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CHAPTER CXXV.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING RAILROAD COMPANIES OF THIS STATE TO HOLD MEETINGS EITHER OF STOCKHOLDERS OR DIRECTORS, BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE STATE, ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the several railroad companies of this State are hereby authorized to hold meetings either of their stockholders or directors, beyond the limits of this State; provided, that at least twenty days' notice of the time and place of all such meetings shall be given by publication in the official journal of the judicial district in which the principal office of the company is situated, if there be one, and if there be no such newspaper, then by publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the portion of the State, where the principal office of the company is situated; and provided further, that the proceedings of the said stockholders or directors at any meeting so held beyond the limits of the State, shall be recorded in the principal office of the company in this State within forty days after the adjournment of such meeting.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed May 26, 1871.

The foregoing act, received in the office of Secretary of State May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, having been presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, and Lot having been returned by him to the house in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, has become a law without his approval.

JAMES P. NEWCOMB.
Secretary of State.

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AN ACT AMENDATORY OF AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND ME

CHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEX!8," APPROVED APRIL 17, 1871.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That the fourth section of an act entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas," approved April 17, 1871, be so amended as hereafter to read as follows, to wit: "Section 4. The expenditures for the construction of buildings, or for other purposes, shall be made under the order of the commissioners herein before named, and when money is required for the payment of the same it shall be drawn upon the warrant of said coinmissioners upon the Comptroller, who. shall issue his warrant on the State Treasurer, who shall pay the same out of the school fund of the State."

SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved May 30, 1871.

CHAPTER CXXVII.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE TWENTY-FOURTH SECTION OF AN ACT EN-1 TITLED AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TAXES,' APPROVED APRIL 22, A. D. 1871.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the twenty-fourth section of the above recited act be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Property-How freed from back taxes.

"Section 24. Any person who shall render property for taxation, and shall pay the taxes, State and county, levied by this act, (including the poll tax, if any,) for the year 1871, and shall also, an addition, pay thereon the amount of the State and county tax ac

cruing and due thereon prior to the year 1871, one-fourth of the State tax to be applied to public schools, shall by so doing be fully acquitted and discharged of all claim and demand upon the property so paid upon for back taxes of every sort and description whatever, whether the same be State, county, municipal or special; and the Comptroller of Public Accounts shall thereupon, on demand, give the person so paying a registered and sealed receipt (or receipts), which shall be received in all courts as full and conclusive proof that the real estate paid upon is free from all claim for taxes that may have accrued prior to the date thereof. Where real estate has been sold for taxes, the delinquent is required to pay to the part7, or his heirs or assigns, who purchased the same, the amount cf purchase money paid by such party, with simple interest thereon at the rate of twenty-five per centum per annum until repaid or deposited to the credit of the purchaser, or his heirs or assigns, in the State Treasury, and the purchaser of real estate at a tax sale is hereby vested with a lien to secure the same. Interest shall not run from and after such deposit in the Treasury, and the deposit shall ipso facto operate as a release of the lien hereby created. No property shall be cleared of all back taxes accruing after 1871, save on payment, as is provided in this section, of all taxes that shall have accrued thereon since the acceptance of the present State Constitution, with interest, if any thereon, together with three times the amount of the direct State tax for the year in which taxes are paid, estimated on such property according to the value thereof on the years on which it is cleared, and on paying, in addition, ten per centum on that amount, and an additional ten per centum shall be levied for each year until such property is either clcared of or sold for taxes."

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved May 31, 1871.

CHAPTER CXXVIII.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF "AN ACT TO ORGANIZE THE COURTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND COUNTY COURTS, AND TO DEFINE THEIR JURISDICTION AND DUTIES," APPROVED AUGUST 13, 1870.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section twenty-nine of "An act to organize courts of

justices of the peace, and county courts, and to define their jurisdiction and duties," approved August 13, 1870, which reads as follows, viz: "It shall be lawful for justices of the peace to appoint deputies to transact business, and sign their names to any documents pertaining to their business, either as justices or notaries public; provided, however, that such deputies shall not sit on the trial of cases," be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved May 31, 1871.

CHAPTER CXXIX.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE BLIND ASYLUM TO AUDIT THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ACCOUNTS, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE SAME.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That the Board of Trustees of the State Blind Asylum be and are hereby authorized to order the payment of the following accounts, if found correct, for articles furnished to the State Blind Asylum, to-wit: To Sampson & Henricks, the sum of two thousand two hundred and thirty dollars and fifty-three cents; to W. F. Bengener, the sum of sixty-one dollars and sixty cents; to W. W. Evans, the sum of thirty-three dollars; to Zorn & Bremer, the sum of nine hundred and thirty-one dollars; to Stuart & Mair, the sum of seventy-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents; to J. W. Hannig, the sum of one hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty

one cents.

SEC. 2. That the Comptroller of Public Accounts be and he is hereby authorized to draw bis warrants upon the Treasurer of the State for the sums, and in favor of the persons mentioned in the preceding section of this act; and that the sum of three thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-three cents is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to pay the same.

SEC. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved May 31, 1871.

CHAPTER CX xx.

AN ACT TO LEGALIZE THE ACTS OF I. A. LEE, OF CORYELL COUNTY. ^

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That all the official acts of L. A. Lee, justice of the peace in precinct number four, of Coryell county, done in conformity with law, be and the same are hereby declared legal and valid.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved May 31, 1871.

CHAPTER CXXX 1.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE

TRANSCRIPT OF THE SURVEYOR'S

RECORDS OF LAMPASAS COUNTY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras. That the county court of Lampasas county be and they are hereby authorize to have transcribed the surveyor's records of said county, and that said transcript, when so made, be as legal and valid in all respects as the original.

SEC. 2. That the said county court are authorized to cause to be paid the sum of fifteen cents per hundred words for said transcript.

SEC. 3. That this act take effect from and after its passage.
Approved May 31, 1871.

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