tific, and the students of all religious denominations whatsoever, shall enjoy equal privileges.

SEC. 14. Be it further enacted, That the lands, public buildings, and other property belonging to the said university, are hereby declared to be free from any kind of publie tax.

SEC. 15. Be it further enacted, That the names of all donors to the said university, with their donations annexed, shall be carefully and legibly inscribed in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be preserved among the archives of said university, in order that posterity may know who were the benefactors of the institution.

SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of said university shall have power to appoint ten honorary members, to be added to their number; and the said members so appointed may take their seats, at any meeting of the Board, and advise and confer with the members thereof, but shall not be entitled to vote; but, in all cases, a majority of the regular Board shall be necesgary to transact business.

SEC. 17. Be it further enacted, That four leagues of land be, and the same are hereby granted to the trustees of said university, and their successors, to be located on any vacant and unappropriated land in this Republic; and the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, upon the application of any one of the said. trustees, is hereby authorized to issue certificates in tracts of not less than one-fourth of a league, in the name of "The Trustees of Marshall University, and their successors;" and the said trustees are empowered to employ any legally authorized surveyor to locate and survey the same, as other certificates or orders of survey, issued by the lawful authorities of this Republic, and make return of his field notes, which shall be received and examined by the county surveyor in the manner prescribed by law, without charging any fees for the same; and the Commissioner of the General Land-Office is hereby required to issue patents for the same, to the trustees aforesaid, and their successors; and the said land shall not be disposed of, in any way, by the trustees, within a less time than three years, after the same shall have been patented by the Government, unless the same shall yield to the institution three dollars per acre in par funds.

SEC. 18. Be it further enacted, That the four leagues of land are hereby given, granted, and confirmed, to the said trustees of said university, and their successors, who shall have full power to sell, alienate, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of the same; and the proceeds thereof shall be for the erection of suitable buildings, for the purchase of philosophical, astronomical, and chemical ap

paratus, and for the promotion of literature, science, and the arts, in general, and for no other purpose whatever.

SEC. 19. Be it further enacted, That the property owned by the said university, under the provisions of this act, shall, at no time, exceed in value the amount of two hundred thousand dollars.

SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and judicially taken notice of without special pleading.

SEC. 21. Be it further enacted, That the Congress of the Republic shall have, and it hereby reserves, the power to revise and repeal this act at each successive period of ten years from and after its passage.

Approved 18th January, 1842.

AN ACT

To authorize the President to issue Exchequer Bills, and to declare what shall be receivable in payment of taxes and duties on imports.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of February next, it shall not be lawful for any Collector of Customs of this Republic to receive in payment of imposts or duties upon goods, wares and merchandize imported into this Republic, after the day above specified, any thing but gold or silver, or the Exchequer Bills hereinafter authorized to be issued.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Sheriffs and Collectors of direct or license taxes to be assessed for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and all subsequent years, to receive anything in payment of such taxes except gold or silver, or the Exchequer Bills authorized to be issued by the provisions of this act.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized to issue Exchequer Bills, payable on de mand, and receivable in payment of all public dues, to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, in sums of five, ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred dollars, to be signed by the Presi dent and countersigned by the Secretary of the Treasury; keeping a record in each Department, specifying the amount of each

denomination of bills, their number and date, and payable to, and endorsed by such person as the President may direct, keeping a record as above, which shall be filed in the Comptroller's office.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby authorized to procure, so soon as may be, lithographed or engraved bills, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, of such form and with such suitable devices, as he in his judgment may think proper; and that until he can procure such lithographed or engraved bills, it shall be lawful for him to issue such Exchequer Bills printed in such manner as he may direct, and that such printed bills shall be made payable to and endorsed as provided in section third: provided, that such endorsement shall in no case be held or adjudged to make such endorser liable or responsible for the payment of the same.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the President's Private Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized to sign the President's name to the above contemplated Exchequer Bills, and that he be allowed half a cent for each signature.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any of said printed Exchequer Bills shall be redeemed and returned to the Treasury, to cause the same to be cancelled.

SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Collectors of Customs, Sheriffs, and other receiving officers of this Republic, whenever any gold or silver may be received by them in payment of government dues, to apply the same to the redemption, upon presentation for that purpose, of any of the Exchequer Bills authorized to be issued by the provisions of this act: provided, that such officers shall in no case redeem the same at a less sum than it represents on its face.

SEC. S. Be it further enacted, That the Exchequer Bills authorized to be issued by the provisions of this act, shall be paid out for no other purpose than that of carrying out the objects of the general appropriation acts of Congress.

SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, That all land dues (except the land tax) and all payments for patents he made receivable, as heretofore, in the liabilities of the Government.

SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore passed authorizing the issue and re-issue of Promissory Notes, and their reception in payment of duties or taxes hereafter to be as sessed, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, 19th January, 1842.

JOINT RESOLUTION

Relating to the Austin City Post-Office.

SEC. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to set apart one of the government rooms, in a central part of the city of Austin, for the use of the city post-office.

SEC. 2. Be it further resolved, That this joint resolution take effect from and after its passage.

Approved 18th January, 1842.

AN ACT

To establish a Mail-Route from Fanthorp's, in Montgomery County, to Dunn's Post-Office in Robertson County.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby authorized and required to contract for the carrying a weekly mail from Fanthorp's post-office, in Montgomery county, by Boonville in Navasoto county, to Dunn's post-office in Robertson county; and that he put the same in operation as early as practicable.

Approved 22d January, 1842.

AN ACT

To re-organize the Fifth Judicial District, and to prescribe the time for holding the Courts therein.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That, hereafter, the counties of Sabine, Shelby, San Augustine, Nacogdoches, Burnet, and Houston, shall compose the fifth judicial district in and for the Republic of Texas.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the district courts for the county of Sabine shall commence its sessions on the fourth Mondays of March and September in each and every year, and may continue its sessions one week; for the county of San Augustine, the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March and September, and may continue in session three weeks; for the county of Shelby, on the fourth Monday after the fourth Monday in March and September, and may continue in session one week; for the county of Nacogdoches, as heretofore, on the first Monday of May and November, and may continue in session three weeks; for the county of Burnet, as heretofore, on the fourth Mondays of May and November, and may continue in session one week; and in the county of Houston, on the first Mondays after the fourth Mondays in May and November, as heretofore, and may continue in session until the business is disposed of.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That all process, returnable and triable at the terms heretofore fixed by law, shall be triable at the terms fixed by this statute.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.

Approved 22d January, 1842.