool rolls, flour and corn meal, and any other fabiics that maybe useful 
 to the country. 
 
 Sec. 3. The capital stock shall be five hundred thousand dollars, to be 
 divided into shares of one thousand dollars each. 
 
 Sec. 4. When one hundred thousand dollars shall be subscribed, the stock- 
 holders may elect four direct"; 11 boM their office for two years, said 
 
directors may proceed to elect one of their number President, who shall hold 
 his office for and during the term of two years. 
 
 Sec. 5. That when a suit shall be brought against the company, it shall be 
 sufficient to execute process, on the President, either in person or by leaving a 
 copy at the office of the company, with some white person attached to the com- 
 pany over the age of eighteeu years. 
 
 &sc. C. Be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in force for and 
 during the term of twenty years from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 8th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 AN A< 'I t<> repeat an act entitled "An Act to consolidate in one act, and to 
 
 ar.iend th<> several Acts Incorporating the City of Galveston," approved August 
 
 '21th li?5G. and to grant a new Charier of Incorporation to said City. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas,' That all the 
 free white inhabitants of the City of Galveston, shall continue to be a body 
 poli:ic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of 
 " The City of Galveston,'' and as such, by that name, shall be capable of con- 
 tracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, impleading, and 
 being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, in all courts and places, 
 and in all matters whatsoever ; may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed 
 property, and dispose of the same for the benefit of the said City ; and may 
 have and use a corporate seal, and change and renew the same at pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the limits of the said City shall eontinue to be all that section 
 of territory lying between Seventh Street, on the East, and Forty-first Street on 
 the West, as defined on a certain Chart, or Town Tlat, heretofore laid off by the 
 Galveston City Company, and between the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, on the 
 South, and Galveston Bay on the North ; Provided, nevertheless, That the Muni- 
 cipal Regulations of the said City shall extend over the harbor and anchorage 
 immediately North of the same ; and provided further, That the said limits may 
 be hereafter extended by adding additional territory to the same, whensoever 
 the majority of the inhabitants of said territory shall indicate a desire to be 
 included within the limits of said City. 
 
 Bid 3. That tho municipal affairs of the said City shall be administered by 
 a Mayor, a Recorder, twelve Aldermen, a Treasurer, an Assessor and Collector, 
 a Clerk, a Marshal, a Superintendent of Streets, and such other subordinate 
 officers as the Board of Aldermen may. in their sound discretion, deem necessary 
 to the due regulation thereof. 
 
 Bid. 4. That every free white male person, not disqualified by law, who 
 shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and become a citizen of this 
 State, and shall have resided within the limits of the said City for twelve 
 months next preceding the election, and who shall be possessed of real estate 
 in the same, to the value of three hundred dollars or upwards, or who shall 
 have Berved in the army or navy of the Confederate States, or in the State 
 Troops, and have been honorably discharged, and none other, shall be entitled to 
 vote for Mayor and Aldermen of the said City. Provided, nevertheless, That no 
 person belonging to the regular army or navy of the Confederate States, shall 
 be so entitled. 
 
 Sec. 6. That, a3 it is eminently just and proper that those who levy the 
 taxes and expend the money of the people, should be themselves of those who 
 pay the taxes : therefore, to encourage economy in the administration of tho 
 affairs of said City, no person shall be eligible to the office of Mayor. Recorder, 
 or Aldermen of said City, unless, in addition to his being qualified to be a voter 
 therein, he be possessed, in his own right, of real estate within the limit 
 said City, to the value of three thousand dollars (ltfcludldg the improvements) 
 free from ineumbrai. 
 
 Sec. f>. That for the purpose of holding elections for city offirrrs, the said 
 City shall be divided, as now. into four Wards, to contain, a- nearly as may be 
 
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 practicable and convenient, an equal number of voters, and it shall be the duty 
 of the Board of Aldermen to alter said Wards from time to time, in such a manner 
 as to preserve, as nearly as may be, an approximate equality of voters. The 
 Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City, voting by ballot, in 
 their respective wards, and shall hold his office for one year from the date of 
 his election, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. At the first 
 election held under this Charter, there shall be elected by the same voters, 
 voting in their respective wards, three Aldermen form the First Ward, three 
 Aldermen from the Second Ward, three Aldermen from the Third Ward, and 
 three Aldermen from the Fourth Ward, according to the provisions of the next 
 succeeding section of this act. At the first meeting of the said Board of 
 Aldermen so elected, il shall proceed to divide, by lot, the three members from 
 each ward, into three classes ; and those of the first class, shall hold their 
 offices for one year, those of the second class for two years, and those of the 
 third class for three years, and until their respective successors are duly elected 
 and qualified ; so that thereafter there shall be elected at each annual election 
 of Mayor, one Alderman from each ward, who shall hold their offices for three- 
 years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The said Mayor and 
 Aldermen, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall take and sub- 
 scribejthe following oath, to be administered by the Chief Justice or any Justice 
 of the Peace of the county : " You do solemnly swear, (or affirm) that your are 
 duly qualified by law for the office to which you have been elected, and that you 
 will faithfully perform the duties thereof to the best of your ability, so help 
 you God! " 
 
 Sec. 7. That the said city election shall be held on the first Monday of March in 
 each and every year, and shall be conducted as follows : There shall be chosen 
 by the Board of Aldermen, at least fifteen days previously thereto, for each and 
 overy ward, three good and discreet men as managers of the election, of which 
 •appoinment, and of the time and places of election, the Mayor shall give at least 
 ten days public notice. Un the day of election the said managers shall meet at 
 the places designated, and having appointed two Clerks, and being, themselves 
 and their clerks, first duly sworn by any Justice of the Peace, to the faithful 
 performance of their duties without fear or favor, shall proceed to receive the 
 votes of their ward for one Mayor and such Aldermen as are to be elected, 
 administering to each voter of whose qualification there may be doubt, previ- 
 ously to his voting, the following oath " Yon do solemnly swear, (or affirm) 
 that you are qualified, by law, to vote for officers of this City, so help you 
 God ! '" The managers shall hold the polls open from 10 o'clock a. m., until 4 
 o'clock p. m., and shall keep a correct list of all persons admitted by them to 
 vote, numbering each voter and marking his ticket with a corresponding number, 
 aa in the case of State elections. As soon after the closing of the poles as 
 practicable, they shall proceed to count the votes, and shall make due return 
 thereof, certified under Lheir hands and seals, which said return, together with a 
 certified list of the persons voting, they shall envelope, under seal, and transmit 
 by one of themselves to the Mayor incumbent. The said Mayor incumbent, 
 shall, within twenty-four hours after receiving the said returns, call together the 
 Board of Aldermen, who shall, in public meeting, proceed to open the returns 
 and decide upoa the election. The person having received the greatest number of 
 votes for Mayor, being declared elected Mayor, and the persons having received, 
 the highest number of votes in each ward for Aldermen, being declared elected 
 Aldermen of their ward. In accordance wherewith the Mayor incumbent shall: 
 deliver to the Mayor and Aldermen elect, the certificates of their election under 
 liis hand and the seal of the City ; and in case the Mayor incumbent be absent, 
 indisposed or for any other reason, unable, or refuse to receive said returns, or hav- 
 ing received the same neglect to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, or 
 having called a meeting thereof, tbe said Board shall not meet, or having met 
 within the time prescribed, shall not open the returns and declare the election , 
 then, and in either case, the election shall not be void, but the managers shall 
 make out duplicate returns of the said election, and having certified, sealed. 
 
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 and enveloped the same as before, shall transmit them to the Chief Justice of 
 the county, who shall forthwith proceed to determine the election and deliver 
 certificates of the same, under his hand and official seal, to the persons elected. 
 in the same manner as the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor should have done. 
 The Mayor and Aldermen elect, shall, on the first Monday after their election, 
 or as soon thereafter as practicable, be regularly installed into their offices, in 
 conformity with the last clause of the sixth section of this act. Should any of 
 the managers of the election fail to attend at the proper time and place, the one 
 or two who m ay be present, shall select, from among the bystanders, a suitable 
 person, or persons, to fill the vacancy so ocjUsioned ; and should none of said 
 managers be present, then the bystanders, being voters, shall themselves select 
 three suitable persons to conduct said election, who shall proceed to hold the 
 election, and make returns thereof, in the same manner as the regular mana- 
 gers should have done, had they been present. 
 
 Skc. S. That the Hoard of Aldermen, at its first meeting after that in which 
 the members were installed into office, shall proceed to elect, from without 
 their own body, a Recorder, a Treasurer, an Assessor and Collector, a Clerk, 
 a Marshal, and a Superintendent of Streets, and such other subordinate officers 
 as may have been created under the third section of this act. The candidate 
 receiving a majority of tlie whole number of votes, being declared elected. 
 The Treasurer, Assessor and Collector, Clerk and Marshal, shall each enter into 
 bond, payable to the Mayor of the city, and bis successors in office, with two 
 good and sufficient sureties, in such sum as the Board of Aldermen shall direct, 
 conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their several offices : 
 whereupon the Board of Aldermen shall, by motion, order the Treasurer. 
 Assessor and Collector, Clerk and Marshal lately incumbent, to deliver over to 
 those several officers elect, all moneys, books, papers, records, and all matters 
 and things whatsoever which they, or either of them, may have in his or their 
 possession, belonging to their said several offices, without which order, under 
 the hand and seal of the Mayor, the said several officers shall not permit any 
 moneys, books, papers, records and other things, to be taken from the possess- 
 ion of them, or either them ; and if the said several officers, or either of them, 
 shall, upon the receipt of such order so certified, refuse or neglect to deliver over to 
 their several successors, the said moneys, books, papers, records and other things, 
 or any of them, they, or either of them so offending, shall be deemed guilty <: 
 contempt, and upon conviction thereof in the city court, shall be adjudged to 
 pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to be imprisoned not exceed- 
 ing seven days for every week that he, or they, shall so retain the same, said 
 fine to be collected by execution, if sued from the said court, against the ee.1 
 of them and their securities. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the Mayor of the said city shall be the Chief Executive Magis- 
 trate thereof, and as such shall be vigilant and active in causing the laws, 
 ordinances and regulations of the city to be executed and enforced. He shall 
 take instant measures for the quelling of all riots, and disorders, and the dis- 
 persion of all unlawful assemblages of persons in said city. He shall exercfei 
 a general supervision over the conduct of all Subordinate officers, and cause their 
 violations of law, or neglect of duty to be reported to the Board 6f Aldeinien. 
 to be punished by fine, not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by dismission 
 from office, as they shall see lit. He shall, at the request of three Aldermen, or 
 whensoever he may deem it advisable, call special meetings of the Board of 
 Aldermen, causing due notice to be given to each member thereof, and shall 
 preside at all meetings of the said Board, but shall have no vote, unless there 
 be a tie, in which case he shall give the casting vote. He shall from time to 
 time communicate to the Board of Aldermen, such information, and recommend 
 such measures as the welfare of the city may, in his opinion, render necessary, 
 and generally shall do and perform all such acts and duties which the said 
 Board of Aldermen may lawfully require of him as the Chief Magistrate of the 
 eity ; and for his services as Mayor, he shall receive a salary to be determined 
 by the Board of Aldermen, payable at stated periods, which salary shall be 
 
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 neither increased nor diminished during the term of service of any incumbent, 
 for or under any pietext whatever. 
 
 Sec 10. That the Recorder of the said City shall he the Chief Judicial 
 Magistrate thereof, and as such shall hold a City Court, within said City, which 
 said court shall have cognizance of all misdemeanors, breaches of the peace, 
 infractions of the ordinances, and all other cases arising under the laws of said 
 city, and shall be deemed always open for the trial oi said cases. The said 
 Recorder, as Judge thereof, shall have power to issue subpoenas, writs, execu- 
 tions, and all other process known to the law, which a Justice of the Peace of 
 this State may lawfully issue. andAthe said subpoenas, writs, executions, and 
 other process, shall he issued, served and executed under the same forms, and 
 in the same manner, as the like process should be, when issued by a Justice of 
 the Peace. He shall have power to punish all contempts, aud generally shall 
 do and perform all other acts which the Board of Aldermen may lawfully 
 require of him as the Judge of the City Court. And for his services, the said 
 Recorder shall receive such stated salary as the Board of Aldermen may deem 
 sufficient, the said salary to be neither increased nor diminished during the term 
 of service of any incumbent. The said Recorder shall hrld his office for two 
 years, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and before entering upon 
 the duties of his office, shall take the like oath of office as is required by law of 
 the Chief Justice of the county. 
 
 Sec. 11. That the Board of Aldermen shall be composed of three Aldermen 
 from each of the four Wards of said City, and shall have full power and 
 authority to make and establish such ordinances, regulations, laws, and by- 
 laws as they shall deem necessary for their own government, and to preserve 
 the peace, cleanliness, comfort and salubrity of said City ; to secure the safety 
 and convenience of passing iu the streets, alloys, squares, levees, and other 
 public ways ; to direct the construction, maintenance and repairs of side-walks 
 in the said streets, at the cost of the proprietors of neighboring houses and 
 lots, and to determine the di:n ,j n>ions thereof : to establish rules and regulations 
 in relation to partition, walls and fences ; to require all low grounds and lots 
 in said city to be drained and filled up by the proprietors thereof, and in case 
 of their refusing, or neglecting so to do when ordered, to cause the same to be 
 drained and filled up, and the premises to be sold to defray the expenses thereof, 
 provided, nevertheless, That the proprietor of the lots, or lands, so sold, 
 shall be entitled to receive that part of the purchase money which may remain 
 after defraying the expenses of draining, filling and selling the same. The said 
 Board shall have power to fix the place, and anchorage for all vessels and 
 water craft in the port of Galveston, and to establish quarantine, and all other 
 regulations which may he necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of 
 contagious, epidemic or iufectious diseases ; to organize a fire department, and to 
 regulate the same, and to pass such other laws as may be deemed necessary for 
 the prevention and extinguishment of fires ; to establish a city guard or patrol, 
 and to regulate the same ; to establish an active system of inspection over the 
 conduct and habits of slaves ; to provide for the lighting the streets ; to estab- 
 lish one or more market places, and to provide for the inspection of all comes- 
 tibles offered for sale therein, or elsewhere, and otherwise to regulate the same ; 
 to prevent forestalling and regrating, and to punish the same ; to establish and 
 enforce, by suitable penalties, the proper weights and measures; to regulate 
 the assize and quality of bread, and every thing that relates to butchers, bakers, 
 tavern-keepers, aud other persons keeping public houses, beer saloons or grog 
 shops, draymen, hack drivers, horse drivers, water carriers, and slaves employed 
 as day laborers ; to prevent the establishment, within the said city, of houses 
 ill-fame, or any other place of resort for gambling, or other vicious purposes ; 
 to establish hospitals for the accommodation of destitute sick persons, poor- 
 houses for the infirm and indigent, and work-houses for the confinement of 
 common beggars, vagrants, and other idle and vicious persons ; and to pass 
 such laws, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary for the due 
 management thereof ; to provide places for the storing of powder, the burying 
 
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 of the dead, and the reception of all carrion, offals, tainted provisions, and 
 other tilth from within the said city, and to prevent the use ol any other place 
 within the said limits, for the sum 1 purposes : to prohibit the establishment of 
 slaughter houses, or any other nuisance within said city ; and generally to do 
 all such other acts, and to pass such" ordinances, not inconsistant with the Con- 
 stitution and laws of this State, or of the Confederate States, as may conduce 
 to the interest and welfare of said City. J'rovided, That no ordinance, law, or 
 by-law, passed in persuance of this act. shall jxo into effect Unless the same be 
 approved by the Mayor, or being disapproved by him. it be passed by a vote 
 of two-thirds of the whole Board, nor until ten days after the same shall have 
 been published in one of the newspapers of the city, unless in the opinion of 
 two-thirds of said Board, the emergency may be such as to require a departure 
 from this rule. An attendance of two-thirds of the members of the Board shall 
 be necessary to form a quorum ; and the said Board, by a vote of three-fourths 
 of the whole Board, may, at any time, for cause assigned, dimiss any officer 
 elected by the Board, except the Recorder, and elect a new incumbent. And 
 to defray the expenses of said City, the said Board are hereby fully authorized 
 and empowered to impose a direct property an.l license tax upon all such 
 persons, property and employments as are liable to taxation under the Consti- 
 tution and laws of this State, an:! to make and execute all laws necessary to 
 enforce the collection of the same. Provided, nevertheless, That no property 
 tax (unless for special purposes, and specially provided for by act of this 
 Legislature.) shall for any one year exceed the one-half ot one per cent, of the 
 value of the property, nor any license tax, the sum of fifty dollars ; nor shall 
 any tax be levied without the concurrence of two thirds of the whole Board in it< 
 favor. And in order the more effectually to enforce the ordinances of the said 
 city, the said Board of Aldermen shall impose. Upon the violation thereof, such 
 fines and penalties, not exceeding one hundred dollars, and such imprisonment, 
 not exceeding fifteen days, to be collected and inflicted through the City Court, 
 hereinbefore provided, as they may deem necessary and proper. 
 
 Ssc, 1-. That the Treasurer of said City, shall receive, and securely keep, 
 all moneys belonging to the said City, and make all payments for the same,, 
 upon the order of the Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and the seal of the City. 
 He shall keep regular and correct accounts of their real, personal and mixed 
 property, and shall render a correct statement ol his receipts and payments to 
 the Board of Aldermen at their fust regular meeting in every quarter, and 
 whensoever, at other times, be may be required by them to do so, and at the 
 end of every half year, shall cause to be published, at the expense of the city. 
 a statement showing the amount of receipts and expenditures for the six 
 months next preceding, and the general condition of the treasury, and shall do 
 and perform such other acts and duties as the Board of Aldermen may lawfully 
 require of him as the Treasurer of the city. And for his services, the said 
 Treasurer, shall receive such compensation as the Board of Aldermen may deem 
 sufficient, the said compensation not to be chauged during the term of service 
 of any incumbent. 
 
 Bec. 13. That the Assessor and Collector of the city shall make up the 
 assessments of all property taxed by the city, and collect the taxes of every 
 kind as they shall become due and owing, and generally perform all the duties 
 in relation to city ta.\e~. a-, are required of the State Assessors and Collectors in 
 regard to the State and County taxes, under such forms and regulations as the 
 Board of Aldermen may j and .-hall pay over to the Treasurer, every 
 
 month, the moneys which he shall hare received, and make a reporl thereof to 
 the Board of Aldermen at their fir^t regular meeting in every quarter. All 
 assessments of property shall be made under oath by Ihe party returning the 
 same : if the appraisement be unsatisfactory to the Assessor, it shall he referred 
 to a board of three commissioners, being owners of real estate in the city to 
 the value of three thousand dollars, and entirely disconnected with the admin- 
 istration of the city, who shall be appointed by the Board Of Aldermen, and 
 whose decision shall be final. The same commissi mer.s shall assess the value 
 
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 of all property whose owners are unknown, or which may not have been 
 returned, and shall receive for their services such remuneration not being a 
 per centage, as the Board of Aldermen shall think proper. 
 
 Sec. 14. That the Clerk of the said city Bhall be Secretary to the Board of 
 Aldermen, and as such shall, in person, or by his deputy, attend at their meet- 
 ings, keep a correct minute of all their proceedings, and take charge of all 
 books, records and papers which the said Board shall have for the recording of 
 their ordinances, and the preservation of all other matters and things pertain- 
 ing to their official act". He shall be Clerk of the City Court, and as such shall 
 have charge of, and faithfully keep, all books, records and papers whatsoever 
 belonging to the said Court, and do all other acts and duties which he may law- 
 fully be required to do and perform as Secretary of said Board or Clerk of said 
 Court, and for his services he shall receive such fees as the District Clerk 
 receives for similar services, and such other compensation, as the Board of 
 Aldermen shall deem sufficient. 
 
 Sec. 15. That the Marshal shall be the Chief Constable of the said city, and 
 shall, either in person or by one of his deputies, attend upon the City Court 
 while the said Court may be in session, and shall faithfully execute all process 
 issued from the said court. He shall be active in quelling riots, disorders and 
 disturbances of the peace within the limits of said city, and shall take into 
 custody all persons so offending against the peace of the community, and him, 
 her or them, have before the City Court, if in session ; if the said court be not 
 then in session, the said Marshall shall commit the person, or persons so offend- 
 ing to the city jail, there to be securely kept in custody until the City Court 
 hall be in session, when he, she or they, shall forthwith be taken before the said 
 court, there to be fined and punished according to the laws of the city and the 
 sound discretion of the court, Provided, That said Marshal may, at his discre- 
 tion, take suitable and sufficient bail, for the appearance before the City Court, 
 of any person charged with an offence against the ordinances or laws of the 
 city, being himself responsible for the appearance of said accused. The said 
 Marshal, for the more efficient discharge of his duties, may appoint one or 
 more deputies, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties a* 
 the Marshal has or should perform, the said Marshal being responsible for the 
 fathful performance of their duties by his said deputies ; and for his services 
 the Marshal shall receive the same fees as the Sheriff of the county does by 
 law receive for like services, and such other compensation, if necessary, as the 
 Board of Aldermen may deem sufficient. 
 
 Sec. 16. That the Superintendent of Streets shall supervise all work under- 
 taken by the Board of Aldermen upon the streets, alleys and public squares of 
 the city ; direct the grading of the same and the construction of sidewalks, so 
 as to preserve a due uniformity in their height and width ; inspect the draining 
 and filling up of all such lots and low grounds as may be ordered by the City ; 
 superintend the building of all culverts and bridges ; control all gangs of 
 workmen employed by the City upon the streets ; and remove all obstructions 
 that may be unlawfully put in any of said streets, alleys, squares or other 
 public thoroughfares, and generally do all other acts and things which the 
 the Board of Aldermen may lawfully require of him, and for his services shall 
 receive such stated salary as the said Board may determine. 
 
 Sec. 17. That such other officers, as may be created by the Board of Alder- 
 men, under the third section of this act, shall have such powers, perform such 
 duties, be subject to such penalties and receive such compensation as the Board 
 may direct, and the said " City of Galveston " shall always be responsible 
 to any person, or persons, for any trespass, wrong, injury or damage done to 
 such person, or persons, contrary to law, by any of the officers of said City 
 under color or pretence «f his office, and the said City of Galveston may be 
 amerced in damages for the same in any suit, or suits, brought against the said 
 City, in the courts of this State. 
 
 Sec. 18. That for the more efficient discharge of their several duties, the 
 Mayor, and the Recorder of said City, shall be ex officio Justices of the Peace 
 
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 and as such, they, aud each of tbem, shall take cognizance of all crimes and 
 misdemeanors under the laws of this State, committed within the limits of said 
 City, and do and perform all other acts and duties which a Justice of the Peace 
 may lawfully do, except that they shall, in no case, ontertaiu jurisdiction over 
 civil suits. And the said Mayor, the Recorder and the Marshal and his depu- 
 ties, are hereby fully authorized and empowered to call to their aid, the assist- 
 ance of any person resident in the said city, whenever, in the discharge of their 
 several duties in cases of riot, disorder, breach of the peace, or resistance to 
 their lawful authority, they may need the same ; and any person, or persons, 
 who shall, when so called upon, neglect or refuse to render his assistance, shall, 
 on conviction thereof in the City Court, be liable.to such tine, not exceeding one 
 hundred dollars, and such imprisonment, not exceeding ten days, as the said 
 court shall, in its sound discretion, impose. 
 
 Sec. IV- That whensoever a vacancy shall occur in the Board of Aldermen, or 
 any other office in said city, by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, or 
 whensoever, from any cause, the regular elections shall not be held at the proper 
 time, the Board of Aldermen may, and shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, order 
 an election to fill such vacancy, or to supply the place of such omitted election, 
 and the said election, so ordered, shall be conducted, in all things, in the same 
 manner as hereinbefore prescribed for the regular elections. And in case of the 
 sickness of any officer, and until the vacancy shall be filled by such election, 
 the Board of Aldermen are hereby fully authorized and empowered to appoint, 
 other persons (if it be the office of Mayor, from their own body, and if any 
 other office, from without their body,) to fill such office until such sick person 
 shall recover, or such vacancy be filled by election by the people, or by the 
 Board of Aldermen ; and the person so appointed shall have the same powers, 
 perform the same duties, be subject to the same penalties, and receive the same 
 compensation for the time being, as if he had been duly elected to said office. 
 
 Seo. 20. The Board of Aldermen shall hold their regular meetings on the 
 first and third Mondays of each and every month, and may meet at any other 
 time that the Mayor shall, in his discretion, call them together, or any three 
 of themselves shall deem necessary. Each member of said Board shall receive, 
 for every regular meeting which he shall at'end. the sum of three dollars, any 
 any member who shall fail to attend a regular meeting, shall, for each and every 
 such failure, be fined three dollars, unless prevented from attending by sickness 
 of himself, or in his family ; and no member of said Board shall be appointed 
 to any employment, contract or office under the said corporation, except to the 
 office of Mayor pro tempore, as provided in the next preceding section. 
 
 Skc. 21. That all real estate, which may be sold by, or under the direction 
 <-,f the corporate authorities of said city, for taxes, or to pay the expenses of 
 draining, and filling up the same, as provided in the eleventh section of this 
 act, may be redeemed at any time within two years from the date of sale, bv 
 the proprietor, his heirs, executors or administrators, paying to the pure! 
 thereof, his representatives or assigns, or depositing with the Assessor and 
 Collector, for his or their benefit, double the amount of the purchase money 
 and of the taxes which he, or they, may have subsequently paid thereon ; nor 
 shall any title issue to said purchaser before the expiration of said two years, 
 but only a certificate of purchase, saving, nevertheless, to infants femes e 
 and persons non compos men/is, in addition to the two years, the period of 
 if incy, coverture, or mental disability. 
 
 Sec 22 That in any suit or action, in any court in this State, in which the 
 laid City of Galveston shall be a party, it shall be no exception to the compe 
 ^n^y of a witness, that he is an inhabitant of, or the owner of taxable property 
 in Iho said City ; and all writs, notices, and other process served upon the 
 Mayor, or the person acting in his stead for the time being, shall be deemed to 
 be served upon the City of Galvc-t m. 
 
 BlC. 23. That all laws, and parts of law;, heretofore passed in relation to 
 tho Incorporation of the Cily of Galveston be, and the same are hereby repealed . 
 Provided, - , Thai all ordinances, laws and by-law- pawed by the 
 
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 corporate authorities of said City under said act.*, and which are now in force, 
 shall remain in force until the same are altered, amended or repealed by the 
 said authorities under the present act ; nor shall auy thing in this act contained, 
 be so construed as to alter or impair any contract or obligation which may 
 heretofore have been entered into by the duly constituted authorities of said 
 City, but all such obligations and contracts, and all debts and liabilities due 
 and owing to and from the said City, shall be and remain to all intents and 
 purposes as binding upon the parties as if this act had not been passed. 
 
 Sec. 24. That so much of this act, as relates to the City elections shall go 
 into effect from and after its passage, and the next annual election shall be held 
 under the provisions of the same ; and that this act go into operation, in all its 
 parts, from and after the day ot said election. 
 
 Approved December 9th, 1803. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 AN ACT for the relief of the lieirs of Francis L. Toncanj 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by (he Legislature of the State of Texa*, That the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office be and he is hereby authorized and 
 required to issue to the heirs of Francis L. Toncary, a bounty certificate for six 
 hundred and forty acres of land ; said certificate, when issued, shall be located. 
 surveyed, and patented, as other certificates of like character. 
 
 Sec. 5. That this act take effect from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 8th, 1803. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of George E. Burney. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 sum of six hundred dollars, in Confederate money, be and the same is hereby 
 appropriated to reimburse George E. Burney, for actual expenses incurred by 
 him in going to the State of Mississippi, by order of the Governor, to demand 
 the delivery of George B. Payne, William Payne, Hezekiah Payne, and John 
 T. Berry, fugitives from justice, charged with forging and uttering counterfeit 
 Confederate Treasury notes. 
 
 Sbc. 2. That this act take effect from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 11th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate San Saba Masonic College. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by ihe Legislature of the Slate of Texas, That " San 
 Saba Masonic College," in San Saba county, be incorporated, and that John W. 
 Hudson, J. B. Harrell, John H. Brown, J. S. Williams, and William Thaxton, 
 and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a board of trustees for 
 said College, and they and their successors made a body corporate, capable 
 in law of suing and being sued ; they shall have succession and hold property 
 to the value of twenty thousand dollars, and shall have a common seal, and 
 do all things necessary to carry out the designs of said incorporation in the 
 maintenance of a good Collegiate School in San Saba county : Provided, the 
 privileges granted in this act shall continue in force for twenty-five years, and 
 
 no longer. ,';;•';. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said College shall be under the general direction, supervision 
 and patronage of the Masonic Lodge, No. 225, at San Saba ; but no religious 
 test or qualification of any kind whatever shall be a requisite, in order to 
 ,!>ecome a trustee, prudent, professor, or strident. 5n said College. 
 
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 Skc. 3. That whenever a vacancy shall occur, from any cause, in the board 
 of. trustees, the board shall have power to fill it ; and. at any time hereafter, 
 the bo. nil may increase their number, not to exceed nine, subject, however, to 
 the ratilication of the Masonic Lodge, No. BZ6, at San Saba. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the trustees shall have power, by the president and faculty ol 
 said College, to grant and confer such degree or degrees, in arts and sciences 
 and learned professions, to the students of said College, and to other persons 
 worthy thereof, as are usually granted and conferred in other Colleges in the 
 Confederate States, and to give certificates thereof, or diplomas, signed by them 
 and sealed with the common seal of the trustees of the College, to authenticate 
 and perpetuate the memory of such graduations. 
 
 Ski'. •">. That no misnomer of said College shall defeat or annul any gift, 
 errant, device, or bequest, to the same. 
 
 Sec. 6. That this act take etl'ect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 11th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 AM A< T amendatory of -'An Act to amend a Joint Resolution, entitled 'Jour. 
 Resolution for the relief uf //',-: heirs ami a&signtes of Benjamin D. ]\'obk*. 
 ■./.'" approved J.hvtiuber 'Hat, 1849. 
 
 Section 1. Bt it enacted by the Legislature of the Stale %f Texas, That the first 
 section of the above recited act shall hereafter read as follows : That the first 
 section of the above recited Joint Resolution bo and the same is hereby amended 
 so as to read as follows : That the Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized 
 to receive the amount due on lots number one and three, in block number 
 sixty-seven, and lot number twelve, in block number fifty-five, in the city of 
 Austin, from the legal representatives of Benjamin D. Nobles, deceased ; ami. 
 upon the receipt thereof, that he issue the usual certificate for patent. 
 
 SArj. -'. That this act take effect from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 11th. ISO*. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Parsons Female Seminary. 
 
 Section 1. Be. it enacted by the Legislature <>f (} lf Slate of Texas. That E. L>. 
 Towns. T. M. Rector, N. S. Rector. Isaac Wildbahn, Edward Harrington, Jame- 
 Manor, Joseph Barnhart, trustees of the l'arsons Female Seminary, situated in 
 the county of Travis, be and are hereby created a body corporate, under the 
 name and style of "The Board of Trustees of the Parsons Pema'e Seminary,' 
 and by that name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, enact by-law - 
 rules and regulations, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy, all property of every 
 and all kinds, for the benefit of the said institution ; to convert said property 
 into money, and dispose of the same : and shall have a common seal for the 
 transaction of its business. 
 
 Skc. 2. That the rights and privileges herein granted shall extend to the 
 trustees named in the preceding section and their survivors, and to no oth<v 
 persen. In the event of the death of one or more of said trustees, all the right 
 and privileges, granted by the provisions of this act, shall be taken, exeroi 
 and enjoyed, by their survivors : and, on the death of all t! 
 the corporation herein created shall become extinct. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the board of trustees shall have power, upon the recorr.r: 
 "f the faculty, to confer degrees in the arts and sciences upon the grad> . 
 of said Seminary, and upon such other persons as they may deem worthy. 
 give diplomas of the same, by the president and faculty of tlie Semin; • 
 tbe president of the board of trustee*. 
 
 me. 4. That all donations or beq • 1 Seminary shall be good i 
 
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 binding, although the corporate name may have not been properly slated by 
 the person making such bequest or donation. 
 
 Sec. 5. The board of trustees may elect from their own number, under such 
 rules and regulations as they may adopt, and for such terms and times as they 
 may see proper, a president, secretary, and treasurer, or any other officer or 
 agent, necessary in the board ; they shall also have the power to construct, 
 enlarge, or alter, or remove, all necessary buildings for the purpose of said 
 Seminary, and to do all things necessary to the proper conduct and manage- 
 ment of said Seminary, not contrary to law or inconsistent with this charter. 
 
 Sec. 6. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 14th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 AN ACT to validate the official acts of Joseph WaUis, as Notary 
 Public of Washington county. 
 
 Skctiox 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas. That the 
 official acts and deeds of Joseph Wallis, acting as Notary Public within and for 
 Washington county, from and after the 9th day of March, A. D., 1861, and before 
 the 21st day of November, A. D., 1863, be and the same are hereby declared to 
 be as legal and valid* to all intents and purposes, as though he had been duly 
 nominated and confirmed, as the law requires. 
 
 Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 14th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Rusk County Iron Company. 
 
 Section- 1. Beit enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That William 
 Davenport, W. W. Morris, Taylor Brown, William L. McMurray, R. W. McClane, 
 A. S. Hayter, John Borham, John Buckner, and W. W. Bell, citizens of the 
 State of Texas, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created 
 a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of " The Rusk County 
 Iron Company," with capacity to own property, real, personal and mixed, in 
 Mich quantities as may be necessary for the legitimate purposes of this cor- 
 poration, to make contracts, have a common seal, establish by-laws for its 
 government, and. in their corporate name, to sue and be sued, to grant and 
 receive, and generally to do and perform such things and acts as may be essen- 
 tial and incident to the fulfilment of their objects, or the maintenance of then- 
 rights under this act, and not inconsistent with the constitution of this State. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said company is hereby created with the right to erect, own, 
 maintain, and carry on, a manufactory of iron and steel of every description 
 whatever, and all other articles of which iron or steel forms a part, at such 
 place or places as said company may select, in the county of Rusk. 
 
 Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares of 
 one hundred dollars each, and the holders of said shares shall constitute said 
 company, and the capital stock of the company shall not exceed five millions 
 of dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. The business of said company shall be conducted by a board of 
 directors of not less than three nor more than five, chosen by the stockholders 
 out of their number, at such time and place as the corporators herein mentioned, 
 or a majority of them, may prescribe, and annually thereafter : Provided, That 
 in case of failure to elect at the stated time, the board of directors incumbent 
 shall hold their office until there be an election, the time and place for which 
 may be fixed by said board, of which there shall be reasonable notice, of not 
 less than twenty days. 
 
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 Sec. 5. That no person shall be eligible as director, unless he be a member 
 of said company. The board shall elect from their number a president, fill 
 vacancies, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and exact 
 security for the faithful performance of their duties, and fix the time for the 
 payment of all instalments, to declare forfeitures of stock for non-payment, and 
 to do and perform all things which they may deem necessary to a successful 
 prosecution of the business of the company. A majority of said board of 
 directors shall constitute a quorum for business. 
 
 Sec. 6. The members of said company shall be entitled to the benefits of 
 any bonus, loan, or other benefits, that may be granted to companies, or to 
 individuals, who engage in the manufacture of iron, by any law passed by the 
 Legislature. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the parties named in the first section of this act. are hereby 
 invested with the right to organize said company, and that this charter shall 
 expire at the expiration of ninety years from the passage of this act. 
 . 8. This act shall take effect from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 AX ACT to incorporate the Sequin Mutual Aid Association. 
 
 Section - 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Stale of Texas, Tdat the 
 officers and members of the Seguin Mutual Aid Association, as now organized, 
 be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under the 
 name and style of " The Seguin Mutual Aid Association,' - and by that name 
 they and their successors are declared capable in law of suing and "being sued, 
 in any of the Courts of this State, of holding property, real, personal and mixed, 
 of selling and conveying the same at pleasure, of having a common seal, and of 
 doing and performing whatever may be proper and necessary to be done for 
 the conducting of a general mercantile establishment, not contrary to the con- 
 stitution and laws of this State. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the officers and members of said association may enact such 
 by-laws for their government as they may. from time to time, deem necessary 
 and proper, and shall have all such rights and privileges as are by law incident 
 to, or necessary for, corporations of a similar character; and that this act take 
 effect from and after its passage, and slnll continue in force until one year after 
 the close of the war between the Confederate States and the I'nited State 1 . 
 
 Approved December loth, l6t>:i. 
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Gonzales Mutual Aid Association. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature vf the Slate of Texas, That the 
 officers and members of the Gonzales Mutual Aid Association, as now organized, 
 be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under the 
 name and style of " The Gonzales Mutual Aid Association," and by that name 
 they and their associates and successors, on such legal terms as they may adopt 
 for the purposes herein stated, shall be a corporate body, by the name of " The 
 Gonzales Mutual Aid Association," and in that name shall have all the ordinary 
 privileges of a corporation. 
 
 Skc. 2. The busincsg of the Association shall be to furni' i - iries for its 
 
 members, for families and other dependents of officers and soldiers who have* 
 been, or may be. in the service of either the Confederate or State Government, 
 and for general market, at prices which shall not exceed the aggregate of cost, 
 and twenty-five per centum thereon, allowing for current rates of exchange, 
 
 3. For accomplishing said objects, the association may trade in any 
 suitable manner. 
 
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 Sec. 4. The capital stock may be one hundred and twenty thousand dollars,. 
 or any less amount, in shares of one hundred dollars, or any less amount, as the- 
 association may determine. 
 
 Sec. 5. This act shall be in force from and after its passage, and remain h* 
 force for twelve months after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the- 
 Confederate States and the United States. 
 
 Approved December 15th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 AN ACT to relieve Joseph A. Black from the disabilities of minority . 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Joseph 
 A. Black, of Brazoria county, be and is hereby relieved from the disability of 
 minority, and empowered to contract, and do, and, perform all acts, as it' be- 
 wer^ or full age : and that this act take effect and be in force from and after it& 
 pas? ige. 
 
 Approved December 15, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize the Comptroller to issue a duplicate ten per 
 cent. Treasury warrant. 
 
 Section 1.. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 Comptroller is hereby authorized to issue, to the original parties, a duplicate 
 ten per cent. Treasury warrant, No. 1521, of date March 19th, 1861 : Provided,. 
 the same has not already been returned to the Treasury, or been cancelled and 
 other warrants without interest, been issued in lieu thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2. That before the Comptroller issues a duplicate, a bond shall be filed 
 with him, conditioned that, in the event of the original being presented, the 
 parties shall indemnify the State. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of Carey Watson and his assigns. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 Commissioner of the General Land Office is required to issue a patent for three 
 hundred and twenty acres of land to Carey Watson, or his assigns, in a survey 
 made by virtue of unconditional certificate, No. 42, located within the Mem- 
 phis, El Paso and Pacific railroad reservation, in the same manner as if the 
 field notes had been returned within twelve months after the date of survey : 
 Provided, said certificate is genuine, and that the file for the appropriation of 
 said land was made before the date of reservation of said land from location. 
 
 Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 AN ACT to ascertain and establish the dividing line bcliceen Falls 
 
 and Limestone counties. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the- 
 Chief Justice of Falls county be and is hereby authorized, at any time before- 
 the first day of April, 1864, to appoint one commissioner to act on the part of 
 said county, and shall immediately notify the Chief Justice of Limestone county 
 
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 of snob appointment. Upon the receipt of such notice, it shall be the duty of 
 the Chief Justice of said Limestone county to appoint a like commissioner, to 
 act on the part Of Limestone county. The two commissioners 80 appointed 
 shall, within one month after their appointment, select a third ; and the tuiee, 
 so appointed and selected, shall, upon the first day of June. 1804, procure said 
 line to be run and marked by such competent surveyor as they, of a majority 
 of them, may select. 
 
 Sec. 2. In order to ascertain said line, said commissioners and surveyor shall 
 commence at the upper corner of league No. 5. in the name of L. B. Franks, on 
 the west bank of the Brazos liver, and run thence north, sixty degrees east, 
 fourteen miles ; thence south, thirty degrees east, to the boundary of Robertson 
 county. 
 
