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Laws of the State of Texas.
liable for any deficiency of public domain, and any unlocated
certificates to said company shall constitute no claim against
the State by reason of exhaustion of the vacant domain of
the State.
Sec. 16. That this act be, and shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Passed May 31st, 1873.
[Note.-The foregoing act was presented to the Governor
of Texas 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 signature.-James P. Newcomb, Secretary
of State.]
CHAPTER CCLXIX.
An Act amendatory of and supplementary to an act entitled
"An Act to amend sections two and twelve of 'An Act to
incorporate the Hempstead, Eastern and Western Trunk
Railway Company of Texas,' " approved August 12th, 1870,
passed April 28th, 1871.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That section twelve of an act to incorporate the
IHempstead, Eastern and Western Trunk Railway Company
of Texas, approved August 12th, 1870, passed April 28th,
1871, be so amended as hereafter to read as follows: Sec. 12.
That said company shall commence the construction of said
railway at the town of Hempstead, within twelve months from
the passage of this act, and shall complete twenty miles of
said railroad by the first day of June, 1875, and shall thereafter
complete thirty miles of said road per year.
Sec. 2. That the State of Texas hereby donates and
grants to said company sixteen sections of land, of six
hundred and forty acres each, for each mile of railroad
said company may complete and put in good, substantial
running order on said line, as hereinafter provided.
Whenever and as often as said company shall complete
a section of ten or more miles of said railroad, they may
inform the Governor of the fact, and it shall be his duty(1428)
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