The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 467
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Laws of the State of Texas.
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Sec. 2. That all official acts done and performed by any
and all officers of the State of Texas, and of said county,
judicial and ministerial, which are proper to be done at the
county seats of the comunies in the State, be and the same
are hereby made lawful, valid, and [of] binding force, whenever
the same have been (lone in pursuance of law at said
town of Brackettsville, since the organization of said county
of Kinney.
Sec. 3. That this act take effect from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1873.
CIHAPTER XIII.
An Act to set apart one-half of the Public Domain for the
Support and Maintenance of Public Schools.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That one-half of the public domain of the State
of Texas, or so much thereof as can be, is set apart and appropriated
for the support and maintenance of public schcols
of this State, in the following manner, to-wit: That all land
certificates heretofore issued, as well as those hereafter issued.
to any railroad company, or other corporation of any nature
whatever, for internal improvements or any other object; or
any lands hereafter granted in any manner to any of said companies
or corporations for any such object, shall be located
and surveyed in alternate sections of six hundred and forty
(640) acres each, and as directed by an act entitled "An act
to encourage the construction of railroads in Texas by donation
of lands," approved January 30, 1854, and other laws
amendatory of or supplementary thereto; and the even numbers
of sections and fractional sections thus located and surveyed,
shall be, so soon as surveyed and designated in
the manner prescribed by said laws, held and considered
for all purposes to be set apart and appropriated
for the support and maintenance of public schools
of the State, and shall constitute a part of the "public
school fund;" and that the alternate sections and fractional
sections reserved, set alart and appropriated as
aforesaid, shall not be subject to location, settlement or(467)
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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/m1/469/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .