to pay to the said company the sum of five dollars and costs of suit, recoverable before any justice of the peace as in other cases.

SEC. 5. That no other toll bridge shall be constructed across Lake Fork within three miles above and three miles below said` bridge, and that said bridge shall be completed within two years from and after the passage of this act.

SEC. 6. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Passed October 16, 1871.

The foregoing act, received in the office of Secretary of State October twenty-six, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, having been presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, has become a law without his approval.

JAMES P. NEWCOMB,
Secretary of State.

CHAPTER XXXI.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE COLORADO FIRE COMPANY NUMBER TWO, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That C. F. Millett, J. S. Barnard, John A. Cunningham and C. M. Schutze, of the county of Travis and State of Texas, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the Colorado Fire Company No. 2, and by that name shall have succession and be capable of suing and being sued; of defending and being defended in any of the courts of this State; to acquire, hold and sell property, real, personal and mixed, not to exceed in value ten thousand dollars; may use a corporate seal, and may alter and change the same at their pleasure; may contract and be contracted with, and make all rules and by-laws that may be necessary for the govern ment of the company, and have and exercise all the powers and rights generally incident to such companies.

SEC. 2. That said company shall have power, by their constitution and by-laws, to suspend, expel, or fine not to exceed, in any one

instance, the sum of five dollars, any of its members for neglect of duty or for violation of the constitution and laws of said company. SEC. 3. That the members of said company shall never be less than twenty nor more than fifty in number.

SEC. 4. That the members of the company who shall have served therein for one year shall be exempt from militia duty and service as jurymen, except in capital cases.

SEC. 5. That neither the company nor its members shall be liable in damages or otherwise for property destroyed or injured by the company while in the discharge of their duties as firemen.

SEC. 6. That all property of the company shall be exempt from taxation for State or county purposes.

SEC. 7. That this act take effect and be in force from and after

The foregoing act, received in the office of Secretary of State October twenty-six, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, having been presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the House in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution, has become a law without his approval.

JAMES P. NEWCOMB,.
Secretary of State.

CHAPTER XXXII.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE INDIANOLA COLORED BENEVOLENT

SOCIETY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That Stephen Williams, Peter Thaupe, Jacob Harris, Philip Jones, Banister Prior, Edward Peyton, of Indianola, county of Calhoun, together with their associates and successors, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, for benevolent purposes, to be exercised in taking care of the aged, infirm, indigent and sick, and for providing for the orphan children of theiro wn race, under the name and style of the Indianola Colored Benevolent Society, and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, of defending and being defended in any of the courts of this State; of

acquiring and holding estate, real, personal and mixed, and of encumbering, selling, or otherwise alienating the same, as said society may deem expedient; provided, the amount of property held by said corporation shall, at no time exceed one hundred thousand dol

lars.

SEC. 2. That said corporation shall elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, together with such other officers as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of carrying out the objects and purposes of the society, to be provided for by their by-laws.

SEC. 3. That said corporation shall have power to enact such by-laws, rules and regulations for its government as do not conflict with the Constitution and laws of this State, and may also adopt a common seal.

SEC. 4. That said Indianola Colored Benevolent Society be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to create, by charter or dispensation, other benevolent societies, within this State, for like objects and purposes; and such other benevolent societies, when created, shall be subordinate to and under the general government and control of the Indianola Colored Benevolent Society, and said Indianola Colored Benevolent Society may enact all such constitutions, regulations and rules as they may deem proper for the government of such subordinate benevolent societies.

SEC. 5. That said corporation shall have full power to fix the terms of all its officers, and provide by their by-laws for the manner of electing them.

SEC. 6. That this charter shall continue as long as said society shall confine itself to the objects and purposes for which it is created, but shall not exceed the term of fifty years from and after the passage of this act.

SEC. 7. That this act take effect from and after its passage.
Approved October 18, 1871.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE FORT WORTH MASONIC INSTITUTE NO. 148, A. F. AND A. MASONS, AT FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the officers and members of the Fort Worth Masonic Lodge No. 148, A. F. and A. Masons, and their successors and

future associates, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name and style of Fort Worth Masonic Lodge No. 148, A. F. and A. Masons, and by that name shall be capable of acquiring, holding, selling and conveying property, real, personal or mixed; provided, the same shall not exceed in value at any one time the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and they may establish and manage institutions of learning in the usual manner, and under such rules and regulations as as they may think proper to make, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas.

SEC. 2. That said corporation may, by the name and style aforesaid, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in all suits, actions, demands, pleas or complaints of any character, in any court of law or equity within this State.

SEC. 3. That the said corporation may have a common seal, may make, repeal or change a constitution and by-laws for their government, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, and shall in general have and exercise all rights, privileges and immunities by law incident to and commonly enjoyed by corporations of like kind, for and during the term of twenty-five years.

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SEC. 4. That in any suit or other proceeding against the said corporation, service of process, or of notice, or of any other papers be made by delivering to any officer of the corporation a copy thereof duly certified, and the officer or other person serving the same shall state in his return the officer of the corporation upon whom it was served, naming him.

SEC. 5. That any deed of conveyance duly signed and executed by the officers of said corporation, in pursuance of a resolution authorizing the same, shall be deemed valid in law, and shall have the same force and effect as any other deed of conveyance.

SEC. 6. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved October 18, 1871.

WHEREAS, The board of land commissioners for Red River county did, on the seventh day of March, 1842, issue to George Cox conditional certificate No. 199, class fourth, for three hundred and

twenty acres of land; and the board of land commissioners for Dallas county, on the twelfth day of January, A. D. 1847, issued to said George Cox unconditional certificate No. 6, fourth class, for three hundred and twenty acres of land by virtue of the aforesaid conditional certificate No. 199; and

Whereas, the clerk of the board of land commissioners of Dallas county did omit to insert the names of the witnesses in his report of said unconditional certificate No. 6, fourth class, but reported the samé correctly in all other respects, for which omission the commissioner of claims did suspend the issuance of patent on said unconditional certificate No. 6, fourth class; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be authorized and required to issue to George Cox, or to his legal representative, a patent for three hundred and twenty acres of land by virtue of unconditional certificate No. 6, class fourth, issued to said Cox by the board of land commissioners of Dallas county on the twelfth day of January, A. D. 1847.

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SEC. 2. That this act take effect and be in force from and after passage.

Approved October 18, 1871.

CHAPTER XXXV.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TEXAS STOCKRAISING COMPANY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That William F. Shaffer, R. R. Robertson, William C. Wagley, U. P. Turner, A. T. Morris, Charles Termis and James Sykes, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, with full power in their corporate name, towit: the Texas Stockraising Company, to make contracts of every description necessary to the furtherance of the objects of said organization; to purchase and hold, sell and convey property, both personal and real, to execute and take leases, mortgages and trusts, and all other instruments necessary to the furtherance of the object of their said association; to buy and sell cattle, horses, etc., and have and record a brand or brands, and to do and perform all other things necessary in the transaction of their business; to take and receive grants or gifts, to have succession and a common seal, to