The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 445
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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er carriages for the conveyance of persons for hire and all carts,
wagons and drays, for the carriage of goods, or other articles for
hire, subject however, to such restriction as the said mayor and
city council shall by ordinance direct, and that any person selling
spiritous or vinous liquors by retail, or otherwise disposing of it in
contravention of any ordinance; keeping a boarding house, tavern
or lodging house for hire; driving or owning any coach, or carriage,
for the. conveyance of any person for hire, or any cart or dray, or
other carriage, for the conveyance of any goods or other articles
for hire,-within the said city, without such license from the said
mayor, shall for every such offense, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars,
to be recovered in any court having cognizance thereof, one
half to the use of the mayor, aldermen and inhabitants, and the
other half to the use of any person who shall sue for the same, and
the mayor shall be entitled to recover for every warrant or com-mission
by him issued to any officer appointed by him, and for
every license by him granted, the sum of two dollars and a-half,
and also shall receive the additional recompense for his services,
as is fixed in the third section of this act; the mayor shall superintend
the police of said city, and make regulations for the watchmen
and guard; he shall take care that the laws of said corporation be
duly executed; he shall call meetings of the council whenever the
affairs of the city shall require, and no order or resolution of the
city council for the disposal of any public property, or the payment
of any monies, shall have any force, if the same be objected to within
twenty-four hours after the passage thereof by the mayor, unless
two-tlirds of the said council agree to pass the same notwithstanding
such objection; and for that purpose, all such resolutions shall
be sent by the said council, to the mayor immediately after the
same be passed.
Sec 15. Be it further enacted, That no members of said city
council shall be appointed to any employment or office under the
said corporation, which shall have been created, or the emoluments
whereof shall have been increased by the council during the time
for which he shall have been elected.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That the city council be,
and is hereby authorised to affix all kinds of fines, not exceeding
the sum of one hundred dollars, as the case may require, for every
offence against the by-laws and ordinances, which they are
empowered to make, or have already made, pursuant to the said
powers, the whole to be recovered by the Treasurer of the city
before all judges or justices having cognizance thereof, and in
case of nonpayment of the said fine or penalty the party sentenced
to it. shall be subject to be committed to jail, until he has satisfi(445)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/449/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .