Juliet signal., 1861-07-02

any court having jurisdiction Of misdemcan
ors, In the county where the offence is com
mitteG, Or the fine may be recovered in an
action of debt before any justice of the
peace of such county.
MARRIED WOMAN.-That all the property
both real and personal, belonging to any
married woman, as her sole and separate
property, or which any woman hereafter
married owns at the time of her marriage,
or which any married woman, during COW
eture, acquires in good faith, from any per-
son other than her husband, by descent,
devise or otherwise, together with all the
rents, issues, increase and profits thereof
shall, notwithstanding her marriage, be
and remain during coveture. her sole and
separate property under her sole control,
and be held. owned, possessed and enjoyed
by her the same as though she was sole
and unmarried and shall not be subject to
the disposal, control or interference of her
husband, and shall be exempt from exc
cution or attachment for the debts of her
husband
Tax DEEDs.-That oil deeds hereafter
made in pursuance of sales of real estate
for the nonpayment of taxes shall be held
to be null and void, if it be shown that
said taxes have been paid before the sale,
or tina: said real estate was not subject to
taxation or that if it had been redeemed
from said Sale. or if the notice required by
the constitution was not gwen, or that the
description of said land was not sufficiently
definite and the validity of all such deeds
hereafter made by the proper officers, for
real estate sold for the non>payment of
taxes, shall not be questioned in any suit or
controversy in this State for any other
cause unless the party wishing to contest
the same shall tender TO the claimant under
such FAX deed, or deposit in the court in
which such suit is pending, for his use, the
amount Of the redemption money now pro-
vided for by law, with ten per cent. per
annum Interest thereon from the date of
said deed to the time of said tender or de-
post; and after said tender or deposit is
made the validity Of said deed may be
questioned in the same manner, and to the
same extent as now provided by law.
CHATTLE MoRTGAGEs-Thati if any per-
son having conveyed any article of personal
property by mortgage, shall during the ex
istence of the lien or title created by such
mortgage, sell, transfer, conceal, take, drive
or carry away, or in any way or manner
dispose of said property, or any part there's
of, or cause or suffer the same to be done,
without the written consent of the mort
gagee of said property, he shall be deemed
guilty of high misdemeanor shall be
liable to indictment, and on conviction
thereof, shall be punished by fine, not less
than twice the value of the property so
solo or disposed of, and confined in the
county jail not exceeding one year-one or
both at the discretion of the court and un.
til the fine and costs of ell such prosecution
are paid.
EsTRArs.-That hereafter every Justice
OF the peace, before whom any estray or
estrays may be brought for appraisal, shall
be allowed ten days after the appraisement
to make report Of the description of the
estrays, as is required in the second section
of said chapter, to the clerk of the county
or the clerk of the county commissioners
court as the case may be.
JUSTICES FEEs.--Tbat justices of the
peace shall hereafter receive for issuing
every warrant, summons or subpoena, 25
cents; for each continuance, fifteen cents
for administering oaths, to each person,
five cents for dOcketibg each suit, twenty
cents for each transcript of justices jude-
ment to obtain a lien or real estate, one
dollar; for each certificate required to be
made under the seal OF the justice, twen-
tty-fve cents; for entering satisfaction of
/ Judgment, ten cents; for each marriage
ceremony performed, and for making and
returning certificate thereof, two dollars
for taking dispositions, when required
for each one hundred words, ten cents
for entering the award of referees, fifty
cents.