Odd Fellows," be and the same is hereby created a corporation under the name and style of Waco Lodge, No. 70, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with a capacity in said corporate name, to make contracts; to have a succession and a common seal; to sue and be sued; to plead and be impleaded; to make by-laws for the government and regulation of the same; and by said corporate name shall be capable of acquiring, holding, selling and conveying property, real, personal and mixed, and to do and perform any and all such acts as may be necessary or proper for, or incident to the fulfillment of its rights under the laws and in accordance with the constitution of the State of Texas, and the United States.

SEC. 2. That the object for which this corporation is created, is for charitable and benevolent purposes.

SEC. 3. That the place of business of this corporation shall be at Waco, McLennan county, Texas.

SEC. 4. That this corporation have perpetual succession. SEC. 5. That this corporation shall have three trustees, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum and be competent to fill vacancies in the board, and to transact all business of the corporation; said trustees shall be elected annually, and at such time and place as the by-laws of the corporation may require, and said trustees shall choose one. of their number president, and shall appoint a secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem necessary for the corporation. The trustees may adopt by-laws for the government of the corporation; but such by-laws may be altered, changed or amended by a majority vote of the members of the corporation at any election or special meeting, ordered for that purpose by the trustees, on a written application of a majority of the members, and until the first general election of trustees as herein provided for. M. D. Herring, S. A. Killough and S. W. Mabry are hereby created and appointed trustees, with all powers, duties and rights imposed on trustees by the laws of this State and this charter, to hold and exercise the functions of said appointment until the first general election of trustees as herein provided for.

SEC. 6. That the corporation may convey lands by deed, sealed with the common seal of the corporation and signed by the president, or the presiding member or trustee of said corporation. Any such deed, when acknowledged by such officer to be the act of the corporation, or proved in the

manner prescribed for other conveyances of land, may be recorded in like manner and with the same effect as other deeds. This corporation shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the corporation, and may execute bonds or promissory notes therefor; and may pledge the property and income of the corporation.

SEC. 7. That this charter be in force and take effect from and after the date of its passage. Approved January 26, 1874.

CHAPTER VII.

An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Brenham, and to grant a new Charter to said City," approved February 4, 1873.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That it shall be the duty of the city council, at least forty days before any general election to be held for city officers, to appoint a registrar, whose duty it shall be to register the qualified voters of the city of Brenham, and who shall before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take the constitutional oath as provided for other officers.

SEC. 2. That at least thirty-five days before any general annual election hereafter to occur, the registrar shall give at least five days notice of the times and places he will attend in person in each ward, for the purpose of registering the voters of such ward; said notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper, if one be published in the city, and by posted notices in at least three public places in each ward. The books for registration shall be kept open at least three days in each ward; and after the registration in the wards shall have closed, the registrar shall register at the city hall, all persons entitled to vote, up to within three days of the election.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the registrar to enter upon the registration list of each ward of the city the name of any person, resident in such ward, and entitled to vote therein; and for willfully or corruptly refusing to register any person lawfully entitled to register, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be

fore any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not less. than one hundred ($100) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars.

SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the city council to furnish the registrar with suitable books in which to register the voters of each ward separately; and the registrar shall three days before the election turn over to the city council said books with the names of the voters therein as registered.

SEC. 5. The registrar shall be entitled to a fee of ten cents for each name registered or rejected by him, to be paid by the city, for which the city council shall make the necessary appropriation.

SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the board of aldermen to revise the lists of registered voters and to erase from said lists the name of any person that may appear from competent testimony to have been improperly registered or dead, or otherwise disqualified since his registration; and to add to said list the name of any person who may be entitled to vote, and shall furnish a satisfactory excuse for not registering before the registrar. For the purpose of revising the list of voters, the board shall sit at least two hours on each of the three days preceding the election, and on the last day when the duties of revision are over, they shall certify to the correctness of the list as delivered to them by the registrar, naming the exceptions or any changes that may have been made by them, and stating the last number of the list.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to furnish a certified copy of the list of voters in each ward to the judges of election of each ward on the morning of the election before the opening of the polls; and in no case shall the original list of registered voters be used.

SEC. 8. No person shall be entitled to vote unless his name appears upon the list of registered voters; and when a person has voted, the presiding officer having charge of the list, shall mark opposite the name of the person voting the letter "V," and in no case shall the same list be used at any two elections.

SEC. 9. That all registrations heretofore made of the voters of the city of Brenham, the same be and are hereby declared null and void and of no effect.

SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 26, 1874.

CHAPTER VIII.

An Act to amend "An Act to incorporate the City of Jefferson, in Marion County, and to repeal all laws heretofore passed incorporating said city, or amendatory thereof," approved April 15, 1873.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section three of said act shall hereafter read as follows: "Section 3. The municipal affairs of said city shall be administered by a mayor and eight aldermen, who shall compose the city council; a clerk of the city, treasurer, chief of police, city attorney, recorder and policemen, the number thereof to be fixed by the city council, as well as their duties, salaries and fees; provided, the mayor shall be ex-officio recorder, and the clerk of the city shall be collector of taxes, and the treasurer shall be the assessor of taxes, and the chief of police shall be ex-officio street commissioner; and the clerk and treasurer shall be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the duties of their said offices, payable to the mayor of the city of Jefferson, in such sum as shall be provided by the mayor and aldermen and to be approved by them."

SEC. 2. That section four of said act shall hereafter read as follows: "Sec. 4. That the officers above named shall receive the following annual salaries, to be paid monthly in United States currency: mayor, eighteen hundred dollars; aldermen, two dollars for each meeting; city attorney, twelve hundred dollars; clerk of the city, twelve hundred dollars; treasurer, one thousand dollars; chief of police, twelve hundred dollars, and such fees as may be allowed him by law, or by the city council; provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall not be operative until after the next election of officers for said city."

SEC. 3. That the mayor, when acting as recorder, shall have all the power conferred upon the recorder by section twenty of the act of which this is an amendment; and shall, when so acting, sign all official papers as mayor and ex-officio recorder of the city of Jefferson; and shall also have the right, when any person has been convicted of any offense and fined, and shall refuse to pay the fine, or shall be unable to pay the same, to require such person to work upon the streets or other public works under the supervision of the chief of police, at the rates of

one dollar per day until said fine and all cost shall be discharged.

SEC. 4. That the mayor and board of aldermen shall appoint, twenty days before an election for mayor and aldermen, a city registrar, who shall register all the persons who are entitled to vote at said election, and who shall be governed by the same laws that the registrar for the county is, and shall be entitled to the same fees, to be paid by the city, and who shall furnish a list of all persons entitled to vote to the officers who hold the election at every place of voting.

SEC. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be repealed, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the twenty-seventh day of January, 1874, at eleven o'clock and eleven minutes A. M., and was not signed by him or returned to the house in which it originated, with his objections thereto, within the time prescribed by the constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature.-A. W. DEBERRY, Secretary of State.]

CHAPTER IX.

An Act authorizing the County Court of Tyler County to levy a Special Tax for certain purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the county court of Tyler county shall have power, at a regular session thereof, to levy a special tax upon all property subject to taxation in said county, for the purpose of repairing the courthouse and jail thereof, and also to pay the outstanding indebtedness of said county; provided, that the tax herein authorized to be levied shall not exceed in any one year one-half the amount of the tax levied by the State on such property so subject to taxation.

SEC. 2. That said special tax shall be apportioned and collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of the State tax; and when collected, said tax shall be paid