the first class shall be: For paper, white and cover, per ream, nine dollars, and no allowance shall be made for waste; composition, one dollar per thousand ems, printer's measurement; press work, sixteen pages to the form, unless the nature of the work requires a smaller number of pages, one dollar per token of two hundred and forty impressions or less; binding, fifty cents per one hundred for folding, stitching and covering first signature of sixteen pages, and twenty-five cents per one hundred for each additional signature of sixteen pages or less; for folding, stitching and trimming without covering forty cents per one hundred for first signature of sixteen pages, and twenty cents per one hundred for each additional signature of sixtech pages or less, but no matter shall be leaded except by the express direction of the printing board. The printing board shall, at the same time the contract is let for the printing of the journals of the two houses of the Legislature, include in said contract the printing and delivery of each day's proceedings of the two houses while in session, the same to be printed in quarto form as provided in this act for the printing of the regular journals of the two houses, one thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives and five hundred copies for the use of the Senate, the same to be delivered by the hour of meeting of the day following that an which such proceedings were had.

"Second. Work of the second class shall consist of all blanks and printed stationery required by any department of the State Government except the judicial department, and shall be on first-class, sized and calendered white wove paper of such dimensions and weights as the nature of the work may require. The maximum rate of such work shall be as follows: For composition, ninety cents per thousand ems, printer's measurement; for press-work on forms the size of flat cap sheet or less, seventy-five cents per token; on forms larger than flat cap, one dollar per token, and a token shall be two hundred and forty impressions or less, when the number of blanks ordered shall require a less number of impressions. The maximum rate for paper required for work of the second class shall be as follows:

"Letter Paper.-Ten pounds to the ream, four dollars and twenty cents per ream; twelve pounds to the ream, five dollars and five cents

per ream.

"Flat Cap Paper.-Twelve pounds to the ream, five dollars and five cents per ream; fourteen pounds to the ream, five dollars and ninety cents per ream; sixteen pounds to the ream, six dollars and seventy-five cents per ream; eighteen pounds to the ream, eight dollars and forty cents per ream.

"Demy Paper.-Twenty-eight pounds to the ream, eleven dollars and seventy-five cents per ream; thirty pounds to the ream, twelve dollars and sixty cents per ream.

"Folio Post Paper.-Eighteen pounds to the ream, seven dollars and sixty cents per ream; twenty-two pounds to the ream, nine dollars and twenty-five cents per ream; twenty-four pounds to the ream, ten dollars

per ream.

"Medium Paper.

Twenty-eight pounds to the ream, eleven dollars and seventy-five cents per ream; thirty-six pounds to the ream, fifteen dollars per ream.

"Double Flat Cap Paper.-Twenty-eight pounds to the ream, eleven dollars and seventy-five cents per ream; thirty-two pounds to the ream, thirteen dollars and forty-five cents per ream; thirty-six pounds to the

ream, fifteen dollars per ream; forty pounds to the ream, sixteen dollars and eighty cents per ream.

Super Royal Paper.-Fifty pounds to the ream, twenty-two dollars and seventy cents per ream.

"For ruling work of the second class the maximum price shall be forty cents per one hundred for each passage through the ruling machine. For binding work of the second class the maximum price shall be: For pads of one hundred sheets each, quarter sheet cap, demy or folio, twenty cents per pad; for quarter binding quarter sheet cap, demy or folio, forty cents per quire; for half binding quarter sheet cap, demy or folio, fifty cents per quire; half sheet cap, demy or folio, seventy-five cents per quire; for binding full skiver, quarter sheet cap; demy or folio, sixty cents per quire; half sheet cap, demy or folio, ninety cents per quire.

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"Third. Work of the third class shall consist of blank books, either ruled or printed; or ruled without printing. The paper shall be sized and calendered, made of itren stock, and of the quality known among paper dealers as "P" paper, and the following shall be maximum rates: Cap Paper. Eighteen pounds to the ream, plain, ruled, half bound, one dollar and twenty-five cents per quire; ditto, printed heads, one dollar and seventy-five cents per quire; ditto, plain ruled, extra full bound, two dollars per quire; ditto, printed heads two dollars and fifty cents per quire.

