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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
Approved, May 24, 1838.
SAM. HOUSTON.
RESOLUTION
Approved, May 24, 1838.
SAM. HOUSTON.
(1515)
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That John
Vince, son of Allen Vince and Matilda Welbourne, be, and he
is hereby declared legitimate, and capable in law of inheriting
his parents’ property in the same manner as if he had been born
in lawful wedlock.
Declaring John Vince the Legitimate Son of Allen Vince and
Matilda Welbourne.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
President of the Senate.
which have been created during the years 1837 and 1838, to ob-
tain from the clerks of the counties out of which such new coun-
ties have been created, a certified copy of the assessments or list
of taxes due upon property within the new county, which were
due before the division was made, which assessment or tax list
shall be delivered to the sheriff of the new county, and by him
collected agreeably to law.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where there
is no personal property to be found whereon to distrain for taxes
on lands and lots, the sheriff shall report all such lands and
lots to the county court, whose duty it shall be to enter up judg-
ment against the same, and the owners thereof, for the amount
of taxes, costs and charges thereon, and an order of sale shall
issue to the sheriff, requiring him to sell the same, and the re-,
turn of the sheriff on such order shall be good in law as all
other sales made on a fieri facias; all lands and lots so sold may
be redeemed by the original owner, within twelve months from
the day of sale by paying fifty per cent on the amount.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
President of the Senate.
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