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Special Laws of the State of Texas: passed at the Session of the Fifteenth Legislature, begun and held At the City of Austin, April 18th, 1876
Compilation of special laws passed by the Fifteenth Legislature of Texas, including "An Act to incorporate the city of Dallas and to grant a new charter," passed August 9, 1876
[Dallas City Charter, 1871]
Original text of the charter to incorporate Dallas as a city of Texas, located in Dallas County. The document has 40 sections outlining the various aspects of governance and the city's relationship to the government of Texas. It was filed April 20, 1871 and officially signed and sealed by the Secretary of State on May 9.
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