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An Act to incorporate the city of Indianola. 1853 43 (1853.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0062 and id is 1 raw text is: Law of the Stare of Tezas. CHAPTER XXIV. An Act to incorporate the city of Indianola. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the citizens of Indianola, in the county of Calhoun, be a body corporate by the name and style of the Gity of In- dianola, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be tin- gleaded, in all courts and in matters and actions whatsoever, and y that name may purchase, hold and dispose of any estate, real or personal, and may have a common seal, which they may alter or change at their pleasure. See. 2. That the boundaries of said city and the limits within which said corporation shall exercise jurisdiction, shall begin on the north at the mouth of White's Bayou; thence down Matagorda Bay, so as to include the harbor in front of Powder Horn Bayou; thence with said Bayou and lake to a point one mile in a straight line south west from the said Bay of Matagorda: thence in a straight line to a point one mile due south-west from the mouth of White's Bayou; thence to the said placa of beginning; provided, that whenever the proper courts of law shall decide that the titles of Benito Morales and Juan Cano are valid ones, all the lands within' their original grants which by this act are placed or de- scribed within the limits of said corporation. shall be considered as stricken out therefrom and alt ogether exempted from all the pro- visions of this charter. See. 3. That there shall be elected by the citizens in said cor- porate limits, annually, by ballot, on the first Monday of January, in each and every year, one Mayor, one Recorder and eight Alder- men, to serve one year, or until their successors are qualified, who shall constitute the city Council: which election shall be held by the Mayor and two Aldermen. except the first, which shall be held by the Chief-Justice of the county, as early as practicable after the passage of this act, by giving ten days public notice. The1i city Council. immediately after being qualified, shall appoint one Treas- urer, one Assessor and tax Collector. one Marshal. ad .sueh other officers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter. The Treasurer and Assessor and Collector shall each give bond and security for the faithful discharge of their duties, in such an amount and form as the Council may determine. At the first election for Mayor. Recorder and Aldermen. every resident of the city shall be entitled to vote who haN resided six' months therein, previous to tl election, and has paid a State, and c(ountv tax. (1397 1

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