Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 29
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of land, unless obtained by donation, which selection shall be
made without rega:rr to the provisions of the act tbr the removal
of' the County Seats of Justice, approved May tlie
ninth, one thousands eilht hundred and thirty-eight, and ulon
which l te Seat of Justice shall be located; provided, always,
that the Commissioners appointed by this act, shall not have
power to ol)ligale the county to pay more than two dollars,
per acre, for any lands, purchased by them, under the authority
() this ;act, and thle amount, so obligated, shall be paid
by tlhe county treasulrv.
SEC. 2. Be itft.rther enacted, That the said Commissioners
be, alnd they are hereby authorized and empowered, so soon
after the selection of saidI County Seat, as practicable, to have
the same surveyed in lots of convenient sizes, and after advertizing
the sale, in some public newspaper, for at least thirty
days, to sell, at public auction, any number thereof, not exceeding
one half the whole number of lots ; and the said Comrissioners,
are, hereby, required to appropriate the proceeds,
arising from the sale ot said lots, after paying the necessary
expenses of purchasing, surveying &c., to tte erection of a
Court-house, Jail and such other public buildings as they
may deem necessary and proper.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the said
County Commissioners shall have procured a house, the
place, so selected, for the purpose of holding courts in, upon
information of the same being given to the Chief Justice of
said county, he shall require the clerks of the different courts
immediately to remove all the records, documents and papers
of their respective offices, to the place selected, as afiresaid,
at the expense of the county; and succeeding courts
shall be holden at the said selection; provided, however, that
the removal of the different offices shall not be made till after
the next spring term of the District Court shall be holden at
the place, fixed by the former laws.
SEC. 4. Be it filrther enacted, That the county site ot said
county of Austin, when located, according to the provisions
of this act, shall be called and knoyvn, by the name of Kuykendall.SEC. 5. Be it frtherenacted, That all the ands, procured
under the provisions of this act, and the proceeds, arising
therefrom, shall be under the control and at the disposal of
the Commissioners of Roads and Revenue.
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