Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas

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Telegraph Office, 1893 - Law
 

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Page 122 - ... shall be referred • to the same committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
Page 63 - Such justice shall thereupon issue a warrant directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county, commanding him to take...
Page 61 - ... as may be, without favor or affection, malice or hatred, and to the best of my skill and knowledge. So help me God.
Page 182 - A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of the state to establish and make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of an efficient system of public free schools.
Page 7 - Whereas, it is provided by section 13 of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1891, entitled, "An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights...
Page 115 - ... of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 6 - That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with any of the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
Page 87 - A bell of at least thirty pounds weight or a steam whistle shall be placed on each locomotive engine, and shall be rung or whistled at the distance of at least eighty rods...
Page 105 - Legislature, and the importance of this legislation, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity demanding the suspension of the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, and said rule is hereby suspended, and this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
Page 116 - Court when the matter in controversy shall exceed $500, and not exceed $1,000, exclusive of interest, but shall not have jurisdiction of suits for the recovery of land. They shall have appellate jurisdiction in cases civil and criminal of which Justices...

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