Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 48
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- SEC. 4. L/e it uirt/her enacted, -T}iat the election for said
county seat, shall be conducted as elections fbr members so
Congress, nad the returns made to the Clief Justice within
ten days aitcer the election, who shIall publish the result ar(
declare t!le place receiving- the highest num-ber of votes lo ,be
the legal S-at of Justice tor said count, provided any oe:
place shall have received a'majority of tall the votes polled
at said election ; but in the event no one place shall have received
a majority as aforesaid, then and in that case, it shall
be the duty of the Chief Justice to proceed to order another
election, after giving notice as in the first instance, (putting
in nomination the two places that have received the greatest
number of votes,) which election shall be conducted and the
returns made as heretofore provided, alnd thee place then receiving
the highest number of votes, shall be declared the
County Scat of Justice ; provided, such selection shall not bie
more than twelve miles from the town of Mount Vernon.
SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That Win. W. Buster,
George W. Gentry, E. Roddey, James Farquhar, A. M. Lewis,
William Jackson, James Cooper and Joshua Grah-am, of
whom three may constitute a quormrn to do business, shall be,
and they are hereby appointed Commrissioners to l;y out and
sell lots if necessary, and to superintend the carrying out of
such propositions as may have been made in behalf of the
selected location, and report to the Cllief Justice whether or
not the bond containing propositions in favor of the said selected
place, shall have been strictly complied with by the
makers and obligors of the same.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That so soon as the county
buildings are received by the Commissioners and reported to
the Chief Jastice, the clerks of the District and County
Courts, sheriff and county surveyor, shall remove their offices
and. papers to the place selected as the County Seat, and
all courts thereafter shall be held at the said County Seat.
SEC. 7. Bc itfirther enacted, That this act take effect from.
and after its passage.
Approved, January 31st, 1S44.
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