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Demy Paper. Twenty-eight pounds to the ream, plain ruled, half bouid, one dollar and fifty cents per quire; ditto, printed heads, two dollars per quire; ditto, plain ruled, extra full bound, two dollars and fifty cents per quire; ditto, printed heads, three dollars per quire.

"Medium Paper.-Thirty-six pounds to the ream, plain ruled, half bound, two dollars per quire; ditto, printed heads, two dollars and fifty cents per quire; ditto, plain ruled, extra full bound, three dollars per quire; ditto, printed heads, three dollars and fifty cents per quire.

"Medium Paper.-Forty pounds to the ream, plain ruled, extra full bound, four dollars per quire; ditto, printed heads, four dollars and fifty cents per quire.

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Super Royal Paper.-Fifty-four pounds to the ream, plain ruled, extra full bound, four dollars and fifty cents per quire; ditto, printed heads, five dollars per quire.

"Fourth. Work of the fourth class shall consist of the printing of bills, resolutions, committee reports and such other like work as may be ordered by the Legislature, or either house thereof, and shall be on first class sized and calendered, white wove flat cap paper, of twelve pounds to the ream, printed on pica type, lines numbered in the margin, with space between the lines of the size of pica, the printing to be thirty-six ems pica wide, and sixty-five ems in length. The maximum price for work of the fourth class shall be: for two hundred copies, or any number of copies less than two hundred ordered by either house of the Legislature, including composition, paper, press work and binding, three dollars and twenty-five cents per page, for as many pages as are contained in one copy thereof, and when more than two hundred copies of work mentioned in this class are ordered by either house of the Legislature, the printer shall be paid only for the paper, press work and binding of such additional copies, at such rates as are contracted for, for work of the second class."

SEC. 2. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with any contract for printing heretofore made by the printing board, and

now in force; but the contractor for the printing of the journals shall have the right to conform the journals of the Seventeenth Legislature to the requirements of section 1 of this act.

SEC. 3. The near approach of the end of the present session of the Legislature, and the great saving of expense that will result from changing the form of the journals as herein provided, creates an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring this bill to be read on three several days be suspended, and an emergency that this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted. Approved April 4, A. D. 1881.

Takes effect from passage.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.—An act to amend section 10 of "an act establishing the tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth judicial districts, prescribing the times of holding the district courts therein, and providing for the appointment of district judges for the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirtieth judicial districts," approved February 22, A. D. 1879.

SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section 10 of the above recited act. be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"Sec. 10. That the district courts in the counties composing the twenty-eighth judicial district shall be holden as follows: In the county of Bosque, on the third Mondays of January and August of each and every year, and may continue in session five weeks; in the county of Hill, on the fifth Monday after the third Mondays in January and August, and may continue in session six weeks; in the county of Johnson, on the eleventh Monday after the third Mondays in January and August, to continue in session until the business is disposed of; provided, that said continuation shall not interfere with the terms of the court in the remaining counties of this district, as herein above provided for."

SEC. 2. All process heretofore issued or served returnable in any of the counties of said judicial district, as heretofore prescribed by law, shall be considered as returnable at the times herein prescribed; and all such process is hereby legalized and validated, as if the same had been made returnable at the time herein prescribed.

SEC. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect on and after the fifteenth day of July A. D. 1881

SEC. 4.

The near approach of the close of the session creates an imperative public necessity that the rule requiring this bill to be read on three several days be suspended, and it is so enacted.

Approved April 4, A. D. 1881.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

CHAPTER XC.-An act to amend article 690, chapter 3, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas, passed on the 21st day of February, 1879.

