reported valid, may take such bonds in satisfaction of their claims at the same rate as the Governor is herein authorized to dispose of them. SEC. 4. That as soon as such of said bonds as are disposed of by the Governor shall have been sold or hypothecated, as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the Governor to turn over the proceeds thereof to the Treasurer of the State; and the amount so deposited shall be a fund appropriated to the payment of the debts of the State admitted by said auditorial board, and shall be appropriated to no other purpose till said debts are fully paid. SEC. 5. That all claims rejected by said board shall be reported, to the Legislature at its next ensuing session, together with the reasons for such rejection. SEC. 6. That there shall be appropriated annually, out of the State taxes, an amount sufficient to cover the current annual interest on said bonds, and the bonds ascertained to be valid under the provisions of the first section of this act, as the same may fall due, and a sinking fund of two per cent. to pay the principal of said bonds at maturity; and it shall be the duty of the Comptroller to invest the said sinking fund, as fast as the same may accrue, in interest bearing bonds of the United States, or in the bonds authorized by this act, and to invest the interest on said bonds, as it may. accrue, in like manner as the sinking fund; and when said sinking fund shall be equal to the principal of the bonds to be issued under this act, to sell such bouds as said sinking fund may be invested in, and make payment of the bonds herein authorized to be issued, and destroy the same in the presence of the Governor. SEC. 7. That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be recessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the necessary expenses incurred in carrying this act into execution, and the president of said board is authorized to appoint an auditing clerk to assist them in their labors, who shall be a good accountant, and whose duty it shall be to arrange and prepare these claims for the examination and action of the board. The pay of this auditing clerk shall be seven dollars per diem, for the time necessarily employed in this business, which compensation shall be paid him on the certificate of the president of the board. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from its passage. Approved May 2, 1871. CHAPTER LXVII. CC AN ACT TO AMEND THE THIRD SECTION OF AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT CREATING THE COUNTIES OF PRESIDIO, EL PASO AND WORTH,” APPROVED JANUARY 3, 1850. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the third section of an act entitled "An act creating the counties of Presidio, El Paso and Worth," approved January 3, 1850, be and the same is hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows: "That the boundaries of El Paso county shall hereafter be as follows: commencing at a point on the east bank of the Rio Grande, established as the boundary line between the State of Texas and the territory of New Mexico; that is, the point where the thirty-second parallel of north latitude crosses the Rio Grande; thence due east along said thirty-second parallel of north latitude to where it crosses the river Pecos; thence following down the western bank of the river Pecos to the south bank of Delaware creek, at its point of junction with the river Pecos; thence in a southwesterly direction to San Martin Springs in the Apache mountains; thence in a southwesterly direction to the east bank of the Rio Grande, where it is crossed by the one hundred and fifth parallel of longitude west of Greenwich; thence following up the east bank of said Rio Grande to the place of beginning, and all the territory within said boundaries shall be known as the county of El Paso." SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved May 2, 1871. CHAPTER LXVIII. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE POLICE AND PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SAME," APPROVED JULY 1, 1870. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section one of an act entitled "An act to establish State Police and provide for the regulation of the same," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit: "That there shall be established a State Police, (in connection with the militia system of this State) to be composed of one chief of police, six captains, twelve lieutenants, thirty sergeants, and two hundred and ten privates. That the pay of each private policeman shall be sixty dollars per month, that of each sergeant shall be seventy-five. dollars, that of each lieutenant one hundred dollars, and that of each captain of police one hundred and twenty-five dollars per month; provided, that each officer shall receive thirty dollars per month, each non-commissioned officer twenty-five dollars per month, and each private twenty dollars per month, in addition to said pay, as compensation for the use of their horses and arms, and in lieu of all traveling expenses; provided further, that the Chief of State Po lice shall be entitled to the sum of fifty dollars per month, in addision to his pay as Adjutant General, or Chief of Police, as compensation for the use of his horses and arms, and to reimburse him, and be considered in lieu of all expenses while traveling under orders; this sum to be paid him monthly. That the Chief of State Police, with the approval of the Governor, shall make requisition, from time to time, for such sums of money as may be necessary to pay said police out of any funds in the Treasury appropriated for that purpose, which shall be sufficient authority for the Comptroller to, issue a warrant; and the