sand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved 25th January, 1860.

CHAPTER 42.

AN ACT for the relief H. C. Lazenby

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of H. C. Lazenby, for the sum of one thousand dollars; and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Passed January 26th, 1860.

CHAPTER 43.

AN ACT to incorporate Alamo College. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Jesse Boring, James Vance, John W. Devillis, Ivy H. Cox, John Sutherland, Joseph Cross, James C. Wilson, August Engel, S. C. Thompson, G. W. Kendall, J. T. Perryman, R. W. Braham, G. W. Harper, Asa Mitchell, Thomas J. Divine, L. M. Lyle, John D. Pitts, Sidney E. Collins, John H. Lyons, M. A. Long, John A. Wilcox, R. J. Jones, Thomas Doss, G. Schleicher and Preston B. Hobbs, Trustees of the Alamo College, located in the city of San Antonio, Bexar county, in the State of Texas, be, and are hereby created a body corporate, under the name and style of the Board of Trustees of the Alamo College; and by that name shall have succession, and be capable in law, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to enact by-laws, rules and regulations; to have, hold and enjoy all property of whatsoever kind, that may be granted by donation, bequest or otherwise, for the benefit of said institution; to convert said property into money and dispose of the same; and it shall have a common seal for the transaction of its business.

SEC. 2 That the Alamo College shall be under the control and supervision of the Rio Grande Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; and the Board of Trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies that shall occur therein, subject to the ratification by the succeeding Conference; and a less number than nine shall not be a quorum to do business; nor shall the whole number of Trustees consist at any time of more than twenty-five, a majority of whom must be present in person, or by proxy, to fill a vacancy.

SEC. 3. That the Board of Trustees shall annually present to the Conference a written report of the financial condition of said College, the by-laws and regulations adopted by the Trustees, the number of Professors and Teachers, and the number of pupils in attendance during the year.

SEC. 4 That the Board of Trustees shall have the power, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, to confer degrees in the arts and sciences upon the graduates of said College, and upon such other persons as they may deem worthy, and to give diplomas of the same, signed by the President and Facul y of the College, and by the President of the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 5. That said College shall not hold over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of property, and the funds belonging, or in any wise appertaining to said College shall not be divested from the objects for which the same were given; and all donations and bequests to said College shall be good and binding although the corporate name thereof may not have been properly stated by the person making such bequests or donation. SEC. 6. That this act take effect from and after its passage, and shall continue in force for fifty years.

Approved January 25th, 1860.

CHAPTER 44.

AN ACT to incorporate the San Antonio Female College. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Robert H. Belvin, James W. Cooley, John L. Harper, D. W. Fly, Asbury Davidson, John W. Kenny, Jesse Boring, Joseph Cross, James Vance, Frederick Vordenbinem, Samuel A. Maverick, O. B. Adams, R. A Henson, J. T.

Perryman, R. W. Braham, A. G. Goodloe, Tignal Jones, Thos. H. Duggan, I. A. Paschal, Samuel Newton, Peter C. Wood, Thomas M. Kerr, Asa Mitchell, John B. Brown and J. H. Lyons, Trustees of the San Antonio Female College, located in San Antonio, Bexar county, in the State of Texas, be, and are hereby created a body corporate, under the name and style of the Board of Trustees of the San Antonio Female College, and by that name shall have succession, and be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; to enact by-laws, rules and regulations; to have, hold and enjoy all property of whatsoever kind, that may be granted by donation, bequest or otherwise, for the benefit of said Institution; to convert said property into money and dispose of the same; and it shall have a common seal for the transaction of its business.

SEC. 2. That the San Antonio Female College, shall be under the control and supervision of the Rio Grande Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; and the board of Trustees shall have power to fill all vacancies that shall occur therein subject to the ratification of the succeeding Conference; and a less number than nine shall not be a quorum to do business; nor shall the whole number of Trustees consist at any time of more than twenty-five, a majority of whom must be present in person or by proxy to fill a vacancy.

