take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the Constitution, which, together with the bond, shall be filed in the office of the Comptroller.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said agent shall receive as compensation, the sum of seventy-five dollars per month for the time actually engaged in said agency, and his necessary travelling

expenses.

Approved, March 20, 1848.

CHAPTER 136.

An Act to provide for the exchange of books, maps and charts.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Governor of the State be, and is hereby authorized and required to forward to the Librarian of Congress, to the Secretary of State of the United States, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, to the Executive Departments of all the States of the Union, to each Foreign Librarian or Government, with whom a system of literary exchange may be established, and to such associations and societies for the promotion of the arts and sciences as he may deem advisable, copies of all Laws, Judicial Reports, Maps, Charts, and other productions of a Literary, Scientific, or political character, printed or published by order of the Legislature, or at the expense of the State.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the State be required to safely keep all books, maps, charts, or publications forwarded to or received at his office; the same to constitute a State Library under his control, subject however, to the inspection and use of all officers of the State Government, and both branches of the Legislature.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the charge of transportation and such. other incidental expenses as may be incurred in carrying this act into effect.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be of force from and after its passage.

Approved, March 20, 1848.

CHAPTER 137.

An Act prescribing the punishment for cutting down, carrying away or destroying trees or timber upon any land without the consent of the owner.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That if any person shall wilfully and knowingly cut down, carry away or destroy any tree or timber, upon any land not his own, without first having the consent of the owner, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 2. That any person guilty of a misdemeanor, as defined in the first section of this act, may be prosecuted for the same, before a Justice of the Peace, or the District Court of the county in which the offence was committed, and any person convicted and fined for any such misdemeanor, shall be committed to the jail of the county until such fines and all costs are paid; Provided, the imprisonment does not exceed ninety days.

Sec. 3. That nothing contained in this act, shall be so construed as to authorize a prosecution against any person for cutting down or carrying away any tree or timber for the purpose of making or repairing any public road, passing over the land from which such tree or timber may have been cut or carried away.

Sec. 4. That all fines that may be collected under the provisions of this act, shall be paid into the County Treasury of the county where the offence was committed, for the use of such county; and a conviction under the provisions of this act, shall not be a bar to a civil suit, or action for damages, by the owner of the land. Approved, March 20, 1848.

CHAPTER 138.

An Act making Appropriations for the support of the Government, for the years 1848 and 1849.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, for the service and support of the Government, for the years 1848 and 1849:

For remainder of mileage and per diem pay of the members of the second Legislature of the State of Texas, eighty-seven members, per diem pay of the President of the Senate, and one interpreter, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For salary of the Governor, annually, two thousand dollars;

For salary of Private Secretary, seven hundred and fifty dollars, annually;

For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, annually, four hundred dollars;

For salary of Secretary of State, annually, twelve hundred dollars;

For salary of Clerk of State Department, annually, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For Contingent Expenses of State Department, annually, four hundred dollars;

For salary of Comptroller of Public Accounts, annually, twelve hundred dollars;

For Book-keeper in Comptroller's Office, annually, eight hundred dollars;

For Clerk in Comptroller's Office, annually, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For Contingent Expenses of Comptroller's Office, one hundred and fifty dollars, annually;

Stationery and Books for Comptroller's Office, two hundred and fifty dollars, annually:

Postage for Comptroller's Office, two hundred dollars, annually; Printing for Comptroller's Office, three hundred dollars, annually;

For salary of Treasurer of the State, annually, twelve hundred dollars;

For Contingent Expenses of State Treasurer's Office, one hundred and fifty dollars, annually;

For purchase of Books and Stationery, and for repairs to the Treasurer's Office, one hundred and fifty dollars;

For salary of the Adjutant General, annually, and for closing up the business of the late War and Marine department, one thousand dollars:

For Contingent Expenses of Adjutant General's Office, including Printing, &c., annually, three hundred dollars;

For salary of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, annually, fifteen hundred dollars;

For salary of two Draughtsmen in the General Land Office, each, annually, eight hundred dollars;

For salary of Chief Clerk in the General Land Office, annually, one thousand dollars;

For salary of Translator and Recorder of Spanish Deeds in the General Land Office, annually, one thousand dollars;

For pay of eight Assistant Clerks in the General Land Office, annually, each, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For purchase of Blank Patents, annually, two thousand dollars; For Stationery and Books in the General Land Office, annually, five hundred dollars;

For Postage of the General Land Office, three hundred dollars; For Contingent Expenses in the General Land Office, annually, three hundred dollars;

For salary of the Attorney General of the State, annually, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For Contingent Expenses of Attorney General's Office, one hundred dollars, annually;

For salaries of three Judges of the Supreme Court, annually, two thousand dollars, each;

For pay of Clerk of the Supreme Court, annually, three hundred dollars;

For payment of claims outstanding against the Supreme Court, two hundred and fifty dollars;

For pay of Sheriff for services in attending on the Supreme Court, two hundred dollars;

For Contingent Expenses of Supreme Court, two hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For salaries of eleven Judges of the District Court, annually, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, each;

For salaries of eleven District Attorneys, annually, five hundred dollars, each;

For payment of the Pension of Joseph Cecil, annually, three hundred dollars;

For payment of Pension of Maria Jesusa Garcia, to present time, and for funeral expenses, seventy-five dollars, which may be drawn by her son, Miguel Garcia;

For payment of Pension of J. C. Neil, annually, two hundred dollars;

For payment of Pension of David F. Webb, annually, one hundred dollars, for two years;

For payment of Pension to disabled seamen, annually, six hundred and twenty-two dollars;

For compensation of Clerks of both Houses of the Legislature, five dollars per day, each;

For compensation of Sergeant-at-Arms, and Door-keepers of both Houses of the Legislature, five dollars per day, each;

For copying and printing the Laws and Journals of the Second Session of the Legislature, eight thousand dollars;

For copying and printing Journals of the First Legislature, three thousand dollars;

And one thousand dollars for the translating and publishing in the German and Spanish Languages, the Constitution and such general laws now in force, as the Governor may deem advisable, in accordance with the provisions of an act, approved 18th April, A. D. 1846;

For the erection and support of a Penitentiary, ten thousand dollars, annually;

For compensation of Messrs. Logan & Sterne, for publishing nɔtices of suits against Colonization Contractors, fifty dollars;

For compensation of Charles De Morse, for publication in the Northern Standard, the case of the State against Charles Fenton Mercer and Associates, one hundred dollars;

For pay and expenses of a Fiscal Agent, one thousand dollars, annually; or, so much thereof as may be necessary;

For pay for County Maps, one thousand dollars;

For the purchase of Stationery, for the use of the next Legislature, to be drawn and disbursel by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, five hundred dollars.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated, to cover the pay and expenses of the late Convention, including the certificates of the members thereof,