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CHAPTER LXII-An act to authorize the County Court of
Ellis county to issue coupon interest-bearing bonds, to aid
in the construction of a court house and jail in said
county...
CHAPTER LXIII-An act to amend 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.....
CHAPTER LXIV-An act appropriating money for furnishing
the Comptroller's building.
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CHAPTER LXV-An act exempting telegraphic operators in
this State from serving on juries and in the State Militia. 67
CHAPTER LXVI-An act to provide for the payment of the
public debt of the State of Texas..
CHAPTER LXVII-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.........
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..........
CHAPTER LXIX-An act amendatory of 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.
CHAPTER LXX-An act to organize the county of Pecos....
CHAPTER LXXI-An act for the protection of poor persons
in cases of appeal in civil suits.
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CHAPTER LXXII--An act supplementary to an act entitled
"An act providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds
of the State for the purpose of meeting the appropriations
made for maintaining ranging companies on the frontier,"
approved August 5, 1870..
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CHAPTER LXXIII--An act supplementary to an act entitled
"An act to authorize counties, cities and towns to aid in
the construction of railroads and other works of internal
improvements," approved April 12, 1871....
CHAPTER LXXIV-An act providing for the completion and
control of the Supreme Court building, library, etc.....
CHAPTER LXXV-An act to require the clerk of the District
Court of Lamar county to index the records in his office,
and providing for his payment therefor....
CHAPTER LXXVI-An act to further amend the eleventh
section of "An act to provide for the registration of deeds
and other instruments of writing," approved May 12, 1846....
CHAPTER LXXVII--An act transferring the settlement of
the estate of James H. Leaverton, deceased, from the
District Court of Anderson county to the District Court
of Houston county..
CHAPTER LXXVIII--An act to authorize the County Court
of Milam county to levy and collect a special tax for the
purpose of erecting a new court house in said county
CHAPTER LXXIX-An act to repeal the third section and to
amend the second section of "An act to regulate the sale
of lands under decrees of courts," approved August 13,
1870......
CHAPTER LXXX-An act to validate certain acts of the
County Court of Van Zandt county......
CHAPTER LXXXI—An act to amend an act entitled "An
act fixing the terms of the Supreme Court of the State of
Texas, and authorizing and requiring the court to estab-
lish rules," approved August 13, A. D. 1870........
CHAPTER LXXXII-An act amendatory of an act entitled
"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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CHAPTER-LXXXIII-An act authorizing administrators,
executors, guardians and trustees to secure their bonds by
pledge of real estate....
CHAPTER LXXXIV-An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to adopt and establish a penal code for the State of
Texas," approved August 26, A. D. 1856, and to repeal
an act entitled "An act to amend articles 412 and 418 of
an act to adopt and establish a penal code for the State of
Texas," approved December 16, A. D. 1863....
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CHAPTER LXXXV-An act to exempt from taxation certain
property therein specified..
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CHAPTER LXXXVI-An act to organize the county of Pre-
sidio...
CHAPTER LXXXVII-An act to authorize the Governor to
receive from the Treasury of the United States the money
due the State of Texas from the United States....
CHAPTER LXXXVIII-An act providing for the payment of
persons summoned as witnesses before the Senate sitting
as a High Court of Impeachment in the case of Wm. H.
Russell, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District, and
making an appropriation for the same.
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CHAPTER LXXXIX-An act to authorize the County Court
of Dallas county to levy and collect a special tax for the
building of a court house....
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CHAPTER XC-An act authorizing the appointment of sheriffs
and clerks pro tem. in certain cases....
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CHAPTER XCI-An act to provide for the continuance of the
"General Index of Special Acts," and making an appro-
priation therefor....
CHAPTER XCII-An act repealing an act entitled "An act
establishing a general apprentice law, and defining the
obligations of master or mistress and apprentice," ap-
proved October 27, 1866...
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CHAPTER XCIII--An act to repeal an act entitled "An act
regulating contracts for labor," approved November 1,
1866. .
CHAPTER XCIV-An act providing for the payment of per-
sons summoned as witnesses before the Senate, sitting as a
High Court of Impeachment, in the case of Wm. H. Rus-
sell, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District, and making
an appropriation therefor....
CHAPTER XCV-An act to repeal a portion of "An act to
change the names of the counties of Cass and Buchanan,"
approved December 17, 1861, and to designate the name
of the so-called county of Davis....
CHAPTER XCVI--An act to amend the first, third and fifth
sections of an act entitled "An act to regulate the dis-
posal of the public lands of the State of Texas," ap-
proved August 12, 1870
CHAPTER XCVII--An act further defining the powers and
jurisdiction of the Criminal District Court of Galveston
and Harris counties..
CHAPTER XCVIII-An act authorizing the County Court of
Kerr county to levy a special tax.
CHAPTER XCIX--An act authorizing the Governor to com-
mission Silas McCrary and Jerry Washington, who have
been duly elected, as justices of the peace for Bowie
county, and to validate their official acts....
CHAPTER C-An act making an appropriation to defray the
contingent and printing expenses of the first session of the
Twelfth Legislature.
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CHAPTER CI-An act to legalize certain acts of the County
Court of Brazos county....
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CHAPTER CII--An act making appropriations for the support
of the State government for deficiencies for the fiscal
year ending August 31, 1871, and for the fiscal year be-
ginning September 1, 1871, and ending August 31, 1872. 98
CHAPTER CIII--An act to authorize the Governor to prepare
and issue bonds to an amount sufficient to meet any de-
ficiency in the receipts of revenue for the years 1871 and
1872, and also providing for the payment of said bonds
and interest thereon...
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CHAPTER CIV-An act further regulating proceedings in the
several courts of the State of Texas.
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CHAPTER CV-An act changing the venue of a certain suit
hereinafter named....
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CHAPTER CVI-An act to define and establish the boundary
line between the counties of Live Oak and Nueces...... 109
CHAPTER CVII-An act authorizing the Commissioner of the
General Land Office to appoint four additional draftsmen
for his department, and fixing the salaries and making an
appropriation therefor...
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CHAPTER CVIII-An act to amend the seventy-first and
ninety-second sections of "An act to regulate proceedings
in the district courts," approved May 13, 1846....
CHATTER CIX-An act to encourage stock raising and for the
protection of stock raisers..
CHAPTER CX-An act to authorize the County Court of
Harris county to issue bonds for the purpose of funding
the indebtedness of said county, and to provide for their
payment....
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CHAPTER CXI-An act authorizing and requiring the county
tax for the years 1870 and 1871, collected by other coun-
ties from persons and upon property situated in San Ja-
cinto county, to be paid to San Jacinto county..
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CHAPTER CXII-An act to organize the county of Frio.... 122
CHAPTER CXIII—-An act supplemental to an act entitled "An
act to provide for the payment of the public debt of the
State of Texas," approved May 2, 1871...
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