Chief of Police shall, on disbursing each requisition, file his vouchers with the Comptroller of Public Accounts." SEC. 2. That section three of said act is hereby amended to read as follows: "The Governor, or Chief of State Police, with the approval of the Governor, may at any time remove any of the members of the State Police for malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetency, or disobedience of orders. The State Police shall receive, in addition to their regular pay, the same mileage and other compensation for conveying prisoners as are allowed to sheriffs; provided, that such mileage and other compensation shall not be due where a prisoner is not conveyed beyond a county where arrested; provided further, tha: such mileage and compensation shall be paid by the Comptroller of the State on vouchers certified to by the Chief of Police and approved by the Governor, and shall be paid out of ap propriations for costs due sheriffs' from the State.' SEC. 3. That the said act be amended by the addition of the following sections: "That any number of special policemen, not to exceed twenty in each county in the State, may be appointed by the Governor, or under his authority, and they shall not be sent out of the county, unless under orders from the Governor. These special policemen shall only be paid, when in actual service, the compensa This tion of three dollars per diem, in lieu of traveling expenses and all other allowances, and for the use of their horses and arms. compensation to be paid out of the county treasuries of the counties where employed, on vouchers certified to by the Chief of Police. SEC. 4. That the Governor, or Chief of Police, by authority of the Governor, may constitute conductors and baggage masters on all railroads or other public conveyances to act as special policemen when, in his opinion, it is deemed necessary; provided, that conductors and baggage masters so constituted shall receive no compensation from the State for services rendered under this act, and such conductors so authorized shall have all the power and authority of peace officers under the laws of this State." SEC. 5. That this act take effect from and after its passage. CHAPTER LXIX. AN ACT AMENDATORY OF SECTION THIRTY ONE OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT FRESCRIBING THE TIMES OF HOLDING THE DISTRICT COURTS IN THE SEVERAL JUDICIAL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE," APPROVED AUGUST 10, 1870. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That section thirty-one of an act entitled "An act prescribing the times of holding the district courts in the several judicial districts in the State," approved August 10, 1870, be so amended that it shall read as follows, to-wit; "Section 31. That the district courts of the Thirtieth Judicial District shall be holden at the times hereinafter specified, to wit: In the county of Grimes on the first Mondays in October, February and June, and may continue in session four weeks; in the county of San Jacinto on the fourth Mondays after the first Mondays in October, February and June, and may continue in session two weeks; in the county of Walker on the sixth Mondays after the first Mondays in October, February and June, and may continue in session three weeks; in the county of Madison on the ninth Mondays after the first Mondays in October, February and June, and may continue in session two weeks." SEC. 2. That all writs and process that, before the passage of this act, shall have been issued by or from said district court in said district, or that may be hereafter issued, shall be returnable to the terms of court as is prescribed in the foregoing section, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after the first day of May next. Approved May 3, 1871. CHAPTER LXX. AN ACT TO ORGANIZE THE COUNTY OF PECOS. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That the county of Pecos be organized with the following limits: Commencing at a point on the Rio Grande where the river San Francisco empties into the Rio Grande; thence in a northwesterly direction to Varela Springs; thence northwest to San Martin Springs, in the Apache mountains; thence northeast to the mouth of Delaware creek, where it empties into the river Pecos; thence down the river Pecos to its mouth, where it empties into the Rio Grande; thence up the Rio Grande to the place of beginning; and all the territory within the said limits shall constitute the county of Pecos. SEC. 2. That Peter Gallagher, George Frazer and Cezario Torres are hereby appointed and constituted a board of commissioners for the purpose of organizing, and ordering an election in said county for justices of the peace and county officers. SEC. 3. That said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall meet at Fort Stockton, in Pecos county, at 12 o'clock M., on the first Monday in May, A. D. 1871, or within five days thereafter, and shall proceed to divide said county of Pecos into five precincts. Said commissioners shall then order an election for a justice of the peace for each precinct, and for a sheriff and clerk of the district court of said county; said commissioners shall give at least twenty days notice of said election by causing notices thereof to be posted in three prominent places in each precinct of said county. Said election shall be held at Fort Stockton; it shall continue four days, and shall be conducted in conformity with the laws regulating elections in this State. And for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, said board of commissioners are hereby invested with all the powers conferred upon judges and commissioners of elections by the laws of this State; and said commissioners |