ry six months, and oftener, if the said Comptroller shall require it, and the said agent shall follow the instructions of said Comproller in the discharge of his official duties.

Sec. 10. That said agent, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond payable to the State of Texas for the sum of $50,000, with at least five good and sufficient securities, to the satisfaction of the Governor of the State, and shall take the oath required by the Constitution, both of which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

Sec. 11. That the Governor shall have authority to remove or suspend any agent, under the provisions of this act, when, in his judgment, the public interest may require it.

Sec. 12. That said agent shall receive ten per cent. on the amount by him collected, and five per cent. on the amount by him arranged or secured; said per cent. to be taken out of the debt, thus arranged, and said agent's interest shall be in debts according to his manner of settling them. Approved, February 11, 1850.

STATE OF TEXAS.

I, JAMES WEBB, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, certify that the third Legislature of said State, commenced its session at the City of Austin, on Monday, the 5th day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and adjourned on Monday the 11th day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

And I further certify, that the Acts and Joint Resolutions contained in this Volume are true copies, with the exception of the words embraced in brackets, taken from the original rolls deposited in the Department of State, with which they have been carefully compared. Given under my hand and official seal, at the city of Austin, the twenty-fifth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

[L. S.]

JAMES WEBB.

NOTE. The words embraced in brackets were inserted by the Secretary of State in comparing the laws, supposing them to be omissions in enrolling the bills.

INDEX TO GENERAL LAWS.

A

ADOPTION-To prescribe the mode of, 36.

AGENT FISCAL-Act authorizing the appointment of repealed, 91.
To procure payment from the United States for ser-
vices rendered by volunteers in protecting the fron-
tier, and their expenses since annexation, 28.

APPEALS in criminal cases-Supplementary to an act regulating, 47.
APPORTIONMENT of Senators and Representatives to the several Coun-
ties and Districts in the State, 40.
Supplementary act, 184.

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APPROPRIATIONS-For the payment of the mileage and per diem pay
of the members of the Legislature, 3.

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For contingent expenses of the Legislature, 4.

For the per diem pay of the members and officers

of the Legislature, 84.

To defray the expenses of publishing the propose
amendment to the constitution, 22.

For compensation for the enumeration of the inhab-
itants, 23.

Of lands for the purposes of Education, 37.
For translating and printing the laws of the first
and second sessions of the Legislature in the Ger-
man language, 89.

For the payment of forage, subsistence, &c., of vol-
unteer company commanded by Captain Johnson,

119.

For the support of the government for the years
1850 and 1851. 165.

ARCHIVES of DeLeon's colony to be deposited in the General Land Of-
fice, 142.

ASSESSORS-Appropriation to compensate for taking enumeration of
the inhabitants, 23.

ATTACHMENTS-The act of 1848, regulating, amended, 38.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL-Vacancy in the office of, to be supplied by the
appointment of counsel to represent the
State, 33.

Election of. when, 161.

ATTORNEYS, District-Election of, when, 161.

ATTORNEY for Twelfth Judicial District-Election of, 158.
AUSTIN'S COLONY-Locations prohibited in, 118.

B

BEAR CREEK in Sabine county, declared a navigable stream, 66.
BOUNDARY-Eastern of the State, 4.

BOUNDARY-Line between Nacogdoches and Fannin Districts, running
and establishment of, 5.

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of Santa Fé county defined. 21.

Eastern, of Caldwell county extended and defined, 82.

of Henderson county defined, 88.

of Van Zandt county defined, 91.

of Limestone county defined, 112.

of Kaufman county defined, 123.

between Gonzales and Caldwell counties defined, 142.
of Texas declared, 207.

BRAZOS, San Bernard and Oyster Creek Canal Company incorporated, 189.
BRIDGE COMPANY-Guadalupe, established, 206.

BUFFALO BAYOU, Brazos and Colorado Rail-Road Company incorpo-
rated, 194.

C

CANY CREEK, in Matagorda county, declared a public highway, 155.
CASTRO'S COLONY-Titles to land in, perfected, 59.
CERTIFICATES-Land, price of established. 97.

patents to be issued on, of board of land commissioners
of Robertson county under certain restrictions, 106.
head-right, to be issued to the heirs of those who fell
with Fannin, Ward, Travis, Grant and Johnson, 153.

CLERKS of District Courts-election of, regulated, 8.

CLERK of District Court of Titus county, acts made valid, 11.

CLEEKS of County Courts to take the acknowledgement of married wo-
men to deeds, 11.

CLERK of County Court of Webb county to transfer certain documents to
the city council of Laredo, 95.

COLONY-Lands secured to settlers in Peters', 51.

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German Emigration company, lands secured to, and their col-
onists, 54.

supplemental to the act respecting German Emigration compa-
ny and their colonists, 170.

Castro's, to perfect land titles in, 59.

DeLeon's. archives of, to be deposited in the General Land Of-
fice, 142.

COLONIES-Austin's, DeWitt's and DeLeon's, locations in prohibited, 118.
COMPTROLLER of Public Accounts, election of, when, 161.
COMMISSIONER of the General Land Office, election of, 162.

CONSTITUTION—Amendment of, 36.

CONSTABLES-Supplementary to act defining the office and duties of, 48.
COUNTY of Anderson-Act creating amended, 80.

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Bell created, 63.

Cass, location of seat of justice of, 19.

supplemental act, seat of justice. 74.

Caldwell, eastern boundary extended and defined, 82.

Collin, act establishing seat of justice amended, 7.

DeWitt,act to locate seat of justice of, revived and amended, 95.
Ellis created, 16.

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civil organization of, 26.

Falls created, and organization prescribed, 87.

Fayette, permitted to levy a special tax, 76.

Gonzales and Caldwell, boundary line defined, 142.