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

Cemetery, who shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly, upon the warrant of the Comptroller.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Sexton and Keeper to superintend all interments in said Cemetery, to take care of and protect said grounds and the timber thereon, the graves and their enclosures from waste and depredation; and that these resolutions be in force from their passage.

Approved November 13th, 1866.

NUMBER 21.

JOINT RESOLUTION, in relation to the location of the State University.

WHEREAS, by a recent act of the Eleventh Legislature of the State of Texas, twenty-five leagues of land were reserved for the establishment and endowment of another University, contradistinguished from the "University of the State of Texas;" And Whereas, the increasing population of the State, its vast extent, and the absence of the necessary facilities of travel, render it important that this University be located-Therefore,

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, 1st, That A. M. Perkins, of Jasper county, J. H. Starr, of Nacogdoches county, James Grayham, of Lamar county, Mont. Hall, of Harrison county, I. L. Camp, of Upshur county, D. W. Jones, of Titus county, W. B. Dashiell, of Kaufman county, W. K. Marshall, of Rusk county, J. K. Bumpass, of Collin county, Dr. Cooper, of Panola county, Wm. Moore, of Bowie county, M. H. Bonner, of Cherokee county, J. M. Perry, of Anderson county, and J. C. Hardin, of Smith county, be and the same are hereby created a Board of Administrators of said University.

2d. That the Board so appointed shall hold office for a period of four years, and shall, as soon as practicable, select a suitable site for the location of the University, in a different section of the State from the situation of the "University of the State of Texas."

3d. That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated from the University funds, and set apart for defraying the necessary expenses of said board, while in the discharge of their official duties, five dollars per day being the maximum allowed each member while on duty. 41 T

4th. This University, so located, shall be known and designated as the "East Texas University." Approved November 13, 1866.

NUMBER 22.

JOINT RESOLUTION, in relation to Contingent Expenses of the Eleventh Legislature.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That the Comptroller shall prepare, for publication, statements of the contingent expenses of the two Houses of the Eleventh Legislature, which statement shall be published as an appendix to the Journals of the two Houses; separate statements shall be prepared and published of each House.

SEC. 2. That this Resolution shall take effect from its

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NUMBER 23.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That His Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby requested to appoint eight administrators, by and with the consent of the Senate, who, with the Governor and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall constitute a Board of Administrators of the University of Texas, as provided for in Section 3d of the Act of February 11th, 1858,

SEC. 2. That the administrators of the University shall, at as early a time as practicable, after their appointment, select a suitable site for the University, and take such other steps as by law they may be empowered to do, to establish and carry into effect the provisions of the act providing for the establishment of the University of the State of Texas.

SEC. 3. That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, to defray the expenses of the administrators in locating said University, the same to be expended under the direction of the Governor, and to be taken from the University fund...

Approved November 13, 1866.

STATE DEPARTMENT,

Austin, Texas, 18th Dec., 1866. }

I CERTIFY that the Session of the Eleventh Legislature of the State of Texas begun its session, at the City of Austin, on MONDAY, the 6th day of August, A. D., 1866, and adjourned on MONDAY, 13th day of November, of the same year.

I FURTHER CERTIFY, that the Acts and Joint Resolutions, passed at said session, contained in this volume, are true copies, taken from the original Rolls deposited in this Department, with which they have been carefully compared.

GIVEN under my hand and official Seal, the day

and date above written.

JNO. A. GREEN,

Secretary of State.

ERRATA.

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