State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 19, 1856 Page: 4 of 4
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dUtitictlr. the printa-
STbmi wfcicfe nr StaJttsjJsMn"" 4 1
iTtSsaaatBtien Occtitm 3 article f ) iirorMcs
tiat-BCwSSttePa &o tJtdmittwJ Ay the Corn
!Si.Ai 1 Isir which rfiallttf ;uiMarraiK5
"mSjieTfaT carfT"' ow 'Aauuun roc ivrcguuigj
sSrs. bJ all cr powers rested br thte toa
":.;:' ii..t rit..l'.:...i ci...
'nr department orflEttbareof-'
"lwisBtcnaiuent: "ABC powers not neii-gaWd
ifUtra Stales y tne crmstitntibir sorpro-
Uge&M t to tbo State are resm'ei! to tlie
gC-r8tate of the federal Union is a atirereifjn
ifojFer limited niv bj tlie toneiitation f the-
fjsk3 State
Ms iimiUMoas vrsucu Hint metrmueut nas im
2.tr-nr iSmaSr tb WiEJrrr of "tie proposed
ijfaie w'ttii the origiDslStsJef or impce ariy Hra-
RSaoaopoa ititorergstrbsdl tho coattitn-
Uio orgabtS0a pf Trntonv nisv "be nccetta-
ty aruf proper raciiif of carrjiEjj Into effect
te proTkioB of tlse ccnstltuEba for jhe adrnJe-
twn of cc' Staft and when cxerdied" jtith re-
ference odIt to that crid tie power of ConCTe
I clear aoo cspllcttt latbejrondtia!: point tie
BOtooriJy cannot cxretxt; for !!itf reastfa tliafc all
."powpmnotdelesstedttf ih VvhrS. "States bj-
tbe ConttJtutToD aor prohibited by 14 to the
or to tbeBeepTc" Jit otlier vtoVIt. Uie orcanic
act -of theTerritorj cocformiBgtff the spirit of
uic grasi ircBX wnicn urccctTt-.iu Tanoiiv most
IcaTe tic cplo entirely freet form -.and regu-
late tfcer dorafeitie institutioorisad .internal -cou-ccrosinthyirotni
way; eubjecf only to tbe con-
itutionBf the' United Male W Xho endtbat
wben ther attain reiaititi? jiojmbtion
eBlaWiBvft Statficrerhn5ni ia coufonuil v ta the
federal conrtitution tliey.tnay -ba duMl m
ibcrmfinonanqiialfoottnjr Aritb tlte wmd
Biatmallspec&'vvljatioeTcr.
Tboact-orCocgreMTor U ttrgauliOii f
the Tcrritriexf KanwaHUiMfuraiifca vva
wmcdtocaurunirift'ticwpirit and letter fij
-.7-i ..!tiiHw hv nrrarttlar and rufturtwO'
ins tbefiiiidaincntal pfindp of C!HJlt WOWg
aftbaStatw.oT fa . w. JjtftWlWtwd o$ J
set ere few peci8c and naiform applicable
llfaHtbeStateK old find new. There i no
literary wr puttinga rettnetjoe npoiiUiO botct-
BCVVOIOICIVIIILU tc aiiawuiMi'W""
on tbe onsaai bates anuccu. u
geSa"Tetrictlon coald bo Impoe tm any tatr.
bpo! Ibe federal cuaatitBiioB aud.lu eon-
SSjo(.aM.of the iDcaualitr vvoaM assiarilabs to
pnjTjnce or aepenqrncy. '.
ng ail mofciaw"i ice in-
i orinciplo in our federative
iH5tiha a principle imbodled in tbe eonstitntion
fise "bai npon whicb tbe Aiiieritpn Union
tfecjsatHra oi a
3HesB eouality amo
"?Stssrriii itmd&tnentai
Swiifrkaa tlatery csirted in all the. colonies un-
Scmfelaactien of tbeBnti ofcrninen prior
Jt&thekDeclaranon ot inacveim ..j4uD
ScofeSution of tie Uaited&atea va6 adopted.it
4bccametb(S saprctne hw and bond tr union bo-
nwew : twelve tUvebnWinr States and one nou
t4iUboldii State. EacbStatoraerred tho nght
irtodecMetiequation of slavery for uself to
continue it as a domestic institution to long a it
utsttjt in ubiilish it ivhcnit ChOeC
Jn'parsaance of this rescm-d rijjbt six of the
-gtongimldaveholdicg States harorace abolished
mh?jii2$timttrnnhAihiz Cohettsa or their sister
StataC while the other ixjuave retained and-sus-
talsea it as a ootnemc msuiuuon wuicn in uiwr
" opinion bail become so firmly engrafted on their
social systems that tbtf relation: between tho rn4s-
ffTftriaihTe conld not be dissolved with safety
' IPSpItber. la tbe mean time eighteen netyStates
TMr'e" been admitted into the Union in objaieucc
ftoftbe federal constitution on an equal Tootinc
f'gth'tbo oririnal States including of course the
ifehtT6f.eacbvto dedda tbe question of slavery
!3fcriiiel. In decidinc Ibis question it has hap-
'sSwsed thattilBC or these new States baveabolish-
Sfed'aSa "prohibited slavery while tbe other nine
hire retained and regulated it That these new
-States bad at 4bo time of their admission and
still-retain an equal right under tbe federal ton-
PpiloD with the original Sutes to decide all
Jqueillons of domestic policy for themselves in-
cio3icg that of Atrtcsn slavery onght not to be
'"lerljusly questioned and certainly canuot besuc
X3tfuliy controrcrted
' They are all subject to the same supreme law
ichY'iby the content of each cunstltdtes tbe
only'lunllatitin upon their soverejgu.authority.
;Since.we find tbe right to admit uew States
enumerated amon tbe power fejtpreisly delegb;
tedjalbecoattittttiun the questiun aritcs. whence
s docrCongrcst derive nuthorlt'jto urgauiia tem-
porary governmeats for the Territories prepara-
tory to their 3missiun-intoiboUnion on an equal.
TooriBg.wHh theflriginal States-t Ytmr comuiiC-
icear1 not prepared to adopt the reasoning
tvbfch deduces tho ptiwer from that other clause
"Jof'the 'constitution wbidi savsr .'. ' P
f'SMCantateu shall havepowerlo dispQjeof and
mate ail neeuiui rules aud regulations respecting
the territory orother 'property belongiilg-to the
UnifeS'States."
JTEelancuaRO of this clause is much rnoreep-
;filSi'i much sppiiiM o pivpenj- maniU) per-
stns. "It would teem to have been employed for
the purpose of conferring upon Congrew .the
JBower of disposiag of the public lauds and eJJitr
RSPJ? Idonging le the (Jniitd States and to
jiwuejll"newitul rules and Tvgulations'ltSr that
iJP'yti 'rather than to govern tbe people who
jmiRbtjpurcbste those lauds from the United
rfStatei'aiid became residents thereon The word
jfXtl 52' nua au j'i'"t'w"3 t-'ijiressiou to ue-
i7L-.-i.;.-iJ t thokh tectiou of the art
nf 'Ma-rch C I&M (preparatorf to tbe adniissloti
oufcsfoi of sUvery for themselves provid ed they
Aouldmako their homes and Organize States
ttorth of thirty- dwrccs pd thirty minutes
north latituda Conforiwug t tha cajdmalpnn--ti
f Rtate effuality and lelf-jjovermnont in
obsr&to'tljo const! ttiotttheKans"as-TeBra?--ka
act declared iu the precise language of thy
.Mimis measures ot icou tnat "wneu ad
mitted as a State tho said Territory or any pof-
iioiiortbc same shall be received into the Union
with or without. alacjTfrs their constitutions
... ni-iEi-rihi.it t!iii..time of their admiMinnJ'
ASoiflfter declaring the. said Ii aectibn'jEf the j
iltfSoun acj somenines- caiicu ;iuu auiKguufi
Cbnipromisc. orIisspurt reBtrTctibti) ihoperatire
nd Vohl. as beine xenucnantf o ihese DnncfDle.
the purposcof Congress; "in ";p'as?lng tho w;t is
acciarcu in mese worm: - oeiog ino true in
tent and meaning of this'act not toJcpElate sli-
rerv'fntajiny Slate or Tcrritbrjv nor to ciclude
it therefroms butto lcavo tbe people thereof pef-
fectly free to form and regulate" their domestic
llisuiuiiuue u lucii. unu b huujcui. vui iu uiu
constirution of the UnitetLStates."
Thc'passsco of- the Knusas-Ncbrasha act was
jstreniipu"sy resisted by all persbns who -thought
it a less ova tottepnve tno.peppic ot now btatqs
and Te.rri.torjesflf tho right ofState equality au'd
self-governrijcnt under the ponitifulion than to
Biiciu' them to decldo the slarrV nuestion far
themBslvesaaeveryState of theUnion haddone.
nn mnsL ri'iniu lug uuuL'uiauit: t tun is l uu. Kti
1 jong.'as the constitution' of tHoUnifed Stateshall.
bb tnamramcfl as me supreme..iaw oi tne janu.-
Finding opposition to tbe -principles. -of tbcaijt
unavailing in tho hallstof Congress and under tho
fortn'rof tho co"nBlirurioh!c6'mbiriaibhs' were im-
mediately' entered into-in aome portions of the
Union to control the'politicaifdestiiiics; and form
andremilata the domestic institutions. oftthoGc
Territories and future States through .'tliajna-
chinery of Emigrant Aid Societies. In order ro
ive .consistency and efficiency to the jnovemenp
and surround it with tho color of ieeaT-authoritv.
amicfc of incorporation -was procured from tho
legislature of the State of Massachusetts in
tho first secdon 1baf Werity' persons therein
named and their "associates successors and"as-
signs are hereby mado a corporation by tho
Bauie of the ilassathusotts Emiirr'ant Aid'Coni-.
pany.forthe purpose of assisting emigrants ifn
si'liio in iuu ucsn iuu lur iui uuruusu inuv-
shall have nil the-'powers and privileges and Ife
subject to all the duties restrictions and liabili-
ties set fortlriu'ine38thap.d'44th chapters of the
revised statutes" ot aiassaeuusetts
. Tbesecoud section limited the capital stock of
tiiorcouipany to nvo millious of dollars and ad-
'slguatetbat large area of public lands of which
tho United States had become tbe owner by vir-.
''tae lif'the revclutian an! th fKninn t.f l... n
.-ffp; Tba additional words "vr other pro--
iiBtiuguig w me umtec states" TiearJji
attune ! Jut tha ln til.:(..ji ..-.i - ? !
TaSffiSSf. Pgraphlcal sense U designate tbe pub
'M4?ISB' an Mt descriptive of the wbofc?
bodyof the people constituting a distinct tiolitf-
S'?.Hintf vb9 taT no representaUon id
PPKtcfMoc. consequently po Voice in making
wm1"" uPon which allibeir rigid and UbertiS
wosld depend If it wen) conceded that Congress
ailfS-Geoeralandnnlimlted power p makelt
"needful rule and regulations concerning4' tteir
'j S"1!14 domestic concerns ft istin-
sWww of tho coustitution.4ma.from this
4tC88gre derives authoritr-tourovnie
SKTWi'f theTubliclanas for curing
ptioa ftchts to actual settlers Jor tbo;es-
mwwwetpf land offices in the -several Ftateis
'ausTemtories. fur ii(iit'tinti.A t.n .. ....;
"ttOMf ml In short fir makinrall needful mbi
:..oi
aBHjrranilfitiani !frmrnAj
mivslEsa''I i-'""r;Mu Buusuisposine
WKWsSEr mir ?&
jtJTiese aeedful tnlca- tnA vr.mni.. V
ag.8w
Wvrl;uS fitXrLL0 toMttWi the irustcea-hal)
liMa'fci:2-IlTA T '. . "r y"eroi rne
'zak& iiZJ 2r nperepi3ted Or dwpo-
---. 4wu 4ia.o iiu Qiiir?n?itM nndM i;v
mme? tbecouititntion. whether .tbfrt?L.
ifrff )i1iiiMH.i.. l. -rr .. f.
b united ;
iisasin A
flruirniiiN fUKj-
I?"? ?$ " EBke needtul rules and
-ri?iTXV'efi?etbe.BtcindTerritof
UrsasrtLpVfi ncd3ahfe
!SftMMWirptlfe5
8if6wnertipitMel)vimisitcanJ.s-t i
4S0.tractai).f U.iJ tn mU.x
.hirtLsnrizz.r'y r
teas the mi ii7."i? oi?8 P0?"
.--.. . wwm Kim! trani'in Tucndntn as.
mssStam
t Coasress iiip5i. ShL
r-. t . i- -"v
ner thoseStates
ocatediin'respect
fcftsaa?Bwss
?w
iMiwSSSf-
i fco feonae & iia Si. Via8K"-.
l?h'iKrfera uponieoBcretMsamB
isrruones coacerrf
property beiraginSb
?&ZZrL V". SuWMiB
iSigtewrli:.4"" ?rr"e cern
mxatr-ixi- ;. . -
6trera tft .mZrZZfZ C
tauilkmiLm ui ZZL :? m .utat CJfift r tee
tmml eeiky araiBgt4rBaranf
CELS'SlsrSSH otadesSSS
Wfll4riw5? hrj-
2SBfeS2-!-Ma 3&
L """ MCi
-)L" WtVHJ t tae
thorired tte "wholo toteinvestedin real arid nef-
jsonal estate with the proviso thatrthe said cbf-
poration hall not nold real .estate in this Com-
monwealth (MassBchusettsXio.an amount oxceecj-.
inrentythofasand-Hollars."
The third section provided for dividing fho'cap-
ital stock of the. tcprpprattori into iShnreaof jonij
hundred' dollars eacb ?and'prescibedthe mode
'rime; and amounts in-wiich assessmeiitsTnigbt be
marie.on.ach share. : t
Ttorfourth.andlast scction.was in these words;
"At all. meetings of tW TBtochholdcrs each
sicckb61de'riball bo entitled to cast dnOToto for
eash share held hv him: ..Erotided. That nb
stockholder ehaltba entitled to'caat -morq than.
fifty votes on shares heldVby himself nor more
than iiftyjvotes by proxy." ;" ;'
Althoiigh.tbe act of iucorpoatiou does not dis-
tinctly declare that tho. company was formed foV
the purpose of controlling the 'domestic' institu-
tions of tho Territory of 'Kansas and forcing it
iutothc Union with a prohibition of slavery ih
her constitution Jegardless if .the; rights and
wishes ot tbe peoplo it! guarantied by 'the consti-
tution of the' United States and secured by their
organic law yet henvhdle historj'f the movo
and the professions andavowals of all engaged in
it render it certain and nndcniablo that ach wab
its object . t i
To xemove.alldoubt upon thls.point vourcom-
mittee wili heraipreaent a.few''. extracts from h I
its organiiation un3ec the following caption i
"Organization objectsi.and.pian .or operations
of the Emigrant AidComnanv: also ndescrire-
;fkiiprivaijsasrhVinform$ti6n.ofi:Hiigrants.
. . Trwfees Araps JUavvrenfo Jioston.; ... J . M; Q.
"mlllaaitr' -Cambridge? Ely Thayer Worcester.
"AmOS1 A. -Lawrence "treasure. "
TbomaB H'Wd3bIJ0ston."; . ' ' i
"For the purpose of answeriiig numerous-coni.
muBicatiohs concerning tho plan of operations of
the Emijrant Aid Company and ibo resources of
Kansas TSrrltliry' whichit ;f pfbiioEed now to
scttro th6 secretary pf th6"feorapany4(as decided
itixpedient to publisli the following definite iif
forina$ioriln regard to this partieular:
"For these purposes it as. recommended Isl
That the trustees contractimrdediately with sumb
Tmoofthp competing lines of travel for tho .coif
CIOVU9 4AVU4. iUiMWMiUUOC.VB
t-nT"-s"mlt.:Si'J9'TTt-'.l.iy'1.NS
Sci3a7povraerasalesdr4a all" thStmpIeents
of:art affricalrore and war and emploviraa
corresponding nuraber of men all nnderthe man-
agement and control of non-resident directors and
stockholders who are authorized by their charter
I to vote by proxy to the extent of fifty votes each.
with the fixed parpoic of wielding all its power
to control tb'e domestic institutions and political
destinies of the Territory it becomes a question
of fearful import how far the operations of the
company are compatible with the rights aad fib-
rtief f Jfce people Whatever ma be tbe ex-
tent or limit of conzresHooal authority over tbe
Territories it is clear that ot individual Stat
bas the right to pass nay law oraathorizo any act
concerning or affecting the Territories which it
raisbt not enact in reference to any other State.
Jf the people of any State should become so
much euamortrd with their own peculiar institu-
tions a. to conceive tbe phlhwthropla scbemeor
forcina so crest a bleslnj' their unwilling
nJjdw'hl with that view thou d create-a
taamrtoth looRfJtxl corporation for the avowed
.urotue of sendini; a sufficient number of their
iwina KK'ii ilit" ho neijjhboriiig State to remain
Ions aKU to acquire tho right of voting witb
!b ftxed ami parauumnt ubject or reversing the
jfUled policy awl changing tho domestic iustitu-
tiAik.if juiafi State would H not be deemed an
actof H'Kresslon asofleiisive and flagrant as if
wnlLirttled urineitile of constitutional Jaw in this
country that whilo all tho States of tbe Union
are united in one for certain purposes yet each
Slate In respect to everything which atfecta its
df'Uieslic policy and iuterual concerns stands in
iho relation of a foreign power to cverv other
State.
Hence no. State has a right to pass any law or
daorauthorizennyact with the view to influ-
ence or change the domestic policy of any other
State or Territory of the Union more tliau it
would wth reference to France or England or
any other torcign &tate with wuieli we are at
Seace. inueen every state ot tnis union is uu-
er higher oblications to observe a friendly for-
bearance and generous comity towards each oili-
er member of tho confederacy than the laws of
nations can impose on foreigniitates. "While for
eicn States are restrained from all acts of mreres-
aion and unkindness only by that spirit of comity
Winch tne laws ot nations enjoin upon all lnend-
ly powers wc have assumed the additional obli
gation to obey the constitution which securesto.
every State tho right to control its own internal
affairs. Ifrepucnancc to domestic slavery can
justify Massachusetts in incorporating a mam
moth company to muuence and control thatques-
iiun iu any State or Territory of this Union the
same principle of action would authorize France
or England tu use the same means to accomplish
thesamo end in Brazil or Cuba or in fifteen
States Of this Union; while it would license the
United States to interfere with serfdom in Rus-
sia or polygamy in Turkey or any other obnox-
ious institution in any part of the world. The
same principle' of action when sanctioned by our
example would authorize all the kiugdonis and
empires; and despotisms in the world to engage
in common crusade against republicanism ia
America as an institution quite as obnoxious to
them as domestic slavery is to nny portion of the
people of the United States.
If our obligattans arising nnder the laws cf na
tions are so imperative as to maso it our duty to
enact neutrality laws and to exert the. whole
power and authority of tho executive brauch of
the government including the army and navy to
enforce them in restraining our citizens from in-
terfering with the internal concerns of foreign
States cau the obligation! of each State andTcr-
ritory of this Union be less imperative under the
federal constitution to observe entire neutrality
in respect to the domestic institutions of the sev-
eral State and Territories I Non-interference
with the internal concerns of other States is re-
cognised by all civilized countries as a fundamen-
tal nrineinle of ilin laws of iintinns. for tlin rot
son that tho peace of tho world could not be
maintained for a sincle dav withontit. How.
then can wc hope to preservo peace and frater-
nal feelings among tho different portions of this
republic unless wo yield implicit obedience to a
pnnciplo which has all the sanctions of patriotic
duty us well us-ctmstitutional obligation T
(TO Bn COXTINUED.)
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iRrrTTraTRPHT?
nrprpw
igsT- - ' "-"frrS-1
AS -1CT LjnrorU an Internal Im&Tornnrnt Izai. a
t cetatacsce ifittxa cf talercal ImproTeuttiO-lfy-
UIO iUK. '
cf- Tesj Ttit tttra hn be riiibllshol Ia'tM State kn
; littnjSlIoMSWenieot&'nUDe Fon4. fbUH nUBJk tept
dUtlnct &oa All olher fundi or tic Juit and vlih M
proced1iIlUBXpp5t toltipreeta:l(Kcd"jiamtroc.
tisn cf laltraal improTsmenU br 1e State. TUtrt thtli
be rarvwed roi MrtspM. Dlr mBJIoa acrei ef the pabllc
dfEUtnorthefiUteM part at tali fond ; Uw proccol
U tli Je efwtieh tbaU be eIolTcIy cppUed to pajfciS
the eot of skIi loproveroctti; and the eumor del-
Urt no In Ue Tretnry-or tiU SUie. J hereby ppro-
prUtrd wwl added rndt fjmi. The Stcrttrj ot Snte
li aitnmt Oorernor CoraptroCer of Public accoonU Sat
Trrtnttr CcRuabdonerof tbe CenenlLand OQcc il-
torner 0ierat and EUte Enner and arrjror. which
Ul oOee li iereojrerealerare constituted Coismluiocers
of rata Internal taproTttaeot Kcnd. TJwf Gormiur of tbe
BUIeU berebr attUiorteed and required tojappolnt a. State
Eoglneer and urrejror. Hh? than lorucdlattlj enter on hlj
ilutld.bul whole appolntzaent thai! be ihbjeet to-the raU-
Oeatlon of the Senate at lt earUint meeUn; thereafter :
nicb. State EnRiceer aad Sarreynrabalt be object to re-
monl. atinytlm by the Goyeraor on xha refocraiendaf
lion of tfie Internal Improvement .Board and a new ap
potatn-nt made on a like rtccamenjation of ihc Heard
abject to n lite ratlfleilUnof the Seoste as- hereinbefore
proTlded.
Etc s. JSt tiurzMr taooea That It hin be tbe duty of
the Qonjmlrjionen of aaht Internal Imprarement Vand to
cause the public domain lying-east of the -'desreef
Iongltn.Ie arid-north of the dtp-ee of latitude tfrbe
surreyed from bajo lines ami sectionhred i and the sections
numbered and subdivided Into Jots cf 160 actcs each; and
which fiid lots In thrsuudirWoniotsectlon shall be num.
bercd aa foiloo- : the lot onube tonthesst corner of the sec
tion shall be numbered cne that jn .the northeast corner
two that on the northwest corner three and that on the
southwest comer four; and said section lots one and two
shall not be subject to saleJocatlon or pre-emption or In
any manner ditposed of exeent at Dublie auction. undr
such resolutions as may hereafter be provided by law.
The rem of dollars Is hereby appropriated out of any
funds inthe'Treasory not otherwiss appropriated to carry
out the objects of this eectton. -
Ere. 3. JBe it further enacted. That In to eubdirlslou of
sections lots Uiree and four shall be subject toloeation and
prc-empilon opon tho payment Into the Treasury of the
expenses".of .-surveying which Is hereby fixed at ten cents
per acre: md any holder'of a certificate entitled to Ioca
tion shall have the exclnsirtfpririlege-iof locating and be
restricted to tlie location or section lota number three and
for that purpose may..dfvlde such-certificate arid make it
nppll.calfcto.djflerent lots so as to embrace the aEfrrat
quantity of land authorised to be iocated'by it;ibut no
division prany lot shall be allowed Jn such location except
in those cases where there may be a fractional balance com
tamed in the certificate of lestf than 160 acres' which bal
lance may be located on the south side of any other section
Jot number three J but In which case the balance of said
lo nnmber three shall be resprved and exempted from sale
location or pre-emption the same as section lots one and
two : and It is also further provided that section lot nnm.
beranx-abalUiereafter bs ssbjectto pre-emption and sale:
any iree wnue person over iweuiy-one years or ace who
shall have pa'd the surveying fees of ten cents per acre
may-nterfcpon and occupy any sectiod lot's number four
not-otherwise previously-occupied oro!d j and od condi-
tion of settling and living upon occupy lag And improving
the same for three years consecutively shall be entitled to
purcuBM me sam io oj uje oiate at one dollar and twenty-
five cents per acre; and jsuch pre-emption settlers shall
have six months after the exniratlon of the nH thr v-.r.
to pay the purchase money for said lot into the Treasury
and to perfect such title. Also further provided that any
and all cf inch sec tion lots number .four shall when snr;
veyed be sulje'ct to sale for cash in case tiny may not
have been previously'occuplcd by pre-emption re tilers;
and In such case any purchaser who shall pay into the
Treasury one dollar and twenty.fi ve cents per acre shall
be entitled to a. patent from the General Land-Offlce for
the same; but no lot shall bo subdlrWed.for the purpose of
Such sale- And It is fu'rlHerpro'vidcd that said section lots
one two" and four together with "the proceeds of sale and
all fees paid Into the Treasury for surveying shall be and
are hereby attached and made a part of said' Internal Im
provement Fund established or contemplated by the first
section or this act.
Sec. . e it further enacted ThaUhcre shall be. and U
herey established an Internal Improvement System by thi
.w . . w. .u cjouj iu vuusiruciioa oi tne
rrj-DjSaaat'a school Xoadfl? hereby rer-alSifand sail
lw3 233634 cfiluads are tjrtoy arprocruted aad taatle
.a part oX the Internal Improvement feed established try
' thUActt' and la Bea of the Interest en satd Xcsds there
. siall bs assessed annsaiiy cossseQctag wita uu year lN.
a teasel taxcrsvrea cent oa eaca oss rmnnrea eouari or
otfie Unthle iwcperty of the State and which shU bo pifd
into' tha School fund la the place of the tcceme oa sail
Bidt'
EEC 18. ie UjurUer marled. That the Internal Im-
proreasn: Board shall cause aU matter appertaining ta
tbe irticia of Improvements and. funds connected there-
with i.raillnl tr? br Ihb Act. to tns Kept tn a inunti
Deparuaeotof SWU Affairs j and which shall D? called thel
internaiimprovooeni ucparaaeni. 'ucuorernoro: t&e
Sata rtiallbe FrctMent of the Internal Improvement DcarJ
and ItshaUbohU duty to call sailEaard. together wberi-
erer th besmoi of the Board requires It: tr ease or the
absence or toabtUty or tha Coernor to act the lieutenant
Oavcrnor !tU. perfoms tho duties of President; and la coss-
et his absence ordtiabi'.ity to act. the ComptroUtr of rublfc
Account abaO In case of necessity call said Board
torttber.
Ssc-ir. Bs it further enacted That forconrpensatloafor
additional lejTiees Imposed by and tinder the provision
of this act the following o&cers .hall be respectively en-
titled to the following annual compensation viz:
- The Lieutenant Governor- one thousand dollars.
The Comptroller of PabUc Accounts State Treaarer
Commissioner of the General Land OfCce Secretary cf State
and Attorney General each fire hundred tlollarc. Tiiti
Act shall take effect Immediately after Its passage.
Stale.
THE rAW OP SBWSPAPEBS.
1. All subscribers -who do not give express notice to the
contrary; are considered as wishing to continue their
subscriptions.
5. If tubscrlbers order the discontinuance of their papers
the publisherfmayconUnue to send them until arrearages
are paid.
a. If subscribers neglect or refuse taking their paper
from the nffiees to which -.they are sent they are held respon-
sible till their bills are fettled and their papers ordered to
be discontinued.
4. The Courts have decided that refusing to takeaneWs-
paper or periodical from the office or removing and leaving
It uncalled for. Is vrinm facie evidence oi intentional
frafid.
ntforetdarg.
select for their first settlement?'
'It-Is recommended that tho.comcanv's acenti
locate tirid take up for tho bompariy's benefit the
sections of land in; whjch.the boarding-houses
and mills Ar'fpealed and.n6Tothers.. jindfurf
thor. vclieneTer. the Territory. Ehali.be-ouranizeo
as-a free State Ibo trustecssbali dispose of nil
itslntcrests there; TCplacoyihe;sale8:thij"mrin!-
cy lam-xuij ucvutro u uiviutjuu to tuu twcKiiuia-
ersiriaAhat! ihey then select a new field ana
inaktf similar arrangements for the'seltiementand
organlzarira'ofrmotjber-free State br.tJiisUnTon.
rWithtthe advantages .attained by. .Buck sj4
tctobf effort ihbtorntbry sele"eted as a scene oj
operations wouldif-isSbtlieved bo Oiled up with
free inhabtants.' : . v TT . .:
VThereils.reasonJo.upjiesBjseveral thousand
mea of JTcwiEngland origtrr propose to emigrate
under the auspices . of sqme such arrangement this
very rammer. Orthe. wh'plo emigration from
"Europe jvmonntjgto.om.e' .00UOO pcrsonsi
therQcani'npifficaiiyin.mducing -some thirty
or forty thousand to take the samo direction." t
"Especially will it prove an advantage to JJasi
sachUsetts if shocrcafo llio new "BtaEelyTief
foresight supply thaftereiEitiesia its. nhabitantsj
and open in the 'outset crdriwnicatTonsJjetvi-een
their liemes and her ports aedifsctorics." i
"Itjdstjrmiues in Uie right Way the instibtion
of thcsirjjctUed Territories fn less timb than thq
discussion "of Ibcm has required In Uongress."
Having thus secured front the State of Massac
tnei chusettaibe xilor.of JessXaMthori' to stnetiori
aar precoeamgiin.pervefsioB;oi me piam pro-
visions of tnacf of GongreeBjiiwsed. itfjursuancd
of the coristitutioa the corhpaniTioiimended its
operations br reoeivlnir STibscrintiona f n Us inii
I -S -.-l. -.."1 1" V-rT "i'lT- -"-4":
i uu. BusjvBua.icxeiHBgni TvsotejpgsjerjfOrtjBr-
i inouKe. combine and direct -in "tho in.if
V LVWI ..LL' j. '.11 iL..l l.l. . . . -... 3
irfV r4r.rr1e nf'T? VOy W.t WjU. -JS
cL Tie pita adopted waiia aisieat tho iriterf
wtthjheirjinjho objects i.qf iheiserJKirstjrra ttf
receive their aid and'protectibn and isndertnei
SPAMSU JUAftGUAlili.
MR. F. E.- SIMON most -respectfully announces to the
. cltlieas of Austin that he wiU -commence a class oi
Spanish on the evening or the 14th inst.
TEKMS flO.OO per session of twenty-five lessons In-
variably In advance.
For further particulars call at the " Gazette " office.
Tf OFJb'KK the good will and printing material of the
Jfi. Item Offico for sale thinking one moro fitted 'iir its con
ductlhg in the coming democratic campaign maybe had
than myself. Price $2000- Half cash the olher half in
IS months. I state price to avoid -useless applications.
March 22. 80 0. ROBINSON.
Wlf. W. XOVAtl. JAMES SELKIRK
ETBOVAliL it SEJLKIICIi: (successors to Gordon
BJ&J McCauly & Co.) Receiving Forwarding and Com
mission Merchants Matagorda Texas.
N. B. I.iboral eash advances made on all kinds of pro-
dace ly August4
CKUAIt IiTJMBEK STEA3ISAWMXIiL.
THE subscribers have lately erected and have now in
successful operation a No.l SAW MILL for the pur-
pose of sawing CEDAIt i. DMPEIt. Their Lumber Is large
and framing or plank of almost any dimensions can be
furnished at the shortest notice. Their mill is located
seven miles north of Eastrop near the Austin road. Y)'e
are also prepared to furnish any number of cedar rails or
plckeU on demand. Orders may be left with L. C. Cun.
ningham & Co. Bastrop or with tha proprietors at the
mill. We have also established a LUMBER YARD on the
lot adjoining Henry' Brick Blacksmiths Shop on Pecan
Street Austin where we "will keep an assortment oi the
best Ccdir Lumber at all timer consisting in'part of square
lumber. Doorinc. Sheetinp. Poling. Fencing ic all oi
which we will scllaslow as can be bought in this market.
JnneSnd 1555. not! lv ti. vuuuututu Jtuw.
BtlKOITT Jc MILLEK'S
STEAM SA W & GItlST MlLlk
OX THE WECT SAKE Or THE COLOKADO ElVEC-
18 2Iilcs bcloxr io City of Austin
SAWS CEDAR and sll other lumber made from '-he Colo
rado Valley timber which will be furnished to cus.
tomersat the lowest rates atso makes first rate Corn
Meal Shingles and Palings. Orders are solicited also lor
wagon making and repairing and for hide-seated chairs
jpltming-whera reelt end looms; all of which will bemamH
Tactared in the best manner.
Samples of the shingles may be .seen at Messrs. Ca"
rington i. Co'!. at Messrs. Sampscn and Ilenrlck'e and at
Mr. SwensonV Mr. Dleterich's and Mr. Bremond's. nStl
CAP1TSL VITF TIiY WOICKS.
C.A.LAVGHLIN
MASPPACTORER of Tin. Copper and sheet
lronw..crseer3 constantly on hand a lartre
'.and general assortmentof articles In his line
ofbuslnets. which he offers at wholesale or
retail bt terms that cannot fail to give satisfaction. Tin
Zlnk and Copper Roofing exrruled to order. Mill IVork
madeand repaired. Bathing Aparitus a Urge assortment
always on hand. Pumps ic. !
Eept.S9thilE55. nCtf. '
MMrfeitei irtiri..V S!8 I npi8-f thecoapMy-topreced.to3ufflss.
-icritBAt&.ft tL z ' .- -"""v ttBir'rRit i ri m m uir;.tr.j uAiui.' k :.Ki ... ?
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vlmwrnat. TMeeervitL?
aiaMofi
acts.'raijihtVti foti-Ecccssirvt to ewiblsibcin faJ
jotesb&clectioEsiJutcl-throagh the ballot-box
if pcstibleit5rgfe-FaBtfoiTrverftho Jegislation of
thoTcrrjtry. fcis ove"3B justified y
tCltse wboHirTrttltaiJ w.nfrnl'iln. nUn HTtnW
thejrGSRdtiaviijfl jferkaa whsw they-6enttoI
crrsew!wnerMrr Ute constitu-Uonahdlaw&irki-&ist4Mw:r4a&'.uttrMt
tr.
Kansas mr any .iitfcer'XwrrVl t-ffil'J' ct of
eTOvt?e riSi'rfePe
S-JJSH?" be true 1 a eweof
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wjriptliirp rf"feririw
vSrSSSSSiiS'l'f'm
X7SVXST SCKOOI.
-To ba onesedon the 2Sth'dav of February at the residencs
for tiesendersigned at the 5. Vf. cdrner of
is tna aiy ox Austin.
TESMSt Tor cbBdrca mala and female tmder the age of
terf years: J10 for 5 months. Over ten years and end r
'fifteen-years.: $15 per session of 0 months to be paid half
tn ACTascs. Needlework taught byMrsjEfarwhlch an
extra charge win be made- Jery thing to be found by the
puptt except sears and Err Time from 3 to 12 and from
3 to 4 o'clock. No school on Saturday.
: ' A iiire cf nubile tiatronire la eUdted br
MR. AND MRS. KIRK.
.iiaj
fedCXOIi CUita-IS' HtYGEAZTAt
OR DTUALKG UtGliAN VAPOR AND CHERRT STRCP
jTor 4(cBra cf Pulmonary Gmsumption Atthma
JBronchitU Coughs and Cold.
CASES el recent wonderful Cures performed by this
Medicine can be produced on the most reliable testi-
mony. There can be .no mistake about it.
"REiD-THE rOLLOWING COXSDMPTIOK CURED.
New Tear Dearth 1S51. t came to NewTTorlc in hi
ship Telegraph; my native placets St. John New Bruns-
wick; when Preached this city my health was very poors
bad tt very bad cough raised a good deal of matter which
was frequently mixed with blood; bad pain .In my left tide.
And was.tery weak and emaciated. My friends and phy
ician pronounced my cue Consumption and bejf.nd the
reach of medicine. I Accidentally heard cf Dr. GcrtU's
Sygeana or Inhaling Ilygean Vapor and Cherry Syrup
and obtained b package which I rerily believe was the
means of saving my tire. Soon after weattng the Inhaler;
found It relieved the pressure of my lungs' and after a
while the disease made it- appearance upon the surface
under the Inhaler. I took tha Cherry Syrup as- directed
and continued to do so my cough gradually growing better
until It entirely left me and I now consider myself cured.
rstulweartneunaier.ustneuteoi it u. vainer pleasant
and believing It strengthening and purifying to the lung;!
