The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 5 Page: 809
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GENERAL LAWS
CHAPTER I.
An Act to amend an Act, to encourage the erection of certain machinery, by
donation of lands and otherwise, approved December 15th, 1863.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the
third section of the aforesaid act shall be so amended as to read as follows:
Section 3d, That it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners after making
a minute personal examination of said machinery, and after procuring
such other evidence of its value as may be accessible to them, to value the
same at its true valuation in specie. In said valuation, the necessary buildings
and structures, erected for the efficient operation of said machinery,
shall be included; but the lands upon which they are situated shall not be
valued. In case said buildings or machinery shall have been destroyed, in
whole or in part, by fire or the public enemy, or by any other cause, over
which the owner or owners of said property had no control, before said Commissioners
have made a personal examination thereof, they may nevertheless
proceed to hear evidence and assess the value of said property as though it
had not been destroyed.
Provided, That no bonus shall be allowed to any party whose property has
been so destroyed, unless the Commissioners are satisfied that such party has
exercised reasonable care over said property.
Sec. 2. That this act shall take effect and be in force frorm and after its
passage.
Approved November 7, 1864.
CHAPTER II.
An Act to amend the fourth section of an Act to organize the Supreme Court of
the State of Texas. approved May 12th, 1846.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the 4th
section of an act to organize the Supreme Court for the State of Texas, approved
May 12th, 1S46, be amended so as hereafter to read as follows, to-wit:
Sec. 4. That there shall be appointed for the Supreme Court one clerk for each
division of the court. who. in addition to the duties now required by law of the
clerks of the Supreme Court. each of the clerks appointed under this act shall
be required to act as librarian in keeping and preserving the books of the Su(809)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 5, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6727/m1/825/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .