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CHAPTER CXIV-An act authorizing heads of departments of
the State government to administer oaths....
CHAPTER CXV-An act to amend "An act prescribing the
mode of proceeding in district courts in matters of pro-
bate," approved August 15, 1870...
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CHAPTER CXVI-An act to organize the bureau of immigra
tion....
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CHAPTER CXVII-An act regulating appeals in criminal
cases...
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CHAPTER CXVIII-An act to levy a special tax in the county
of Van Zandt...
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CHAPTER CXIX-An act to authorize the Commissioner of
the General Land
and thirty copies of
Valid Land Titles to
land certificates..
Office to purchase one hundred
Burlage & Hollingsworth's book of
prevent the location of fraudulent
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CHAPTER CXX-An act to legalize the official acts of I. H.
Steen, while acting as justice of the peace of Hamilton
county.....
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CHAPTER CXXI-An act to make the county of La Salle a
part of the Seventeenth Judicial District of this State,
and to attach it to the county of Live Oak for judicial
and other purposes....
CHAPTER CXXII-An act to legalize the official acts of I. H.
Steen while acting as District Clerk of Hamilton county 132
CHAPTER CXXIII-An act to provide for the appointment of
one county surveyor for two or more counties
CHAPTER CXXIV-An act authorizing the compromise of
certain suits brought by the State in District Court of
Colorado county..
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 con-
ditions
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CHAPTER CXXVI--An act amendatory of an act entitled
"An act to provide for the establishment of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College of Texas," approved April
17, 1871..
CHAPTER CXXVII-An act to amend the twenty-fourth sec-
tion of an act entitled "An act to give effect to the sev-
eral provisions of the Constitution concerning taxes, ap-
proved April 22, A. D. 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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CHAPTER CXXIX-An act authorizing the board of trustees
of the State Blind Asylum to audit the payment of cer-
tain accounts, and making an appropriation for the same. 137
CHAPTER CXXX--An act to legalize the acts of I. A. Lee,
of Coryell county
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CHAPTER CXXXI-An act to authorize the transcript of the
surveyor's records of Lampasas county...
CHAPTER CXXXII-An act to provide for a special registra-
tion of voters preparatory to any election under the pro-
visions of "An act to authorize counties, cities and towns
to aid in the construction of railroads, and other works of
internal improvement," approved April 12, 1871, and to
declare who shall be considered qualified voters at any
election held under the provisions of said act..
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CHAPTER CXXXIII--An act to require the judge of the
Eighteenth Judicial District to hold a special term of the
District Court of Brazoria county.
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JOINT RESOLUTIONS..
CHAPTER I-Joint resolution authorizing the Adjutant Gene-
ral of the State to procure a suitable building in this city
for the use of his department, and to remove the powder
and explosive ammunition in the basement of the Capitol 141
CHAPTER II-Joint resolution providing for the election of
United States Senator on the second Tuesday after the
organization of this Legislature...
141
CHAPTER III-Joint resolution asking influence of Texas
Congressmen for correction of and increased mail facilities. 142
CHAPTER IV--Joint resolution instructing our Senators and
requesting our Representatives in Congress to secure the
establishment of the port of Sabine Pass a port of entry,
and recommending to the honorable Congress of the
United States a favorable consideration of the petition of
the citizens of southeastern and northeastern Texas, in
relation to this subject, now in the hands of their Repre-
sentative, G. W. Whitmore, for presentation to the honor-
able Congress of the United States of America...
CHAPTER V-Joint resolution in reference to the defense of a
certain suit..
CHAPTER VI-Joint resolution asking the Congress of the
United States to pass a bill for the construction of a rail-
road from the eastern boundary of Texas to the Pacific
Ocean, on or near the thirty-second parallel of latitude,
and to grant the same aid for the construction of this rail-
road that has been granted to secure the building of the
Northern Pacific railroad...
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CHAPTER VII-Joint resolution authorizing the Governor to
receive from the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Cm-
pany, or the present representatives thereof, the amount
of interest due the special school fund on the 1st day of
November, 1870, under the provisions of an act entitled
"An act for the relief of railroad companies indebted to
the State for loans from the special school fund," approved
August 13. 1870, and permitting said company, or its
representatives, to avail itself of the provisions of said act. 146
CHAPTER VIII-Joint resolution making an appropriation of
one thousand and eighty-five dollars to pay for the por-
trait of Gen. Sam Houston....
CHAPTER IX-Joint resolution authorizing members of the
Legislature to withdraw from office of Secretary of State
enrolled bills which failed to become laws at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature..
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CHAPTER X-Joint resolution_authorizing the engrossing and
enrolling clerks of this Legislature to occupy the State
library for the performance of their clerical duties...... 148
CHAPTER XI--Joint resolution making an appropriation, and
expressing the wish of the State touching the suit of John
A. C. Gray, receiver, etc., vs. the Governor and Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office..
CHAPTER XII--Joint resolution asking the Congress of the
United States to send a joint committee to the frontiers of
Texas to inquire into and report upon the number of mur-
ders and extent of the outrages committed in Texas during
the last five (5) years, and now being committed in Texas
by bands of Indians living within the territory of the
United States, and harbored within the Republic of Mex-
.ico.....
CHAPTER XIII-Joint resolution instructing our Senators
and requesting our Representatives in Congress to urge
upon Congress the passage of a bill for more secure and
reliable postal telegraph facilities...
CHAPTER XIV-Joint resolution respecting our postal ser-
vice.
CHAPTER XV-Joint resolution instructing our Senators and
requesting our Representatives in Congress to use their
exertions to effect the removal of bands of Comanche and
Kiowa Indians to a point at least one hundred and fifty
miles from the civilized settlements or organized counties
in Texas...
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CHAPTET XVI-Joint resolution requesting our Representa-
tives and Senators in the Congress of the United States
to procure the passage of an act creating and establishing
a port of entry at the city of Rockport, on Aransas bay,
in the county of Refugio, in this State.....
CHAPTER XVII-Joint resolution requiring the Comptroller
of Public Accounts to retransfer to the State revenue ac-
count the sum of thirty-five thousand nine hundred and
fifty dollars and five cents, heretofore erroneously trans-
ferred from said revenue account to the available school
fund account....
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CHAPTER XVIII-Joint resolution instructing our Senators
and requesting our members in Congress to urge the open-
ing of the Indian country north of Texas to settlement.. 154
CHAPTER XIX-Joint resolution asking the Congress of the
United States to pass an act giving a pension to the widow
and minor children of Capt. Wm. W. Montgomery..... 155
CHAPTER XX-Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
State to present one Winchester carbine to each of the
persons who overtook and killed four of a band of hostile
Indians....
CHAPTER XXI-Joint resolution authorizing and requiring
the Governor to call a special election to fill certain va-
cancies..
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CHAPTER XXII-Joint resolution for the relief of Davis
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CHAPTER XXIII-Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary
of State to issue to the Galveston Mercantile Library sets
of public documents of the State of Texas...
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CHAPTER XXIV-Joint resolution authorizing his Excellency,
the Governor of the State, to dispose of the "Houston
Tap and Brazoria Railroad
CHAPTER XXV-Joint resolution in relation to payment of
salaries of district judges...
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