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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
76
AN ACT
To incorporate the Texas Steam Mill Company.
(1418 )
Sec. 1. . Be it enacted, by the senate and house of represen-
tatives of the republic of Texas, in congress assembled, That
E. H. Burritt, Jabez Cornwall, Ezekiel Andrews jr., H. H.
Douglass, Nathaniel H. Andrews, Samuel M. Hart, Nelson Hart,
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the senate.
make out or procure a map of each county, on which plats of all
the deeded lands in the said county shall be made, so as to make
a fair showing of the same, for which he shall receive compensa-
tion by special appropriation hereafter to be made for that pur-
pose.
Sec. 41. Be it further enacted, That audited claims against
the republic of Texas, shall be receivable in payment of public
dues on lands: provided, the benefits of this section shall not ex-
tend to any one individual for a larger quantity of land than two
leagues and two labors; and any one offering to pay for lands in au-
dited paper on the government, shall swear that he has not paid for
as much as two leagues and two labors in such paper before, either
by himself or his agent, which affidavit shall be filed with the chair-
man of the board of land commissioners.
Sec. 42. Be it further enacted, That all streams of the average
width of thirty feet shall be considered navigable streams within
the meaning of this act, so far up as they retain that average width,
and that they shall not be crossed by the lines of a survey.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR,
President of the senate.
Vetoed by the president, and passed the house of representatives,
by a constitutional majoritv. Dec. 14, 1837..
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
Vetoed by the president, and passed the senate by a unanimous
vote. Dec. 14, 1837.
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