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An Act to incorporate the town of Beaumont. 1839 239 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0030 and id is 1 raw text is: SEC. 6. Be itz further enacted, That thie mayor and city council of the said city, shall have power to construct wharves on the banks of the Buffalo bayou, within the limith of the corpo- ration of said city, and such other improvements a may be ne- cssary for the better navigation of said bayou, and for the con- venience oflanding vessels and their cargoes, and to lay contri- butions upon all Isuch vessels and cargoes as may land at the' said wharves, and to collect the same to defray the expenses thereof. SEC. 7. Be itfurther enacted, That the mayor and cify council of said city shall have power to regulate the price of wheat bread, according to the tarket pIles of wheat flourf. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the fifth section and the tenth section, so far as relates to the city of Houston, of the act to which this is a supplement, be, and they are hereby repealed. DAVID 8. KAUFMAN, Speaker of the House of Representativog, DAVID G. BURNET, President of the Senate, Approved February 5th, 1840. MIRABEAU B. LAMAII1 AN ACT 71b incorporate the tolnil of tbaumonti Stc. 1. Be it enacted by thb Senate and Hod*# ef Re. presentatite& of the Republic of rexas in Congress ast-embledf 'That the citizens of the town of Beaumont be, and thpy are hete- by declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and title of ,,The Corporatioti of the Town of Beaumont; and by that name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded; and may hold and dispote of feal and persondl estate in said tofn; and shall have a common seali which they mntty alter at pleasure. SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, Phttt an election shall be held in said town on the first Monday in January of every fear, for a Mayor, a Constlible; a Treastirer, and four Aldermen :-the election shall be conducted by the mayor and two aldermen ; and persons so elected shall continue in office one year, or util their ,t4tccossors are qualified. The mayor Sd elected shnll be commis- sioned by the chief justice of Jefferson county, and iliall have all

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