The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 40
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
pective jurisdictions, and to examine into their mode and manner
of living, and where no visible means can be found sufficient
for the support of such individuals, or where no proper exertions
are made by the party defendant to obtain an honest livelihood,
they shall be adjudged to work for the public, thirty days for the
first offence, sixty days for the second, and one year for the third
offence, or receive thirty-nine lashes on his bare back.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 10, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
AN ACT
To repeal an act entitled an act "to encourage Steam Navigation."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That an act to encourage
steam navigation, (approved December eighteenth eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven,) be and the same is hereby repealed;
and that in future all steam packets or freight vessels propelled
by steam shall pay the same tonnage and other port charges is
other vessels do.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 10, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
AN ACT
For the better defining the Dividing Line between the Counties
of Austin and Fort Bend, West of the Brazos.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the dividing line(40)
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