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Laws of the State of Texas.
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purpose, the persons resident in said town for sixty days next
before the election, and entitled to vote under the Constitution
of this State; and in making said registration he will be
governed by the general registration law, so far as applicable;
and when completed he will certify to the correctness of said
registration, and append his certificate to said book of registration.
The said presiding justice will appoint the presiding
officer of said election, and deliver to him the said book of
registration, who will hold the same according to the general
election law, and make return thereof to said presiding justice
in two days thereafter, and the said justice will then declare
the result of the election, and give certificates to those persons
who shall have received the greatest number of votes for
said offices, respectively. The officers thus elected will take
the oath prescribed by the Constitution in ten days after the
election, or the office shall be considered vacant.
Sec. 2. The presiding officer will deliver to the mayor the
said book of registration, to be deposited in his office; and the
mayor shall, for ten days before every succeeding election, revise
the same, and add others who may be entitled to vote as
prescribed in the general laws, so far as applicable, and shall
appoint the presiding officer of the election to hold the election
and make returns to said mayor, who, with the board of
aldermen, will determine the result of the election.
Sec. 3. That this act take effect from and after its passage.
Approved June 2d, 1873.
CHAPTER CCXCVII.
An Act to incorporate the Little River Academy, near the
Village of Harrisville, in Bell County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Iegislature of the State of
Texas, That L. J. Russell, Pleasant Marshall, Thomas Loveless,
James Moseley and John Greathouse, be and are hereby
created a body corporate and politic, under the name and
style of the "Little River Academy;" and as
such are hereby authorized and empowered to
erect a suitable building or buildings on Little River,93-voL. vII.
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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/m1/1475/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .