The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 3 Page: 16
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Laws of the Stale of Texas.
they are hereby, authorized to employ the County Clerk of the
aforesaid County, or some suitable person to transcribe in a wvell
bound book or books, all the matter or writing contained in Books
A, B, and C., now in the ofiLce of the County Clerk of said County
purporting to be records of Deeds, Mortgages and other instruments
of writing.
Sec. 2. Be further enacted, That when the duplicate of said
record Books, A, B, and C, shall have been made and completed
by said county Clerk or other person so employed. it shall be the
.duty of the said County Court to examine and compare the said
duplicate with the original in open Court, and after the said duplicate
shall have been compared with the original, and found correct
it shall be the duty of said Court to make out a certificate stating
that they have examined and compared the said duplicate, with
the original Books A, B, and C, and found it to be a true and correct
duplicate of the original Books, which certificate shall be
signed by all the members of said Court (who examined the same)
and be sworn to before a .Judge of the District Court, or some
Notary Public of said County, which certificate and oath shall be
entered of record in said duplicate and plaeed on file in said office
of County Clerk.
Sec. 3. Be further enacted, That after said examination shall
have been made, as specified in the foregoing section and certificate
of said Court, entered in said duplicate, the same shall be approved
of in open Court, which approval shall be entered of record in said
duplicate, as well as on the minutes of said Court, and attested by
the Clerk of said Court, under the seal of said County of Red River;
and it shall be the duty of the Court to take and enclose the
original Books, A, B, and C, in good strong paper and seal the
same, which seals shall not be broken or envelope taken off, but
by order of the District Court.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That all copies made by the Recorder
of said County of Red River from said duplicate shall be
as valid, and shall have the same force and efrect as copies from
the original might or could have; and in all Courts of Record,
where it may be necessary to bring the original Books A. B, or C,
into Court, the producing into Court the aforesaid duplicate shall
supercede the necessity of producing the original record into Court.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the County Court of
Red River County are authorized to make an allowance to the(16)
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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/m1/20/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .