CONTENTS. INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD-AUTHOR- CHAPTER I. S. B. No. 10.1-An Act to authorize the International & Great Northern Railroad Company to purchase, own and operate as a part of its line the railroad of the Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley Railroad Company, together with all the franchises and property incident or appertaining thereto; and to authorize the Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley Railroad Company to sell its said railroad, together with all the franchises and property incident or appertaining thereto to the International & Great Northern Railroad Company; and to authorize said International & Great Northern Railroad Company to issue and negotiate its bonds, secured or to be secured by mortgage or mortgages, subject to the laws of the State of Texas governing the issuance and negotiation of bonds by railroad companies; and to authorize said International & Great Northern Railroad Company to construct, own and operate as part of its line the unfinished portion of the railroad of said Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley Railroad Company, between the termini of the latter company as defined in its charter and amendments thereto, and to construct, own and operate as part of its line extensions and branches thereof under or as authorized in and by the charter of said International & Great Northern Railroad Company, or any amendment thereof made or to be made in pursuance of general laws of the State of Texas; to regulate reports of the property to be purchased from said Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley Railroad Company and the operation thereof, after the purchase thereof by said International & Great Northern Railroad Company; and to prescribe the conditions upon which said purchase and sale shall take effect and be dependent; and to authorize said companies to execute all necessary contracts, agreements and conveyances to accomplish said purchase and sale.. CONFEDERATE HOME-AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ITS INTER- CHAPTER II. S. B. No. 118.]-An Act to authorize the sale and release of all the interest which the State of Texas, or the Confederate Home situated in the city of Austin, or either of them, acquired under the last will of J. E. Allen, deceased, late of Hunt county, Texas, to certain lands situated in said county of Texas.... 1 4 SHERMAN-AMENDMENT TO CHARTER. CHAPTER III. H. B. No. 44.]--An Act to amend Sections 91, 93 and 176, of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Sherman, in Grayson county, Texas, and to fix the boundaries thereof, and to provide for its government, and the management of its affairs," passed by the 24th Legislature. 6 HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD-AUTHORIZED TO AND THEIR FRANCHISES. CHAPTER IV. H. B. No. 291.]-An Act to authorize the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company to purchase, own and operate the railroad of the Central Texas and Northwestern Railway Company, with its franchises and appurtenances; the railroad of the Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway Company, with its franchises and appurtenances: the Lancaster Tap Railroad, with its franchises and appurtenances; the railroad of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad Company, with its franchises and appurtenances, upon certain conditions; and the railroad of the Granite Mountain and Marble Falls City Railroad Company, with its franchises and appurte nances; or either or any of such railroads, with its or their franchises and appurtenances; and to authorize the owners of each of said railroads and its or their franchises and appurtenances to sell the same: to authorize said Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company to issue additional mortgage bonds to the amount of the value of the railways, franchises and appurtenances so purchased, and to the amount of the value of the railroad hereafter constructed by it under the provisions of this act as fixed or as the same may be fixed by the Railroad Commission of Texas: and to regulate the reports of such properties and the operations thereof; to provide for the dismissal without prejudice of the pending suit to forfeit the charter of the Austin and Northwestern Railroad Company; and to authorize the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company to construct, own, operate and maintain, or to amend its articles of incorporation so as to authorize it to construct, own, operate and maintain a railroad from a connection with the Austin and Northwestern Railroad in Burnet county to the town of Lampasas. SAN PATRICIO-REPEALING INCORPORATION OF. CHAPTER V. S. B. No. 253.]-An Act to repeal an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of San Patricio, in San Patricio county, Texas," approved February 7, 1853.. MARY E. BATCHELOR-GRANTED RELIEF. CHAPTER VI. S: B. No. 100.]—An Act for the relief of Mary E. Batchelor, widow of James W. Batchelor FORT WORTH-GRANTING IT A NEW CHARTER. CHAPTER VII. H. B. No. 316.]—An Act to incorporate the city of Fort Worth and to grant a new charter to said city.... AUSTIN-GRANTING IT A NEW CHARTER. CHAPTER VIII. H. B. No. 347.]-An Act to incorporate the city of Austin, to grant it a new charter; and to fix its boundaries... 7 11 12 13 60 TEXAS, SABINE VALLEY & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO., AUTHORITY TO SELL PROPERTY CHAPTER IX. S. B. No. 273.]-An Act to authorize the Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern Railway Company, the Texas & Sabine Valley Railway Company and the Marshall, Tinipson & Sabine Pass Railroad Company, or either of them, or any two of them, to sell their railroads, together with all their property, franchises and rights, incident or appertaining thereto, to any railroad corporation to be chartered for the purpose of building and constructing a railroad from either the terminus of the Texas & Sabine Valley Railway at Boren, in Panola county, Texas, by way of Teneha, in Shelby county, Texas, through the counties of Panola, Shelby, San Augustine, Jasper, Orange and Jefferson, in Texas, to some point in Texas on the Gulf of Mexico, or from the terminus of the Marshall, Timpson & Sabine Pass Railroad at Timpson, Shelby county, Texas, through the counties of Shelby, San Augustine, Jasper, Orange and Jefferson, in Texas, to some point in Texas on the Gulf of Mexico, and from the terminus of the Texas, Sabine Valley & Northwestern Railway at Longview, in Gregg county, Texas, through the counties of Gregg, Upshur, Camp, Wood, Franklin, Hopkins, Delta and Lamar, in Texas, to some point on the line between Texas and the Indian Territory, and to authorize the new company to purchase the railroads, property, rights and franchises of either one, two, or all of said railway companies; the purchasing company to assume all the obligations of the selling companies except their bonded indebtedness, and to prescribe the conditions and terms of the sale, and to authorize the selling companies to execute all necessary contracts, agreements and conveyances to accomplish the purchase and sale, and to allow the purchasing company to build and construct branch lines to its line of railway by amendments to its charter in accordance with law.. DALLAS-AMENDMENT TO CHARTER. CHAPTER X. S. B. No. 258.]—An Act to amend the charter of the city of Dallas entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Dallas and to grant it a new charter," approved May 9th, 1899, as amended by an act entitled "An Act to amend Sections 12, 56, 77, 119 and 120 of "An Act to incorporate the city of Dallas, and to grant it a new charter, approved May 9, 1899, passed by the First Called Session of the Twenty-sixth Legislature, and to provide a just and effective law for making necessary street improvements and paying the cost of the same, by adding to said city charter of the city of Dallas, Sections la to 30a inclusive, and by repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict with such added sections, and to declare an emergency. BRYAN-AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN LANDS. CHAPTER XI. H. B. No. 484.1-An Act to authorize the city of Bryan to dispose of certain public grounds within said city... GALVESTON-GRANTING IT A NEW CHARTER. CHAPTER XII. H. B. No. 224.]—An Act to incorporate the city of Galveston and to grant it a new charter; and to repeal all pre-existing charters.. 104 |