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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
39
Approved, Dee. 14, 1837.
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT
To create a board of Medical Censors for the republic of Texas.
(1381)
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives of the republic of Texas, in congress assembled, That
there shall be elected by joint vote of both houses of congress,
one physician of each and every senatorial district in this re-
the said corporation, the proceeds of such sales to be appropriated
to the erection or repairs of a court house, jail and other such pub-
lic edifices as may be deemed most fit, and to the erection and en-
dowment of a public school.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the mayor and aidermen of
said council shall be commissioned by the chief justice of the coun-
ty to act as justices of the peace, exercising the same powers and
entitled to the same fees as other magistrates of the same class.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the special duty
of said council to promote by every equitable means, the establish-
ment of a common schools, male and female within the limits of
the corporation in which the English language shall be taught, and
the children of the poor class of citizens invited and received gratis.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That the town of Victoria be,
and the same is hereby incorporated, and shall have the same power
and be governed by the same rules and regulations as are enacted
in the act of incorporation and government of the city of San An-
tonio, with the exception of having but five aldermen instead of
eight.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That the town of Gonzales be,
and the same is hereby incorporated, and shall have the same power
and be governed by the same rules, that are enacted for the in-
corporation and government of the city of San Antonio.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR,
President of the senate.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 1, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5872/m1/1389/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .