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An Act supplemental to An Act concerning Crimes and Punishments 1853 58 (1853.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstx0065 and id is 1 raw text is: February 10, 1852, are hereby relinquished to the Colonists, their heirs and assigns. S c. 2. That all surveys and field-notes duly made and returned, and all such as shall hereafter be duly made and returned by virtue of such certificates as are mentioned in the first section of this act, together with such certificates, shall have the effect of vesting complete title to the land in the Colonists legally holding the same, their heirs and assigns ; and all locations which have been or may hereaftor be made by any Colonists, their heirs or assigns, by the number of the section or parts of section, township and range, base and meridian, as provided fur in the fourth section of said act of February 10, 1852, shall also have the effect of vesting com- plete title to the lands in the Colonists, so soon as they shall return to the General Landoffico such locations or designations, together with their said certificates. $ 3 c. 3. That the Commissioner of the General Landoftice shall issue patents on said lands as in othn' cases. SEc. 4. That this act shall take effect friom and after its passage. Approved, February 8, 1854. CHAPTER XLIX. An Act supplemental to An Act eoncerning C'ins and Punishments, approved l-arch twentieth, A. D., ect'gken hundred and forty-eight. OFFENCES AGAINST TIIE PERSON. SmmrloN 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, If any person, with the intent to procure the nisearri- age of any woman being with child, unlawfully and maliciously shall administer to her or cause to be taken by her any poison or other noxious thing, or shall use any instrument or any means whatever, with like intent, every such offender, and every person counselling or aiding or abetting such ofilnder, shall be punished by confinement to hard labor in the Peni- tentiary not exceeding ten years.

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