SEC. 7.

That this act take effect and be in force from

and after its passage.

Approved March 25th, 1873.

CHAPTER XXXV.

An Act to authorize the County Court of Falls County to levy and collect a Special Tax for the purpose therein expressed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the County Court of Falls county be and is hereby authorized and required to levy and collect annually, a special ad valorem tax upon all property in said county subject to taxation, not to exceed twentyfive cents on each one hundred dollars value, and a special tax upon all taxable occupations or callings, not to exceed one-fourth the amount levied by the State, for the purpose of paying the debt that may be incurred by said county in building a court house and repairing the jail.

SEC. 2. That said tax be levied and collected as other taxes, from and after the first day of January, A. D. 1873, and for every year thereafter, until said debt is fully paid and discharged; and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed March 25th, 1873.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, on the twenty-first day of May, A. D. 1873, and was not signed by him, or returned to the house in which it originated, with his objections thereto, within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature,-JAMES P. NEWCOMB, Secretary of State.]

CHAPTER XXXVI.

An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act Incorporating the Galveston Artillery Company," approved January 30th, 1841.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Galveston Artillery Company, incorporated by an act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, approved January 30th, 1841, shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto; to have a seal, with whatever design it may please; to ordain and establish by-laws for the government and regulation of its affairs, and the same to alter and amend at will, and to hold real and personal property, and to dispose of the same. Said company shall not consist of less than thirty-two men, nor of more than one hundred and fifty; and shall have such officers as the by-laws may, from time to time, designate who shall be selected in the mode prescribed by the by-laws. All those portions of section one of said act of incorporation that conflict with this section, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That whenever the commissioned officers of said company shall be selected in accordance with the by-laws, they may apply to the Governor of the State for commissions, and upon such applications, it shall be the duty of the Governor to issue to them commissions as officers of the "Galveston Artillery Company" provided, that if from any cause they fail to get such commissions, they shall, nevertheless, be commissioned officers of said company under its charter and by-laws, the same as if they had received commissions.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said company shall be entitled to, and receive from the the State all such arms, ammunition and equipments as may be necessary for drills, parades, target practice and service, so as to enable it to be at all times in a state of efficient readiness; and the requisition therefor, made by the acting captain of said company upon the Governor or his Adjutant General, shall be filled out of any military supplies that the State may own, or may be entitled to from the general government; provided, such requisition be not excessive, which is to be adjudged by the Governor; and that the members

of said company shall be jointly and severally liable for the loss or destruction of such arms, ammunition and equipments, caused by negligence in the use or care of the same; for which suit may be instituted by the State in any court of the city of Galveston of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the commanding officer of said company, as soon as practicable after the ⚫annual meeting in each year, shall furnish to the proper department of State a full list of all the active officers and members of said company.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said company shall only be liable to such military duty as contemplated by the original act of incorporation, and shall be exempt from all militia duty and drills, and from all battallion or regimental reviews or inspections.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That said company shall have power to impose and collect such fines, [dues] and assessments as may be provided for by its by-laws. All fines, dues and assessments, may be collected by a warrant issued by the secretary, and endorsed by the commanding officer, with the company's seal affixed; and the sheriff, or any of his deputies, or any constable of Galveston county, is empowered to levy said warrant, and coerce the payment under the law of the State that governs executions in civil causes. Said company shall also have the power in its by-laws, to provide for the punishment of offenses by fines, reprimand, suspension or expulsion.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That said company may provide for honorary members, as distinguished from active members, who shall be subject to such rules and regulations, and to the payment of such dues and assessment as the by-laws and resolutions of the company may determine.

SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That all active members of said company, who are in good standing, and not in arrears, shall be exempt from jury duty.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That in case of invasion of the State by a public enemy, that said artillery company shall be subject to the control of the military authority of the State; provided, the company shall not be ordered to any point out of the county of Galveston.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed March 27th, 1873.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the 31st day of March, A. D. 1873, and was not signed by him or returned to the house in which it originated, with his objections thereto, within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature.-JAMES P. NEWCOMB, Secretary of State.]

CHAPTER XXXVII.

An Act to authorize the Building of a Free Public Bridge across Big Cypress, in the Corporate Limits of the City of Jefferson:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the city of Jefferson, or the inhabitants thereof, be and are hereby authorized to build a free public bridge across Big Cypress, withing the corporate limits of said city.

SEC. 2. That the said bridge, when built, shall be a public highway for the convenience of the public; and the city of Jefferson shall be authorized to take for this purpose any leasement, incorporeal hereditament, franchise, right, or any property, real or personal, that may be necessary, first making due compensation therefor to the owners thereof; and if it shall be necessary to condemn for this purpose any right, franchise, hereditament, or other property, real or personal, the said city shall be governed by the provisions of the second section of "An act supplementary to an act and amendatory of an act to regulate railroad companies, approved December the 19th, 1857," and an act amendatory thereof, approved the 28th of November, 1871, so far as the same are applicable.

SEC. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 28th, 1873.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

An Act to Incorporate the Town of Quitman, in Wood County.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the citizens of the town of Quitman, Wood county, be, and they are hereby declared a body - politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Corporation of the town of Quitman;" by which name they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and acquire and hold real and personal property within the limits of said corporation, and at their pleasure sell and dispose of the same.

SEC. 2. That the limits of said corporation shall extend one mile in a square, so laid off as to leave the public square in the centre of said corporation,

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the citizens, qualified voters under the Constitution and laws of this State, who reside in the foregoing territory, to elect a mayor, five aldermen, a constable and a recorder, and that said election shall he held within sixty days from and after the passage of this act, ten days' notice of election being given; that the presiding justice shall direct said election, appointing suitable citizens to act as judges, and shall give the notice required in this act; that annually, from the date of said efection, the mayor shall give ten days' notice, and order election of successors in office. In case of vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise, the mayor and aldermen shall elect to fill such vacancy.

SEC. 4. That the mayor and board of aldermen of said corporation shall have power to pass such rules and ordinances as may be necessary for the regulation of the police and the preservation of order within the limits of said corporation. They shall have power to levy and collect, by ordinance, an ad valorem tax on all property, both real and personal, within said corporate limits; also, a tax on occupations, and a poll tax not to exceed one dollar in any one year, from every male citizen between the ages of twenty-one (21) and fifty (50) years, within said corporate limits, and may prescribe penalties for violation of said ordinances or by-laws; provided, that in no case shall the penalty exceed the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.)