Jeel unwilling at present to dispense with it.
JOHN WOOD.
Eor sale by Bates Ejctth sign of the Mortar Pecan
trtet. Austin.
MlXI.ETC & XTISSEEX OrmiT IssrsAses
AsEirs Xrw Orleans Insure against less or danv
e by treto tJafdEownsr coapanScs:
2nn5tablerire lasaraace Cempanj London Cap. 82500O0t
Meiast'snreBiiaaelB.coV.Pail'a " 400000
4 xchacge Mutual tRre and Maria Insurance
Ctmrpaoyr KMoaJ... ...-CapUal SV0
ovlO al5 y.RDiOgMAHDnArent.Ansrm.
Xerticc t Creditors e tfce Ile JlepnMio
'4rw 3?CtX&S - '
jQl ndetiiffaeawCl aftmMoae'coCeeaoa orU classes
otsVbtof the UteSepaKlcer Texas whtthtrtarableal
As!a'riaWa!nJgtoac!tjv 5nJe aesSrlncSectWas
aeler themBnmfiirwaritatfceJrer4eaor debtTiic-
eesEpejjied with a power cf attorney dy'ataheaBeated.
afetioriifcE Us to coSect frcsathe CS-joTeraacatcrtha
ataie of Tcra.tind ta alga mHneeeesair relcaees fe.
-The power of attorney shocldipecSy tfca dalmsnUssbdr-
?r charxes wfK be moderate.
SWETSOSISWISHER S.
Awaa.i'ekrSH'lESS. '-'
following railways is hereby authorized viz: A railway
commencing' at the city of. Galveston crossing West Bayl
and thence to the'eounty cf Harris and to some point eli-
gible for a railway centre on or near the navigable waters
of Buffalo Bayou; thence 'divergiDg;frora said central point
mscvcriu uraucnca to umi vac iruni: or branch shall run
northward crossing the Trinity river; and thence noith-
ward to near the Nechcs ; there to be'branched in two direct
tlons the one'riinnlng. In ae direct a line as possible to thd
east line of the State near the northeast corner of Cass
county the other branch to run In as direct a line as pos'
slble to Red River in Lamar c'ouuty another trunk or
branch commencing at said railway centre and running
uchccii hjc .! itv9 auu xrmiiy rivers.m a.northwest.
wardly direcf on to Preston In Grayson county another
branch or irank running wettwardly from said ratlwaV
centre crossing the Brazos river and branchingncarthe'
Colorado and running with one branch on the cast side ef
tlie Colorado to the. city of AusUn and with theother branch
to the cltyiof San Antonio also another road to be com-
menced at Powderhorn on Matagorda Bay and Intersect
Ing the branch running to San Antonloafor "near'thVcIl
of Gonzales. The construction ot said railways shall be
commenced at said railway centre in Harris county and at
Powderhorn; and sliali be prosecuted cotemporaneously;
and foe equal distances annually until th; cities of Austin
and San Antonio are'respectlvely reached f after which the
other roadsjhall continue tolio prosecuted to completion
by equal distances yearly until the rdad between the Trinl.
ty and Brazos reaches as high as Preston in Grayson count
ty; and the two branches In Eastern Texas respectively
'each Red Rjvej in Lamar countyand the east line of thi;
State at or near the northeast corner of Cass county
Provided nevertheless that the section of railway beteeri
Galveston and Houston may at any lime ba constructed
with either a single or double track m case the Legislature
shalf detm it necessary for the interests of the State.
Sic. B. Be it further enacted. That the Internal Imnrore-i
ment Board created by the next section of this act shall
have power' to purchase in the road owned by the Buffalo
Bayou Brazos and Colorado Railway. Company; and alsq
the road owned by the Galveston and Red Itiver Railway
Company so far as tbe work on said railways is completed J
but no .greater or higher price shall bo paid for tho said
roads or either of them than the actual cash value for an
qual amount of construction jrUtit.ten per cen'. added td
uch price; and no purchase of either of said roads shall
be made so as to become operative without tho assent and
ratification of two-thirds of .the. Internal Improvement
Board.
Sec. 6. Me itfiirVier enacted. That the office of Internal
Improvement Commls'loner is hereby created ; and that' It
ha!I be the dnty of the Governor to appoint three Internal
Improvenent Commissioners- who shall have personal
charge and superintendence of all internal improvements
constructed or owned by theState but subject Id tlie direc-;
lion of the Internal Improvemeat.Board ; Tf hlch Board shall
he composed of the Governor of the State said Gommls-)
loners theState En gineerand.Surveyor.Secretary ofState
Comptroller of Public Accounts State Treasurer Lieutenant
Governor and Attorney General. Said Commissioners shall!
immediately enter on the duties or their office on giving
their official bond and taking the official oath; and their ap-j
pointment shall be. subject to ratification or rejection by the:
Senate at its earliest meeting after such appointment
proviaea aiso sain commissioners snail at any lime be sub-
ject to be superseded by a new appointment by the Gover-
nor subjectto a like ratification or rejection by tho Senate.
SecT it further enacted That the salaries of the
State Engineer and Surveyor and Internal Improvement
Commissioners are respectively fixed at two thousand and
five hundred dollars ner .year and In that nronortlnn for
any part of a year. It is also provided that they -shall'
respectively give a oona ior tne laiinim performance ol
their duties in the penalty .of twenty thousand dollars with
good and ample security to bs approved by the Comptroller
of Publis Accounts and the Governor of the State;" and
before entering on the duUes of their office shall respect-
Irely take their official oath for tho falthfil discharge of
their duiies. whlchoath maybe taken before the Secretary1
of State and shall be filed in his office.
Sec.S. He it further enacted rThat the Commissioners of i
the Internal Improvement Fund shall have power to ap-
point ail necessary subordinate officers and assistants to
carry out the objects expressed In sections one and two o'j
this act and to fix; and limit the-compensation of such
officers and assistants and to remove the same and ap-
point others at pleasure; and it is further provided that the
Internal Improvement Board shall have the like power to
appoint all necessary suDommate officers and assistants in
In the construction of internal Imnrovements. and In estab
lishing a superintending police over the same; and ta fix'
and limit tne compensation orsucu subordinate omcers. and
assistants and like power to remove tbe sam.nnd appoint
others at pleasure.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. That no contract shall be
entered Into for the construcUon of any of said railways
until the sections shall havo been surveyed and the work
and its Talue estimated by tlie State Engineer and Surveyor
and submitted to the Internal Improvement Board: after
which if a majority of the Board concur in. such estimate
S prr cent shall be added to such estimate and the work
with specifications advertised Tor sealed proposals and the
time limitediuring which the same shall be received. No
bid shall be received or contract awarded on the same that
shall exceed .the said estimate and 5 p'er'cent.'added ; and
the contract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder who
shall give good and ample security for the performance of
the work; and whjch security shall be prescribed and ap-l
proved oy saiu internal improvement tioarn. A'roviaeu
nevertheless that In case the contractor shall neglect or
refuse to give security to the satisfaction of the "Board the
contract may be awarded to. tbe next lowest bidder who
shall give the required security; nothing howerver.con-
tained in this section shall be construed so as to prevent
the Commissioners from purchasing railway iron chairs
spikes locomotives and freight cars and other necessary
materials to bepurchased out or the State; but which may
be purchased by said Commissioners .with.the advice and
concurrence of a majority nf.satd Board.
Sec. 10. Be it further irutied. That no contractor .shall
be paid as his work advance beyondour-firths of its estl.
mated value until his contract. Is finished; and it is also
provided that no money whafsoe'ver shall be drawn from
the Internal Improvement Fund except' on the order of a
Commissioner with full specifications and vouchers' ofsuch
Commissioners under oath attached and which shall be
signea in aupucate ana neiore payment filed and approv-
ed by a majority of the Board: "and It is furlherprovided".
that the Internal Improvement Board shall cause all pay-
mente out of said fund to be published quarterly arlth
epecificationa as to whom paidr and for what purpose or
object.
Sec 11. Ba it farther enacted That It shall be the duty
oi we inienau improvement isoara to. prescribe the rules
and regulations by and under Which" Individuals or Joint
stock companies shallie allowed to equip and run all rail-
ways constructed and "owned by' the State; and also to
prescribe the amount of tolls on the cars freight and pas-
sengers to be paid by inch companies and individuals ; and
the said Board shall also hare power to exact bonds from
aad to impose penalties on such individuals and companies.
in order to prevent.any breach of the rules regulations and
exactions until "therwise provided by law:
Sec. 12. Be it further enactectr That iln addition to the
railways delineated In the fourth section or this act and as
a part of the State System of Improvements the Internal
Improve meat Board is authorized' to improve the Sabine
Neches and Angelina rivers and to connect the same with
the waters of Galveston East Bay by a canal connecting
the waters of Taylor's and East Bay Bayou and the im-
provement or said bayocs also to improve the navigation of
the Trinity. Brazos Coiorado'and Guadalupe rivers also V-
connect the. waters of the Brazos river with Matagorda Bay
together with such other Improvements Jn the hays of Gal-
veston and Matagorda and suchuf her Inside waters on
the coast a may be -necessary to-eomplcte tbe Inside coast
navigation for river steamers from the Sabine river to Bra-
zos -t. Jago ; provided however thai none er thi Improve-
ments mentioned tn this section ehairbcmadennlesiupon
tne recoiucuuiiwH u mu-i.urmci tne internal improve-
ment Board aad npon actual surveys made by which the
feasibility aad propriety of sach Improvements shall have
been duly a-certalned.
Etc. 13. Be it further enacUdTkxt the sum of two hun-
dred thousand dollars beandthesameUherebyapproprlat-
ed cut of the Internal Improvement Fund to commence 'the
Improvements' Jn the last preceding; sectionand which may
be expended ccirr. the- direction of the Internal Imprare-
sent Board as follows viz:
TJrmn the Sablnejhlrty thousand dollars.
Upon the Neches and Angelina thirty thousand donar.
Upon tha Trinity .forty thousand dollars.
Upon the Braias.'fdrty thontanddoBar.
Upon the Colorado forty thousand doHari-
TJpon tie Guadarcpt twenty thoujand donart.
Provided also; that to the Improvement of sasa livers
tha Internal Improvement Board shall have discretionary
power to'let the saiaa In sections ly contract orto prose
cute the aaia Improvements cnasr lae.pcricaaiisipcriBwu.
dance of th Commissioners
Tite Iron Kail Loan Hill.
To be entiUed an Act to increase the present School Fund
and provide for its payment and secure Investment within
this State.
Sec. 1." Bt it enacted lij the LeaUlalun of the Slats of
Taat That the Lieutenant uovernor wmptroucr secre-
tary of State Attorney General Treasurer and Commis-
sioner of the General Land OSIce shaU 'K addition lb
theirpresent powers and duties be constituted a Board of
School Fund Commissioners to have the care and' manage-
ment of the land and money and all other property claims
treks cr bonds that is now or may hereafter be appro-
priated to the School Fund far Educational purposes.
Sec. 2. Tha' a Chief Engineer and three Internal Im-
provement Commisiloners shall be elected by the people.
who shall have the general cnarge oi an me internal im-
provements In which the said School Fund shall In any
way be concerned or which the Stats may In any way
encourage and tho said three Internal Improvement Com-
missioners shall reside In and have more especial charge
of the said Improvements in the District for which and by
which each shall be elected and that the State Is hereby
divided Into three "Internal Improvement Districts to be
called the Eastern Western and Middle Districts. The
Eastern District shall consist of the counties or Liberty
Folk Trinity Houston Anderson Kaufman Hunt Fannin
and .all the counties cast of them.
And tbe Western District shall consist of the counties of
JIatagorda Wharton Colorado Fayette Bastrop Travis
and Burnett and all west and north of thtm and the
Middle District shall consist of the counties and Territories
situated between the Eastern Dlsrictand Western District.
The Eastern District shall elect one Internal Improvement
Commissioner who shall hold his ofilcc for tbe term of one
year from the time of his election add the said Eastern
District shall always thereafter elect a (Jommusloner once
in eveiy three years to hold his ofilcc for three years from
the time of his election. The Middle District shall elect a
Commissioner whose term of office shall expire two years
thereafter and said Middle District cbaU always thereafter
elect a Commissioner once every three years. The West-
ern Districts shall' elect a Commissioner who shall hold
bis office or three years and shall always thereafter elect
a Commissioner once in three years. Alt the Districts shall
elect jointly a Chief Engineer to hold his office for four
years and shall elect one eve.-y four years thereafter.
Sec. 3. That the School Fund shall consist of all the
money now In the Treasury cither In Stocks Bonds Notes
or other evidences of debt or cash on hand not otherwise
appropriated and sevemy-nve minions or acres ot Lanir
which shall bs selected (by the State Board of Commis-
sioners of School Fund the Commissioners of Internal
Improvementsand the State Engineer acting together or a
majority of .each set of Commissioners) from that portion of
the. Public Domain most available and not otherwise appro-
priated or reserved and from time to time and In such
quanties and in such localities as the said State Board shall
'agree Is forthe best interests of Education and Internal
Improvements.
Sec. 4. That the said Board shall have the land when
selected surveyed and sectlonized and brought Into mar-
ket in the same manner and agreeing with the present
Land System of the United States Government is near as
practicable with these exceptions viz: The sales loca-
tions and pre-emptions shall all be confined to alternate
sections till the half of each particular DIstUct shall be
exhausted and. every third section alternated for sale shall
be marked on the map as donation land for such Internal
Improvmcntz as this act shall designate to be encouraged
and that the minimum price for all lands subject to sale or
pre-emptionrsbaIl be fixed by the Board aforesaid from
the notes that tho Surveyors sbaU be required to make in
their field book after the return of said book and before
tne sale or said una ana an lanu not bringing such mint
l-ThfigmirprofenmanSSi
I k.v Am. r. r'r;or hteiB-inJfhe.iial have
power to employ a3 aaisunt enjlnecrv rcttrka and labor-
ers and teams tools and machmtrr arcessarr to the ac-ccapasJ-jasnt
or the datie rtqalrcd cf Km trcra Urns ta
tiao. and draw oa the Treasary for Usft necessary ansuat;
and tha' Chief Engineer shaU. whenever required receive;
cd disburse directly aad ia detail any msney for tb pay-
ment r wartoron any eontree: asd account to the pro-
per department with dupUcste Touchers for the same.
Sec 19. That the Scaecl Jtonil Commissioner shaft ad-
vance to each of the Internal Improvement Commissioner
cr the Chief Engineer from time to time such scms of
money as In their opinion may be required In the discharge
of their duUes not exceeding at any time half the sum for
which they shall have given good and inCdent security;
and before any money slall be advanced either of the
officers aforesaid shall mks a detailed estimate and state-
ment ofthe object lo which tt is to be applied aad file the
samo with the Hoard. .
Sec. 20. That all porch -en of material tooU.tcauwor
machinery shall be for eh and net on credit and all
dues for -wages shall UoTuI'l monthly tf practicable ana
always tn cash n.l alt ctiteers disbursing iy of naid
money shall take dtrplfenle vouchers hr tho same nod said
vouchers shall e filled up at thi time payment Is made
and such payment proved by talh; and tho voucher shaU
state the purpose for which tle payment wax made ; aad
all disbursing officers shall -be required when accounting tn
the Board for the money received and disbursed to swear
to the truth aad correctness of his account : and no offlrer
shall disburse any ot said funds ba any Internal Improve-
ment in which he shall have any direct interest.
Sec 21. Thai Uie Board pf School Fund Commissioners
slult annually choose one of their number to be their
Presiilent and another from time to time as their Secretary
who shan keep aud preserve regular minutes of all thefr
proceedlngs.
Sec 22. Tiiat Itthallltt the duty cf the President tn call
a meeting of the Board at the request of any one Commis-
sioner delivered In writing and without such request when-
ever he may dm It expedient ; and a majority or the
Board thai! be a quorum for tho transaction ot business
and may adjourn from time to time and from place lo place
for future meetings.
Sec. 23. That tlie Stale Board of School Fund and In-
ternal Improvement Coramiuloners ahill receive the sum
of Two Hundred Thoaiand Dollars from ihe School Fund
and itlcMa ami annronrtate the ejme io the improvement of
ucn Rivers as in tne opinion oi saiu uoaru woiuu ciutuic
the 8tato to collect a loll on per$oneproperti; and boat
transported on the river so improved iqual to sir per cent.
Interest on the amount so Invested after defraying expense
of coHocttont Provided always that one-fourth of all Uie
money proposed to b expendtd on any one improvement
.hall be raised by voluntary subscription by the parties; Im-
medtatelv interested In said Improvements and that said
subscription money be placed In the Treasury whereupon
three times that amount shall be appropriated from the
School Fund and expended on said Improvement under the
direction of the Internal Improvement Biard. All said
appropriations shall be confined to the rivers hereinafter
specified and ths total sum so appropriated sha I not ex-
ceed the sum of Two Hundred Thousan I D 'liars. Thesald
State Board shall make all needful regulations for the col.
lection ot the took on said improvement to pay the Interest
on all sums taken from the School Fund aud expended on
said work. . .
And further That all lands being within two chains of the
shore ofsuch Improvements shall be subject to the same laws
as to the occupauon or tne lana or use oi raaicrai uicrcui;
are concerned as If the water or river was a highway or a
pubUc road. . . . .
Sec. 24. That each and every officer contemplated In
any or all the sccUnns of this Act shall before entering on
the duties of his office take and subscribe an oath which
shall be filed with the Governor that r.e will falthfally and
honestly discharge the duties of his effice and conduct all
matters pertainlDg thereto to the best of his ability nnd.the
interest of this fund and the State at large.. The violation
of said oath shall be punished by har.i labor in the Penitent
tlary for the term of not less than one year nor more than
three years.
The salary of the Commissioner of the Internal Improve-
ment Board shall be' each payable)
monthly. The salary of the Btate Engineer shall be
jsrtiic
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- - - J . TESASriTtrETATOrEXV. J.
February ST lbM. J
Whereas oa Ha SSUtaf February 1S33. Cengre passed
the following act upon tha. snbjtctof the debt-dws t the
creators oi tas late nrpaTOj -
AX ACT t
-. and a reasonable sunt
for traveiingrofflce rent andinddcntal expenses shall be
allowed; the amount to be agreed upon by tho Board cf
School Fund Cemmlssioners and added to his said salary;
and madepayable monthly. I
And this Act shall take effect from and after its passage
mum price shall- remain open for location or pre-emptlonM. nuary 31st ISM entitled An Act to establish a system of
lvntll nltiafiwlea i3farHrT tf PcAtiAnt nnrl Invair Tri SrimA i a rtrttvtrlawl In tfila irf Art A
STOCK CATTLE.
A LOTofSJsckCattlefsrsite.talsedcHreredcatheljt
a3e-'6J.Ja2tst.-.:Jfeeaircf '- ' -"-iSiTJJ ??? -'
r"''f!S2i-rr "''' O'l-PSrJM.' TMfII..t WTirrrfff aeeaiKr.E;WfAyasXl'rat
j.mmmmmmB' ..ti.'afc- mjh asssw.- .. .. jij -j i 11 in nirrrnfir it
Se. U. Es li further- enacted. That the sum cf three
.milEoas of dollars is hereby appropriated eat sfltte Said
injaiurproTeiaeat jane ta commence ws-cooswuc-tian.ortthe
rallwa-n Migrated In lift fourth 'section cf
tils act. .
rtwm tm lfetafa!--'r-."y &
until otherwise disposed of
Sec. 5. That all the proceeds of the land reserved for
School and Internal Improvement purposes shall he kept
Inirlnl.fa ... tf.ft.A TW1. T.A.0V till Ml... In.ln ..nnl. ...
IUI1UI.I. V HWJ .....mw .... iuib. IU.IU uuu. iuaus
leading from the coast shall be built to thirty. three and
a half degrees of north latitude or shall intersect the great
Pacific Trunk Road coming from California if said Pacific
Road should be built between thirty-two and thirty-three
and a half degrees of north latitude.
Sec' 0. That the nett proceeds of so much of the Public
Domain as is hereby set apart for School Fund and all
other means hereby made a part of said School Fund after
paying thejalary of officers and other incidental expenses'
?naii oc lnvesiea ia niuruau iruu auu saiu iron rented to
the proprietors of the three main trunk roads in equal
quantities each annually provided always that tbe rail-
road companies or their agents shall require said ironrand
are prepared to fulfill the conditions and requirements
hereinafter specified and which may be required by the
Commissioners of the School Fund to secuic the payment
of the rent and absolute control of the Iron. When either
of the companies belonging to one of the three great main
trunks Shall have completed 25 miles or road ready to
receive the iron the htate shall loan and deliver at the
wharf on leaboard where the State officers may receive It
as much iron as will supply 25 miles and from time to time
thereafter a ship load as they may require it as near as
'racticablc for the State to do. And the Company to whom
the Iron shall be- loaned shall g've their obligation to take
and put this iron down on a certain road in a workman like
manner and' for the use and Tent thereof shall nav to the
Treasury of this 'State the sum of six per cent per annum
payable quarterly on the cost of the iron where the State
receives it and loans it some member of the State Board
shall make this contract and transact the business agreea-
ble to an order of said Board made in joint session and in
aid bargain they shall bind themselves to pay In addition
anannual Increase of one per cent per annum after the
first ten years until the original price of the iron shall have
been paid for over and above the six per cent per annum
the Company always having the privilege of buying the
Iron at any time by giving six months notice. The three
trunk roads shall begin and end as follows : Eastern be-
ginning at some point on the navigable waters connected
with tho coast of the Eastern District best calculated to
accommodate said District and running thence northward
by the most practicable route till itshaU have reached S30
80' north latitude unless It shall Intersect the main Pacific
road or route leading from California short of said latitude.
Middle beginning at some point on the navigable waters of
Galveston bay at orncar Galveston city and runningtbence
north-westerly by the most practicable route till it shall
reach 83 SO north latitude unless it shall Intersect the
main Pacific road or route leadingfrom California short of
said latitude. Western beginning at some navigable point oa
Matagorda Bay and runnlug thence to San Antonio thence
north-westerly by tbe most practicable route till it shall
reach 83 80 north latitude unless it shall intersect the
main road or route leading from California short of the
latitude aforesal'1.
Sec. 7. That no railroad Company that shall receive a
loan of Iron shall bo entitled to more than sixteen sections
Of land per mile as a donation and every one of the three
main trunk roads provided for In this act may send off one
lateral or branch road any where between fifty and one
hundred and fifty miles from the coast or any two roads
may be carried forward from the aforesaid distance from
the coast to suit the convenience of that particular District
which shall be entiUed to a land donation of piiteen sec-
tions to the mile length not to exceed 100 miles; and all
that portion of the Pacific Railroad when actually built on
nnd across the northern part of this State between ths 82
and. 83 degrees of north latitude shall also be entiUed to
lxteen sections of land per mile and no other railroad shall
reclve any donation of land or rent Iron or borrow money
of the State until the three trunks aforesaid are coraplettd
and no one of the three Districts Into which this State is
divided shall receive any more encouragement from the
State than another either in land Iron or money for In-
ternal Improvements: and further that no railroad here-
tofore chartered by this State which has not fulfilled the
entire conditions of its charter shall receive any State aid
tn land money or iron unless uiey snail form one part or
the three great lines first provided for; and all laws to the
contrary" are hereby repealed
Sec. 8. That whenever any Company renting iron from
theState Board shall neglect or refuse to pay the rent of
said Iron eyary ninety days the State Board shall order the
State Engineer to take possession of the Road of such Com-
pany or I's rents and books and all the running stock and
other things pertaining to the delinquent Company road
until the said Engineer shall have received nett proceeds
over reparlrs and running expenses sufficient to make up
the deficit of the last quarter year and said Board shall
never rent iron to any Company without reserving tlie right
above mentioned t secure the collection of the quarterly
rent and also to go on to the road and take up the Iron at
the enpenle of said Company who fail neglect refuse or
apparently become unable to fulfill their contract for the
term cf six consecutive months and the Company shall be i
bound in said contract to continue and punctually pay the
said Interest of six per cent per annum and after ten years
an increase of one per cent per annum increasing yearly
one' percent UI1 It shall have equalled in the aggregate the
original price of the iron unless said Company shaU pur-
chase said iron before.
