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LAWS OF THE TWELFTH LEGISLATURE CONDENSED. 57
CHAP. 59. Creating County of San Jacinto.-Creating the county of San
Jacinto out of territory from Walker, Montgomery, Polk, and Liberty coun-
ties, (see map,) and making Cold Springs the county-seat of said county; also
authorizing the governor to appoint officers till the next general election,
and authorizing the county court to levy a special tax for building a court-
house and jail.
CHAP. 60. Legalizing certain Writs for District Courts.-Making all writs
issued from the district courts, and returnable to the former terms of s id
courts, returnable to the next ensuing terms of district courts, as prescribed
by law, and legalizing the same.
CHAP. 61. Providing for a Geological Survey of the State.-Authorizing the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint a
State geologist, who shall give bond, with security, in the sum of five thou-
sand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties, who shall appoint such
assistants as he may require, and who shall make, as rapidly as may be con-
sistent with accuracy, a thorough geological, mineralogical, and agricultural
survey of the State, making a complete collection of all that may be necessary
to form a museum of practical geology, for which the governor shall pro-
cure safe and suitable rooms at the capital of the State, open to the public at
all times, except when the geological corps are absent attending to their
field duties. Duplicate specimens shall be classified and labeled for each of
the colleges in the State, on application to the governor. State geologist
shall furnish to governor a report of progress made at each regular session of
the Legislature, accompanied with maps and illustrations, which shall be the
exclusive property of the State. Salary of State geologist shall be three
thousand dollars per annum, and principal assistants each eighteen hundred
dollars per annum, with all expenses while engaged in field explorations,
payable quarterly; expenses not to exceed twenty thousand dollars during
any one year. The State geologist and his assistants are required to make
oath they will not purchase any lands for speculation, or conceal or suppress
any information from the State, or from individuals upon whose lands dis-
coveries may be made, but give as much publicity as possible to the results
of their survey. Reports at intervals, or after the survey is complete, shall
be presented to the governor, with maps, diagrams, etc., to be published at
the expense of the State, and sold by the governor to the citizens on such
terms as may be deemed advantageous to the interests of the State; the State
geologist to be allowed fifty copies for distribution to scientific men in this
country and in Europe, and the principal assistants twenty copies each. The
State geologist shall superintend the publication of his reports, and present
to the Legislature an estimate of the cost of the same. In case of death or
resignation of the State geologist before the completion of the survey, gov-
ernor may appoint his successor, or may have power to remove him from
office for incompetence, dishonesty, or malfeasance in office, in case of which
removal he shall deliver to the governor or his successor in office all speci-
mens, instruments, apparatus, maps, and other property relating to the
survey.
CHAP. 62. Apportioning Causes on Docket of certain Counties.-Requiring the
district clerks of Cherokee, Smith, Anderson, and Panola to apportion the
causes on the docket to so many days, and in such numbers to each day as
may be deemed most expedient; and no cause shall be taken up (except by
consent of the parties) for trial or hearing on a day previous to that which is
set, and subpenas shall be issued for witnesses on the days on which the
causes stand for trial, and no witness shall be bound to attend unless special-
ly summoned to each term, and clerks shall be required to keep a regular
subpena docket and issue subpoenas for all witnesses in any case.
CHAP. 63. Relief of Railroad Companies.-Enabling any railroad company
indebted to the State for loans from the special school fund to avoid the sale
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