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An Act to indemnify the owners for the loss of Slaves executed for Capital Offences. 1851 33 (1851)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0053 and id is 1 raw text is: called the Llano Grande, at a point on the Rio Grande where said line strikes the same, and running north along the eastern line of said land to the southern line of Nueces county ; thence in a north-westerly direction along the southern line of Nueces county, to the north-eastern corner of Starr county; thence in a south-western direction along tle lower or eastern line of Starr county, to the Los Cuevas and Rio Grande; thence down the meanders of the Rio Grande, to the place of beginning, shall 1)e constituted into a new county, and be called 1idalgo: Provided, that should a line running north from the place of beginning, embrace that portion or tract of country known as the Janita, said line shall be so far varied to the westward as to leave the said Janita in Cameron county. Sue. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Chief Justice of Cameron county, to order an election for county officers in said county of Hidalgo on the first Monday in August, A. D. 1852; and the vote pollcA in Hidalgo county shall be returned to the Chief Justice of Cameron county, who shall issue certificates of election to the officers of Hidalgo county, and said oflicers, when so elected, and qualified according to law, shall enter upon the discharge of their several duties. Smn. 3. That the town of Edinburgh be, and is hereby made the county seat of the said county of Hidalgo. SE. 4. That the county of lidalgo shall assume and pay to the county of Cameron, as its proportional part of the debt of Cameron county, one thousand dollars, which said amount may be discharged with the county scrip of said county of Cameron at its face value, at any time within two years from the organization of said county of Ilidalgo. SEc. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its pas- sage'. Approved, January 24, 1852. CHAPTER XLIII. An Act to Indemnify the owners for the loss of Slaves executed for Capital Offences, . SPAcTION 1. Be it enaotcZ by the Leyislatre of the State of Texas, That in all eaes where a slave, the prol)erty of a citi- zen of this State, shall be convicted of a capital offenco by a

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