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Laws of the State of Texas.
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ferries, within the corporate limits of said city, aad shall
have, in regard thereto, the same rights and duties conferred
and imposed upon the county courts by the laws of the
State, and to levy and collect a road tax for this purpose;
and the County Court of Comal county shall not levy and
collect any tax for the same purpose, or otherwise exercise
any rights in regard thereto within the limits of said
city.
Sec. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved June 2d, 1873.
CHAPTER CCXCI.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Town of Pilot Point, Denton County," passed October 8th,
1866.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That section two (2) of said act shall hereafter
read as follows: That it shall be the duty of the citizens
of said corporation to elect a mayor, five aldermen, and a
marshal, who shall also be ex officio assessor and collector
of taxes in and for said corporation, and a treasurer and
secretary shall be appointed by said aldermen from their own
body. The treasurer and marshal shall be required to give
bond, with security, to be approved by the mayor, in such
sum as may be directed and required by the board of aldermen,
for the faithful performance of their respective duties,
and to make report when required by the mayor or board of
aldermen; and the mayor shall have power, when necessary,
to suppress riots and disturbances, to call out the citizens of
said corporation for the purpose of restoring order; (and the
mayor shall have the same jurisdiction and power within
said corporation, in cases both civil and criminal, that are
conferred on justices of the peace within their respective
precincts, and his judgments and final orders therein may
be revised in the manner prescribed for revising such judgments
and orders when made in such cases by justices of
the peace.)
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that section three (3) of
said act shall hereafter read as follows: That an annual(1461)
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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/m1/1463/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .