Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 52
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and horned cattle, in a drove, seventy-five cents each; orr
swine, sheep and goats twelve and a half cents eich ; on footmen,
not drivers to carriages, wagons or carts, fifty cents each;
and on freight or goods, twenty-five cents per barrel of five
feet.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the said Dunham shall
enter into bond with sufficient security of one thousand dollars,
payable to the Chief Justices of Matagorda county, or
his successors in office, for all damages that may accrue from
neglect of duty; provided, that Congress has a light to increase
or diminish the rates of passage, as they may think proper.SEC. .5. Be it further enacted, That this act shall go into
effect, from and after its passage.
Approved, February 1st, 1844.
AN ACT
To authorize the holding of the District Court in two places
in Red River County, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That
all that portion of the counties of Bowie and Red River, which
is situated south of the Sulphur Fork of Red River, shall be
known and styled the Southern Division of Red RiverICounty,
" and shall vote with, and in every respect be subject to the
jurisdiction of the same.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the District Court for
the county of Red Rive-, shall be held in the following places
in said county viz ; in the town of Clarksville on the third
Mondays of March and September, and may continue two
weeks, and in the town of Daingerfield, on the second Monday
after the fourth Monday in March and September, and
may continue one week.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all the business, of eve
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