that he received such notice, such fine to be paid into the county treasury and to be placed to the credit of the road and bridge fund of said county. If any owner of any farm shall fail or refuse, after being notified as herein required, to trim his hedge as required by this act, then the road overseer shall cause the same to be trimmed in accordance with the provisions of this act, to be paid out of the road and bridge fund.

SEC. 14. Each county commissioner, when acting as road commissioner and performing the duties imposed upon him by law or by the commissioners' court, shall be entitled to $2.00 per day for the services actually performed; provided, said sum to be paid him shall not exceed ($20.00) twenty dollars per quarter, which amount shall be paid out of the road and bridge fund when the account shall have been approved by the commissioners' court; and the court shall not approve said account unless the commissioner presenting it shall sign an oath, that the account is just, due and unpaid, and specifying the number of days of work and date of same actually performed by him, and that it was necessary to be done; and no commissioner shall be entitled to receive, either for himself or for his deputy while he is performing the duties of road commissioner, any additional pay in excess of ($20.00) twenty dollars per year for riding over and inspecting his roads.

SEC. 15. This act shall be taken notice of by all courts in the same manner as the General Laws of the State, and it shall be construed to be cumulative of all general laws of the State on the subject of roads and bridges, when not in conflict therewith; but in case of conflict this act shall control as to the county of Robertson.

[NOTE. The foregoing act was presented to the Governor of Texas for his approval on the twenty-third day of March, A. D. 1899, but was not signed by him nor returned to the house in which it originated with his objections thereto within the time prescribed by the Constitution, and thereupon became a law without his signature.-D. H. HARDY, Secretary of State.]

Takes effect 90 days after adjournment.

TAXES PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF LAND SOLD TO THE STATE.

An Act to extend the time within which lands heretofore sold, or which may be hereafter sold, to the State for taxes, under decree of court under the provisions of Chapter 42, Laws of 1895, and Chapter 103, Laws of 1897, may be redeemed; providing the manner of such redemption, and repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That the owner or any one having an interest in lands or lots heretofore sold to the State, or which may hereafter be sold to the State, for taxes under decree of court, as provided in the Acts of 1895, Chapter 42, and 1897, Chapter 103, shall have the right within two years from the taking effect of this act, to redeem the same upon payment of double the amount

of taxes, interest and penalty, for which sale was made, together with all costs adjudged against the land; provided, that at any time within twelve months from the taking effect of this act redemption may be made upon the payment of the amount of taxes, penalty and interest for which judgment has been rendered, with 6 per cent. interest thereon from date of judgment, and all costs adjudged against the land.

SEC. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. The fact that in many cases the time for redemption has expired, and there is now no law authorizing the redemption of property sold for taxes under decree of court, where two years from date of sale have elapsed, creates an emergency and imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and it is hereby suspended, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 21, nays 0; and passed the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote, yeas 98, nays 0.]

An Act for the better protection of the farmer in the purchase of commercial fertilizers and commercial poisons used for destroying boll worms and other pests.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: Before any commercial fertilizer or commercial poison, or any chemical mixture used as a commercial fertilizer or commercial poison such as london purple, arsenic, paris green, or any poison used for the purpose of destroying the boll worm, or other pests, are sold or offered for sale in this State, the manufacturer, agent, importer or party who sells or offers it for sale within this State shall deposit with the professor of chemistry of the Agricultural and Mechanical College a sealed tin can, bottle or jar, containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer or commercial poison offered for sale, with an affidavit that it is a fair sample taken from several barrels, boxes, sacks or from quantities in larger bulk of the article thus to be sold or offered for sale; provided, the unmixed substance, cotton seed meal, land plaster, salt, ashes, lime, green sand marl, uncrushed bones and animal excrements, shall be exempt from the operation of this law.

SEC. 2. The manufacturer, importer, vendor or agent of any commercial fertilizer, or commercial poison as referred to in Section 1 of this chapter, shall pay annually to the treasurer of the Agricultural and Mechanical College an analysis fee of fifteen dollars for each and every fertilizer or commercial poison sold, exposed or offered for sale within

this State. Such payment shall be made at the time the sample of fertilizer or commercial poison is submitted to the professor of chemistry for analysis.

SEC. 3. After the analysis fee has been paid, as provided for in Section 2 of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the professor of chemistry of the Agricultural and Mechanical College to analyze or have analyzed under his direction any sample of a commercial fertilizer or commercial poison in accordance with the requirements of the foregoing sections of this law. The professor of chemistry shall print the result of such analysis in the form of a label, which shall set forth the name of the manufacturer, the brand of the fertilizer, or commercial poison, and the essential ingredients contained in such fertilizer or commercial poison, viz.:

Available nitrogen and its equivalent in ammonia.

2. Soluble phosphoric acid; total available phosphoric acid. 3. Reverted phosphoric acid.

This, however, shall not preclude the professor of chemistry from setting forth any other ingredients which the fertilizer may contain. And he shall place upon each label the money value of such fertilizer or commercial poison, computed from its composition as he may determine. He shall furnish such labels in quantities of 500, or multiple thereof, at a cost of one dollar per one hundred, the money to be paid directly to the treasurer of the Agricultural and Mechanical College.

SEC. 4. Every box, barrel, keg or other package or quantity of commercial fertilizer or commercial poison (within the limitation of Section 1 of this law) in any shape or form sold or offered for sale in this State, shall have attached to it in a conspicuous place the label as provided for in Section 3 of this law, with the signature of the professor of chemistry attached.

SEC. 5. The professor of chemistry, or any duly authorized agent of his, is hereby authorized to select from any package of commercial fertilizer or commercial poison sold, or exposed for sale, in this State, a quantity not to exceed two pounds, for a sample to be used for the purpose of an official analysis, and for comparison with the sample furnished by the manufacturer, agent or vendor for official analysis.

SEC. 6. Any manufacturer, agent or vendor of any commercial fertilizer or commercial poison who shall offer or expose for sale any such fertilizer or commercial poison without having previously complied with the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than fifty and not more than five hundred dollars for each violation or evasion of this law.

SEC. 7. Any agriculturist or farmer, a purchaser of any commercial fertilizer or commercial poison in this State, may take a sample of the same under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the professor of chemistry of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, and forward the same to him for analysis, which analysis shall be made free of charge.

SEC. 8. The revenues accruing from the analysis fees and sale of labels as provided for in this chapter shall be expended by the board of directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the maintenance of the chemical department, and for such other purposes as they may determine.

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SEC. 9. A copy of the official analysis of any fertilizer or commercial poison or chemical certified to by the professor of chemistry shall be admissible as evidence in any court of this State, on the trial of any issue involving the merits of said fertilizer or commercial poison.

SEC. 10. Whereas, the fact that there is no law authorizing the analysis of commercial fertilizers and commercial poisons, or the testing of adulterated poison when used for the purpose of destroying the boll worm and other pests, and the better protection of the farmer, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, said rule is so suspended, and it is so enacted.

[NOTE. The enrolled bill shows that the foregoing act passed the Senate by a two-thirds vote, yeas 23, nays 0; and passed the House of Representatives by a two-thirds vote, yeas 88, nays 3.]

Approved March 25, 1899.

Became effective March 25, 1899.

MARRIAGES IN CASES OF SEDUCTION-AMENDING
ARTICLE 969, PENAL CODE.

An Act to amend Article 969, Chapter 3, Title 18, Penal Code, Revised Statutes of 1895, relating to marriages in cases of seduction.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas: That Article 969, Chapter 3, Title 18, Penal Code of the Revised Statutes of 1895, be amended so as to read as follows:

Article 969. If the parties marry each other at any time before the conviction of the defendant, or if the defendant in good faith offers to marry the female so seduced prior to the time he pleads to the indictment before a court of competent jurisdiction, no prosecution shall take place, or if begun it shall be dismissed; but the benefits of this article shall not apply to the case of a defendant who was in fact married at the time of committing the offense.

Approved March 25, 1899.

Takes effect 90 days after adjournment.

RAILROADS-FURNISHING CARS-AMENDS ARTICLES 4497 AND 4500, REVISED STATUTES.

An Act to amend Articles 4497 and 4500, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, of 1895, as originally enacted in 1887, relating to the furnishing of ears for the shipment of freight and the time within which the same shall be loaded.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:

SECTION 1. That Articles 4497 and 4500, of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, as revised in 1895, and originally enacted in 1887, be and the same are hereby amended so as to hereafter read as follows:

Article 4497. When the owner, manager or shipper of any freight of any kind shall make application in writing to any superintendent, agent or other person in charge of transportation, to any railway company, receiver or trustee operating a line of railway at the point the cars are desired upon which to ship any freight, it shall be the duty of such railway company, receiver, trustee or other person in charge thereof, to supply the number of cars so required, at the point indicated in the application within a reasonable time thereafter, not to exceed six days from the receipt of such application, and shall supply such cars to the persons so applying therefor, in the order in which such applications are made, without giving preference to any person; provided, if the application be for ten cars or less, the same shall be furnished in three days; and provided further, that if the application be for fifty cars or more, the railway company may have ten full days in which to supply the cars.

Article 4500. Such applicant shall, at the time of applying for such car or cars, deposit with the agent of such company one-fourth of the amount of the freight charge for the use of such cars, unless the said road shall agree to deliver said cars without such deposit. And such applicant shall, within forty-eight hours after such car or cars have been delivered and placed as herein before provided, fully load the same, and upon failure to do so, he shall forfeit and pay to the company the sum of twenty-five dollars for each car not used; provided, that where applications are made on several days, all of which are filled upon the same day, the applicant shall have forty-eight hours to load the car or cars furnished on the first application, and the next forty-eight hours to load the car or cars furnished on the next application, and so on; and the penalty prescribed shall not accrue as to any car or lot of cars applied for on any one day, until the period within which they may be loaded has expired. And if the said applicant shall not use such cars so ordered by him, and shall so notify the said company or its agent, he shall forfeit and pay to the said railroad company, in addition to the penalty herein prescribed, the actual damages that such company may sustain by the said failure of the applicant to use said cars.

SEC. 2. Whereas, under the present law, shippers are necessarily delayed and put to a great inconvenience for the want of a ready supply of cars, creates an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be sus