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Laws of the State of Texas.
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dition to the fine, assess a further punishment of confinement
in the county jail for any time not to exceed twenty days.
Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect thirty days 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 CCLXXIII.
An Act to submit the permanent location of the County Site
of El Paso County to a vote of the People of said County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Texas, That at the first election held for State or county officers
in the county of El Paso, after the passage of this act,
each qualified voter of said county voting at said election may
have placed upon the ballot voted by him at said election the
name of some town in said county as the choice of said voter
for the permanent county site or seat of government of said
county. And it is hereby made the duty of the officers,
judges and clerks of said election, in counting the votes for
state or county officers cast at said election, to count in the
same manner, and under the same penalties as is provided by
law, the votes cast for the permanent location of the county
site of said county at said election, and to make return of the
same to the presiding justice of said county; said returns to
be sealed and endorsed on the outside of the envelope, "Election
Returns, Precinct No. ......., for County Site;"
and the presiding justice shall not then open said
returns, but shall call a special meeting of the County
Court, giving at least five days notice thereof,
and when the county court has convened, the presiding
justice shall lay before it the sealed returns from the dif(1433
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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/m1/1435/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .