Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the comptroller of public accounts be authorized and required to give public notice, that if the said stolen drafts be not returned to the treasury of this State, or reported to the said comptroller by the holders of the same, within ninety days. from and after the date of such notice, the said ten stolen drafts or the portion of same unreturned, or unreported, shall be considered as cancelled, and that the same shall not be thereafter received in payment of any public dues; and moreover, that the comptrolier be authorized after the expiration of said term of notice, to issue to said Nathaniel Amory drafts for the amount of the unreturned or unreported portion of said ten stolen drafts, which new drafts so issued, shall be receivable for any dues in payment of which those in place of which they are issued, would have been valid: Provided, however, that if any of said stolen drafts should have been or should be received by any collector of taxes in payment of the saine, before the aforesaid term of notice shall have expired, such drafts, so received, shall be receivable into the treasury of the State on satisfactory proof of the time of their collection being made to the comptroller of public accounts; And provided also, that the drafts which may be issued by the comptroller, according to the provisions of this act, shall be receivable for taxes and dues to the late Republic of Texas, and not otherwise.

Passed, 15th May, 1846.

AN ACT

For the relief of Milton Hicks.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the land certificate No. 718, issued by the board of land commissioners of Brazoria county, in favor of Milton Hicks, for one league of land, signed by Edwin Waller, president, and A. C. Hyde, associate commissioner, be, and the same is hereby legalized, and the same be as valid as if recommended by the traveling board of land commissioners. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the certificate may be laid on any vacant and unappropriated land in this State,

and the commissioner of the general land office is hereby directed to issue a patent for such land, when located, as in other cases of valid claims.

Passed, 18th May, A. D. 1846..

OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

I, the undersigned, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, do certify, that the first Legislature of the State aforesaid commenced its session at the city of Austin, on Monday, the 16th day of February, 1846, and adjourned on the 13th day of May, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

Given under my hand and seal of
Office, at Austin, the 10th day of
August, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six.

DAVID G. BURNET..

NOTE 1. All the words, wherever they occur, included in brackets, thus: [******?] are inserted by direction of the Secretary of State, and are not in the text.

NOTE. 2. Those laws that were signed by the Governor are designated by the word "Approved" those not signed by him, are said to be "Passed."