Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 10
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tricts, without the venue shall be changed to some other
County, and each Clerk shall keep the necessary seals of Office,
at the different places of holding the Courts in said
County.
SEC. 9. Be it further acted, 'That all the acts of the
Chief Justices of the Northern Division of Liberty, and the
District of Mlenard, of said County of Liberty, in the appointment
of Executors, Executrix's, adminisitators or administratrix's,
Guardians, and the granting of letters testamentary,
and their settlenmerts with the same, either final or partial,
agreeable to the then existing laws of the Republic, as well
as all the acts of the Executor, Executrix, administrator or
;admninistratrix, or guardians, agreeable and in conrlformity with
said existing laws of' the Republic, shall be valid and of
binding effect, and in all cases where final settlement, bv
such persons, had not been made, it shall be the duty of such
Executor, Executrix, administrator, administratrix or Guardian,
to make settlement with the Chief Justice of Liberty
County, and it shall be the duty of said Chief Justice, of
said County, upon the application of such Executor, or Executrix,
administrator or administratrix, for re-appoirntment,
without good cause shown to the contrary, to make such reappointment,
upon their entering into bond and security, as
the law directs.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all marriages, solemnizedi
under license from the Clerk of the County Court of
said Northern Division, anid Menard Districts, and celebrated
by persons who were, otherwise, legally authorized to celebrate
the rights of matritr;oiy, but who had been elected or
appointed, under the organization of said Districts, or such
other person as was by law a;uthorlized to celebrate the rights
of matrimotny , h,-iall be held t be of' legal and binding effect,
frorn the periO t \hen they were thus solemnized, and all the
issue of suc' 2 :;i: rianes, are, here bv,declared to be legitimate.
SEC. 11. , farJher enacted, That all deeds, and other
instrumenels )t' wvritirng, which have been duly proven before
the proper ofii:e s of justice of such Districts, or other legal
ofltcers, and filed for record, with the Clerk of the County
Court of said Distticts, shall have, from the time, thus filed,
the salne legal validity and effect, as if duly proven and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of
Liberty County, saNving, however, to judgment creditors land
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Texas (Republic). Eighth Congress. Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas., book, 1844; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45348/m1/10/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .