SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

For traveling expenses and mileage, one thousand dollars, $1,000 00 For furnishing office of Superintendent Public Instruction, twelve hundred dollars....

1,200 00

For postage, telegraphing, wood and contingent expenses, two thousand dollars.

2,000 00

SEC. 2. That this act take effect from and after its passage.
Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXVI.

AN ACT FURTHER PRESCRIBING THE TIME OF HOLDING THE TERMS OF THE DISTRICT COURTS IN THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the term of the district court shall be holden in the county of Delta on the fourth Mondays of December, April and August of each year, and may continue in session two weeks.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXVII.

JOHNSON COUNTY TO

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SURVEYOR OF
TRANSCRIBE CERTAIN BOOKS IN HIS OFFICE.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the county surveyor of Johnson county be and is hereby authorized to transcribe record book C., and file book A., into suitable books for that purpose, and that he be allowed such compensation as is allowed for similar services by law out of any money in the county treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXVIII.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION SEVEN (7) OF AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TAXES, APPROVED APRIL 22, 1871, AS AMENDED BY AN ACT AMENDATORY OF AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TAXES, APPROVED APRIL 25, 1871.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section (7) of "An act to give effect to the several provisions of the Constitution concerning taxes," approved April 22, 1871, as amended by "An act amendatory of and supplemental to an act to give effect to the several provisions of the Constitution concerning taxes,"" approved April 25, 1871, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2.

its passage.

That this act take effect and be in force from and after

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXIX.

AN ACT VALIDATING CERTAIN LAND CERTIFICATES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all land certificates issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office by authority of the act of February 11, 1858, and acts amendatcry thereof of February 1, 1860, and January 1, 1862, and in conformity therewith, are hereby validated so far as said certificates may be invalid by reason of having been issued subsequent to February 1, 1861.

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

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXX.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN OF AN ACT TO REGULATE FERRIES, APPROVED JANUARY 23, 1850.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section nineteen of "An act to regulate ferries," approved January 23, 1850, be and it is hereby amended so that hereafter it shall read as follows, viz:

Sec. 19. If any water course, navigable stream, lake or bay shall form a portion of the boundary of any county, so that one bank shall be in one county and the other in a different county, at the place where it is proposed to establish a ferry, or where a ferry has been established, the application for a license shall be made to the county court of the county wherein the applicant resides or has his ferry house, and upon the granting of such license by the said court, the person or persons so licensed shall have the right to own and operate a ferry upon the same terms and conditions and with the same rights and privileges as are provided by this act for the owners or keepers of ferries operated exclusively in one county, and no county tax shall be assessed and collected upon a ferry by any other county court than the one granting the license therefor.

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

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXXI.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION, THIRTY-FOUR OF AN ACT TO ORGANIZE THE COURTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND COUNTY COURTS, AND TO DEFINE THEIR JURISDICTION AND DUTIES, APPROVED AUGUST 13, 1870.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section thirty-four of "An act to organize the courts of justices of the peace and county courts, and to define their juris diction and duties," approved August 13, 1870, shall be so amended as hereafter to read as follows:

Sec. 34. A regular term of the county court shall commence and be held at the court house of each county in the State on the last Mondays in January, March, May, July, September and November in every year, for the transaction of all business growing out of or connected with the powers and jurisdiction of said court; such terms shall be held by the presiding justice, with the assistance of any two or more of the other justices, and may continue for three or more days; and special terms of said court may be held in like manner and for like purposes, as provided for in this section, at such other times as the presiding justice may appoint; provided, however, that no county tax shall be levied, unless at some one of the regular terms of said court. The justices of the peace, when sitting at any regular term of the county court, shall receive a compensation of four dollars day; provided, however, that they shall not be entitled to compensation for more than four days at any one regular session, and no compensation shall be allowed when holding a special session. Their compensation shall be drawn from the county treasury.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and all laws in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXXII.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIVISION OF THE RECORDS IN REFUGIO AND ARANSAS COUNTIES AND THEIR TRANSFER TO THEIR PROPER COUNTIES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the district clerk of Aransas county, be and he is hereby authorized and required to immediately make a division of the cases on the court docket in his office, and transfer them to the proper county in which the defendants reside; provided, the same be civil cases, but in all criminal actions, the cases shall be transferred to the county in which the offenses were committed, and the jurisdiction of the court of the county shall attach in accordance with such division and transfer.

SEC. 2. That all the books and records properly belonging to Refugio county, shall be immediately turned over and delivered by the officers of Aransas to the proper officer or officers of said county of

Refugio, when elected or appointed, on demand; whose duty it shall be to take charge of the same and remove them to the county seat of Refugio county and keep the same in the proper offices to be provided by the county court of said county.

SEC. 3. That all writs and process issued shall be returnable to the court of the county whose jurisdiction attaches, and shall have full force and effect therein.

SEC. 4. That the district clerk having in charge the books and records of Refugio county, shall immediately transcribe from them in the proper manner, such records as are absolutely essential to the successful t: ansaction of the business of the courts of Aransas county, for which he shall be paid a reasonable compensation by the county, of Aransas.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of the county court of said. county of Aransas to examine all copies of records made under the provisions of this act, and if found to be correct, they shall certify to the same, and such certified copies shall have all the force and effeet of the originals in all the tribunals of the State.

SEC. 6. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved December 1, 1871.

CHAPTER LXXIII.

AN ACT AMENDATORY OF SECTION 5 OF AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION CONCERNING TAXES, APPROVED APRIL 22, 1871.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section five of "An act to give effect to the several provisions of the Constitution concerning taxes," approved April 22, 1871, be so amended that hereafter it shall read as follows: An annual direct ad valorem tax of one-eighth of one per centum shall be levied, on the value of all property subject to taxation thereby for public roads and bridges, to be applied by the county courts, subject to such regulations as the Legislature may prescribe.

SEC. 2 That this act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage; provided, that it shall be lawful for the proper. officers to collect the one-fourth of one per centum provided for in this section to which this act is an amendment, in all cases where the same had been assessed, prior to the passage of this act.

Approved December 1, 1871.