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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
| law without his signature.-fGEoRGE ".
| SMITH. secretary OF state

SCHOOL FUSD-INTEREsr on COUNTY BONDS.
chapter S.-ISenate bill No las AD
act TO provide the manner Of collecting the
interest and sinking fund on certain bonds
held BY the school fund Of the state o.
Texas.
Section l. Be it enacted BY the legisIa-
ture of the state Of Texas: When any new
county has been created wholly cand entirely
out OF any existing county, If any bonds
were legally issued by the parent county
prior to the severance Of q part of its tarrl-
tory that such OF said bonds aud the cou-
pons due thereon, Us are held by the school
1und OF the state OF Texas, shall be appor-
toned between the parent county and the
county or counties created out Of the
parent county by the comptroller of public
accounts on the basis noyy provided by law.
Sec :. 1t shall De the duty of the com
mlsS!oners' court OF the parent county or
any county created out of the parent
county, which has now or may hereafter be
organized, TO levy and have collected on al
property IN such county, y tax 10 pay said
county'S pro rata share OF the debt II
shaL De the duty Of the commissioners
court Of any county to which any morgan
lzed county may be attached for Judicial
purposes, to levy AMI have collected on al
property in said unoryanizad county owned
by resident citizens thereof, a tax for the
purpose OF paying said counry's part of the
ueot; and Il shall De the duty OF the COMP
troller OF public accounts TO assess ami CO.,
lect on all properly in such unorgauilcd
counties owned by non-resideuts. tax 10
pay said counties pro rata part Of said
oeot; provided. that nothing in this at
sha!l De construed 10 authorize the levy aud
collection Of any Tax in excess OF thac now
allowed by the constitution OF this state.
Sec. :. Whereas, the interest due the
school fund on large num5tr OF the bond,
mentioned in this act is now past due aud
unpaid, therefore an emergency exists and
an Imperative public necessity, which r.
luires that the constitutional rule requiring
u bill 10 be reed OF three several days IN
each house be suspended, and such rule IS
hereby suspended.
Approved March IS, 1891.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
COUNTY SEATS.