SEC. 3. That the Board of Trustees shall annually present to the Conference, a written report of the financial condition of said College, the by-laws and regulations adopted by the Trustees, the number of Professors and Teachers, and the number of pupils in attendance during the year.

SEC. 4. That the Board of Trustees shall have the power, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, to confer degrees in the arts and sciences upon the graduates of said College, and upon such other persons as they may deem worthy, and to give diplomas of the same, by the President and Faculty of the College, and by the President of the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 5. That said College shall not hold over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of property; and the funds belonging or in any wise appertaining to said College shall not be directed from the object for which the same were given, and all donations and bequests to said College shall be good and binding, although the corporate name thereof may not have been properly stated by the person making such bequest or donation. SEC. 6. That this act take effect from and after its passage, and shall continue in force fifty years.

Approved January 25th, 1860.

CHAPTER 45.

AN ACT to empower the Mayor, Aldermen and inhabitants of the city of Galveston to issue bonds for the construction of a bridge from the Island of Galveston to the main land, in aid of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad, and to validate the bonds by them issued or to be issued for such purposes, and to impose a special tax to pay the interest on said bonds, and to provide a fund to meet said bonds when due; and to repeal the act of the like title, approved December 9th, 1859.

WHEREAS, at a special election held in the city of Galveston, on the 19th May, 1857, the people of said city did almost unanimously vote for the creation of a debt of said city to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing a bridge from Galveston Island to Virginia Point on the main land, in aid of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad; and Whereas, in pursuance of said expressed wish of the people of said city, the corporate authorities of said city did pass and approve an ordinance on the 26th day of August 1857, authorizing a contract for the construction of said, bridge. Section 5th of which said ordinance is as follows:

SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of the Mayor, whenever after a contract shall be entered into for the construction of the aforesaid work, it shall be in his opinion, or that of the City Council, requisite and necessary to do so, to issue the bonds of the corporation of this city, to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary for the construction of said bridge, and cause the same to be negotiated in such manner, and by such means as he may deem most conducive to the interests of the city, the said bonds to be in sums of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, to be payable in not less than twelve, nor more than twenty years from the date thereof, and to bear interest of and at the rate of not more than ten per centum per annum, which interest shall be payable semi-annually on presentation and surrender of the coupons to be thereto attached.

And Whereas, a contract was entered into for the construction of said work in accordance with the provisions of said ordinance, and the Mayor in pursuance of the authority to him given in Section 5th of said ordinance did cause some of the bonds to be issued as specified in said Section, and others have to be issued to pay said work which is near completion, and doubts having arisen as to the validity of said bonds because the same are for

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the construction of a work without the corporate limits of said city.

And Whereas, the corporate authorities of said city have requested the passage of a law authorizing and validating the said bonds issued and to be issued. Now therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the bonds of the corporation of the city of Galveston issued and to be issued in pursuance of the vote of the people of said city of 19th May, 1857, and the interest coupons of the same be, and the same are hereby declared valid and binding upon the Mayor, Aldermen and inhabitants of the city of Galveston, and that the same are, and shall continue to be valid and subsisting debt of said corporation, and may be sued upon when due, and payment enforced as in case of other legal obligations in any Court having jurisdiction of the amount.

SEC. 2. That the corporate authorities of the city of Galveston shall have, and are hereby invested with the power to impose and assess, as other taxes are collected, a special tax of one fourth of one per centum per annum on all the property, real and personal, not exempt by law from taxation and being in the limits of said city, for the purpose of accruing interest on said lands, and to provide a fund to retire the same when due.

SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. And the act approved December 9th, 1859, entitled an act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen and inhabitants of the city of Galveston to issue bonds for the construction of a bridge from the Island of Galveston to the main land, in aid of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad, and to validate the bonds by them issued or to be issued for such purpose, and to impose a special tax to pay the interest on said bonds, and to provide a fund to meet said bonds when due ; is hereby repealed,

Approved 26th January, 1860.

CHAPTER 46.

AN ACT to authorize the corporation of the town of Corsicana, to levy a tax on ten pin alleys within the limits of said corporation.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Board of Aldermen of the corporation of the