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54 TEXAS ALMAlAC.
SEc. 9. Be it further ordained, That no court of this State shall take cognizance
of any suit or suits against any county of this State, to-recover any debt contract.
ed or incurred by any of said counties in support of the late civil war; nor shall
the people of any county in said State be taxed to pay any such debts.
SEC. 10. Be it further ordained, That no suit or criminal action shall be main-
tained in the courts of this State, for any taxes or duties of any kind, received or
collected since the 2d day of March, 1861, and prior to the 5th day of August, 1865;
and all sales of property for taxes between said dates are hereby annulled and. set
aside.
SEc. 11. Be it further ordained, That nothing in this or any other ordinance of
this Convention contained shall prejudice the right of the State of Texas to recover
any United States bonds, or the value thereof, or money or property of any descrip-
tion, which may have been obtained under contracts, or pretended contracts, or
otherwise improperly.
SEC. 12. Be it further ordained, That the following acts of the Legislature of
Texas, having had relation to a state of civil war, are hereby annulled, and all pro-
ceedings thereunder, now pending, are hereby annulled, to wit:
First. An act entitled "An Act to exclude from office, serving on juries, taking
or holding property, and from the right of suffrage, all persons who take the alien
oath, leave our country to avoid the service, or who join the enemy, or in any wise
give them aid and comfort." Approved 5th March, 1863.
Second. An act entitled "An Act to punish persons who evade, or assist in
evading, the conscript laws of the Confederate States of America." Approved
March 6th, 1863.
Third. An act entitled "An Act to authorize the use of the jails of the several
counties for-the custody of deserters and other offenders under military law." Ap-
proved November 27th, 1863.
Fourth. An act entitled "An Act to aid Enrolling Officers in discharge of their
duties." Approved December 11th, 1863.
Fifth. An act entitled "An Act supplementary to and amendatory of an act to
adopt and establish a Penal Code." Approved December 14th, 1863.
Sixth. An act entitled "An Act to amend an act to define and punish sedition,
and to prevent the dangers which may arise from persons disaffected to the State."
Approved December 16th, 1863.
Seventh. "An Act to define and punish the crime of disloyalty to the State of
Texas." Approved December 16th, 1863.
Eighth. An act entitled "An Act to prescribe the punishment for encouraging
desertions from the army or navy of the Confederate States or the State of Texas."
Approved December 16th, 1863.
AN ORDINANCE,
SECRC G THE COOMMON SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY FUND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTIo. 1. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Tezas, in Convention assem-
bled, That the Legislature, at its first session, shall provide for issuing coupon bonds
of the State for the 5.per cent United States bonds and interest transferred from
the University fund to the State Revenue account, in February, 1860; and when
issued they shall be placed in the Treasury to the credit of said fund.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordained, That all 5 per cent United States bonds and
coupons transferred from the Common School fund since the 28th of January, 1861,
that are in the possession of, or may be recovered by the State, shall be secured to
said fund; and any portion of said bonds or coupons that may be use' for thepay-
utent of the direct tax due the United States, shall be secured by coupon bonds or
the State, and placed to the credit of said fund; and the Legislature of the State
is hereby directed to carry this section into effect.
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/56/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.