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Laws of the State of Texas.
709
[Note.--The foregoing act was presented to the Governor
for his approval on the second day of June, A. D. 1873, and
was not signed by him, or returned to the house in which
it originated, with his objections thereto, within the time
prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a
law without his approval.-James P. Newcomb, Secretary
of State.]
CHAPTER CCLV.
An Act for the protection of the Farming Interests of a
certain portion of Cooke County, Texas.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That it shall not be lawful for any hog, sheep or
goat to run at large within the limits of the following described
tract or portion of county, to-wit: Beginning at the
southeast corner of the John Carter survey, of three hundred
and twenty acres of land, on Spring Creek, in Cooke county,
about thirteen miles south of the town of Gainesville, in
said county; thence north to the southwest corner of the
Jacob Lawson survey of six hundred and forty acres, on
Elm and Brown creeks; thence east to said Brown's Creek,
on the south line of said Lawson survey; thence up Brown's
Creek to the place where it crosses the west line of a three
hundred and twenty acre survey of land in the name of A. J.
Shannon; thence north to Red River; thence up Red River
to the mouth of Fish Creek; thence up Fish Creek with its
south prong to the head of the same; thence west to the west
boundary line of Cooke county; thence south with said boundary
line to the first survey of land in the name of Jacob
Wilcox that said boundary line crosses, running south;
thence in a direct line to the northwest corner of a
three hundred and twenty acre survey of land in the
name of G. W. McGown, on Wheat Creek; thence south
to the southwest corner of said McGown survey; thence
east to the southeast corner of said McGown survey:
thence down the center of the divide between Wheat and
Blocker creeks on the west, and Fleet Creek on the east,
to the south boundary line of Cooke county; thence east
with said south boundary line to a point due south of89-VOL. VII.
( 1409)
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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/m1/1411/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .