CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES TO ATTEND THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO BE HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE YEAR 1876. Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Texas, the House of Representatives concurring, Whereas, the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania has forwarded through the Governor of Texas to the Legislature of Texas, a joint resolution of the several assemblies of Pennsylvania, approved March 8, 1871, to-wit that the Governor and three persons appointed by him, William A. Wallace and James H. Webb, speakers of the Senate and House, with three members of each branch of the Legislature, to be appointed by the Speakers of the Senate and House respectively, shall be a Committee of Pennsylvania to co-operate with committees from other States and local committees, upon the subject of the Centennial Celebration at Philadelphia, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventysix, said committee to stand until that time, and to report at each intervening Legislature, and make such suggestions and recommendations from time to time to the Legislature as they may think proper and expedient in reference to such Centennial Celebration. Whereas, The Governor of Pennsylvania, in addition to the above resolution of the several assemblies of this State, also communicates the fact of the object of said appointment as follows: One of the most prominent objects of this resolution is to perfect the necessary preliminary organization at the earliest practicable date, and to gather all necessary information and material to facilitate the operations of the United States Board of Commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States, upon the recommendations of the Governors of the different States and Territories, in accordance with an act of Congress "to provide for celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of American independence by holding an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mines, in the city of Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six;" and, Whereas, In furtherance of this grand national object of a centennial anniversary celebration and international exhibition, the Governor of Pennsylvania urges the Legislature of Texas to appoint a special committee to co-operate with the committee of Pennsylvania, in conformity with the provisions of the joint resolution of that State; therefore, be it hereby Resolved, That the Governor of the State, with three persons to be appointed by him, the President of the Senate, with three Senators to be appointed by him, and the Speaker of the House, with three members of the House to be appointed by him, shall be a committee to co-operate with the committee of Pennsylvania in furtherance of the centennial celebration of 1876, with like power and authority as conferred upon special committee of Pennsylvania, in conformity with the joint resolution of its General Assembly, passed March 8, 1871. Approved November 29, 1871. ERRATA. Chapter XXVI, section 1, article 568, clause 9, line 1--"where" in lieu of "when." Chapter XXXII, section 4, line 9-" claims "in lieu of "claim." Chapter XXXIV, section 1, line 18-"owning" in lieu of "owing." Chapter XLIII, section 7, line 3-strike out "now" after "money." Also, section 8, line 2-insert "the" after "in command of." Also, section 8, line 4-"permanently" in lieu of "prematurely." Chapter XLVII, section 2, line 3-"fifteen" in lieu of "hfteen," Chapter LVIII, title-"SUPPLEMENTAL " in lieu of "SUAPLE MENTAL. LXIV, section 1, line 10-strike out "a" after "by." Chapter LXXVI, section 2, line 11-" by" in lieu of "be." THE STATE OF TEXAS, I, J. E. OLDRIGHT, Acting Secretary of State for the State of Texas, certify that the acts and resolutions contained in this volume are true copies, taken from the originals in the Department of State, with which they have been carefully compared. And I further certify that the adjourned session of the Twelfth Legislature of said State commenced at the city of Austin on Tuesday, the twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and adjourned sine die on Saturday, the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my named and have caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed at the city of Austin, this ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. J. E. OLDRIGHT, Acting Secretary of State. ACTION OF TRESPASS, to try titles to land, certified copies of deeds to be filed ADMINISTRATRIX, women may be appointed in certain cases. AD VALOREM, (see Taxes). APPEALS, Page 51 3 22 58 parties to civil suits may appeal to Supreme Court, from APPROPRIATIONS, to pay mileage and per diem of members and employés ... for contingent and printing expenses of Twelfth Legisla- ture.. for defraying the printing and contingent expenses of forty thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars ap- to pay principal and interest upon genuine interest-bear- 17 3 10 for printing rules of Supreme and District Courts, and 33 to defray expenses of Auditorial Board... |