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Laws of the State of Texas.
purposes, within the meaning of this act, be, and the same is
hereby ceded to the government of the United States so far as to
enable it to extend any act of Congross now existing or hereafter
to be passed regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian
tribes; provided, this cession of jurisdiction shall not be construed
so as to deprive the State of Texas of the right of jurisdiction over
any person other than an Indian for any offence committed upon
the person or property of any one within the limits of this State;
and further provided, that all process issuing from any of the
courts of this State may be served in the like manner and have
the same force and effect as though executed in any other portion
of the State.
Sec. 5. That the government of the United States, as soon as
the above twelve leagues of land, or so much thereof as may be
deemed necessary, shall have been selected or purchased and distinctly
marked, shall be and it is hereby authorized to establish
upon said land whatever agencies and military posts may be
deemed necessary, and to settle upon said land such Indian tribes
or bands of Indians as belong within the limits of Texas, and shall
exercise entire control and jurisdiction over said Indians within
said limits, so long as said government shall judge such control and
jurisdiction necessary to the well being of said Indians; provided,
that whenever the land or any district thereof, selected or purchased
as herein provided, shall cease to be used for Indian purposes,
the jurisdiction herein ceded shall cease, and such portion of
said land as shall be taken from the public domain of this State,
shall revert, together with all and singular the improvements
made thereon, to the State, to be disposed of in such manner as
the Legislature may thereafter see proper; provided, that should
the line of the contemplated railroad to the Pacific run through any
portion of said territory selected under the provisions of this act,
the right of way to three hundred feet in width be, and the same
is hereby reserved.
Sec. 6. That this act take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
Approved, February 6, 1854.(1496)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 3, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6728/m1/1484/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .