CHAPTER 211.

AN ACT for the relief of the legal representatives of Calvin Gage, deceased.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Teras, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and he is hereby authorized and required to issue to the légal representatives of Calvin Gage, deceased, a certificate for three hundred and twenty acres of land, and a donation warrant for six hundred and forty acres of land, to which they are entitled by virtue of three months' services of said Gage, as a soldier in the army of Texas during the spring of 1836, and his having participated in the battle of San Jacinto: Provided, that they have not heretofore had the same issued to them.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 212.

AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of John E. Ross. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, is hereby authorized and required to issue to the heirs of Jon E. Ross a certificate for one league and labor of land, which may be located, surveyed and patented as other certificates, which shall be in full compensation for his services rend: red as captain of the steamer Yellow Stone.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 213.

AN ACT for the relief of Peter B. Norton. 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 to Peter B. Norton an augmentation certificate for eight hundred and thirtysix acres of land, to be located, surveyed and patented on any of the public domain of the State of Texas, not otherwise appropriated as in other cases: Provided, said Peter B. Norton has not heretofore received his full headright of one-third of a league of land.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 214.

AN ACT for the relief of W. A. Bush. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller be authorized to allow to W. A. Bush in the settlement of his accounts with the State full pay as Boundary Commissioner, during the time he performed the duty of said commission after the resignation of Wm. R. Scurry, in accordance with the law organizing the appointments of a Commissioner to survey our boundary with the United States. SEC. 2. That this act take effect from and after its passage. Passed 11th Feb., 1860.

CHAPTER 215.

AN ACT for the relief of Thomas S. McFarland. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and required to issue to Thomas S. McFarland a certificate for three hundred and sixty nine acres of land; that amount being necessary to complete the augmentation to which said McFarland is justly entitled, which certificate may be located and patented as other like certificates.

SEC. 2. That this act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 11th Feb., 1860.

CHAPTER 216.

AN ACT for the relief of P. W. Fuller.

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 to P. W. Fuller a headright certificate for six hundred and forty acres of land, provided, the same has not been heretofore granted; to be located, surveyed and patented as other headright certificates. SEC. 2. That this act shall take effect from its passage. Approved 11th Feb., 1860.

CHAPTER 217..

AN ACT for the relief of M. F. Alexander. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be required to issue to M. F. Alexander an augmentation certificate for three hundred and twenty acres of land: Provided, he has not heretofore received the same, which certificate, when issued, may be located upon any of the unappropriated domain of the

State of Texas.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect from its passage.
Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 218.

AN ACT for the relief of Bennet H. Zachary. 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 to Bennet H. Zachary a headright certificate for six hundred and forty acres of land, to be located, surveyed and patented as other headright

certificates: Provided, he has not heretofore received a certificate for his headright.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 219.

AN ACT for the relief of A. F. Smith. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller of the State of Texas be, and he is hereby authorized and required to draw a draft on the Treasury of the State, and in favor of A. F. Smith for the sum of one hundred and ninety dollars, and upon presentation of the same, the Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized and required to pay the same: Provided, the same be paid out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation to defray the expenses of th sub-engineering in the State.

SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved 11th Feb., 1860.

CHAPTER 220.

AN ACT for the relief of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railroad Company, and their assigns.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Txas, That the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railroad Company, or their assignees, be allowed the further time of twelve months to locate certificates for land issued to said Company by this State, where the same were not, or may not be located in the time prescribed by law; and that this act take effect from its passage.

Approved 11th February, 1860.

CHAPTER 221.

AN ACT to incorporate the Southern Cotton Press and Manufacturing Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Ebenezer B. Nichols, Jacob C. Kuhn, Allen Lewis, A. P. Lufkin, T. W. House, C. Ennis, Wm. Hendly, J. L. Sleight, J. J. Hendly, Thaddeus Mather, Charles R. Hughes, Frank J. Lewis, Robert Mills, C. G. Wills, H. R. Percy and John Wolston, their associates and successors, be, and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the "Southern Cotton Press and Manufacturing Company," with capacity to make contracts, to have succession and a common seal, to make by-laws for its government, and in its corporate name to sue and be sued, to buy, receive and possess movable and immovable properties, and to sell, alienate and dispose of the same, and generally to do and perform such acts and things as may be necessary and proper for, or incident to the fulfillment of its objects or maintenance of its rights under this act, and consistent with the State Constitution.

SEC. 2. That the said company be, and is hereby established with the right to receive, store, warehouse, repair, compress and re-bale cotton, and to manufacture all articles of which cotton forms a component part, and to do all other acts and things necessary or incident to the proper conducting of, and carrying on the business aforesaid.

SEC. 3. That the capital stock of said company shall not, at any time, exceed five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and the holders of such shares shall constitute said company, and each member shall be entitled to one vote in person, or by written proxy, for each and every share he or she may own upon the books of the company, and under such rules and regulations as may be from time to time, as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said company.

SEC. 4. That the capital stock of said company shall be transferable only upon the books of said company, in such manner, and subject to such rules and regulations as a majority of the stockholders may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 5. That all the corporate powers of the company shall be exercised by a Board of Directors, composed of not less than five nor more than nine stockholders, residents of the city of Galveston, to be elected on the second Tuesday in January of each year, at the office of the company. Notice of such elec