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An Act supplementary and amendatory of certain Acts therein named. 1840 68 (1840)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0034 and id is 1 raw text is: appraise and condemn three hundred and twenty acres of land, for the use and benefit of the County for which the said site has been selected and permanently established.. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, T at the value of the land so assessed and condemned, shall be collected from the sales of the lots laid off and sold in the county site town ; and it iA hereby made the duty of the sheriff of the county of Milam, to collect the same, anddeliver it over to the chief justice, who shall pay the amount so delivered, to the owner or owners thereaf, when. ever he she, or they, shall come forward and make a fee srmple title to the chief justice and hi successors in office, for the amount of land so assessed and condemned for public use. Src. 3. Be itfurther enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passane. DAVID S. KAUFMAN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ANSON JONES, President pro tern. of the Senate. Approved January 21st, 1841. DAVID 0. BURtNET. AN ACT Supplementary and Amendatory of certain Acts therein named. Src. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ihouse of Repre- sentative.q of the Republic of Te.xas, in Congress assembled, That whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of associate justice of'the county court, either from the expiration of his of- cial term, resignation, or othervise, it shall be the duty of the several justices of the peace of said county, upon notification from the chief justice, to assemble, and elect from among their own body, an associate or associate justices, to supply said vacancy. Suc. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the chief justice of any count in this republic shall be interested, absent, or unable to perform his duties, the associate justices of the county court shall be authorized and empowered to act in his stead. SEC. 3. Be -( further enacted, That in all pr6secutions of slaves betbre the county court, under the (Act for the Punish- ment of Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by slaves and free persons of color, approved December 14tb, 1837, the chief

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