The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 7 Page: 743

                                
Laws of the State of Texas.

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CHAPTER VI.
An Act to incorporate the Town of Gainesville, in Cooke
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That the citizens of the town of Gainesville, in
Cooke county, Texas, be and they are hereby declared to
be a body politic and corporate to be known by the name
and style of "The town of Gainesville;" and by that name,
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the courts
of this State; may have and use a corporate seal; and may
purchase, hold, and dispose of property of all kinds, real,
personal and mixed, in said town.
Sec. 2. That the limits of said corporation shall include
all that is embraced in the following boundary lines, to-wit:
Beginning one-half of one mile due north of the center of
the public square of said town of Gainesville, thence east onehalf
mile, thence south one mile, thence west one mile, thence
north one mile, thence east one-half of one mile to the beginning.
Sec. 3. That the presiding justice of the said county of
Cooke is hereby authorized to have said town laid off by
the county surveyor of said county, or by any practical surveyor,
whose duty it shall be to make notes defining its
limits, which said notes and survey shall be delivered to said
justice and by him filed in the office of the clerk of the
District Court of said county; and the said justice and surveyor
shall be paid such fees as the board of aldermen of
said town may allow them, for the services herein required
of them.
Sec. 4. That an election shall be held in said town on
the first Tuesday in April, 1873, and annually thereafter on
the first Tuesday in April in each year. At such election
shall be elected a mayor, five aldermen, a treasurer and a
marshal; and the persons elected shall continue in office one
year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 5. The first election under this act shall be ordered
by the presiding justice of said county of Cooke,
who shall give at least ten days' notice of such election,
by posting notices thereof in five public places within
the corporate limits of said town, and also by publish(743)