The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 317
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Minutes of the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin 317
2d. Relative to the height, quality and construction of all
fences of fields, pastures, p.ens, or other lots.
3d. Relative to, the roads and public bridges of the jurisdic-
tion, specifying the manner of establishing and laying them off,
opening and completing them, either by means of a tax in money,
or by the personal labor of the inhabitants, divided in just and
equitable proportions according to the circumstances.
4th. Relative to the timber and woods belonging to the conm-
mons of the town, and fining those who. cut wood from them,
without permission from the corporation.
5th. Relative to ferries over the rivers, where it is necessary to
keep boats; granting licenses to individuals to establish them, sub-
ject to .such rules and instructions as the ayuntamiento may make
on the subject.
6th. Relative to the firing of the prairies or woods to the prej-
udice or injury of individuals.
7th. Relative to, the appointment, duties, and emolument of
the public surveyors of the municipality, to: survey scientifically
the public roads, also, the streets, public squares and lots of towns,
according to their original plans; and, also, all tracts or portions
of land which may be sold by the inhabitants to each other, in
order to prevent titles or deeds for land, from being made be-
tween individuals, without a previous scientific survey, by a sur-
veyor appointed for that purpose, who shall be responsible for the
exact and faithful discharge of his duties; because, without this
precaution, there will be numberless sales and transfers of land
between individuals, with the limits designated by imaginary
lines, without being measured or marked; the inevitable result of
which, must be confusion and litigation, in future, between ad-
joining proprietors; and it being the duty of the ayuntamiento to
watch over the interests of the inhabitants, and the tranquility
of the municipality, it should particularly do so by the appoint-
ment of municipal surveyors, and the regulation of their duties.
8th. Relative to the extermination of wolves, tigers and other
animals of prey; and prohibiting the useless destruction of deer
and buffalo.
9th. Relative to horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, etc.
that have strayed off from their owners.
10th. Relative to tippling shops, taverns, drunkenness and
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918, periodical, 1918; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101073/m1/323/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.