Chapter 81 House substitute to senate
bill. No. Is. An act to validate the loca-
ton of county seats in certain counties
where the same were organized and their
county seats located under misappre-
hension of the meaning of the law in re-
gard to the election of county seats in
newly organized counties.
Whereas many counties have been Or
ganized and their county seats located I'M
der the belief that the law authorized the
location of their county seats more than five
miles from the center Of the county by a
majority of the votes at such election !;
and, whereas, many OF such county
seats We're located more than five miles
from the geographical center of the county
at elections where only a majority of the
vote favored such locations; and. whereas,
in many of said counties valuable court
houses and iails have been erected in such
county seats, and the bonds of such coun-
ties issued in the payment of same; and,
whereas, the supreme court has recently
decided that such county seats We're lille
gally located and established; and, whereas,
it will create much confusion and dissatis-
faction in such counties TO hold new cleo
tons for the location Of their county seats;
therefore
Section l. Be it enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state Of Texas: That all county
seats located in newly organized counties,
center OF the county BY majority of tine
votes cast at such elections held for the
location of county seats be and the same
are hereby declared to be the county seats
of said counties until such time as the same
may be removed by election.
And said elections at which said county
seats were chosen and located shall be as
valid and binding as if such county seats
had received two-thirds of all the votes
cast at such elections for county seats, and
all counties organized between the taking
effect of this act and any other act passed
by the legislature affecting county seat
for the location of county seat,
the place receiving majority Of
the votes cast for county seats shall be the
comfy seat of said county until the same is
removed by vote of the people in accord
Snce with the law; provided that this act
shall not apply to nor in any manner affect
any county where subsequent election has
been held for the location of the county seat
and the same has been removed from such
place as was declared the county seat at the
election held for the organization Of said
county.
Sec. 9 There being many counties in this
state whose county seats are affected by
this act, causing great confusion among the
people, calculated to engender much bitter
ness among the inhabitants thereof, an i'm
perative public necessity and an emergency
exists for the suspension Of the constitu-
tional rule requiring bills to be read on
three several days in each house, said rule
is SO suspended, and that this act shall
take effect and be in full force from and
after its passage, and it is so enacted.
q Note-The foregoing act originated in
the house and passed the same by two
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| Chapter 80 House bill No. -. An act
| 10 amend section Of an act entitled AN
| act to require butchers and slaughterarS of
cattle TO give bond, and 10 prescribe for
| the violation of the conditions OF the same,
| and 10 prevent unlawful Strengthening and
selling cattle, passed ut the regular session
of the Twenty-iirst legislature, and ap-
| proved April 6 1889.
Section /. Belt enacted By the legislature
Of the state OF Texas, tina. section OF an
act entitled An act TO require butchers
and slaughtererS OF cattle TO give bond,
and TO prescribe penalties for the violation
of the same, and to prevent unlawful
Strengthening and selling of cattle passed
at the regular session OF the Twenty first
legislature and approved April +, 1889, be
SO amended as to hereafter read as follows:
Sec 9. Provided the provisions OF this
act shall in nowise apply to any OF the fol-
lowing counties: Anderson. Bel. Con
| zales, Coryell, Hamilton, Mills. Brown,
Comanche, Lavaca, Llano, San saba, Con-
che, Runnels, Coleman. Travis, Grayson,
Cooke, Montague, Colorado, BeXar, Jasper,
Newton, Orange. jefferson, Polk. San
Jacinto, Tyler. Chambers, Hardin,
Libery, Harrison, Smith. Upshur,
Gregg, Wood, Rains, Bowie. CaSs,
Morris, Titus, Lee, Bastrop, Fayette,
Hill, johnson, Ellis, McLennan, Falls, Rob
ertson, Milan, BrazOs, Galveston, Brazorla,
Matagorda, San Patricio, Guadalupe, Cald-
well, Hays, Blanco, COmal, Tarrant. Wise,
Parker, Jack, NacOgdOches, San Augustine.
Sabine, Shelby, Pamela, Rusk. Hunt, Hop
Elns, Delta, Franklin, Camp, Angelina,
Houston, Leon, Grimes, Madison, haut-
man, Rockwell. Fannin, Lamar, Red River,
Van Zandt, Henderson. Cherokee, Bosque,
Hood. Erath, Somerveu, Collin, Denton,
Trinity, Walker, Montgomery, Harris,
Austin, Washington. Wharton, Fort Bend,
Waller, Burleson, Limestone, Freestone,
Navarro, Young, karues, Mason, Medina,
kimble, Kerr, Kendall, Bandera, Sutton,
Gillespie, Williamson, LampBsas, Burnet,
Fl Paso, Preside, Brewster, Midland,
Reeves. Marion, Dallas.
Sec. 2-That justice may be speedily done
to the citizens 10 be so exempted from the
operations of said act creates an imperative
public necessity and emergency that the
constitutional rule requiring bills 10 be
read on three several days be suspended,
aud that this act take effect from passage
and it is so enacted.
[Note-The foregoing act originated in
the hoase, and passed the same By two
thirds vote--yeas, 20; nays, D; and passed
the senate by the following vote: Yeas, -;
nays, l.
Note.-The foregoing act was presented
to the governor Of Texas for his approval
on the 10th day of March, y. d. 1891, and
was not signed by him, nor returned 10 the
house i'll which it originated with his OBJ
jections thereto within the time prescribed
by the constitution, and thereupon became
law without his signature ".
SMITH, secretary OF state
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11