 Sec. 3. Should said line not be run and marked, as provided for in the pre- 
 ceding sections in this act, by the first day of June, 18G4, then, and in that 
 event, the line heretofore run and marked by Thomas J. Oliver, District Sur- 
 veyor of Robertson Land District, (a plat and field note of which are on file in 
 the County Clerk's office of Limestone county,) shall be deemed and held to be 
 the true and established line between said counties, unless the failure to have 
 said line run and marked, as herein provided, by the first day of June, 1864, 
 shall have been caused by the neglect, or refusal, of the Chief Justice or com- 
 missioner of Limestone county to co-operate with the Chief Justice or commis- 
 sioner of Falls county. 
 
 Sec. 4. The surveyor herein provided for. upon completing said survey, 
 shall make out a plat and the field notes thereof, in duplicate, and deliver a. 
 copy to each of said Chief Justices. 
 
 Sec. 5. The expenses of making said survey shall be paid, in equal propor- 
 tions, by each of said counties. 
 
 Sec. (i. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, 1SG3. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 AN- ACT to provide for the organization of McMallcn comity, and io attach Hit 
 same to the Fourteenth Judicial District. 
 
 ^ Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That within 
 sixty days from the passage of this act, or so soon thereafter as practicable, the 
 Chief Justice of Live Oak county shall order an election to be held in the 
 county of McMnllen for county officers, by giving at least twenty days notice 
 of the time and places of holding the same, and designating presiding officers. 
 The presiding officers at such election shall swear the managers and shall them- 
 selves be sworn by the judges ; said election shall be governed by the General 
 Election law ; shall be returned to the officer ordering the same ; and said 
 returns opened by him not sooner than the tenth, nor later than the twentieth, 
 day after said election ; he shall is=ne certificates of election to the officers 
 elected, and administer to the Chief Justice elect the oath of office; and said 
 Chief Justice shall, immediately thereafter, administer the oath of office to the 
 other officers elect in the county, shall organize the County Court and co mplete 
 the <iualification of officers and the organization of the county, and make a return 
 to the Secretary of State of the names of the officers elected, and the fact of 
 their qualification, certifying thereto under his hand and seal of the Court. 
 
 Sec. 2. That immediately after the organization of the County Court, said 
 Court shall select, not exceeding three, places suitable for a county seat, within 
 five miles of the centre of the county, having due respect to donations or other 
 advantages, and shall order an election for county seat, giving at least twenty 
 days notice thereof, which election shall be conducted under the General Elec- 
 tion laws, and the returns made to. and opened by, said Court, on the tenth day 
 after the election. The place receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be 
 the county seat; and. if neither place shall receive a majority of all the votes 
 
cast,, a second election shall be immediately ordered between the two places 
 having the largest namber, in the same manner as aforesaid ; and the final result 
 of said election shall be entered in the minutes of the County Court, and a 
 decree entered by them declaring the result, and giving the Dame adopted by 
 them for said county seat ; a copy of which decree shall be forwarded to the 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Sec. 3. The County Court shall have the power to acquire ,by donation, 
 purchase, or otherwise, land for a county site, at the point selected as herein 
 provided, not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres; or, should the point 
 selected be upon vacant public domain, then the State hereby relinquishes the 
 same, not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres, to such county ; and, upon 
 the return of the field notes thereof, certified as correct by a lawful surveyor, a 
 patent shall be issued to the county for the same ; and the Court shall proceed 
 to lay out the land, acquired under this act, into lots, blocks, and streets, setting 
 apart ground for public purposes, churches, school-houses, and cemeteries ; and, 
 after giving at least twenty days notice, sell the same at such times, and on 
 such terms, as said Court may deem best for the interest of the county. The 
 proceeds of all such sales shall be appropriated exclusively to the erection of 
 public buildings. Should all, or any portion, of said lots be sold on a credit, 
 the county shall hold a lien on the same, to secure payment or reversion of the 
 land to the county, in case of non-payment. 
 
 Sec. 4. That said county of McMullen, until organized, shall be attached to 
 Live Oak county for judicial, revenue and military purposes, and, when organ- 
 ized, shall be attached to the fourteenth judicial district. All laws and parts of 
 laws, conflicting with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed ; and this 
 act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Comal Oil Company. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Slate of Texas, That Herman 
 Iken and his associates, and successors, be and they are hereby crealed a body 
 corporate and politic by the name of "The Comal Oil Company," with power 
 to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to acquire, bold and convey prop- 
 erty, real and personal, to have succession, and a common seal, and do such 
 other things as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. The said corporation shall have power to erect and use buildings 
 and machinery for the manufacture of oils, and of such other useful articles as 
 shall not be prohibited by law : Provided, That said property shall never exceed 
 in value one hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. The capital stock of said company shall consist of shares of five hun- 
 dred dollars each, which may be issued to the number of two hundred, the 
 shareholders shall make by-laws for the government of the affairs of the com- 
 pany, and create such board of management as they think proper. 
 
 Sec. 4. That this act take effect from its passage, and continue in force for 
 twenty years. 
 
 Approved December loth, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI II. 
 AN ACT to incorporate the East Texas Manufacturing Company. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That William 
 M. Freeman. Asa W. Wright. Martin D. Rogers, Bailey Johnson, John Wilkes, 
 M. F. Locke, and S. W. Beasley, and their associates, be and they are hereby 
 incorporated a body politic, under the name and style of "The East Texas 
 Manutactuiing Company." for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and woolen 
 
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 goods, spinning of thread, and other fabrics for home or public use, and to per- 
 form all other acts and things necessary to the successful prosecution of the 
 objects of the association, to hold real and personal property, to sue and be 
 sued, plead and be impleaded, and take all other legal ways and means to carry 
 out the objects of said corporation. 
 
 Sec. 2. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed the sum of two 
 hundred thousand dollars, and may be invested in any way best calculated to 
 insure the successful prosecution of the business of the company, who shall 
 have the right to locate their manufactory at any point not over one hundred 
 miles from the town of Jefferson, in Marion bounty, in this State. The parties 
 named and appointed by this act, are hereby invested with the rights and power 
 of directors, until directors are elected or chosen by the stockholders, when the 
 power of said directors shall cease. 
 
 Sec. 3. When twenty-five thousand dollars of the capital stock is subscribed 
 on the books of the company, the directors shall proceed to organize said com- 
 pany by calling the stockholders together and dividing the capital stock into 
 shares of one hundred dollars, each share entitling the owner thereof to one 
 vote, by himself or by written proxy ; any stockholder may transfer his or her 
 stock in writing, properly attested, which may show that the stock has changed 
 hands. 
 
 Sec. 4. The government of the affairs of said company shall be vested in a 
 board of five directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the 
 transaction of business ; the stockholders shall elect one of their number presi- 
 dent of the company. The directovs shall give at least ten days notice to each 
 stockholder of the time and place of election of new directors and president, 
 who shall be chosen from among the stockholders, and hold their office for two 
 years, and have the power to till any vacancy that may occur in their board, 
 until the next regular election ; they shall also have power to appoint such 
 other officers as they may find to be necessary, and require bonds for the faith- 
 ful performance of their several duties ; the books of said company shall be 
 open to inspection of the stockholders at all limes. 
 
 Sec. , r >. The board of directors shall be convened by the president, who 
 shall preside at all meetings of the board and stockholders, and, in his absence, 
 a president pro tern, may be elected 
 
 Sec. (1. Any stockholder failing or refusing to pay in his stock, or any 
 instalment, after ninety days notice from the directors, without good cause 
 shown. said stock shall be forfeited to the company, together with all instal- 
 ments previously paid ; no stockholder shall be liable for any debt or liability 
 of said company for more than the amount; of stock subscribed by him. 
 
 Sec. 7. The rights, powers, privileges, and immunities, hereby granted and 
 conferred under this act. shall remain in force for the term of twenty-five years. 
 
 Sue. 8. This act shall take effect ffOffl and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15th, LfcS63. 
 
 CHAiPTER XXIX. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate //'/•' Paluiby and Hraz<>< Sulphur, Nitrt 
 
 and Powder MdnujfhcturiHg Company. 
 
 Section 1. /. ed by the Legislatvre of tht. ,ii'.i!e of Te.tas, That John 
 
 M. McKeynolds, 13. O. McRejnolds, Shelby Sfcanfield, Jackson berry, David 
 McPhail, George Martin, Edward Pugh, AA& M. Wright, and .Martin L>. Rogers, 
 and their associates and successors, be and the Bathe are hereby declared and con- 
 stituted a body politic, under the name a;id style ol "The 1'aluxy and Brazos 
 Sulphur, Xittf and Ponder Manufacturing Company, " with capacity to own 
 property, both real and personal, to make contracts, to have BUCOflfMnon and a 
 common seal, to make by-laws for it- government, and. in its corporate name, 
 to sue and be sued, to srrant and ad generally to do and perform such 
 
 acts and things peceecary and proper for, and incident to. the fulfilment of its 
 
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 objects, or maintenance of its rights under Ihis act, and consistent with the 
 provisions of the constitution of the State of Texas. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said company be and is hereby established, with the right 
 to erect, own, maintain and operate a Nitre, Sulphur and Powder Manufactory, 
 and other articles of a like nature, and derivable from ores, or earths, contain- 
 ing nitre, sulphur, or their acids, separately or conjointly, at such place or 
 places as said company may elect. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares 
 of one hundred dollars each ; and the holders of said shares shall constitute 
 said company; and said capital stock shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the affairs and business of said company shall be conducted by 
 a board of directors, not less than three nor more than five, who shall be elected 
 by the stockholders at their organization under this act. and annually thereafter : 
 Provided, That in case of failure to elect at the stated time, or times, that the 
 board of directors incumbent shall continue in office until there be an election, 
 the time for which may be fixed by said board, whereof reasonable notice shall 
 be given. 
 
 Sec. 5. That no person shall be eligible as a director, unless he be a member 
 of the company. The said board shall elect a president from their number, fill 
 vacancies, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and require 
 security for faithful performance of their respective duties ; also, prescribe the 
 time for payment of instalments and assessments on stock, and to declare tbe 
 forfeiture of for nonpayment of stock ; and to do generally, or cause to be 
 done, all other acts and things which they shall deem proper in conducting the 
 business of said company ; a majority of the board of directors shall constitute 
 a quorum to do business. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the parties named in this act are hereby appointed commis- 
 sioners and invested with the right of organizing said company, and that this 
 charter shall expire at the end of twenty-five years from the passage of this act ; 
 and for that period the commissioners, or their associates and successors, named 
 in this act,, shall have the right to work and operate any mine or mines, cave or 
 ■caves, reserved to the State, free from charge, let, or hindrance, on the part of 
 the State of Texas. 
 
 Sec. 7. That this act take effect from an Apfter the date of its passage. 
 
 .Approved December 15th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 AX A<T to authorize the Comptroller of the State to issue to A. B. Cromer 
 
 duplicate ten per cent. Treasury warrants. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 Comptroller be and he is hereby authorized to issue to A. R. Crozier duplicates 
 for the ten per cent. Treasury warrants No. 3163, dated July 22d, 1861, and 
 Nos. 3S35 and 3837, dated October 22d, 1861. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said Crozier shall be required to produce evidence to the 
 satisfaction of the Comptroller, that he is the just and rightful owner of said 
 warrants, and that he has not sold, transferred or assigned the same ; aDd shall 
 also execute and file with the Comptroller a bond, in double the amount of the 
 warrants, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, to indemnify the State 
 against any other claim that may be set up against tbe State on account of said 
 warrants. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 15tb, 1863. 
 
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 XXXI. 
 ^AN ACT to incorporate the Hempstead Manufacturing Company. 
 Section 1. B" it enacted by the Legisldhlre of the State of Texas, That U.S. 
 Hubby, A. \ Vise and W. W. Williams, of the State of Texas, their associates 
 Mid successors be. imd are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic 
 and corporate, uuder the name and style of the Hempstead Manufacturing 
 Company, with capacity to own propeity, real and personal, not exceeding 
 three hundred thousand dollars in value ; make contracts ; to have succession ; 
 a common seal ; to make by laws for its government, and, in its corporate 
 name, sue and be sued j to grant and receive, and generally to do and perform 
 such acts and things as may be necessary and proper for, or incident to, the 
 fulfillment of its objects, or maintenance of its rights, under this act. and con- 
 sistent with the provisions of the State Constitution. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said company be, and is hereby established, with the right 
 to erect, own, maintain and carry on. an establishment for the manufacture of 
 wool rolls, blankets, woolen and cotton cloth, spinning jinnies, spinning 
 wheels, looms, reels, fire-arms and other articles of prime necessity, separately 
 or conjointly, at Hempstead, or such place, or places, as said company may 
 select ; that said company also have the privilege of running a Grist Mill in. 
 connection with the above mentioned business, when it does not interfere with 
 the successful operation of the manufacturing department. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the parties named in this act, are hereby invested with tho 
 right of holding as many wagons and teams as may be necessary to carry on 
 the successful operation of said manufactory. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said company be allowed, for the successful 
 prosecution of said business, the following named competent hands, to-wit : 
 A. Gurbmett (engineer), A. Oswald (blacksmith), David Myers (wood-workman), 
 William Wolf (weaver), A. Lendeman (wood-workman), W. C. Harney (wood- 
 workman), and all other hands which they may employ in said factory, to be 
 exempt from military duty so long as they shall be employed in said manu- 
 factory, and so long as said factory shall turn out a reasonable number of 
 the articles herein mentioned, aud are not sold for more than seventy-five per 
 cent, above cost. 
 
 Sec. 5. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, 
 and remain in force for 20 years. 
 Approved December 16th, lbGo. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX II. 
 
 A*N ACT for the relief of flii hef,r& of Miron B. Crawford. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the Stale of Texas. That the 
 ■Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby authorized and 
 required, to issue to the heirs of Miron D. Crawford, deceased, a certificate for 
 three hundred and twenty acres of land, which said certificate may be located 
 and surveyed u other genuine certificates, 
 
 Seo. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December ltith. , 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate th Snmt Manufacturing Company. 
 
 ^ Eta nos 1. Be U enacted by v f Texas. That Francis 
 
 P. wood, of Brazos county, Charles Cooper and Henry E. Lockets, ol Wash- 
 ington county. R. II. Taylor, of IJonham. State of Texas, and Thomas F. Lock* 
 f'f the State of Missouri, and the rs, be, and they are 
 
 hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and stvle 
 of the Brazoa Manufacturing Company, with capaeitv to make contracts :* to 
 
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 have succession and a common seal ; to make by-laws for the government and 
 regulation ot its affairs, and in said corparate name to sue and be sued ; to buy, 
 receive and possess moveable and immoveable property, and to sell, alienate 
 and dispose of the same, and generally to do and perform,, all such acts and 
 things as may be necessary and proper for, or incident to, the fulfillment of its 
 objects, or the maintenance of its rights under this act, and consistent with 
 the Constitution of this State. * 
 
 Sec. 2. The said Company shall have the right, power and authority to own, 
 erect, establish, maintain and operate, machinery and buildings, with all neces- 
 sary fixtures, on the Brazos river, or its tributaries, for the manufacture of 
 cotton and woolen goods or such other articles as said company may, at any 
 time, choose to manufacture. 
 
 Sec. 3. The capital stock of said Company shall be not less than one million, 
 nor more than two million dollars, to be divided into shares of one thousand 
 dollars each, and the holders of said shares shall constitute said company, and 
 each member shall be entitled to one vote in person, or by written proxy, for 
 each and every share, he, or she may own upon the books of the company, and 
 under such rules and regulations as may be from time to time prescribed by 
 the by-laws of said company. 
 
 Sec. 4. The capital stock of the said company shall be transferable only 
 upon the books of said company, in such a manner, and subject to such regula- 
 tions, as a majority of the stockholders may from time to time prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 5. All the corporate powers of the company shall be exercised by a 
 board of directors, composed of not less than three, nor more than nine stock- 
 holders, to be elected on the first Tuesday in January, of each year, at the 
 office of the said company, Provided, The first election may be held in the 
 town of Washington, immediately after the organization of the said company, 
 and the board so elected, shall continue in office until the first annual election 
 thereafter, and until their successors are elected ; in all elections those persons 
 who shall receive a plurality of votes, shall be considered elected, and in case 
 of failure to elect at the stated time, the board of directors, then in office, shall 
 continue until the next annual election. 
 
 Sec, C. The Board of Directors shall elect a President from their number, 
 fill vacancies, and appoint such other officers and agents as they may deem 
 necessary, and remove the same at pleasure, and require security for the faith- 
 ful performance of their duties ; said board shall also prescribe the time for 
 the payment of instalments or assessments upon stock, and the amounts of such 
 assessments and instalments ; shall have the right to declare the forfeiture of 
 such stock for non-payment, and do, or cause to be done, all other acts and 
 things, which they may deem necessary, or proper, in conducting the affairs of 
 the company. A majority of said Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum 
 for doing business, and the board shall have the right to appoint a Vice-Presi- 
 dent from their number, to act in case of the absence of the President. 
 
 Sec. 7. All instruments of writing executed by the President, or in his 
 absence, by the Vice President, and by the Secretary, under the Heal of the 
 company, with the consent of the board of directors, shall be valid and binding 
 on the company. 
 
 Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, 
 and continue twenty-five years, Provided, That no benefits shall accrue under 
 the provisions of this act, unless the manufactory shall be put in successful 
 operation within three years from the passage of this act. 
 
 Approved December lGth, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of theTonkaway Indians. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 sum of twenty Ihousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 
 
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 hereby appropriated out of any funds, not otherwise set apart., in the Treasury, 
 for the support of the Tonkaway Indians. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the sum herein appropriated, is for the purpose of enabling a 
 settlement of the accounts of the officers of the Frontier Regiment, who have 
 furnished provisions to said Indians since the 23d day of August, 18C3 ; and to 
 provide for the purchase of provisions and blankets for said Indians, until such 
 time as they may be provided for by the Confederate States Government. 
 
 Sec. o. That while these [ndiaas remain in Texas, and remain unprovided 
 for by the Confederate States, the Governor be authorized to have the warriors 
 employed on the frontier, with the frontier organization, at the same rate of 
 pay allowed to the State organization; and that this act take effect from its 
 passage. 
 
 Approved December D'tii, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 AN ACT for (he relief of James P. Dumas. 
 
 Section I. Be it enacted by (he Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 Comptroller of the State be authorized and required, to audit the claims of 
 James P. Dumas, for beef furnished the regiment of State Troops under the 
 command of Col. Wm. C. Young, in the year 1861, and that he allow the said 
 Dumas the amount due him on the contract made with the Quartermaster of 
 said regiment. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the sum of three thousand, three hundred and twenty-five 
 dollars and sixty-three cents. Confederate Treasury notes, or so much thereof as 
 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury, 
 not otherwise set apart, to pay the said Dumas, when his claim has been settled 
 by the Comptroller, as herein provided, and that this act take ert'ect from it? 
 passage. 
 
 Approved December liith. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX VI. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Tort Sulliran Mate and Female Coll 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State qf Texas, That W. 
 11. White, J. G. Hanna. C. 0.' Barton, D. Cole, F. M. Hale," J. C. Levingstcn. 
 i atman, K. J. Davis, J. Fmguson, JI. A. foster and (\ C. Wilcox, and their 
 successors in office, be, and are. hereby constituted a board of Trustees for the 
 Male and Female College, established at Port Sullivan, in the county of Milam, 
 and State of Texas, and which, by this act, is incorporated by the name and 
 >tyle of the " Port Sullivan Male and Female College," with perpetual succes- 
 sion for thirty years, and by which name may sue and be sued, plead or be im- 
 pleaded, buy and Bell property, real, personal or mixed ; may have a common 
 seal, and do and perform any aud all ads. that may be necessary to carry out 
 . revisions of this act, for the beneGt of said college, and may establish such 
 rules and regulations, tor the government of the same, as they may deem neces- 
 and which may not be inconsistent with the constitution aiid laws of the 
 B, or of the Confederate States, and. in short, may do and per- 
 torm all other acts incident to similar institutions, lor the benefit of the same. 
 
 Sec 2. Said college may have a male and female department, in which may 
 be taught all branches of education taught in 'such Institutions, to which 
 may be added a military department, in which the BOienoe of war shall be 
 taught, at the discretion of the body politic. 
 
 Sec. 3. Said board, and their successors in office, shall Lave power to receive, 
 as donations, or otherwise, any lands, tenements, moneys, rents, goods, chatties 
 or effects, that may be given, grauted, donated or devised to sail college, foi 
 
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 the purpo^? of education, not to exceed in value, exclude of tbe college 
 grounds and buildings, fire hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec 4. The before mentioned trustees shall have power to regulate their 
 own time of serviee, not to exceed two years at any one time, wubout re-election 
 by the stockholders, or body hereby incorporated ; they shall have power to 
 employ all necessary profe-sors, tutors and teachers, to confer degrees, aud to 
 do any and every act usually done in similar institutions, not inconsistent as 
 hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Sec. 5. All the ads and doings of the board of trustees, heretofore had 
 and performed, in reference to said college, is hereby legalized and held as 
 valid and obligatory : Provided, That the same be not inconsistent to the exist- 
 ing laws of the State. 
 
 Sec. 6. This act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 16th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 AN ACT to incorporate Chappell Hill Manufacturing Company. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That William 
 W. Browning, Bryant L. Peel, James F. Dumble, Gabriel Felder, Charles G. 
 Young, Alexander McGowen. James F. Harvey and S. W. Sims, aDd their 
 associates and successors in office, be, and are, hereby created into a body cor- 
 porate aud politic, for the purpose of manufacturing woolen and cotton cloths, 
 •cotton seed oil and iron, under the name and title of the ■' Chappell Hill 
 Manufacturing Company," and in this name and style shall have 'full power to 
 sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and to do and perform all other acts 
 and exercise all the rights and privileges, and be endowed wiih all tLe power 
 incident to corporations. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be the amount actually 
 paid in by the stockholders, at any time. Provided. That the capital stock shall 
 not exceed one million of dol'ars, and shall consist of all its property, real, 
 personal or mixed, choses in action, franchizes or rights to property inchoate or 
 perfected, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each and be 
 deemed and considered in law personal property and estate, and be transferable 
 by any conveyance in writing, recorded by tbe proper officer of said company, 
 in books to be kept for that purpose at its office. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the above named incorporators shall be, and are, hereby con- 
 stituted a provisional board of directors, a majority of whom shall consitute a 
 quorum, and shall have power to open books for subscription to the capital 
 stock of the company, and as soon as it shall be ascertained that fifty thousand 
 dollars shall have been subscribed, they shall call a meetiDg of the stockholders 
 who shall organize the company by "the election of a new board of directors, 
 and this corporation shall go into operation. The new board of directors, and 
 their successors in office, shall be authorized, at their discretion, to increase the 
 capital stock from time to time, by receiving new subscriptions, until the amount 
 of one million shall have been subsciibed, as provided in section two of this 
 charter. The board of directors shall be authorized to fix the instalments upon 
 subscriptions, and determine the times and manner of payment, all of which 
 may be changed from time.to time, at their discretion ; they shall be authorized 
 to receive, in payment of stock. Confederate Treasury notes, or bonds, or any 
 kind of property, upon such terms as they may deem proper. 
 
 Sec. i. That the business of the company shall be conducted by a board of 
 seven directors, who shall be stockholders, four of whom shall constitute 
 a quorum. The directors shall be elected by the stockholders, each share being 
 entitled to one vote, which may be given in person or by proxy. The election 
 for directors shall be held by the commissioners selected by the stockholders for 
 that purpose. The first board elected shall hold their office until the first Mon- 
 
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 day in October. l$r> 1. The elections for directors shall be held on that day, and 
 annually thereafter on the first Monday in October in each year : but a failure 
 to hold the elec'ion shall not dissolve the corporation, but the board in office 
 shall continue in office until their sucee'sors are elected. A majority of the 
 stock subscribed shall be necessary to hold the first election for directors. At 
 the subsequent and annual elections, the stock present and represented shall be 
 competent to elect Any vacancy occurring during the time for which directors 
 are elected to serve, may be filled by a vote of the board. All elections for 
 directors shall take place at the office of the company. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the office of the company shall be at Chappell Hill, until such 
 time as the company shall have procured a location for their principal manu- 
 factory, and an office for the transaction of its business at said location, when, 
 it shall be removed to and fixed at the place where said factory shall be located. 
 
 Sec (). That the board of directors shall, at their first meeting after their own 
 election, elect a President and Secretary, and fix their salaries, which shall not 
 be increased during the time (or which they shall have been elected. The 
 board of directors shall have power to remove their officers at their pleasure, 
 aud elect others in their place. The president of the company is the officer 
 designated as the one on whom legal service of all process or citation shall be 
 made, and the company shall be bound by service of process or citation, 
 whether made on the president in person, or left to his address at the office ot 
 the company, at its office in the hands of any of its officers. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the chief officer, agents and superintendents, shall be exempt 
 from jury service, and the buildings, machinery, tools and materials, lands and 
 slaves, and other property, used or to be used, in manufacturing things needed by 
 the army or people, together with cotton designed for exportation, and the team- 
 and hands employed ia its transportation, shall be exempt from impressment. 
 
 Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. That the president and directors may make 
 "by-laws to regulate the issue of stock curtificates, the declaring and paying 
 of dividends, and for the pioper and regular transaction of business, and may 
 repeal, change, alter or amend the same, at any time they may deem proper. 
 
 5BC. 0. Be it further enacted. That the president and directors shall keep a 
 record of the proceedings of their own meetings, and of the meetings ot the 
 stockholders, and accurate book* of accounts of all the receipts and expendi- 
 tures, to show the condition of the company, and a registry of the issue and 
 transfer of all certificates of stock, which books and accounts shall be open at 
 all times to the examination of the stockholders. All transfers, contracts and 
 conveyances, made in pursuance of a vote of a majority of said board of 
 directors, executed in writing, and signed by the president, and countersigned 
 by the secretary, shall be valid and binding in law. and have the same force 
 and effect as if done by a natural person. The president and directors shall be 
 authorized to mortgage the property of the company to secure the payment of 
 money borrowed, or any deb's contracted by the company. 
 
 Sec. 10. That this charter maybe altered or amended, from time to time, 
 by the Legislature of the State of Texas, upon the petition of stockholders, 
 holding or representing two-thirds of the capital stock of the company, setting 
 forth the nature ol the changes, or amendments desired. 
 
 Sec. 11. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage, and con- 
 tinue in effect twenty-live years. 
 
 Approved December 16th, 1663. 
 
