ardson's settlement, and the point thus selected, shall be, and the same is hereby declared the County Seat of Navarro County, to be called by the name of Corsicana; and the various Courts of said County shall be held thereat, and all process civil and criminal shall be returnable thereto, which may be issued after the first day of March, 1848, and that this act, shall not be construed so as to effect any writ, process, or other proceeding in any of the Courts of said County.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That a majority of said Commissioners shall have full power to transact any business contemplated by this act.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall purchase at the expense of said County, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land, except the same can be procured by donation, in which case an amount not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, may be secured to lay off the same or such portion thereof as to them may seem proper, in convenient lots and squares, and dispose of the same by public sale, reserving suitable lots or squares for the use of a Court House, Offices for the County Officers, Jail, School Houses, and Churches, in the discretion of said Commissioners and to make titles to any purchaser, and to the County, of the reserves, specifying the object of the reserve; to erect a Court House and Offices for the Clerks, and a jail, and such other public buildings, as to the said Commissioners may seem necessary, and to apply the proceeds of the sale of lots in payment therefor, and to perform generally whatever may be necessary to carry out the intent and meaning of this act.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioners to make a full exhibit of their proceedings to the County Court of said County, within eighteen months from the passage of this act, at which time their functions shall cease, unless the County Court shall extend the time of their services.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws contravening the provisions of this act, be and they are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect from and after its passage. Approved, February 12, 1848.

CHAPTER 33.

An Act better defining the boundaries of Nueces County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the County of Nueces shall hereafter have the following bounds and limits, to wit: Commencing at the northeast corner of Webb County on the Nueces river; thence down said stream to its mouth; thence along the coast to the mouth of the Olmos creek; thence in a northwesterly course on a direct line, until it intersects midway the lower boundary line of Webb county; thence along said line to the place of beginning.

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

Approved, February 12, 1848.

CHAPTER 34.

An Act to define the county boundaries of Goliad County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all territory comprised within the limits hereinafter prescribed, shall form and compose the County of Goliad, to wit: Beginning on the Coletto creek, on the line of Refugio district, being the upper line as run by William Richardson, deputy surveyor of Refugio county, and running with said line to the Aransas river; thence up said river with the meanders, to the crossing of the Mier road; thence N. W. to the line of Bexar district; thence with said line to the San Antonio river, at the mouth of the Cibolo; thence N. 15 deg. East to the Gonzales district line; thence with said line South Easterly to the intersection of the N. W. boundary of De Witt County; thence with said boundary S. 51 deg. W. to the W. corner thereof, as established by an act of the Legislature in 1848; thence S. 39 deg. E. with the S. W. boundary line of De Witt County, to a point S. 51 deg. W. of the S. corner of Gonzales district; thence N. 51 deg. E. to the Coleto creek, and down the same to the beginning.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect, and be in force from and after its passage, all laws and parts of laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, February 12, 1848.

CHAPTER 35.

A Bill to be entitled An Act to create the county of Cameron.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all the territory embraced within the following limits, to wit; Commencing at the mouth of Olmos creek on the coast, being the southern point of the county of Nueces, and running thence along the coast of the Gulf to the mouth of the Rio Grande; thence up the Rio Grande to a point where the upper line of the municipality of Reinosa strikes the same; thence in a North Easterly direction until it strikes the South Western boundary of Nueces County at right angles; thence South Easterly along the same, to the place of beginning, shall constitute the County of Cameron. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the town of Santa Rita shall be the County seat of the County of Cameron.

Sec. 3.

Be it further enacted, That the above named county shall be organized according to the laws regulating the organization of Counties in this State.

Sec. 4. And, be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved. February 12, 1848.

CHAPTER 36.

An Act creating the County of Medina.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all that territory included within the County of

Bexar, beginning on the South bank of Medina river, at the upper corner of a league survey No. 25, made for Wm. E. Howth, issignee of Maria Jesusa Hernandez, being the lower corner of survey No. 26 in the name of Julia Contes; thence, South 16 miles; thence West 36 miles; thence north 36 miles; thence East to the Medina river; thence down the Medina on its West bank to the beginning, be, and the same is hereby created a new County, to be known and called by the name of Medina.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the town of Castroville on the West bank of the Medina river, be, and the same is hereby established as the County seat of said County of Medina.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice of Bexar County to cause an election to be held on the second Monday of July, 1848, in accordance with the method prescribed by an Act to provide for the organization of the several counties in the State, approved, April 11, 1846, (for the purpose of electing County officers) for the County of Medina.

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

Approved, February 12, 1848.

CHAPTER 37.

An Act to amend the third section of an act, providing for the transfer of the records of administrators to new Counties, approved 13th May, 1846.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the third section of an act providing for the transfer of records of administrators to new Counties, approved 13th May, A. D. 1846, be so amended as to read as follows, to wit: In all cases when the papers and proceedings, relating to the settlement of an estate, shall be transmitted to any Court in the manner provided for in this act, such estate shall be proceeded in and settled in the Probate Court of such County, in

like manner as if the settlement of such estate had been originally commenced in such County, and the transcript of the record transmitted in the manner provided for in this act, shall have the same force and effect in evidence as the record itself might or could have: Provided, that the provisions of this act shall not extend to the Counties of Jackson, Victoria, Gonzales, Bexar, Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from its passage.

Approved, February 14, 1848.

CHAPTER 38.

An Act to amend the third section of an Act, entitled "an Act concerning Slaves," approved February 5th, 1840.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the third section of an Act, entitled an Act concerning slaves, approved February 5th, 1840, be so amended as to read as follows, to wit: That if any person or persons shall cruelly or unreasonably treat or abuse any slave belonging to him, her or them, or to another or others, he she, or they and each of them shall be liable to indictment or presentment, as for a misdemeanor, in the District Court, and on conviction thereof, may be fined for each and every such offence, not less than twenty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.

Approved, February 14, 1848.

CHAPTER 39.

Joint Resolution, authorizing the Comptroller of Public Accounts to provide a residence in the City of Austin for the use of the Governor of the State.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller of Public Accounts be, and he is