SECTION 1.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That article 690, chapter 3, of the Penal Code of the State of Texas be so amended as to hereafter read as follows, to wit:

"Article 690. If any person shall herd any drove of horses, cattle, sheep, goats or hogs, numbering more than twenty-five head, upon any land not his own, and within one-half mile of the residence of any citizen of this State, or if any person shall herd any drove of sheep or goats numbering more than twenty-five, upon any land not his own, whenever the owner, lessee or legal representative of such land shall forbid such herding, and shall fail, neglect or refuse to remove such drove at once upon request of such citizen, owner, lessee or legal representative, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction theroof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars." Approved April 4, A. D. 1881.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

CHAPTER XCI.-An act to validate certain locations and surveys. upon lands situated in the counties of Hardeman, Cottle, Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger and Knox.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That all locations of valid land certificates, made through the Jack land district surveyor's office, upon vacant lands situated in the counties of Hardeman, Cottle, Archer, Baylor and Knox, and the surveys made by the surveyor of said district upon locations so made from the twentyninth day of April, 1874, until the twenty-ninth day of April 1875, be and the same are hereby validated.

SEC. 2. That all locations of valid land certificates, made through the Jack land district surveyor's office, upon lands situated in the counties. of Hardeman, Cottle, Archer, Baylor and Knox, and the surveys made by the surveyor of said district upon locations so made, from and after the twenty-ninth day of April, 1875, until the twenty-third day of July, 1879, when not in conflict with any prior valid location and survey made within such time, through the Clay land district, be and the same are hereby validated.

SEC. 3. That all surveys in the counties of Hardeman, Cottle, Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger and Knox, made by virtue of genuine and valid certificates, after the sixth day of November, 1866, and prior to April twentyninth, 1874, now in the general land office, and not now in conflict with any other survey on file therein, are hereby declared legal and valid, whether made by the surveyor of Jack, Montague or Clay and district.

SEC. 4. When the commissioner of the general land office shall be satisfied as to the location and survey of any valid land certificate, as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this act, he shall, upon the payment of all fees, as now provided by law, issue patents to the parties entitled thereto, as provided by existing laws.

SEC. 5. Every person applying for a patent under this act shall, before patent issues to the same, have his field notes recorded in the surveyor's office that may have jurisdiction over these counties; and provided, that such locations as are referred to in sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not be valid as against the pre-emption of any actual settler, made prior to January 1, 1881.

SEC. 6. The importance of the immediate passage of this act in order that the owners of the lands in such counties may secure patents to their

lands, and that much litigation may be prevented, and the near approach of the close of the present session of the Legislature, crea: es an emergency and an imperative public necessity; it is therefore enacted that the rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and that this act be in force and effect from and after its passage.

Approved April 4, A. D. 1881.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

CHAPTER XCII.-An act to authorize and require the issue of patents to lands situated between the Rio Grande and Nueces rivers, the titles to which have been confirmed under the act of February 11, 1860.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That, whereas, many suits to confirm land titles for land between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers were brought within three years from and after the passage of the act of February 11, 1860, and in compliance with the terms thereof, but, owing to the war and other causes, were not finally adjudicated until after such three, years had expired; and, whereas, the commissioner of the general land office has refused to issue patents for titles not confirmed within such three years; and, whereas, it is just and equitable that parties who, in good faith and diligence, have attempted to comply with the terms of said act, should receive the full benefit thereof; therefore, the commissioner of the general land office is hereby authorized and required to issue patents to all lands between said rivers, when suits to establish same under said act have been commenced within three years from the passage of same, and when the proper district court has finally confirmed such titles.

SEC. 2. Whereas, several important railroads are surveying lines through the lands involved in this act; and, whereas, it is important that the titles to said lands should be settled at once, in order that the rightof-way may be granted to said railroads; therefore an urgency exists that this act take effect at once, and it is enacted that the same take effect from its passage.

SEC. 3. The near approach of the close of the session creates an imperative public necessity that the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended, and it is so suspended. Approved April 4, A. D. 1881.

Takes effect ninety days after adjournment.

CHAPTER XCIII.-An act to amend chapter 130 of the act of 1879, entitled " an act to amend section 46 of an act to encourage stockraising, and for the protection of stockraisers," approved April 22, 1879.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That section 46 of the above entitled act shall hereafter read as follows: "Section 46. That the counties of Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Bastrop, Camp, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Cook, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Falls,