Chapt. IS Substitute house bill for senate
bill No. 10 An act 10 amend article Isl
of the Revised Civil Statutes of the state
of Texas.
Section l. Be it enacted by the legisla-
lature Of the state Of Texas, that article
| lS2, title 9, chapter of the Revised Civil
Statutes of the state of Texas be 50
lows:
Article 1S2. Should the attachment be
quashed or otherwise vacated by interlocu-
tory Judgment or order of the court, the
court shall make the proper order making
disposition of the property, or the proceeds
of the sale thereof, if the same has been
sold under order of the court directing that
Ii be turned over to the defendant.
But the property or the proceeds of sale
thereof, ii the same has not been replevied,
shall remain i'll the hands of the officers
pending the final disposition of the main
case and until it shall be finally disposed of
or until the time for perfecting an appeal
has elapsed and no appeal has been per-
fected, when said order disposing of the
property shall be carried into effect: pro-
vided, that pending the final disposition Of
the main case the defendant shall have the
right at any time to replevy the
property in the same manner as is provided
for in article 10 of this chapter, or if the
property has been sold he may repleVy the
proceeds OF Sucn SAFE DE giving oond III
double the amount of money arising from
such sale, with like conditions as are con-
tanned in article No. 10. And any replevy
bond given in such case. whether before or
after the quashiug or vacating such attach
ment, shall be as valid and binding as if
such attachment had never been quashed or
vacated.
Sec. 3 AL laws and parts of laws in con-
fiict with this act are hereby repealed.
Whereas there is no law authorizing
courts OF last resort 10 revise the rulings of
trial of courts in quashing or vacating
attachments creates an imperative public
necessity that the constitutional rule re-
Guiring bills to be read on three several
days be suspended and that this law be in
force from and after its passage and it is so
enacted.
INote-The foregoing act originated in
the house and passed the same February IL,
1891; and passed the senate by two-thirds
vote, yeas. "a: nays, 0.
INotc-The foregoing act was presented
10 the governor OF Texas for MS approval,
on the 10Th day OF March, A D., 1891, and
was not signed by him, nor returned to the
house in which il originated with his obiec-
tons thereto within the time prescribed by
the constitution, and thereupon became a
law without his signature. w.
SMITH, secretary of state.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
CITIES AND rowss-vorING REGULATED.

CITIES AND TOWSS-VOTISG REGULATED.
Chapter 33.-[Senate bill No. S35. An act
TO regulate voting in cities and towns of
10000 inhabitants or more.
Section |. Be u enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That in any
election, state, county or municipal, being
held in any city or town of 10000 inhabit-
ants or more, according to the last preced-
ing United States census, when the right TO
vote of any elector Offering to vote is chal-
lenged the following proceedings shall be
had:
The Judges OF election shall refuse to ac-
cept such vote of such elector unless in ad-
dition TO his own oath, he proves by the
oath OF one well known resident of the
ward, that he Is qualified voter at such
election and in such ward.
When such vote Is accepted the judges
shall cause the clerk OF election TO make a
minute OF the name of the elector and the
party testifying under oath as to his quail
ficationS, and such memoranda shall be
kept by the clerk OF the county court for
six months after such election is held, sub
iect to order of the district judge.
Whenever the right Of an elector 10 vote
is CHALLENGED the word challenged" shall
be entered on the ballot if accepted by the
judges. Any elector voting at any election
who does not possess the legal qualifications
shall be punished as now provided by law
for illegal voting, and any person swearing
falsely as TO his own qualifications or those
of challenged elector shall be punished as
now provided by law for false swearing.
Sec . The fact that all municipal cleo
tons will be held on the first Tuesday in
April and the near approach OF the close of
the session creates an imperative public
necessity that the constitutional rule re-
quiriug bills to DO read on three several
days be suspended, and that this act take
effect from and after its passage, and it is
so enacted.
[Note-The foregoing act originated in
the senate, aud passed the same by vote
OF yeas, 26; nays, /: and passed the house
by vote Of yeas, IS; nays, l.
Approved March 80, 1891
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
NEW LAWS.
FULL TEXT OF BILLS PASSED
AT THE RECENT SESSION.
Perfected Legislation of the Twenty Sec.
ond Legislature of Texas Now
Printed for the First Time.
RAILROAD DEPoTs.

RAILROAD DEPoTS.
Chapter III House bill No. 400 An act
10 amend article 1926 Of the Revised Stat
utes OF the state of Texas as amended by
an act approved April s. 1889
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the legisla-
ture of the state of Texas: That article
1928 of The Revised Statutes of the state of
Texas. be and the same is hereby so
amended, that the same shall herefter read
as follows:
Article 1898 Every railroad company
doing business in this state shall keep its
depots or passenger houses in this state,
ughted ana warmed, and open to the in
gress and egress Of al passengers who are
entitled TO go therein, for a time not less
than one hour before the arrival and after
the departure OF al trains carrying pas
sengers on such railroad, and every such
railroad company for each failure or re-
fusal TO comply with the provisions Of this
act. Shall forfeit and pay TO the state of
Texas the sum of $50, which may be sued
for and recovered in the name of the state
in any court of competent Jurisdiction ana
shall be liable TO the party injured for all
damages by reason of such failure.
Sec =. The fact that the law as it now is
works useless hardship on many citizens
and railroads in this state, and that in
justice IS daily done by reason thereof. Gre
ates an emergency ana an imperative pub
lie necessity that the constitutional rule re-
quiring bills to be read on three several
days be suspended, and that this act take
effect and be in force from and after its
passage, and said rule is hereby suspended,
and it is SO enacted.
Note.-The foregoing act originated in
the house and passed the same by two
thirds vote--yeaS So, nays D: and passed the
senate by two-thirds vote-yeas "a, nays o.
Note.-The foregoing act was presented
to the governor of Texas for his approval
on hA = .fn,r - = "a l,,,.
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REcoRps-vA1IDA7IoS OF IN CERTAIN covS-

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF IN CERTAIN CouN-
TIES.
Chapter 32.-THouse bill No. 23i. An act
validating the records of deeds, judg-
ments and other muniments of title con-
veying ar affecting lands In Archer,
Wichita, Wllbarger, Baylor. Hardeman
and Knox counties between February TO-,
1874, and April %, 1879.
Whereas, the counties mentioned in the
caption Of this bill were generally supposed
and recognized 10 have been attached to
Clay county for judicial purposes from Feb
ruary 10, 1874, TO April %, 1919; therefore
Section !. Be it enacted by the legtSla-
ture Of the state Of Texas: That the rec
ords of all deeds, judgments anu all other
munirnentS Of title affecting lands lying in
the counties of Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger,
Wichita, Hardeman and Knox, or either of
them, recorded in Clay county between
February 10, 1874, and April %, 1879, be
and the same are hereby validated, and
that said original deeds or certified copies
thereof so recorded in Clay county be-
tween said dates shall be admissible in
evidence in any suit or suits as if the orig
inals had been recorded in the proper couD-
ties.
Sec. 3 That the transcript or transcripts
so recorded in Clay county heretofore made,
counties are hereby validated, and said
transcribed records as well as certified
copies of same shall be deemed good and
sufficient as il made from the original
record in Clay county.
Sec. 3. The fact that there are large
number Of land owners whose titles are de-
pendent upon the record Of their chain of
title in Clay county between the dates
above mentioned, creates an imperative
public necessity and an emergency for the
immediate passage Of this act; therefore
the constitutional rule requiring this bill to
be read on three several days is hereby sus-
pended, and this act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
(Note.-The foregoing act originated in
the house and passed the same by vote Of
Is yeas and no nays; and passed the senate
vote not given.
[Note-The foregoing act was presented
to the governor Of Texas for his approval
on the 10th day OF March, A. d. 1891, but
was not signed by him nor returned to the
house in which it originated with his obiec-
tons thereto within the time prescribed by
the constitution, and thereupon became
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
Can Pitch and Raise Hair.

A former professional baseball player.
now residing in the far west, has discov-
cred that Indians thereabouts "can pitch
like fun" and that they can give twists
that would make the hair of an ordinary
ball player stand Oh end" This suggests
a method Of giving the Indians profitable
employment. 1t also holds out promises
of new excitements in the game by TIA
possibility that after the Indian pitchers
had made the hair Of the players stand on
end they might, in the disputes over close
plays, take the hair of the umpire alto
fredericksburg Dispatch.
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Flexible Glass Interior Conduit.