See. 9. That the Commissioners of the School Fund and
tbe Commissioners or Internal Improvements mentioned
and described in sections 1 and 2 when acting in joint
session Bhall be styled the State Board of Education and
Internal Improvements.
Sec. 10. That said State Board of Education and Internal
Improvements shall meet once or oftener in each year
ana determine on tne ruies auu regulations necessary to be
adopted forthe government and management of these great
interests to tne oest advantage to tne state consittant
with existing laws; and when a majority of each of the two
sets of Commissioners shall be in joint session they shall
agree upon tbe locality and quantity of land to be surveyed
and bronght into market during the succeeding year and
the amount to be Invested and the manner of such invest-
ment and the particular improvements to bs eqecuraged
and to what extent.
Sec. 1L That said Etate Board shall mike an accurate
detailed report to very Legislature within thirty days
after the commencement of each session thereof and all
reporUof this kind shall mako the first day of September
the beginning and end of each fiscal year. There shall be
an annual meeting of said Board Tor these purposes on the
first day of September in each year and ail the detailed and
separate reports necessary to be embodied In the general
report lo be submitted to the Legislature shall be rendered
to the Comptroller whose duty it shaU be to report to the
Legislature
See. 12. That It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of
the School Fund to manage to the best advantage ail
things belonging to that fund; to recommend from ttoe'to
tune to the Legislature the adoption of such measures as
may be thought proper by them for the Improvement of the
fund and to report ta the Legislature at tbe commencement
of each session thereof the state ofsaid fund.
Sec. 18. That the annual report required of the State
Board of Education and Internal Improvements shall ex-
hibit a statement of the funds entrusted to their care and
management from the first day of September in each year
to the 81st diy of August tn each subsequent year Inclusive ;
and the amounts of said funds in the Comptroller's office
shall be kept in accordance with the provisions of this sec-
tion and at the same time the said Commissioners separ
ate front their annual report herein menuonedr4haIl pre-
pare and lay befere the Legislature with their annual
report in each year a full statenftnt of all ihe rents inter-
est or toUe collected cr received from each and every im-
provement during the past Steal year-which this Stt may
have encouraged.
Sec. M. That each of theState officers whoseduties have
been hereby increased shall have tbe-power to appoint or
employ the necessaryamaser uf clerks to assist la. discharg-
ing the aforesaid Increased duties and draw on the School
Fund for the payment thereof.
Eecv IS That the board of School Fund Cemmlssioners
shall regulate the amount ef such cempensatioa.
. Sec. 16. xnat tna Treasurer saau receive ana sareiy seep
ail money stocks. bond) and securities aad other evidences
of debt that are hereby- made or may hereafter become a t
part orthe School MuavioQect always to the order of the
Board of the Reboot Fund Cemmlssioners.
Sec. 17. That the Attorney General shall be the legal
adviser of the School Fund Commissioners aad the Internal
Improvement Ccsaralsslonen whether they be aetiag separ-
artely-or m jaiauesaoa.
See. IS- That the State engineer shall be the scientific
adviser cf the Internal Improvement Board and shall con-
stitute cne of that Board proper as well as a member of the
State Beard when ia joint cession and a member of the
Beard of School Fcni CcmmiiKoaers ; and shall have the
Tlie ItrWlroatl Xioan Itill.
A BILL to be entitled "An Act to provide for the Investment
of the special School Fund In the Bonds of Railroad Conw
panics incorporated by the State."
SectiosI. Be It enacted by the LegUlalure of Uie State
of Texat That the Comptroller Attorney General and Com-
missloner of the General Land Office shall ex-officio con-
stitute a Board of School Commissioners whose duty it shall
be. with the approbation of the Governor to draw from the
Treasury the special school fund created by the act of Ja.
T to provide far the payment of such credttorsjrf tte
Ut Republic ot Tecu are compreheadja m too
Congrwi or September trine Hgnieen. C8nnni s.-
Bt it eaetit Hjtte$4t aad muse of Seprt!-
tltencttke Cxtled Slate f Aoterlra in (Waw-
iled That In Hen of li nu f five mUtteas or deBare
narabhi to the State ot Texas In fire per cent stocB r the
United SUtes by Uie act entiUed "Aa Act pioposlngto the
State ot Texas lb estsAtbhaent of her Sorthera and wrf-
era bcuudarie the reaoqnbhmeni by thesald Stt4 if all
territory chimed by her exterior to saWboandiries and bt
all her claims npon the United State and to establish it
errttoria! government far NetrMealco" passed September
aath.dgUienhutMlredandrirty.thelssm'neorwhicIiStoek;
wasrtstricled by the first proviso to the fifth proposition
contained lu the llrsteecttei of sail act the Secretary r
the Treasury be and he U hereby authorized and directed
to-pay to the creditors of the late Republic or Texas who bold
sach bonds or other evidence of debt for which the reve-
nue cr that Republic were pledged as were reported U be
within the provisions of tho said ci of September ninth
eighteen hundred nnd fifty by the report or the late Secre-
tary of tha Treasury to the President or the United vtates
and approved by him on the thirteenth day of September
cigbtctu hundred and fifry-cac or which come within the.
provisions of said act orcordlcg to the opinion upon the
Texas compact of the present Attorney General of Ufe.
Lnlted States addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury
under date ot September twenty-sixth eighteen hundred
and fifty-three the sum or .even mulioas seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to bs apportioned among the saal
holders pro rcZa .- Prodded That Uie interest on the debt
embraced la thU act shall be determined by the existraglaw
of the State of Tixas.
Sec. 2. Jnd5.rrtJerrtuctsThatinalIcasea where I
Ihe State of Texas may have- paid uvmnin f Krf.i. f
described in this act the said Secretary shall refund t Ihe
proper officer of said State the amount actuHy paid by
the State npon ths presentation at tho Traunn- ibn.
ratnt of the evidences Of said debt on- -trt.fi-1 . cw.. I
may nave .made: sucn payment: -nciaf the said sum
shall not exceed the proportion which would have been
allowed to the creditor or creditors If such payment on aM
evidences of debt had not been made by the State of Texa;
and where the said sum that may ba refunded tn the State
of Texas by tlie provisions of this sectloa Is. less than the
proportion which would bare been allowed under this net u
the holders of such cvidences-of dettt had such payment not
ibeen raade ihen) such holder shall be entitled (o-receive
the differenco between said sum and- tne proportion they
would have received under thU act if no payment had been
made them; and where any .original certificates or other
evidences of deb t liive been surrendered" to the authority of
the State of Texas and new certificates issued therefor by
said Slate of Texas such new certificate shall be received
as evidences of the orlglnar amouat of tho claim.
Sec. S. And be it j 'urfftei4 enacted. That no payment shaB
be made under this act to any holder of said securities or
evidences of debt unit's the said holder shall first execute
lo the United States a receipt far the said payment in which
said holder shall forever release all claim against the United
States for or on account cf the said securities or evidences
of debt; oko similar releases to said State of Texas; and
the said certificates or other evidences of debt shall then be
deposited with tlie Treasury Department.
Sec. 4. -irKf Be it further enacted. That before payment
of the moneys aforesaid the Secretary of the Treasury shall
give notice by public1 advertisement for the space of ninety
days of the time at which said payment will be made and
no payment shall be made on any bond certificate or
evidence of debt which ehall not thirty days before the
time limited by ald notice be presented o the Treasury
Deportment.
Src 5. And be it further enacted. That tbe sum of fevea
millions seven hundred and fifty thousand' dollars be and
the same is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the-purpose of car-
rying into effect the provisions of this act.
Sec C. And be it further enacted That this act shaU not
take effect until it shall be assented to by an act of the Le-
gmalnreorthe state ot Texas and a copy ct tne act ot said
State pnlye authenticated deposited br the Treasury De-
partment at Washington; nornntil the Legislature of' the
State of Texas shall pass an act withdrawing and abandon-
ing all claims and demands against the. United States growi
ing out of Indian depredations or-otherwise.
Approved February 23 1S55.
jaearsa3igep1Sf3 torm.Aof a reteaseatottTr3
I UtsvthjfrtlBof a repass- to the Siilerf-?5-
rats wW bemad at tbe Treasury af the Uoaed?&'"1
means ef treasury droit en sasaeor th awuta'''' r
rem ar paWte depMftarie ef ttie UnBed Fates. mna
the 1st of Joe. IS5t iswh of the ladders ef iVw!l?T
eerttfaat or other evUense of said debt in m.15?"
wh tfce provl.fww of uM. sets who shH haviTlz?
Usetrsaid eertlfieat- or oUr evidences of saw 12??
United State and exaeabrj tbe release In tbe feai '"
United States aad ib release ia las form B to ai"a
Texas a a Sled tbe saww wish tbe Secretory ef T! ?
ry m rfaysbefere b 1st of Jtae next the 93 aLJIQ-
required to investiiMte tfte ceaataes r u jZg? ;
tor which wtrroK ih d-vartmeot u advui V?1-
general obstrvatloa. ef aU the Internal Improvements as.
contemplated by this act; and shaU prepare contracts and
schools and Invest the same as provided in this act. And.
said Board shall annually report to the Governor Its acts!
and proceedings relative to said school fund.
Sec 2. That the five per cpnt indemnity bonds belonging)
to said special school fund may and shall be loaned toi
legally Incorporated railroad companies In this State at their'
current value provided said value shall not be less. than;
par otherwise at par for the. term of ten years from the!
date of raid loans at an interest of six per cent per .annum!
payable annually upon the terms and conditions specified!
in this act.
Sec. 3. Said Board of Commissioners is hereby autho'i'zed
with the approbation of the Governor to inveit said funds
by loaning to any such company which has been or shall nej
hereafter chartered for the purpose of building a railroad'
In this State the sum of eight thousand dollars per mile for'
each ana every mile oi rauroau constructed as hereinafter
provided. Said loans to be secured by the bopds of such
company for said principal and Interest made and execut-
ed to the State of Texas in the corporate name of such Com-
pany signed by the President and countersigned by the
Secretary or Treasurer under the seal of such company;
which bonds shall constitute a Hen upon the roadand char-
t;r rights of such company including the road.bcd right of
way grading bridges Iron rails equipments and masonry
and upon ad the stock subscribed for in said companies all
the depots and depot stations and all the property owned
by such company as necessary for its business. And the
State of Texas upon the execution of said Bonds and. by .
virtue or the same snail na invested wttn said lienor mort-
gage for the payment of said bonds and the Interest there-
on as tho same becomes due without the necessity of any
ueea special contract or act oi registration.
Sec. 4. Said Hoard of Commissioners shall With the ap-
probation of the Governor loan said sum of eight thousand
dollars per mile to any such company as shall have com-
pleted In a good and substantial manner ready to receive
the iron a continuous section of twenty-five miles at either
terminus of the road of said company : and the same amount
per mile of every additional consecutive section of ten miles
which shall be so completed on the trunk or any established
branch of the said road. And the same amount per mile
for every scctisn of ten miles which shall be so completed
and furnished as to be ready to receive the iron for said
Railroad upon any railroad which shall be a continuation
of or a connection with any other railroad running from
any adjoining State or Territory Into the State of Texas
provided said road shall bo completed ready to receive the
iron at least twenty-five miles iu length.
Sec. 5. That upon the application of any such railroad
company to said Board of Commissioners for said loan and
its representation that section '4th of this act has been com-
plied with said Board of Commissioners shall with the ap-
probation of tbe Governor appoint some competent En-
gineer who shall at tbe expense of the company examine
the road of said company tnd make a full report up in the
condition of the same under oath and shall report all mat-
ters pertaining to the business of said company which he
may deem useful to said Commissioners in ascertaining the
true condition of said road and company. And upon being
fully satisfied that any section or sections of said road have
been constructed and completed as provided In the 4th
section of this Act and that said section or sections are not
subject to any lien whal'ver other than such as may be
created by this act In favor of the State said Board shall
with the approbation oi-tne uovernor draw a warrant on
the Treasury of the State In the name of Said company
against said special school fund for such amount of said
bonds as it may be entitled to under the provisions of this
act which warrant shall state on account of what work it
i drawn shall be signed by said Board of Commissioners
and countersigned by the Governcr and delivered to the
President or the duly authorized agent ofsaid company.
Sec. C. That upon the presentation of said warrant or
warrants to the Treasury of the State the amount of said
indemnity bonds called for ia the same shall be delivered
and transferred according to law to the President or au-
ihorized agent of said company his receipt taken therefor
and the same charged to the special school fund.
Sec. 7. Thatbefore said Hoard shall deliver to said com-
pany said warrant or warrants upon the Treasury it shall
require raid company to execute and deliver into the Trea-
sury the bonds of said company for said loan or. loanj. In
sumi of not more than one hundred and fitly thousand
dollars nnd not les than fifty thousand dollars each pay-
able to tbe State of Texas ten years after date together with
coupon bonds forthesixperccntinterest thereon payable
annually as above stated ; which bonds shall be executed
In the mode prescribed in tlie third section of this act and
shall be made payable at the office of the Treasurer of the
State and which shall be a lien In favor or the State as
specified in the 4th section of this act and shall have a
priority over all other claims against said company.
Sec. 8. And after the execution of said bonds upon said
first section or any subsequent constructed section in the
manner described In 4th sectloa of this act It shall not be
lawful for said company to give create or convey to any
person or persons or body corporate whatever any llen
incumbrance or mortgage oi any Einn wnicn snaunave
priority over or come in conflict with the lien herein secur-
ed and any such lien Incumbrance or mortgage shall ba
null and void as against said lien or mortgage In favor of
the State.
Ere. 0. That It shall be the duty of any such company as
the interest becomes dne upon sa'd bonds executed as
aforesaid to deposit the tame in the Treasury of the State
which amount shall be credited to the special school fund
and shall be subject to immediate appropriation for school
parposes as provided by law. And all railroad companies
shall pay said Interest so due by them annually on the first
day of March and the bonds of sach companies so satisfied
shall be cancelled and delivered up.
SEt.10.- Wncnever any of the bonds ofsaid company for
the principal loaned thereon shall become due said compa-
ny shall deposit said sums so due in the Treasury of the
State and said bonds shall be cancelled as required in sec-
tion 9th of this act and said principal sums so returned
into the Treasury shall be credited t6 the special school
fund and subject to re-investment by said Board as pro-
vided In this act.
Sec 11. That If any such company shall fall or refuse to
pay said principal or Interest bonds from time to time as
tbe same shall become due the road of said company
together with all tho rights and property of said company
specified la sectional of this act shall be sold or caued to
be sold by the Governor of the State for the satlsfactioa of
a.ilrf bonds so due. as well as alt tlie bonds of said company
which may have been given under this act to ihe Stater 1
and the whole o said bonds shall oe ueemea uueu-saiu saie
takes place and tbe proceeds ofsuch sales shall be deposit-
ed in the Treasury and credited to the special school food.
Sec 12. That upon the failure of any such company lo
pay said principal or Interest bonds as required in this act
it shall be tlie duty of the Governor after the expiration of
thirty days to cause notice of the sale of such road to be
advertised ha some newspaper published at the seat of Gov-
ernment for the term of three mouths. And after due notice
has been given shall cause the entire road together with
ail the right- and property ofsaid company specified In the
'3d section of this ae: to be sold at public nuction lo the
highest bidder for easn at tne floor or tne uapitoi or tne
State and at the time specified In said advertisement; pro-
Tided that if the principal or interest bonds which may
have become dJe. before tbe giving of said notice aad oil
cost attending said prceeedWgs shall be paid before the
day ef sale then said proceedings for sale shall be stopped.
Sic 13. In tbe event of any sale of any railroad under the
provisions of this act it shall be the duty of the Governor
either in person or by agent to attend such sale and pro-
tect the Interest of the special school land ; and he shall if
necessary to protect said interest buy In said road with all
the rightts and property belonging to said company in the
name of the Stats: provided he shall not bid more than the
amount of the bonds of said company with the interest dne
L thereon and the costs and expenses attending t&!d sale-
Andlntis event oi any xuen purcnate m tne name of the
Slate the Governor shall appoint a Receiver who shall be
reonlrea.io enter into suca docgj as mar be reoalred b &
Governcr aad whose duty It sfcan be io control and manage forrc
A)u iimu uuuu wMbMv..w ji vuc;uvr K&ut oinerwise
disposed of by law.
Brcl4. The State of Texas exprettly reterresthe right
to enact hereafter all such laws a axaV be !ii t.
I sary to protect ihe Interest of the State and special scSocl
irauuKwug ueiujuubu u uonos ana lauajrc-
ing the Ken reserved thereen.
EEC.13.ThatlheprovisIonziif this act shall not extend
to any raUrosd company- which may be entitled torecelve
freEVthe Slate a larger grant ofland than sixteen- sections
of tm acrtato the mile for the ca rtraettoSbtSS
nor to anyroad for mare than s ttoele tract. ( h.n.I
ZRS!!!!J&&?Wn
- .-. -j. . wuhwi tsaa prascccted as required
by the provisions of Its charier. s-"
1& Wanyjwoa.raaaosan-aadavit a herein re-
qulred anau knowiazlv irr rat.i t ..
:tlreor before anyCcurt of-'ebiapewnt Jurisdiction- shall
And whereas on tbe 1st of February 1SSC the State of
Texas passed the following act giving tbe assent of that
Stato t the aforesaid act of Congress and specifying the
several debts of the late Republic of Tesis amongst the
holders of which tbe $7750.000 appropriated by said actof
Congresa is to be divided pro rata Jn discharge.oC the prin-
cipal and Interest due on said. debt according: tn tbe laws
of Texas:
AN ACT giving the assent of the State of Texas to "An Ac
to provide for the payment of such creditors or the late
Republic- of Texas as are comprehended In the ac of
Congress of September nine eighteen hundred and fifty."
which was" passed at the second session of the Thirty-
third Congress ot the United States and npproved Febru-
ary twenty-eighth' eighteen hundred.and fifty-fire.
Wherea3.at the second session of the Thirty-tl-.Ird Con
gress of the United States an act was passed entitled 'Vn
Act to provide ror tne payment or sucn creditors or tno late
Republic of Texas as are comprehended lathe act or Con-
gress of September nine eighteen hundred and fifty" which
net was approved February twenty-eighth eighteen hun-1
dred and fifty.five and provides that in Hen of tho sum of
fiVe millions of five per cent stocfc of the United States still
due to Texas under the nrovMons of the actof Coneresr
ni tne nininorsv-ptemner eignteen nnndrcd and any the
United States will pay to the creditors of the lata Republic of
Texas who hold such bonds or other evidences of debt for
which the revenues of that Republic were pledged as were
reported to be within the providons of the said act of Sep-
tember tlienlnthejghteen hundred and fifty by the report
oi tne jaie secretary oi tne Treasury to me rrestdent or the
United States and approved by him on the thirteenth day
of September eighteen hundred and fifty-one or which
come within tbe provisions of said act accordingto the opi-
nion upon the Texas compact of the present Attorney Ge-
neral of the United States addressed to the Secretary of
the Treasury nnder date of September twenty-sixth.clght-een
hundred and fifty-three the sum of seven millions reven
hundred and fifty thousand' dollars to be npiHTtloned
among the said holders prorata; tlie interest on thesald
debt to be determined by the existing laws of the State of
Texas;
And Whereas br the terms of thesald act of itm twntv.
eighth of February eighteen hundred and firty-flve it to
not to take effect until it shall be assented to by an act of i
the Legislature of Texas nor until the Legislature of (aid
State shall pass an act withdrawing and abandoning all
claims and demands against the United State growing ont
ui muiaa uepreuauous or otncrwise : now tnereiore
SectiosI. Be it enacted by the Leg Mature of theState
of Texas That the said State hereby consents and agrees
that In lieu of the five millions of five per cent stock" still
due to said State Under the act of Oingressof the ninth of
September eighteen hundred and fifty the United States
shall pay ta the said described creditors whose debts osten-
sibly amount with interest thereon according to the laws
ot Texas to the sum of ten millions seventyclglit thousand
seven hundred and three dollars and twenty-one cents of
nuiui uc ujiiuwu? live uunurcu auu two tnousand nine
hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty.feur cents principal
and three millions two hundred and elghty.foar thousand
two hundred ond forty-one dollars and ninety-four cents
interest on said principal are evidenced by the certificate
of the auditor and comptroller of the State of Texas issued
under the provisions of "An Act to provide' for ascertain-
ing the debt of the late Republic or Texas'" approved
March twentieth eighteen hundred and Jorty-eight and
other acts of aalt State passed subsequent thereto: ninety-
eight thousand five hundred nnd forty-five dollars and sixty
slvcents or principal and one hundred and three thousand
two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty.seren
cents of Interest on said principal are evidenced by ten per
cent bonds of the Republic of Texas issued under an act
or Congress of said Republic ot'the seventh June eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven ; two hundred and eighty thou-
sand dollars of principal and three hundred and twenty
five thousand and five hundred dollars of Interest on said
principal are evidenced by a ten per cent bond Issued by
the Republic of Texas to Frederick Dawson for naval vewel.
dated the thirteenth or September eighteen hundred and
thirty.eight; forty-one thousand and one hundred dollars nf ;
principal acu ioriy.or.e uiousand two hundred and seventy-
one dollars and twenty-four cents of Interest on said prin
nati an ageot who pusaesses Imowirdgeer it .fcjjrnj a
created and tlie hoZMtwritzng of tke oOebli 1W 2-
tores are attached ! tbem. U h deetraMe Out ;!?!a-
tincalea aad evldkaces of debt Oeakl heSed SJcI?
the 1st of Jane ; and the hoMers wUI tsie BUStir?
eertiaeates and fvldenecs no fifed before tha tail 2 "
retained for exaartt'ooaiidhivetfSuWJBBtgVjrv"S
ment shall be fully sarUfled t .ttje gvaolara or 5?
tifieates aad evtaViscea produced. The ass-gsBtntTj
leases nwy be executed and uksMwiedged ia the btSL''
or the AssbUnt Secretary of the Tre-wry. r tfcVi?
Clerk thereof la the- prewBce ef a notary oefr ..T
witnessed by th Assistant Secretary or efitfetw?
notary and be certified by the noU'y nnder Sjwif
seal; bat when the holders desire to make OiaT?1'
and execute the- releases out of the city of WsaSSS"81
may be dene In the presence of an assistant ireSS? ''
collector or surveyor ef the etutosw. la Uw nrtwT' 5
notary pnbc. and be witnessed by tlte eoftrT
and the notary pabHc and be certified by th BLTiJt
bis notarial seal; and If there be no eeHeetor"ornr
the cratems at the place where the party resUT?8"
sign meat ami releases may be executed before alvI!L
record to tne presence of ttW Jdge and tier jj.r?li "
be witnessed by them and certified by the tktitl1
seal of office; and if the holder be out of the Csdf
he a.stenmeut and releases may be executed bsLl0'
United States consul and be witnessed aad eerlMh JiT
nsxler hb consular seal All persons execuito-MSi
si-tan-mM and releases meat abe declare aader A
the notary eierk.ar cwhu! as the ease may be lEr? "
are Use real owners ef tke certtficte or otaer'eiuiz!?
of debt or that U sent have been a tim4 .i?5
js4fre-lltlfli and tM notary eler. . JZJ3""
'WlLl.itx.Cu.tor list. daeUrmtfen l- .tl tcaI r.
aeknowfed-ieniea'. " f
The pro rwift dlvldewl when allowed artsieu ..
officer wUI fee r-sraWed to th parties ia ieeardla!
their dtreetlM- r the drafts haaded to thr-ST5
constituted scent tor trarBlMfon. "IMarrj
JAMES gutheif;
ftrm A.
Know all persons by these present thai
released and hereby releases the Culled Sfau ITiZ
from all further feWHry or claim for Steltxk
fieatpor evidence of debt Bomber TL'SCT . j.
