SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller of said State be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue his warrant in favor of R. E. Borden: for the sum of five hundred and fourteen dollars. SEC. 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the said draft out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the said R. E. Borden receipting for the same. SEC. 3. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.. Approved September 28, 1871. CHAPTER XI. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE UNION CLUB OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Joseph Hallam, James R. Davis, Henry James, Courtland Goodrich, Fayette Walker, John Montgomery, John Mazee, James Westmoreland, Henry Smith, and their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of the Union Club of the city of San Antonio, and under said corporate name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may take, hold, enjoy and grant property, both real and personal, and may execute and enforce all legal contracts; may have and use a corporate seal, and shall have the right of succession for ninety-nine years, and may adopt all such rules, regulations and bylaws as may become necessary for the organization and government of the said society. SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved September 28, 1871. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE BANK OF CLEBURNE, APPROVED MAY 25, 1871. + SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section one of said act shall hereafter read as follows: That there may be established in the town of Cleburne an association for the purpose of transacting a general banking and exchange business, which shall be called and known as the Savings Bank of Cleburne, and the stockholders and their successors shall have continuous succession for fifty years; and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued in all the courts of this State, of purchasing, holding and conveying property of all descriptions, and shall have power to purchase real and personal property at any sale made to enforce its securities, or the payment of any debts due and sales made by virtue of any process, mortgage or deed of trust, and shall have the right to establish such branches and agencies as they may see proper; to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or renew at pleasure, and generally to do any act necessary to carry into effect the objects of this corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the following sections be added to the original law: Sec. 12. That said corporation shall have power to borrow money, and to receive money on deposit, and to pay interest on deposits, under such rules and regulations as shall be adopted by the corporation; to loan money and receive interest at such rates as may be agreed upon by the parties, and that in the computation of time thirty days shall be deemed a month; and to make such loans payable either within or out of this State, and take such security therefor, either real or personal, or both, as the contracting parties shall agree upon, and may secure the payment of such loans by deeds of trust, mortgage, pledge or otherwise, either within or out of this State.. Sec. 13. That married women and minors may in their own name subscribe for stock and make deposits of money with said corporation, and receive certificates of stock and deposits in their own name, which stock and deposits shall be subject to their disposal and order only. SEC. 3. That this act be in force from and after its passage. AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE HEIRS OF JAMES C. ECCLES, DECEASED. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby required to issue to the heirs of James C. Eccles, deceased, a land certificate for twelve hundred and eighty acres of land; provided, however, that such certificate shall not issue until the conditional certificate for twelve hundred and eighty acres of land issued by the board of land commissioners of Jackson county to James C. Eccles, March 29, 1838, be returned and placed on file in the General Land Office. SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.. Passed October 2, 1871, The foregoing act, received in the office of Secretary of State October nineteen, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, having been presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, has become a law without his approval. JAMES P. NEWCOMB, CHAPTER XIV. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NAVASOTA HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That I. Y. Chiuski, A. Fox, L. Wilson, Simon Levy, J. Bock, Henry Cohen, S. Gabert, Jacob Sulke, and their associates, be and they are hereby empowered and constituted a body corporate and politic, under the name of the Navasota Hebrew Benevolent Society, who as such may sue and be sued in the courts of this State, may take, hold, enjoy and grant property, both real and personally; make, execute and enforce all legal contracts; may have a common seal, and shall have the right of succession; and may adopt all such rules, regulations and by-laws as may become necessary for the government of said society. SEC. 2. That this act take effect from its passage, and continue in force for twenty-five years. Approved October 4, 1871. CHAPTER XV. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF BRENHAM AND TO GRANT A NEW CHARTER TO SAID CITY AND TO REPEAL ALL ACTS HERETOFORE PASSED IN-. CORPORATING SAID CITY, WHICH MAY BE IN FORCE BY VIRTUE OF ANY EXISTING CHARTER, APPROVED MAY 6, 1871. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section one of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Brenham and to grant a new charter to said city, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed incorporating said city, which may be in force by virtue of any existing charter," approved May 6, 1871, be so amended as to read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all the inhabitants within one and one-half miles of the court house in Brenham shall constitute a body politic and corporate, with succession, by the name and style of the City of Brenham, and as such by that name shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded in all courts and places, and in all matters, whatsoever, may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed property, and dispose of the same for the benefit of said city, and may have. and use a corporate seal. SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved October 4, 1871. CHAPTER XV I. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SABINE AND NÉCHES BRIDGE COMPANY, PASSED MAY 18, 1871. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section two of the above entitled act shall be so amended as to read as follows: Said company are hereby authorized to construct a safe and substantial bridge across the Sabine river, at a point as near as practicable on a direct line from Tyler to Quitman, in this State; also to construct bridges of similar description across. the Neches river and Kickapoo creek, between Tyler and Athens, in this State. SEC. 2. That section four of the above entitled act shall be so amended as to read as follows: That no person or persons shall be authorized to construct a toll bridge or operate a ferry and collect toll within two miles of either of said bridges on said streams. SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed October 12, 1871. The foregoing act, received in the office of Secretary of State October twenty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, having been presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, has become a law without his approval. JAMES P. NEWCOMB, CHAPTER XVII.. AN ACT AMENDATORY OF AN ACT, APPROVED OCTOBER 1, 1866, ENTITLED AN ACT GRANTING TO JAMES L. TARVER THE PRIV→ ILEGE OF CONSTRUCTING A FERRY ACROSS BIG CYPRESS. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section five of an act entitled "An act granting to James L. Tarver the privilege of constructing a ferry across Big |