The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 1,454
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754
Laws of the State of Texas.
this act. The president and vice-president shall be ex officio
members of the board of directors, who shall hold their offices
for one year, and thereafter until their successors qualify.
The directors shall have power to appoint an executive board
and other officers and agents, and confer such powers on the
same as may be deemed best, or may authorize thee president
to do the same.
Sec. 5. That said company shall have the right to remove
all timber within said stream, and on or within one
hundred feet of the banks of the same, that may endanger
the navigation of said stream; and may use any timber and
stone within said limits as may be necessary to further the
objects expressed herein. Whenever complaint is made by
any citizen to said company of any overflow caused by any
dam constructed by said company, or for damages for cutting
said timber, the said company shall not be enjoined in the
prosecution of their said work, but the damages, if any, shall
be assessed by arbitration, under the laws of this State, and
the parties to said arbitration shall be bound by the decision
had thereby.
Sec. 6. That to aid in the construction of said work of internal
improvements, said company shall be entitled to receive
from the State ten sections of land, containing six hundred
and forty acres each, for each and every mile of said bayou improved,
as hereinafter described, from said point of beginning,
the measurement to be made on the right bank of said stream.
The conditions upon which said company shall be entitled
to said lands shall be as follows, viz., that they shall, by the
removal of the timber, stone, or other impediments to navigation,
or by locks or dams, or by deepening the channel of
said stream, make the same navigable for boats drawing not
exceeding thirty inches of water, at such times as there may
be good navigation in said bayou below the city of Jefferson;
and whenever the Governor shall be informed that a section
of five miles or more of said bayou has been improved
as herein required, he shall at once require some competent
person to inspect the same; and if the report of the
inspector, which shall be made without delay, shall be
favorable, the Governor shall immediately give notice of
the same to the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
whose duty it shall be immediately to issue and deliver
to said company certificates for ten sections of land, containing
six hundred and forty acres each, for each anid(1454)
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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/m1/1456/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .