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Laws of the State of Texas.
CHAPTER CCXXIX.
An Act amendatory of and supplemental to an Act entitled
"An Act to incorporate the Galveston and Eastern Texas
Railway Company," approved December 1st, 1871.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Texas, That section six of the act entitled "An act to incorporate
the Galveston and Eastern Texas Railway Company,"
approved December 31st, 1871, shall be so amended as hereafter
to read as follows: Sec. 6. That said company, when
organized under the provisions of this act, shall be and is hereby
invested with the right of locating, constructing, owning,
operating and maintaining a railroad, commencing at the city
of Galveston, and running thence, by the most eligible route,
to the town of East Liberty, in the county of Liberty; thence,
on the most eligible route, to a point in the county of Polk,
five miles east of the town of Livingston, on the Woodville
road; and at which point the said company shall establish and
maintain a passenger and freight depot; thence to the town
of Moscow; thence to the town of Homer; thence to the town
of Carthage, in Panola county; thence to the town of Jefferson,
in MIarion county; thence to some point on Red River, to
connect with a railroad coming from or through the State of
Arkansas, with the right to construct a branch road to the
eastern limits of the State, through the towns of Jasper and
Burksville; and said company shall establish and maintain a
passenger and freight depot within one-half mile of the business
portions of said towns, respectively, through or by
by which said road shall pass; provided, said towns, respectively,
donate to said company lands enough for right of way,
side tracks, switches, turnouts, water tanks and depot buildings,
not to exceed fifteen acres.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That section fifteen of the
above recited act shall be so amended as hereafter to
read as follows: Sec. 15. Said company shall commence
the construction of said road at the town of Liberty,
on the east bank of the Trinity river, and shall construct
and put in running order fifty miles thereof in the
direction of said town of Jefferson within two years from
the passage of this act, and shall thereafter annually con(1344
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6732/m1/1346/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .