The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 145
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members to be added to their board; and said members so appointed
may take their seats at any meeting of the board, have all the
power and privileges that other members have: Provided, That a
quorum of the board of trustees constituted by this act shall be
present.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That [there] shall be granted to
the trustees and their successors in office, four leagues of land,
to be located on any vacant and unappropriated lands in the Republic,
in tracts not less than one league square, and that the board
of land commissioners for the county of Red River, are hereby
authorized and required to issue certificates in tracts not less than
one league square, in the name of the trustees of DeKalb college
and their successors, without charging any fees for the same; and
the said trustees and their successors are empowered to employ any
legally authorized surveyor to locate and survey the same, and make
return of his field notes, which shall be received and examined by
the county surveyor in the same manner as prescribed by law, without
charging any fees for the same, and the commissioner general
of the land office is hereby required to issue patents for the same to
the trustees of DeKalb college and their successors.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the said leagues of land are
hereby given, granted and confirmed to the said trustees and their
successors in fee simple, who shall have full power to alienate, sell,
lease, rent or otherwise dispose of the same, and the proceeds shall
be for the erection of suitable buildings for the institution, purchasing
of a library, philosophical apparatus, chemical laboratory,
and for tlie promotion of the arts, literature, and science in said
institution, and for no other purpose whatever; and the respective
sums due and payable the Government on which league are hereby
remitted and donated to the said institution.
Sec. 12. Be it further encated, That the San Augustine university
shall have the benefits conferred by the 10th and l1th sections
of the above act, and the officers of the land office of San Augustine
are required to perform the same duties free of charges.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 26, 1839.
MIRABEAUT B. LAMAR.10-VOL. II.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/149/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .