Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-30
FoARD COUNTY CREATED.

Chapter b =. Is. No. 2II An act 10
create the county of Foard out of parts of
Hardeman. King, Cottle and Knox coun-
ties, and TO provide for its organization.
Section l. Be it enacted by the le%is-
lature of the state af Texas: That new
rotnty to be called F'oard county, Is hereby
created out of the parts of the territory of
HardeInan, King, Cottle and Knox counties,
to-wit: beginning at the point on the east
boundary line Of HarGeman county and the
vest boundary line OF Wilbacger county
where said line crosses Pease river, thence
up said river with its meanders to the
mouth of Canal creek, thence north CO. west
in direct line TO the point where the east
boundary line of Cottle county crosses
pease river, thence up said river with its
meanders three miles, thence south to the
north line of King county, thence east three
miles to the northwest corner of Knox
county, continuing east with the north line
ot hnoX county 10 the point where Wichita
river crosses the north line of Knox county,
hence down the center of the channel of
said Wichita river with its meanders 10 the
west line of Baylor county, thence north
With the west line OF Baylor county and
the east boundary line of Hardeman and
The west boundary line of Wilbarger county
TO the place of the beginning.
Sec 2. That J. \. Wright, J. Q. Sanders
and J. H. Self are hereby appointed conf
mittee for the purpose of organizing said
expiration of thirty days from the time
this act takes effect lay off said county into
four commissioners precincts aud con-
venient Justices precincts not to exceed
eight in number; also convenient voting
precincts for the election of county officers
and the selection of county seat, and des-
ignate places in each of said precincts
where elections shall be held. Said COM
mittee shall within ten days thereafter
order an election to be held for county OIL
GERS and for the selection OF a county seat
for said county, and they shall appoint pre-
siding officers of election for each voting
precinct as prescribed by law in other cases.
The election returns shall be made to said
committee, who shall count the votes and
issue the certificates Of election to the per-
sons elected, and shall approve the bonds
of said officials and administer to them the
oath of office. SAID committee shall keep
correct record of all the proceedings and
file the same in the office or the county clerk
when elected, who shall record the same in
his Office.
That any two Of said committee shall con-
stitute q quorum for the transaction of
business, and any one of said committee
shall have the power to administer the oath
Of Office to the officers elect. And any two
of said committee may declare the result of
the election selecting the place for the
county seat.
Sec. 3. That the new county shall pay
pro rata part of the existing legal debts of
the counties from which it is taken, and
there shall be set apart so much of the
county taxes levied and collected on the
property within said new county as shall
be sufficient to speedily liquidate said exist
ing debts, if any, said pro rata TO be based
upon the value of the property for each
year of the existence Of said debt to be de-
termined from the tax rolls of said county,
;.e made by the board of equalization.
Sec. /. That the county of Foard is here
by attached to the Forty-sixth judicial dis
trict for judicial purposes, to the Fifth con-
gressional, the Nineteenth senatorial and
the Forty-siXth representative districts for
the purpose of representation.
Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with the provisions of this act shall
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. Whereas, the county commission
ers' courts of Hardeman and Knox counties
are about to levy taxes for the present
year, therefore an emergency exists and an
imperative public necessity requires the
rule requiring bills to be read on three sew
eral days be suspended, and this act shall
take effect and be in force from and after
its passage, and it is so enacted.
[NoTE.-The foregoing act originated in
the senate, and passed the same by the fol-
lowing vote: Yeas 26, nays none; and
passed the house Of representatives by
vote of, yeas 20, nays none
Approved March 8, 1891.