Grayson county, to Warren and Bonham, in Fannin county.

SEC. 2. That the said James P. Dumas, his associates and successors, are hereby authorized to demand, receive and collect the following rates of toll, to-wit: For every wagon or vehicle drawn by more than four horses, mules or oxen, seventy-five cents; for every wagon or vehicle drawn by four oxen, horses or mules, fifty cents; for every wagon or vehicle drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, forty cents; for every wagon or vehicle drawn by one horse, mule or ox, twenty-five cents; for every man and horse, ten cents; for every footman, five cents; for every horse, mule or head of cattle, five cents; in droves, three cents; for every hog, sheep or goat, two cents.

SEC. 3. That said Dumas and his associates or successors shall not be allowed to collect tolls on said bridge until the Police Court of Grayson county shall have examined, or caused to be examined, said bridge, and have ascertained the same to be a safe and secure bridge, and that the same is, in every respect, in suitable condition for the use of the traveling public. Said bridge shall be examined annually by the police court or proper authorities of said county, and no toll shall be collected without such an examination and a certificate from said authorities that the said bridge is safe and fit for use; and provided also, that said Dumas, his associates and successors, shall be liable for all damages that may accrue to persons or property on account of negligence in keeping said bridge in good repair.

SEC. 4. That said Dumas, his associates or successors, shall not be entitled to the rights and privileges herein granted unless a good, substantial and safe bridge is erected, above high water mark, over said Choctaw Bayou, and completed and in condition for crossing wagons, stock and persons within three months from the passage of this act.

SEC. 5. The right to collect toll on and from said "bridge shall continue to the said James P. Dumas, his associates and successors, for and during fifteen years from and after the passage of this act.

SEC. 6. No other toll bridge or crossing, save the one hereby authorized to be constructed, shall be erected across said stream within three miles of said McIntyre crossing.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed April 26th, 1873.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the thirtieth day of April, 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 C.

An Act to incorporate a Company to be styled the "Palestine Fire Company."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That J. R. Palmer, C. A. Stearn, J. W. Ozment, Henry Ash, T. T. Gamanage and Robt. McClure, and their associates and successors, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the "Palestine Fire Company;" with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to appear and prosecute to final judgment in any court or elsewhere to have a common seal, with such device as they may adopt; to elect, in whatever manner they may choose, the officers necessary to command them; to establish bylaws for the regulation and government of their affairs, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State, and the same to alter and amend at pleasure, and to hold real and personal property, and dispose of the same; and said company shall not be less than twentyfive nor more than one hundred members.

SEC. 2. That said company shall have power by their constitution and by-laws to try all violators of their ordinances agreed upon by a majority of the members of said company; to suspend or expel any member of the company, after first allowing a full and fair opportunity for explanation or defense.

SEC. 3. That the actual active members of the company, who shall hereafter have served therein for five

years, shall be exempt from jury service, except in capital cases.

SEC. 4. That neither the company nor its members shall be liable in damages, or otherwise, for property destroyed or injured by the company while in the discharge of their duties as firemen.

SEC. 5. That the ground and house, if any, owned and used by said company for their engine and apparatus, and their meetings, so long as so used by the consent, and under the control of the municipal government of Palestine, shall be exempt from State, county and municipal tax; provided, that this charter is granted with the express understanding that said fire company shall be subject to all rules, regulations and ordinances now in force, or hereafter enacted by the mayor and council of Palestine.

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

Passed April 26th, 1873.

[NOTE--The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the 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 CI.

An Act to authorize and require the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue certain Land Certificates therein named.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue the following named land certificates, to-wit: To T. O. Harris, six hundred and forty (640) acres, donation, he having participated at San Jacinto; to the heirs of William Ward, nineteen hundred and twenty (1920) acres, bounty, and six hundred and forty (640) acres, donation, he having been killed with Fannin; to the heirs of Wm.

Goddin, one-third of a league, he never having received the headright to which he is entitled as a volunteer; to M. B. Skerrett, one-third of a league, headright, to which he is entitled as a volunteer, in lieu of No. 36, issued in Travis county; to the heirs of John Hoffler, six hundred and forty (840) acres, he having died in the service; Absalom P. Joice, six hundred and forty (640) acres, headright, in lieu of No. 162, issued in Shelby county, without the conditional; to Wm. T. Evens, four hundred and eighty (480) acres, bounty, in lieu of warrant No. 1195, not presented to the Court of Claims; to the heirs of Mills D. Andross, fourteen hundred and seventy-six (1476) acres, headright; to Ira Milliman, six hundred and forty (640) acres, donation, he having participated at San Jacinto; to Joseph D. Vermillion, one-third of a league of land, headright, three hundred and twenty (320) acres, bounty, and six hundred and forty (640) acres, donation, he being a volunteer and at San Jacinto; to Richard Williams, three hundred and twenty (320) acres, bounty, in lieu of warrant No. 1225, not presented to the Court of Claims.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed April 26th, 1873.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the thirtieth day of April, 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 CII.

An Act to incorporate the Leon River Bridge Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That John P. Key, John L. McElroy, William Jones, of the county of Coryell, and State of Texas, and such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors, are hereby constituted and de

clared to be a body corporate and politic under the name and style of the "Leon River Bridge Company;" and under and by that name and style may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the courts of the State of Texas, and may have a common seal and alter the same at pleas

ure.

SEC. 2. That the said company, under the name and style aforesaid, shall be and is hereby authorized to construct a bridge across the Leon River, at such point as may be in the opinion of said company most eligible, at or within one mile and a half above the point where the north boundary line of the county of Coryell crosses said river, and on the road leading from the town of Hamilton, in the county of Hamilton, to the town of Gatesville, in the county of Coryell, via Jones' Mill, in said county of Coryell, and to acquire by purchase and donation, or either, property, real, personal and mixed, and to hold or sell the same in any amount necessary to construct and maintain said bridge, and to do all other works, and perform all other acts, that may be necessary for that pupose not contrary to the Constitution of this State, and shall be subject to the laws of this State which are now or may hereafter be in force governing bridges and ferries.

SEC. 3. That said bridge shall be completed within one year from and after the passage of this act.

SEC. 4. That said company may demand and receive, for the use of said bridge, tolls, which shall not exceed the following rates: For a loaded wagon drawn by from four to six yoke of oxen, one dollar; empty wagon drawn by from four to six yoke of oxen, seventy-five cents; for a loaded wagon drawn by three yoke of oxen, or six horses or mules, seventy-five cents; empty wagon drawn by three yoke of oxen, or six horses or mules, fifty cents; for a loaded wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, four horses or mules, fifty cents; an empty wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, four horses or mules, twenty-five cents; for a wagon or cart, loaded or empty, drawn by one yoke of oxen, two horses or mules, twenty-five cents; for a double buggy, or four horse coach, fifty cents; for a single buggy, twenty-five cents; for a man and horse, ten cents; footmen, five cents; cattle or horses in droves, three cents each; sheep, goats or hogs, one cent each; any other species of stock, or other property, crossed on said bridge, and not enumerated above, a toll fee in proportion as above.