Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 96
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and shall be issued to said McKinney and Williams, *rhe,.
ver they hall produce to said Commissioner-General of the
Land -O:ice a certificate, fArom Ilhe A(tlilor, that, as anplears
.troin hlis records, uo part (of sail cl:iiit tfr ifify-tf)ir itJousancd
f)our hlun(lred andl eight (oll1ar aunrl eleven 'cents, has' heretofore
been ;illowedl t.1 said McKinneyv and Williatis .
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, 'I'tlat the Saiit 1:indl-.csrip
shall be ist:e(l in qlfntities, not less than six ihund!ired! id
forty, an;i tllree hundred and twenty acres, andl shall'ie.. lo'
caitd, surveyel, tand patented, agreeable to the laws now in
force in the Republic. .
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said McKinney and
Williams s shall be authorized to surrentler to the Secretary of
the rl'ea'survy ;anv Iortionl of t;e b,)ds of the Government held
by them, provided, the sa:le shall not ex(eeed the amount advalmn(ed
Iy the sait. McKiruiey. and Williams, in par liiidls.
for the use o'lthe Government, to be dett'rmliined by t le Secretary
of the 'l Treasrvy, v: reference to thell recor.is of the nation,
anl receive, in lieu thereof; land-scrip, as provided in
tihe fi'regffoing (Setii 110s.
S'r:. 4. Be it frthar enacted, Tlhal the expenses of surveyinig
sai(l l;indls slhll be ipai(dl )v McKinney Land WVilliamn..
SEC 5. Be it ftulher enacted, 'That this act shall take etfect
firom iLs passage.
Approved February lth, 1844.
AN ACT
For the better security of Mechanics and othsa.
SroTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and Iuusce. of tprentat.tiv.s
of. het' Repiubiic ' o'1 ecafs in .Congrts a~.cmbled, ' hat
wIvrv mecha ic, wot klsnl, or ottlier person, doing or )erf1rmillg
.any work, or f.rlishing anly kind of materials, which a'e
usefl towardsl the erection, construction, or fiihisli'ig arty builh-'
ing erected under a. contract in writing, between the owner
and builder, dr other person, whether such work, or'materials,
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