Flexible Glass Interior Conduit.
As new residences and new buildings of
all kinds are now almost always wired for
current, the matter of an efficient interior
conduit that shall have fiexibility, insula-
ton and ability to resist fire has come to
be Of the utmost Importance. Such a con-
duit will even allow of an installation be-
ing made in an old building without undue
cutting Of the walls. The best insulator
in use is glass, and a glass conduit which
Is at the same time flexible and waterproof
has exceptional advantages.
Such conduit was shown at the cleo
trical exhibition in Providence, where q
section of it was connected with a lighting
circuit and passed through glass tube
filled with water. This tube was bent
twice at right angles in a sharp curve, thus
showing the great fexibility and water
proof qualities of the conduit. The con-
duit Is inclosed in a string woven jacket,
which gives it high tensile strength and
q strong abrasion resistance, and the whole
is then soaked in an insulating material.
The systems of connections is simple, and
its cost is sman.-New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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thirds vote, yeas 81, nays l; and passed the
senate by two-thirds vote. yess "A, nays 4. !
Note-The foregoing act was presented
10 the governor of Texas for his approval
on the 10th day of March, A. D, 1891. and
was not signed by him nor returned TO the
house in which il originated vita his obiec-
tons thereto within the time prescribed by
the constitution, and thereupon became a
law without his signaturc.-GEo. W.
SMITH, Secretary of State
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-11
MINE0LA BONDS.
4 Live, Enterprising Town that Intends to
Have an Artesian Well in the Near
Future-Beds of Iron Ore
Correspondence of the Gazette

OF LaZette.
MINEoLA, TEX. May 9-Last night our
| city council passed an ordinance to issue at
| once bonds to the amount of $1,000, running
twenty years, bearing t per cent interest,
to sink an artesian well in the city, and
City Secretary John II. Newsom was au-
thoriZed to cores pond with parties who
have the best machinery for boring artesian
wells, and TO receive bids for the work
None but responsible parties need apply
We have now an unfinished well Of 200 feet
depth, six inches in diameter at the top
with about two hundred and fifty feet of
standing water in it. IT. might be possible
that this well could be utilized and save
considerable time and little expense to
the city, but Mr. Newsome will give all
necessary information in regard to the
well. In boring the unfinished well
mentioned, they passed through strata
Of Ignite coal, at depth of about two hun
bred and fifty feet, of thirteen feet thick
ness, and a little further down they went
into salt rock about eight feet, and assaSs
many of our citizens are fully SafS
before go going $50 feet t ws Ells an mex
heavy outcropkIb6' around our city; and
in additi0aS9s salt we have large beds of
iron. Gg3eeMat are only awaiting such spirits
aeDHdVe developed Birmingham. Ala, and
fNew Birmingham, Tex. Taken in connec-
ton with the fact that we have beds of coal
tnaI are luSt Simply lneSnauStlble, we Ger
tainly have the country for the man with
the hoe Us well as the capitalist. Our
coal mines are furnishing the great Fort
Worth packing house carload of coal
per day, the Newspaper union at Dallas
two carloads per week besides num-
bers of other companies at the same
and other cities. The coal mine is increas-
ing daily in its development, and the quality
of the coal is getting better as the mines
are extended downward. The only trouble
so far, has been their inability TO get cars
promptly, but this difficulty will soon be
overcome, and then our mines viii be able
to furnish Texas with cheap fuel, cheaper
than they ever had 1t before.
Extra efforts are being put forth to make
our third Mineola district fair grand sue
cess. Nothing will be left undone, no
money spared, no time lost in trying to
make it double or treble our other fairs in
interest. The farmers are preparing for
it, the stock raisers are preparing for it,
the merchants are working for it, the mill
men are saving for it, the fruit growers
are pruning and spraying for it, the women
are putting in all the time they can for it,
in fact, it is an edict gone forth that our
fair must be grand success, and we invite
everybody and the children to come TO see
US October S to II.
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NovAdaye,

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now?
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