 OHAPTBB XXXVIII. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Bastryjtp Iron Manufacturing Company. 
 Section 1. B" it cnartnt by r ■ /,. ,.;.<■', f f„ rr f the State of Te.rn.t, Thai A. YV. 
 Moore, James II. Gillespie, David L. McNeil. Jame*< K. Nichols. Henry M 
 DeChaums, Napoleon 1!. Tanner. Kenner K. Rector, Nelson Rector, and their 
 associates and successors, be. and they are, hereby constituted and declared a 
 
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 body politic and corporate, under the name and stjle of the "Bastrop Iron 
 Manufacturing Company," witL capacity to own property, real and personal ; 
 make contracts ; to have succession ; a common seal ; to make by-laws for its 
 government, and in its corporate name, sue and be sued ; to grant and receive 
 and generally to do and perform, such acts and things as may be necessary and 
 proper for, or incident to, the fulfillment of its objects, or maintenance of its 
 rights, under this act, and consistent with the provisions of the State Constitution. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said company be, and is hereby established, with the right 
 to erect, own, maintain and operate, an Iron Manufactory, including pig or bar 
 iron, or derivable from the ores of iron separately or conjointly, at such place, 
 or places, as said company may elect. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be divided into share9 
 of one thousand dollars each, and the holders of said shares shall constitute 
 said company, and said capital 'stock shall not exceed two hundred thousand 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the affairs and business of said company, shall be conducted by 
 a board of directors, not less than three nor more than five, who shall be elected 
 by the stockholders, at such time as may be appointed, and annually thereafter, 
 Provided, That in cases of failure to elect at the stated time, the board of 
 directors incumbent, shall continue in office until there be an election, the time 
 for which may be fixed by said board, whereof reasonable notice shall be given. 
 
 Sec. 5. That no person shall be eligible as a director unless he is a member 
 of said company ; the said board shall elect a president from their number, 
 fill vacancies, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and require 
 security for the faithful performance of the duties ; also prescribe the time for 
 payment of instalments or assessments, to declare the forfeiture of such stock 
 for non-payment, and to do, or cause to be done, all other acts or things which 
 they may deem necessary, or proper, in conducting the business of said com- 
 pany ; a majority of said board of directors shall constitute a quorum to do 
 business. 
 
 Sec. 6. That the said company shall have the right to locate, and have 
 surveyed and patented, any of the public domain lying in the counties of Cald- 
 well, Gonzales or Bastrop, for the purpose of procuring iron ore, or timber, by 
 paying into the General Land Office the sum of fifty cents per acre for said 
 public domain ; Provided, That the number of acres so located and patented, 
 shall not exceed" five thousand acres; and the State of Texas doth hereby 
 relinquish to said company, all the right, title and claim, which the State of 
 Texas has, in and to all minerals that may be f®und on any land so located and 
 patented. 
 
 Sec. 7. That the parties named in this act, are hereby appointed commis- 
 sioners, and invested with the right of organizing said company ; and that this 
 charter shall expire at the end of twenty years from the passage of this act. 
 
 Sec. 8. That this act shall take effect from its passage. 
 
 Passed December lGth, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 AN ACT to donate part of the State and County Taxes of Galveston County, for 
 the year 18C3, and during the continuance of the present war, to tltat County, for 
 the relief of the Indigent Families of the County qf Galveston. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 
 State and county taxes, when assessed and collected on property which pertains 
 to said county, as situated therein, except for existing unusual circumstances, 
 for the year 18G3, in the county of Galveston, and such taxes, State and county, 
 as may be assessed and collected, during the continuance of the war between 
 the United States of America and the Confederate States, in said county, be 
 and the same are donated to said county, for the use and relief of the indigent 
 families of Galveston county : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be 
 
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 construed to release any person from paying to the S'ate such taxes as may be 
 levied in kind, or made payable in specie, which taxes ia kind and specie are not 
 donated, but shall be paid into the treasury. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the Assessor and Collector of said county be and be is hereby 
 directed to make his return to the Comptroller of the State, a-* required by law. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after i ta passage. 
 
 Approved December Kith, lsi; .;. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 AN ACT to release to the heirs of W. J. Mills, afi tin' riant, title and interest of the 
 State of Texas, in and to the properly O'rned by said Mills at il,e tine of his 
 death, and deviseii by last will. 
 
 Whereas, Colonel \V. J. Mills, of the county of Chambers, died while acting 
 in the Quartermaster's Department of the Confederate States of America, in the 
 month of November, 186:?, and doubts have arisen as to the effect of a devise 
 contained in his last will : Therefore, 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by (he Legislature of (he Stale of Texas, That all right, 
 title and interest, legal or equitable, existing, or which by legal proceedings 
 might be established, in behalf of the State Texas, in and to all the property 
 belonging to Colonel W. J. Mills at his death, and devised in his last will, be 
 and the same is hereby relinquished, released and surrendered to the heirs of 
 6aid Colonel W. J. Mills, and the same, so far as the State of Texas is concerned 
 or has interest, shall descend and pass to them, iu the same manner us If said 
 Mills had died intestate as to the same. 
 
 Sec. '2. This act shall he in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 16th, 1S63. 
 
 CHAPTER XLI. 
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the Washington Iron Manvfact 'tiring 
 Company. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Stale of Texas, That W W. 
 Bell, T. J. Jackson, and Wilson Bell, and their associates and successors, be and 
 the same are hereby declared and constituted a body politic, under the name 
 and style of " The Washington Iron Manufacturing Company." with capacity 
 to own property, both real and personal, to make contracts, to have succession 
 and a common seal, to make by-laws for its government, and, in its corporate 
 name, to sue and be sued, to grant and receive, and generally to do and per- 
 form such acts and things as are necessary and proper for, and incident to, the 
 fulfillment of its objects or maintenance of its rights under this act and con- 
 sistent with the provisions of the constitution of the State of Texns, and to 
 have and exercise all of the rights, privileges, and immunities, granted to other 
 corporations of a like character. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the said company be and is hereby established. wi:'u the right 
 to erect, own, maintain and operate an iron manufactory, including all articles 
 manufactured from pig or bar iron, or derivable from the ores cf iron, sepa- 
 rately or conjointly, at such place or places as said company may elect. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be divided into shares 
 of one hundred dollars each, and the holders of said shares shall constitute said 
 company, and the capital stock of said company shall not exceed two hundred 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the affairs and business of said company shall be conducted 
 by a board of directors, not lett than three nor more than tive. who shall be 
 elected by the stockholders at their organization under this act, and annually 
 thereafter : Provuicd, That in case of failure tc elect at the stated time or timeB, 
 that the board of directors incumbent shall continue in office until there be an 
 
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 election ; the time for which shall be fixed by said board of directors, whereof 
 reasonable notice shall be given. 
 
 Sec. 5. That no person shall be eligible as a director, unless he be a member 
 of the company. The said board shall elect a president from their number, fill 
 vacancies, and appoint such officers as they may deem necessary, and require 
 security for the faithful performance of their respective duties ; also, prescribe 
 the time for payment of instalments and assessments on stock, and declare the 
 forfeiture thereof for nonpayment of stock, and to do generally, or cause to be 
 done, all other acts and things which they shall de> m proper in conducting the 
 buAimfee of said company. A majority of the boaid shall constitute a quorum 
 to do business for the corporation. 
 
 Sec. (J. That the parties named in section one of this act are hereby ap- 
 pointed commissioners, and invested with the right of organizing said company,, 
 and that this charter shall expire at theend of twenty-five years from the pass- 
 age of this act, and for that period the commissioners and their associates and 
 successors, named in this act. shall have the right to work and operate any 
 mine, or mines, reserved to the State, free from charge, let. or hindrance, on the 
 part of the State of Texas. 
 
 Sec. 7. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December lGth, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XLII. 
 
 AN A CT to incorporate the Gathings Male and Female College. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That W. T. 
 W. Taliaferro, P. H. Shelton, J. J. Gathings, A. D. Kennard, Philip Gatbings, 
 H. C. Lyon, D. T. Lawrence, J. S. Marrow, and J. 0. Church, trustees of the 
 Gathings Male and Female College, situated in the county of Hill, be and they 
 are hereby created a body corporate, under the name and style of " The Board 
 of Trustees of the Gathings Male and Female College," and by that name may 
 sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, enact such bylaws, rules and regu- 
 lations, as may be necessary for their government, purchase, hold, and enjoy, 
 property of all kinds, or may receive the same by donation, for the benefit of 
 said college, to convert said property into money and dispose of the same, and 
 shall have a common seal for the transaction of its business, and shall have the 
 power to confer any and all literary honors upon all the students considered 
 worthy to receive the same by the faculty. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the rights and privileges herein granted shall extend to the 
 trustees herein named and their successors, and they may elect from their own 
 number, under such regulations as they may adopt, and for such terms as they 
 may see proper, a president, secretary, and treasurer, or any other officer or 
 agent necessary in the board. They shall also have the power to construct such 
 college buildings as may be necessary for said college, and to do all things- 
 necessary to the proper conduct and management of said college, not contrary 
 to the law or inconsistent with this charter. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from its passage, and remain 
 in force for twenty-five years. 
 
 Approved December ICth, 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIII. 
 
 AN ACT supplementary to u An Act to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating Liquors 
 within five miles of the town of Dallas," passed at the present session of the 
 Legislature. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 7'exas, That the 
 } roviHons of the act, passed at the present session of the Legislature, to pro- 
 
hibit the s.i'.' of mtoxicating jiquors witLin five miles of the town of Dallas, 
 shall be so construed as to have effect and force within the limits of said town 
 Approved IK einbtr 16th. 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER XL1V. 
 
 AX ALT to prohibit the sale of Ardent or SpitritWU* Liquors within ttn miles 
 
 of the (kmrt House inthin the town of llunisville, Walker county, except for 
 'nal purp* 
 
 Section 1. /.'< it enacted ty (he Legislature of the State of Ttec&t, That if any 
 perSi n shal!. within ten miles of the Court House within the town of Huntsville. 
 Walker comity, in this State. sell any ardent ot spirituous liquors, except for 
 medicinal \ irposes, in any quantities whatever, such person shall, upon con- 
 viction theii of, be deemed guilty of » misdemeanor, and fined in any sum not 
 less than one handled dollars and not more than one thousand ; and the jury 
 trying the s me maj add imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding six 
 months. 
 
 .'. That if any person shall, within the district prescribed in the Erst 
 section of this a:t. give, barter, or exchange, any ardent or spirituous liquors 
 to any one, wi:h intent to evade the provisions of this law, such person shall 
 be deemed guilty of a like misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, subject to 
 the penalties prescribed in the first section of this act ; and proof "by the State 
 of the delivery of liquors, the sale of which is herein prohibited within said 
 district, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of intent to avoid, or evade, the- 
 provisiona of this act ; and it shall not be necessary for the State, in an indict- 
 ment under this act, to allege or prove that the liquor sold, given, bartered, or 
 exchanged, was nol foV medicinal purposes. 
 
 Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws, in c inflict with the provisions of 
 this act. be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 Approved December 10th, l v <:'.. 
 
 CHAPTER XLV. 
 
 AN ACT lo iiuvrporate tlie Trinity Manufacturing and Flowing 
 
 C< mi />atiy. 
 
 Section hi d by tht L< ' the State of Texas, That W. A. 
 
 Rhea, James C Kliea. Francis Dowell, W. H. Beane, C. Copenbaver, and their 
 associates and in office, be and are hereby created a body corporate 
 
 and politic, fof the purpose of manufacturing woolen and cotton yarns and 
 fabrics, unuei the name and title of ''The Trinity Manufacturing Company.'' 
 and in this name and style shall have full power to sue and be sued, plead and 
 be impleaded, and to do and perform all other acts, and exercise all the rights 
 and pi 1 be endued with all the powers incident to corporations. 
 
 Sv apital stock of said company shall be the amount actually 
 
 paid in by the stockholders at any time : Provided, That the capital stock shall 
 not e- hundred thousand dollars, and sball consist of all its property 
 
 real, personal or mixed, chdsea in action, franchise or rights to property, in- 
 choa- >d. and shall be divided into shares of one thousand ($1000) 
 
 dollai ,d be deemed and considered in law personal property and 
 
 estate, and ho transferable by any conveyance in writing, recorded by the 
 propel ompany. in books to be kept for that purpose at its office. 
 
 Sec. o. That the above named in orporators shall be and are hereby consti- 
 tuted a provisional board of directors, a majority of whom shall constitute a 
 quorum, and shall have power to open books for subscription to the capital 
 stock of tl • on as it shall be ascertained that fifty thousand 
 
 dollars shall bai e been subscribed, they shall call a meeting of the stockholders. 
 WW Shall i nafter named. The 
 
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 officers elect, and their successors in office, shall be authorized, at their dis- 
 cretion, to increase the capital stock from time to time, by receiving new 
 subscriptions, until the amount of five hundred thousand dollars shall have 
 been subscribed, as provided in section two of this charter. The board of 
 directors shall be authorized te fix the instalments upon subscriptions, and 
 determine the times and manner of payment ; all of which may be changed, 
 from time to time, at their discretion ; they shall be authorized to receive, in 
 payment for stock, Confederate Treasury notes or bonds, or any kind of 
 property, upon such terms as they may deem proper. 
 
 Sec. 4. That the business of the company shall be conducted by a board of 
 directors, the number of which shall he determined by the stockholders ; all of 
 whom shall be stockholders, and a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. 
 The directors shall be elected by the stockholders, each share being entitled to 
 one vote, which may be cast in person or by proxy. The first board of direc- 
 tors elected shall hold their office until the 1st of January, 1S65 ; the election 
 for directors shall be held annually thereafter, on the first Monday in January 
 in each year, but a failure to hold the election shall not dissolve the corporation ; 
 but the board in office shall continue in office until their successors are elected. 
 A majority of stock subscribed shall be necessary to hold the first election for 
 directors; at the subsequent and annual elections, the stock present and repre- 
 sented shall be competent to elect ; any vacancy occurring during the time for 
 which directors are elected to serve, may be filled by a vote of the board. All 
 elections for officers shall take place at the office of the company, which shall 
 be located at the discretion of the company. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the board of directors shall, at their first meeting after their 
 own election, select a president and secretary and fix their salaries, which shall 
 not be increased during the time for which they shall have been elected ; the 
 board of directors shall have power to remove these officers at their pleasure, 
 and elect others in their place. The president of the company is the officer 
 designated as the one on whom legal service of all process or citation shall be 
 served, and the company shall be bound by service of process or citation, 
 whether made on the president in person, or left to his address at the office of 
 the company, in the bauds of any of its officers. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors may make 
 by-laws to regulate the issue of stock certificates, the declaring and paying of 
 dividends, and for the proper and regular transaction of business ; and may 
 repeal, change, alter or amend the same, at any time they may deem proper. 
 
 Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the president and directors shall keep a 
 record of the proceedings of their own meetings and of the meetings of the 
 stockholders, and accurate books of accounts of all receipts and expenditures, 
 to show the condition of the company, and a registry of the issues and transfers 
 of all certificates of stock, which book and accounts shall be open at all times 
 to the examination of the stockholders. All transfers, contracts, and convey- 
 ances, made in pursuance of a majority of said board of directors, executed in 
 writing, and signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, shall 
 be valid and binding in law, and have the same force and effect as if done by a 
 natural per°on ; the president and directors shall be authorized to mortgage 
 the property of the company to secure the payment of money borrowed, or any 
 debts contracted, by the company. 
 
 Sec. 8. That this charter may be altered or amended, from time to time, by 
 the Legislature of the State of Texas, upon the petition of stockholders, holding 
 or representing two-thirds of the capital stock of the company, setting forth the 
 nature of th.e change or amendments desired. 
 
 Sec. 9. That this act take effect from and after its passage, and continue in 
 effect twenty-five years. 
 
 Approved December 16th, 1863. 
 
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 CHAPTER XLVI. 
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the retail of Tntoricatinj Liquor* in the 
 neighborhood of Bound Rock. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the tegmai ire of the Stale of Tews, That it shall 
 not be lawful to retail any ardent, alcoholic, or intoxicating liquors, within the 
 distance of four miles from Che school-house in the town of Round Rock, in 
 Williamson county, (unless sold by apothecaries for medical purposes ;) and any 
 person offending against tlie provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a 
 misdemeanor, and. on conviction thereof, before any Court of competent juris- 
 diction, shall bo lined in any sum not less than one hundred nor more than 
 five hundred dollars, fur each and every offence so committed. 
 
 Passed December Kith. 186ft 
 
 CHAPTER XLY1I. 
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the vicinity 
 of the town of Dallas, in Dallas county. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Stab of Texas, That, it shall 
 not be lawful to sell any intoxicating liquors, whether alcoholic, malt, distilled, 
 or brewed, within five miles of the town of Pall is. in D lllas county, (unless sold 
 by apothecaries for medicinal purposes ;) and any person, or persons, offending 
 against the provisions of this act. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on 
 conviction thereof before the District Court of Pallas county, or before any 
 Justice of the Peace, in the precinct in which the town of Pallas is situated, 
 shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, 
 for each and every offence against this act. 
 
 Sec. 2. That proceedings under this act shall be commenced on affidavit, 
 view, or information, and, upon conviction by information, one-half of the fine 
 assessed against the offender shall go to the informer and the other half to the 
 county treasury of Dallas county, to be used in support of the families of sol- 
 diers ; and that this act be in force thirty days from and after its passage. 
 
 Passed Pecember 16th, 18U3. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVII1. 
 
 AN ACT to prohibit the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the neigh- 
 borhood of San Saba Masonic CoUege. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That it shall 
 not be lawful to sell any intoxicating liquors, whether the same be al loholic, 
 malt, distilled, or brewed, within five miles of the San Saba Masonic College, 
 situated in Sin Saba county, (unless sold by apothecaries for medicinal purposes ; 
 and any person offending against the provisions of this act, shaH bo deemed) 
 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof before the District Court 
 of San Saba county, or before any Justice of the IV ice i i the precint in winch 
 the Sm Saba Masonic College is situated, Bhall be fined in any sum not less 
 than fifty nor more than live hundred dollars, for e ich an 1 ei ery offence ; the 
 District Court and f the Peace hiving concurrent jurisdiction over 
 
 offences arising under this act : Provided Tb f the Pea 
 
 have power to assess a line of m >re than one hundred doll ire. 
 
 Skc. 2. That all money collected by does Imp tsed under the provisions of 
 this act, sLall be paid over to the trusts in Sib a Ma ge, for 
 
 the use of said College. 
 
 Sac. 3. That prosecutions under this net Bhall be con. n"; n twelve 
 
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 months after the commission of the offence; and this act take effect and be in 
 force from and after the first day of Januiry, A, D., 1864. 
 Passed December 16th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIX. 
 
 AN ACT for the relief of Ayres Moody. 
 
 Section 1. Be it e>mcted by the Legislature uf the State of Tessas, That the 
 Commissioner of the GeneralLand Office be and he is hereby authorized to 
 issue to Ayres Moody a head-right certificate for twelve hundred and eighty 
 acres of land, in lieu of the one obtained in the District Court of Harrison 
 county, on the llth day of September, 1840, which has been lost or mislaid. 
 
 Sec. 2 That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Passed December 16th, 1863. 
 
SPECIAL JOINT RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Military Board of the State to pay the 
 Confederate Tax,, levied on Whitescarver. Campbell it Co.. contractors with said 
 Board for the Manufacture of Arms. 
 
 Whkrkas, Messrs. Whitescarver, Campbell & Co . of Rusk, Cherokee county, 
 are under contract to manufacture guns for the Military Board of the State, and 
 have faithfully performed their contract; and the Confederate Tax Collector 
 has levied an occupation tax of two hundred dollars and two and one-half per 
 cent, on the amount of sales ; and, whereas, said Armory has been exclusively 
 occupied in working for the State : 
 
 Therefore, be it resolved, That, in settlement of their account, the Military 
 Board be directed to allow iiessra Whitescarver. Campbell & Co. the amount 
 paid by them for the taxes above enumerated. 
 
 Approved November 27th, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Military Hoard to cancel a Contract 
 made by them xcith Short, Biscoe <fc Co., for the Manufacture of Arms. 
 
 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Military 
 Board be and they are hereby authorized and required to cancel and annul a 
 
 contract made by them in behalf of the State, on the day of , A. D., 
 
 , with Short, Biscoe & Co., of Smith county, for the manufacture of arms, 
 
 upon the following conditions, viz : That said Short, Biscoe & Co. shall first 
 repay to the Military Board all sums of money which may have been advanced 
 to them by the Military Board on said contract, together with interest thereon, 
 at the rate of eight per cent, per annum from the date the same was received 
 by them ; and, on the further condition, that they shall produce evidence to the 
 satisfaction of the said board, that they have sold, or firmly contracted, to the 
 Government of the Confederate States, or its authorities, all the fixtures, ma- 
 chinery and material which they have constructed, or may have on hand, for 
 the purpose of carrying out their said contract. 
 
 2. That this resolution be iu force from and after its passage. 
 Approved December 4th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER 111. 
 
 Jul A'7 RESOLUTION. 
 
 Whereas, Messrs. Billups & Ilassel, •! Plenitude, Anderson coun'y. did, in 
 the month of June, 1862, enter into contract with the Military Board" to manu- 
 
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 faikire and de'iver seven hundred guns, of the model of the Mississippi rifle, at 
 the price of thirty dollars, payable in currency ; of which number, the said par- 
 ties have delivered six hundred ; and, whereas, owing to the scarcity of iron 
 and other material, and the impossibility of procuring necessary tools for the 
 work, renders it impossible for the parties to make the remainder of the number 
 conti acted to be delivered : 
 
 Therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Mili- 
 tary Board be directed and required to cancel the contract entered into by and 
 between the laid board and Billups & Hassel ; and this resolution be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 8h, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Commanding General of this Military 
 District to detail men ft r Texas Iron Works. 
 
 Whereas, the article of iron is becoming a matter of necessity, both to the 
 Confederate and State Governments, and, under the existing military laws, con- 
 scripting and drafting all men between the ages of eighteen and titty into the 
 service of the country, it is difficult to obtain the mechanical aid necessary to 
 carry on the founderies now engaged, or which may hereafter be engaged, in 
 the manufacture ol iron, Ac. 
 
 1. Be it resolved, by the Legislature of the Stale of Texas, That the Command- 
 ing General ot tin's Military District be requested to make such details as may 
 be necessary to carry on all manufactories now in operation, or which may 
 hereafter be established, for the purpose of making iron in this State. 
 
 2. He it further resolved, That the Governor of this State transmit a copy of 
 this resolution to the Commanding General of this Military District. 
 
 Approved December 11th. 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 JOINT RESol.UTbjN in relation to the capture of two Yankee flags, cipluvrd 
 from the enemy. 
 
 1. Rksoi.i rio\. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas. That we 
 have received with feelings of patriotic pleasure the stmds of colors of the 4th 
 New Jersey regiment, captured by the 5th Texas Infantry, in the battle of Rich- 
 mond, June 27th, 1862. and. also, a Yankee flag, captured at the battle of 
 Lafourche, by the 4rh Texas Cavalry, July 13th. 1863. 
 
 2. Resou'tton. That the capture of these standards from our boastful and 
 numerous and infuriated foes, is evidence, again repeated, of the heroic and 
 indomitable courage of the Sonthern soldiers, fighting for freedom and inde- 
 pendence, evincing their firm and unalterable determination to stand by their 
 country, through sunshine and through storm, until the unprincipled enemy is 
 driven from the soil of our native land, and covers the name of Texas and of the 
 Confederate States with imperishable glory, challenging the admiration of the 
 world. 
 
 3. Resolution. That t! ese menu ritoes of Texan chivalry be assigned a' place 
 among the archives of tie State, and preserved as trophies, glorious to the cap- 
 tors and to the poorle of Texas, proud of their invincible sons. 
 
 4. Resolution. Ihit is further token off the admiration of the people of 
 Texas, these resolutions be forwarded by the Governor, to be read at the heal 
 s»f the regiments shove named'. 
 
 Approve.! Deeehibei* 11th. ] 8 ■". 3 
 
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 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION reqmstinj General J. B. Mijrohr to detail .certain 
 persons therein named. 
 
 Whereas, II. Ward, a citizen of Titus county, who is the proprietor and ope- 
 rator of a wool-carding machine in said county, has been drafted into the 
 military service of the State, and is now a in mber of Captain Epperson's 
 company, in Major Carter's battalion. State troops ; and. wherea j , S. G. Watts, 
 an engineer employed in running a steam riouring-mill lor Q. A. Kebburn. in 
 Dallas county, has been drafted in like manner, and is now a member of Captain 
 McCarney's company, in Lieutenant-Colonel Smith's command, 2d regiment 
 State Cavalry; and, whereas, the services of the aforesaid H. Ward and S. G. 
 Watts are much needed in their respective vocations by the communities of 
 their lespective localities: 
 
 Therefore, be it resolved by the LegUti /"/<• of the State of Texas, That General 
 Magvuder, commander of this Military Department, be and he is hereby re- 
 quested to detail the said II. Ward, for the purpose of running said wool-carding 
 machine, and the said S. G. Watts, for the purpose of running the aforesaid 
 flouring-mill ; and that the Governor of the State be required to forward a copy 
 of this resolution to General Magruder, immediately after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 11th, 18U3. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 JOINT liES()LL'TIUN in regard to the Purchasing of Beeves and other Gov- 
 ernment supplies, in Texas, by the Messrs. Payne it Co., on Government accoiint, 
 with counterfeit Confederate money. 
 
 Whkrkas. during the year 1SG2. Messrs. J. A. Payne & Co., of the State_ of 
 Kentucky, acting under authority purporting to issue from the Commanding 
 General of the Confederate Army in the West, did purchase a large number or 
 beeves and other property in the State of Texas, from citizens of Hill, McLen- 
 nan, Falls. Bosque, and other counties, and did pay therefor counterfeit Con- 
 federate States treasury notes, amounting in the aggregate to one hundred 
 thousand dollais. or more ; and, whereas, it is a notorious and public fact, that 
 the said Messrs. Payne were arrested by the authorities of the Confederate 
 States, as counterfeiters, before they bad delivered or received pay for said 
 property ; and that the Government o( the Confederate States did, thereafter, 
 receive the same and appropriate it to the use of its army, and has never yet 
 paid the purchase money therefor, hut holds the same in its treasury ; and, 
 whereas, the citizens of Texas acted in good faith and patriotism in selling said 
 supplies to the Confederate Government, and are, therefore, justly entitled to a 
 reasonable and fair compensation for the same : 
 
 1. Tlierefore, be it resolved by the "Legislature of the State of Texas, That our Sena- 
 tors in Congress be instructed, and our representatives requested, to use their 
 best endeavors to have a law passed by Congress providing for the sending of a 
 commissioner, or other proper officer, to some convenient locality in Texas, in 
 the part of the country where such purchases were mile by Payne & Co., with 
 full power and authority to examine and determine the character of the money 
 circula'ed by said Payne <t Co., and to redeem the same with genuine Confed- 
 erate money, whether the same be now in hands of the original payees or of 
 other parlies, who have given a valuable, consideration therefor. 
 
 2. Resolved, That the Governor forward a copy of this resolution to our 
 Senators and Representative- in Congress. 
 
 Approved December 14th. 18(13. 
 
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 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 JOINT RESOLU'I ION to authorize the Military Board to manufactory BaU, and 
 making an appropriation for the scum. 
 
 1. Resolved, That tbe sum of tifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, 
 out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise set apart, and placed at the 
 disposal of the Military Board, lor the purpose of manufacturing salt, at the 
 salt springs and creeks near the Double Mountain, or at any other place in 
 Texas where silt can be made advantageously. That the board is authorized 
 to exercise its discretion in the outlay of the money herein appropriated, or so 
 much thereof as may be necessary, so as to obtain the best results in obtaining 
 salt for the use of the people. 
 
 2. Resolved further, That the Governor be requested to ask of the Military 
 Commander of this Department to make ?uch disposition of the Confederate 
 troops, upon the north western border of this State, as will protect the line ol 
 travel to parties engaged in making salt at the Double Mountain, or other 
 works, hereafter to be put in operation, whenever such protection may be 
 necessary. 
 
 Approved December loth. 18C3. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION. 
 
 1. Re it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That whereas, on 
 or about the first day of March. 18t>2. the 4th Regiment Texas Mounted Volun- 
 teers, known as Reiley's or 1st Regiment of Sibley's Brigade, did, in the Ter- 
 ritory ol New Mexico, by request of 'he Commanding General, turn over to 
 the Confederate authorities their hor-es. saddles, and bridles, for which said 
 regiment has never received any pay : 
 
 2, Therefore, be it res<>lv.(d by the L<</islature if the State of Texas, That our 
 Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to use 
 their efforts to obtain the passage of a law by which the said regiment will 
 receive the pay that is justly due them for said property. 
 
 Approved December 15, 1SC>3. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 JOINT R ESO LUT i O N •mthm-niiig the Military Board to issue Percussion Caps 
 
 to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, and the officers 
 
 thereof. 
 
 Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Teams. That tbe Military 
 Board of the State of Texas, are hereby authorized and required, to issue, to 
 the members and officers of the Tenth Legislature, (Senate and House of 
 Representatives,) one box of five hundred percussion caps each, at the usual 
 market "price, and that this act be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Approved December ICth, 1863. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 JOINT RESOLUTION accepting from Governor John R. Baylor, two Pieces 
 
 of Artillery, captured in Arizona. 
 
 Be it Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas. That two pieces of 
 Artillery, captuiel by Captain James Walker's Company, of the 2d Regiment 
 of Mounted Rifles, in Arizon\, while under the command of Governor John R. 
 
Baylor, which Lave been tendered to the State of Texas by said Baylor, as ft 
 memento of the gallantry of the regiment aforesaid, that captured said artillery, 
 now known as Pyron's Regiment, be, and the same are hereby accepted upon 
 the terms proposed, and the Governor is hereby requested to have said guns 
 disposed of. so as to effectuate the wishes of the patriotic donor ; and to trans- 
 mit a copy of this resolution to Governor John R, Baylor, as an acknowledg- 
 ment of the estimation in which the State of Texas holds him and his gallant 
 command for their brilliant achievements in Arizona. 
 Approved December L6, 1868. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the name of Waller County. 
 
 Whereas, it is the opinion of many persons, in and out of the County of 
 Walker, in this State, that said county was named in honor of one Robert J. 
 Walker, then a distinguished citizen of the State of Mississppi, and who had 
 rendered himself popular with the people of Texas by his warm advocacy of 
 the annexation of Texas to the United States ; and whereas, the said Robert J. 
 Walker, ungrateful to the people who honored him, and nurtured him into 
 political distinction, has deserted that people, and is now leagued with Abraham 
 Lincoln in his vain efforts to subjugate the Southern States, now BfragfrtiUg for 
 their liberties and independence, thereby rendering his name justly odious to 
 the people of Texas and the Confederate States of America ; therefore, 
 
 1. Be it Resolved by th? Legislature of (he State of Te,ras, That the County of 
 Walker, in this State, be, and the same is, hereby named Walker County, in 
 honor of Captain Samuel II. Walker, the distinguished Texas Ranger, who fell 
 in Mexico, while gallantly fighting for the rights and honor of the State of 
 Texas, and that henceforth no honor shall attach to the name of saidRobert J. 
 Walker, in consequence of a county in this State bearing the name of Walker. 
 
 Sbc. 2. That this "Joint Resolution " take effect and be in force from and 
 after its passage. 
 
 Approved December 16th, 1863. 
 
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 THE STATE OF TEXAS, 
 
 Department op State, j 
 
 I; Robert J. Towne?, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do certify 
 that I have compared the foregoing Laws and Joint Resolutions of the Tenth 
 Legislature with the originals now on file in the Department of State, and that 
 they are true copies of such originals. ^ 
 
 I further certify, that the Tenth Legislature of the State of Texas convened 
 at Austin on Monday, the second day of November, one thousand eight hun- 
 dred and sixty-three, and adjourned on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of 
 December, at 11 o'clock, P. M., of the same year. 
 
 In testimony whekeop, I have hereunto signed my name, and 
 caused the Seal of the Department of State to be affixed, at 
 Austin, this twelfth day of February, A. D., 1864. 
 R. J. TOWNES, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
INDEX TO THE SPECIAL LAWS. 
 
 B 
 
 BAYLOR, JOHN R., taqk- 
 
 Joint resolution accepting two pieces of artillery from, 38- 
 
 BASTROP IRON MANUFATURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation, 27 
 
 BLACK, JOSEPH A., 
 
 To relieve from disability of minority, 18. 
 
 BILLUPS & HA8SKL, 
 
 Joint resolution cancelling contract of, for the manufacture of arms, 35 
 BOUNDS, CAPTAIN J. M., 
 
 For the relief of Company of State Troops, 6 
 
 BRAZOS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation, 23 
 
 BURNEY, GEORGE E., 
 
 For relief of, 14 
 
 c 
 
 CAPS, 
 
 Joint resolution authorizing the Military Board to sell Percussion 
 Caps to the Members and Officers of the Senate and House of 
 
 Representatives 38 
 
 CHAPPELL HILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation, 26 
 
 CRAWFORD, MIRON B., 
 
 Heirs of, for the relief of, 23 
 
 CROZIER, A. R., 
 
 Act authorizing the issue of duplicate Treasury warrants, 22 
 
 COMAL OIL COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation, 20 
 
 COMPTROLLER, 
 
 An act authorizing the issue of duplicate Treasury warrant No. 1521 , 18 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 GALVESTON— Act for the relief of indigents, 28 
 
 FALLS and LIMESTONE— Act defining and establishing boundary 
 
 between 18 
 
 LIVE OAK and McMULLEN— Act defining and establishing boun- 
 dary between, 5 
 
 WALKER — Joint resolution in relation to the name thereof, 33 
 
 D 
 
 DALLAS COUNTY, 
 
 Act authorizing the holding of a special election therein for Repre- 
 sentative, i 
 
 DALLAS, TOWN OF, 
 
 Act to prohibit sale of intoxicating liquor therein 33 
 
 Act supplemental to an act to prohibit sale of intoxicating liquor,. . 30 
 
42 
 
 DETAILS, page 
 Joint resolution requesting the detail of certain persons therein 
 mentioned, 37 
 
 DUMAS, JAMES P., 
 
 Act for the relief of, 25 
 
 E 
 
 EAST TEXAS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation , 20 
 
 F 
 
 FALLS COUNTY, 
 
 An act to define the boundary line of, 18 
 
 FLAGS, 
 
 Joint resolution in regard to two Yankee flags captured from the 
 enemy, 36 
 
 G 
 
 GALVESTON CITY, 
 
 Re-incorporated 7 
 
 GALVESTON COUNTY, 
 
 Act for the relief of indigents, 28 
 
 GATHINGS MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE, 
 
 Act of incorporation 30 
 
 GONZALES MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION, 
 
 Act of incorporation 17 
 
 II 
 HARRISON, II. K., 
 
 Act for the relief of, 4 
 
 HARRISON COUNTY, 
 
 Aet defining the boundary of, 5 
 
 HEIRS OF, FUR THE RELIEF OF, 
 
 " " Francis L. Toncary, 14 
 
 " •' Benjamin D. Nobles, 15 
 
 " Miram B. Crawford, 23 
 
 W.J.Mills, 20 
 
 HEMPSTEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 23 
 
 HUNTSVILLE, TOWN OF, 
 
 Act to prohibit sale of intoxicating liquors therein,. 31 
 
 I 
 
 INCORPORATIONS, 
 
 Bastrop Iron Manufacturing Company 27 
 
 Brazos Manufacturing Company 23 
 
 Chappell Hill Manufacturing Company 26 
 
 Comal Oil Company 20 
 
 East Texas Manufacturing Company 20 
 
 Gathings Male and Female College '0' 
 
 Hempstead Manufacturing Company 23 
 
 Parsons Female Seminary 15 
 
 Port Sullivan Male and Female College 2i 
 
 Paluxy and Brazos Sulphur, Nitre and Powder Manufacturing 
 
 Company 21 
 
 Rusk County Iron Company 16 
 
 San Saba Masonic College 14 
 
 Seguin Mutual Aid Society 17 
 
 Sulphur Fork Iron Company 4 
 
 Trinity Manufacturing and Flouring Company 31 
 
 Waco Manufacturing Company G 
 
 Washington Iron Manufacturing Company 29 
 
 INCORPORATED TOWNS, 
 
 Galveston City, re-incorporated 7 
 
43 
 
 INDIANS, tagb. 
 
 Act defining the duties of the agent of the Alabama, Coshatta and 
 
 Muscogee Indians 5 
 
 Act for the relief of Tonkaway Indians 24 
 
 L 
 
 LIVE OAK COUNTY, 
 
 Act defining the boundary of 5 
 
 LIMESTONE COUNTY, ' 
 
 Act defiuiug the boundary of 18 
 
 M 
 
 MARION COUNTY, 
 
 Act defining tho boundary of •> 
 
 MILITARY BOARD, . 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing the payment of Confederate Tax levied 
 
 on Whitescarvcr, Campbell & Co 35 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing cancel of contract made with Short. 
 
 Biscoe & Co., for manufacture of Arms 35 
 
 Joiut Resolution authorizing cancel of contract nude with BillupS Sc 
 
 Hassell for arms 35 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing the manufacture of Salt and making 
 
 appropriation therefor 3-t 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing the sale of percussion caps to members 
 
 and officers of the Senate and House of Representatives 
 
 MILLS, W. J., 
 
 Heirs of, for the relief of 29 
 
 JfoMULLBN COUNTY, 
 
 Act defining boundary of 5 
 
 Act organizing and attaching to 14th Judicial District 19 
 
 MOODY, AYRES, 
 
 Act for the relief of 34 
 
 N 
 
 NOBLES. BENJAMIN D., 
 
 Heirs and assigns of, for relief of 15 
 
 P 
 PRICE, ROBERT, 
 
 Act for the relief of 4 
 
 PARSONS FEMALE SEMINARY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 15 
 
 PAYNE & CO., 
 
 Joint Resolution in relation to purchase of beeves by 37 
 
 TORT SULLIVAN MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE, 
 
 Act of incorporation 25 
 
 P A T.UXY& BRAZOS SULP'R, NITRE, POWDER MANUFACTURING CO., 
 
 Act of incorporation 21 
 
 Q 
 
 QUARLES, CARRO M., 
 
 Act releaving him of the disability of minority 3 
 
 R 
 
 REILEY'S REGIMENT, 
 
 Joint Resolution for the relief of 33 
 
 ROUND ROCK, TOWN OF, 
 
 Act prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors therein 33 
 
 RUSK COUNTY IRON COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 16 
 
 s 
 
 SAN SABA MASONIC COLLEGE, 
 
 Act of incorporation 14 
 
 Act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within five miles.... 33 
 
44 
 
 SEGUIN MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION, page. 
 
 Act of incorporation 17 
 
 SHORT, BISCOE & CO., 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing Military Board to cancel contract for 
 
 arms 35 
 
 STATE TROOPS, 
 
 Act for the relief of Capt. Bound's company 6 
 
 SULPHUR FORK IRON COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 4 
 
 C AT fp 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing the Military Board to manufacture salt 
 
 and making appropriation therefor 38 
 
 T 
 
 TEXAS IRON WORKS, 
 
 Joint Resolution requesting the detail of certain persons, for manu- 
 facturing purposes 3fr 
 
 TONKAWAY INDIANS, 
 
 Act for the relief of 24 
 
 TRINITY MANUFACTURING & FLOURING ^COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 31 
 
 V 
 
 VAUGHAN, A. J., 
 
 Act for the relief of 3 
 
 w 
 
 WACO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 6 
 
 WALLIS, JOSEPH, 
 
 Act to validate his official acts as Notary Public 16 
 
 WALKER COUNTY, 
 
 Joint Resolution in relation to the name thereof 39 
 
 WARD & WATTS, 
 
 Joint Resolution requesting the detail of men for manufacturing 
 
 purposes 37 
 
 WASHINGTON IRON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 
 
 Act of incorporation 29 
 
 WATSON, CAREY, 
 
 Act for relief of, and assigns 18 
 
 WHITESCARVER, CAMPBELL & CO., 
 
 Joint Resolution authorizing State to pay Confederate Tax levied on 
 
 them 3j 
 
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