!ed by thecal RepuMIe of Texae aod 2i7'
Uni'ed States In accordance whh the WortS?Srf
uongress entitled -An Act to prorHe fee- ta...;-. n
such creditors of the late HepaWk of Ttxa a7.Janrt
hended la the act of OtaatJeZ sIZSH'?
hundred and fiftyy approved tbe 'sirS"
AS15 and an net of the State of Tx-j -- Jt?7-
February 1B. ' "M""1 e 1st X
As witness my hand and seaL
Know all persons by these presents Oat !
released ami hereby releases the State at Taiirjm"4
further liability or claim for CyBtafrSi11'
evidence of debt nnmber . for thi sZ?1 or
by the late Republic of Tcxm?! bfeaSS
States In accordance with tbe prert-aoaTof . J?rw
gr entitled B Jet to provide for t para'Jtlf SS
creditors ofthe UtcRepoHieof tV asarie2S
la the actof Congress of September nine Ud23i
and Wly.'' appruved the 2oTdVy e4ekriTry5as
ryllw.' helSateof T". Wved SeWfe1
.4 ..Vs witness "esy hand ami seat'- " v
'nlte-SlarcrfSS-Jw-
BKER & SMYTH'S ADS.
r- ' -' ' '."flgi
Iran
ll.HI.U'HOiVS C?IlM(t.niul-.. A1
all hours of the day and night at
1IAKKP. k SMITH?
Drug and Chemical Store.
clgn of the Golden Mortar l'eenn street. 3-r
BAKKK A siMl-S'SlVt CU.11. IIU.MJ SI.
RUP OF SAKSAl'ARUILLA gie M(iacl!3 in
all. Try it I Put up In pint botltes and for sale at the
J"re of UaKBK SMYTH.
Pecan St. Austin. May WHh ISM. S-tf
0i v a i v a t'tti.:
UR AROMATIC W1XF. OF QUININE l tbe mst effec-
tual tonic ever oOered to this onrmuniij lor ad eases
of debility arising; from chills and fever or BMoas resil-
ient and Intermittent fever. Ir Is designed for tne per-
manent eradication r these auVcttoos or the Hr and
digestive organs wfiichattend the diseases of Mtteos cli-
mates. It is constantly being proscribed by oar Pays'
clans nnd Its use is attended with uniform gol rtsetu-
Prepared and sold only by BAKER 1 SMYTH
n33 Sign of the Mortar PeeaaSt.
A JL.C of I)r
.rat. store and forsa'eby
Jan. 12-
Jnyxjc'st Family Medtein now ia
BAKER 4 SMYTH.
21 wtf
7KT IS. Ml indebted to tu by nete or aeeoant will
.LN o please call and settle.
Dcc20 n!3 B.'KERJtSMYTH.
WCi;tr .V SiUY'rii are regularly receivteg
supplies of seaelne Drassaml Chemical. Perfem-
ry Brushes Surgical and Dental Instruments kc. Prices
reasonable TermSCasli. Physiansnmyrely-aipon haiti;
their prescriptions accura try filled. Sign of the Hrlar
Pecnn street. D. W. a BAKER
May 3d ISW. n24:r W31. SMYTH.
NOW in store and recelvinr. a fnll Stock nf Jlt'DICISES
of all kinds which we will sell at fair nric-s and for
.a. only.
Austin April C IM6-n83-lf
BAKER & SMITH.
DUFF ACT'S AD7ER 1'ISE MEN !'.
tion of the promissory notes of the eovernm.nt nrm- in
citation and for funding other liabilities of tlie govern-
ment" approved fifth of February eighteen hundred and
forty; three hundred dollars (if principal and two hundr.tl
and ihlrty-slx dollars of interest on eald principal are vi-
denced by eight per ccntbondsof said Republic Issued uniler
the provisions of the act of Congress of the said Republic
last before named; twenty-four thousand and one hundred
dollars of principal and eighteen thousand Hire- hundrM
and sixteen dollars of interest on said principal are evi-
denced by eight per cent treasury bonds of said Republic
under the provisions of an act or the Congress of said Re-
public entitled '-An Act Tor creating funds for the support
of the governmcntfortlieyearelghteen hundred and forty."
approved February fifth. eighteen hundred and frty; two
thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars of nrlnimi nj
eight hundred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-on- cents
of Intereston said princlpal.are evidenced bytheflrstUsue
of promissory notes of said Republic under the provisions
of an act of Congress of Hie raid Republic of the seventh of
June eighteen hundred and thirty-seven J sixteen thousand
uie ouoiireu unu. imny-.cyen uonars or principal and three
thousand six hundred and flfly-one dollars and ninety -one
cents of interest on said principal are evidenced by the
second Issue of the promissory notes of the said Republic
under the provisions of ihe act of the Congress of said Re-
public last before named and three hundred and thirty
four thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-
four cents of principal are evidenced by the promissory
notes ofsaid Republic without Interest issued under an act
of the Congress of raid Republic of the nineteenth f June
eighteen hundred and thirty-nine the sum or seven millions
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars to be apportl. nod
among theia Vrorata: and Ihe said State hererrv.int
Ito said actof Congress of the twcnty-elghth of February
eighteen hundred and fifty-five with the foregoing declara-
'ion oi uie orou mat sue unaersianiis to oe embraced in Its
provisions and among which the said sum of seven minions
sev-fi hundred and fifty thousand dollars are to be appor-
tioned pro rata.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted That the State ef Tteaj
hereby withdraws and abandons all claims and demand
against the United States growing out of Indian depreda-
tions or otherwise which originated on or before the twenty-eighth
day or February; eighteen hundred and fifty-five:
Prodded This abandonment shall not apply to claims of
Individuals for losses of property try the enemy.
Szc 3. Be it further enacted. That this act shall take ef-
fect and be In force from and after the date of iu final pas-
sage cr approvaL
- ' II-IVBEE
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
II. R. RUNNELS
.. .- . President or the Senate.
Approved 1st February KftC
E. M. PEASE. -
. . DBTxzsror'STATr?
t r m AtuUnTsa. Febroiry;215M.i"
I. Edward Clark Secretary of State of the State of Texoi
do hereby certify that the foregoing- eight pages heretoan-
An Act pving the assent of the Stats of Texas to -An Act
&T.' "eP'-Ttnentofsucb creditors cf the late Ue-
Zrl. ' TeiLT M a' wniprehended in tbe act cf Congress
fhTft u.a c"C0nd ?l0n of he TWrtr-lhird Congress of
r JTIi"" r tand and the seal cf the deportment the day
ssit and year aforesaid.
EDWARD CLARK
Secretary of State.
"ExECtrrivE DmantEST.
'. b rea"' Governor of the State of Texas do hereby
certify that Edward Clank whosigned the certificate octhe
preceding page as Secretary or State Is and was at the
date pf said certificate Tthe Secretary of State for the State
efTexMj.that sejjs y law the keeper of the original
. atnfe .laws of said ta'e and that his attestation is ia due
I . .; i. KlFfAf n
S3 Importer and Who!. Sile and Retail Dealer SBi
g COXOBESi AVE.-UE JC8T13 JfiJ
m . DraSJ JIdi-ine Dye Stufl Paints and 3
wis which frmthe completeness of bis arrangements
he is prepared to sell to Physicians or Dealer for cash
on as low terms as they can ba had ia the coast a .rket
iron time city reference is In all eases reanl.cu and 1
per cent added. 41 Jon 11551.
rjjj sW1 Wgi'sgjta.ait t tt as4 tmwBBtit of t tieaasef tfca I -spssHlcatiiE and tarett'-werfeatidVdo.an ether thlngi.la
; a osi-s' "
'suflir. an ths pains and
jissu tact
M patosand "piaUieofjperJury.;And this set
SssMS? Jfu.rw frosaandafUr Usjiasjagc.
- In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my nameand cause
- the great seal of the Slate to. be afilXEd. a the
city of Austin this the sixth day of February
A. D. 1S56. and in the year of the Independence cf
the' United. States the .dgjitleth andof TeisftHe
twentieth year;.
e:m. pease.
SEJL.J
Aid whereas the creditors referred to la eakl actof Ca-
gren"sre deemed Identical with the holders of the deb:
described In th's said actof tSe tate of Texas-; and whereas
It Is alleged Hut there exist forged certificates ot said debt
the holders cf which may assert to be genuine and claim
payment of; and whereas the 3d section of said act of Coa-
grets requires thejiolders of the certificates and other evi-
dences of said deb: shall execute- releases to the; United
D. NEIL
WOULD respectfully Inform theetttzens member of the
Legislature and strangers visiting Amtla. that Le has
rn sale at tke "Oil Parker stores" Coagress Avenue op-
roslteSwenson's new buldlngz SPLENDID ASS0BTME5T
of
'XOTIUXC HATS liOOTSTAKD SHOES
all of which have been made under hi own personal super
vision and will be found of THAT SUPERIOR QUALITY
which he has always been to the habit of bringing ra this
place and which he h deternined to set!
.Oct 27 LOW FOP. CASK. 0m
psrv-R ivixaKS'ij.
TllXX' are Dnr Prepared ta Sit orders for PINE
LUMBER at their Steam Mill eighteen miles below
Ausiln on the west bank of the Cotorad river. They can
saw lumber Of any length renjolred up to tWny feet-
Having two Shingle Machines in operation they are als
prepared to furnWi cedar Shtogles rough edged at fir
dollars and square edged at seven dollars per tbetwaao.
Teems : Invariably cash on delivery.
. . BCRDITTi MILLER.
February 2ne.1SS6. nli-3m
P.AiVffATIaV FOR XALE.
ST OFFER for sal- a plantation situated la the
O. county oi Travis on GilkUmi'sCrKli eooula-
us-r' acres liiiwaseparaiv tracts; ir acres lan- &"-
bcred land aad 880 acres prairie. It hsorlf0 ..j..
i ii . ii. f.... t.A .1.... a A. ... 1.... .. ..A..
. hiiiki uwnwu A urn un ma Km;
good buildings and a well sod sprtssg ef sped water.
I wfll also sell with the place cows aad calves hogs aad
corn if appilcatKn is made before they are otherwise dispos-
ed of. A. B. MILL.
Oct. 6 18.V.. J Tlfj
HOKSR3 FOR SALE.
SV I OFFER for sale two ivy fls. nrs: me h
&4?n A So. 1. ."addle Horre: 6 years oH works re-
markably well trr single aad doubte harness.
TheotherlealargenvasccUr Horse SyetrsoU poste-s-ed
nf fiae action and will work io sicgle or deasMe Barnes.
Both horses wilt be guaranteed aa perfectly nwod store;
and hearty. WBI rfcle or drive without whipping.
I will also sell a fine prwnitrog t year old C tar"
and wII formed.
Also one two horse wagon with harness and evsrytlsnil
complete. .
JOHN KILLILEA
Etate Oastte oSee Atwsa Te3
Mirca39.1i.'-tSI-lf
EVliTilTVlllZ TVAU.E ROOKS.
PECAN STREET. AUSTIN. TEXAS-
T. 11. TUMSY tenders W inanai '
the pabife for part favors aad respect-
fully asas for a eootitmaace of the safse.
I hir. n hscu! a moil aiirtssnt ana
am constantly manufactoriog. Call and see r7''j'T
All orders promptly fitted. I have a good TnrBlog La"
and will do any kind of tornlag that may be wasted a
reasonable prices.
N. B. Funeral notices promptly attended to day ot
night. I have a netrherrt arranged so that I caa ussoas
or two honesas the occasion may reqaire. Persons wite-
ing my services at night wui noa soe at hj re.
few feet in the rear of my furaltaxe reosa.
AttSt n Feb. 23. Igo-nSItr
T.H.TUMZT.
Ipayrasntwta; be; made ancV whereas the Treasury Depart-
ttllt aWK AU" VICIVAXJS Ss.1.
rrjtWO FINE CITT LOTS together with the IfafWO'e-
H. intsecc!sfaltogorapeddwelltjr eontalssiagsre
consisting of all that caa b rea.ai.-ed r the ae and com-
fort of a laaBy.
Terms easy. Ecnslreof
ftbif n25 TO'yryCAMt.
inEpcbHcarehereoyeawaened sgilasttradingfsrasy
. deeds.orcstesbetweeaJohaUHla3dJ.M.Sturgesaas
such docameats aro of no account aadt parties carchsstng
wHI bo the losers; '. - . . . WHJfcUILL.
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