Paschals Digest: Volume 1

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• Preface 4

• Preface to the Second Edition 8

• Preface to the Third Edition 10

• Preface to the Third Edition 12

• Directions for using the book 14

• Table of Contents 15
  • List of Works Cited and of Abbreviations Used 33
  • Table of Cases Cited 39

• I. Organic Laws 46
  • The Constitution of the United States of America 46
    • Article I. Legislative Department 46
    • Article II. Executive Department 57
    • Article III. Judicial Department 59
    • Article IV. General Provisions 62
    • Article V. Amendments to the Constitution 65
    • Article VI. Special Provisions 65
    • Article VII. Ratification of the Constitution 66
    • Amendments to the Constitution 66
      • Article I. Freedom of Religion, Speech, the Press, and right of Petition 66
      • Article II. Right to bear Arms 66
      • Article III. Quartering of Troops 66
      • Article IV. Searches or Seizures 66
      • Article V. Trials for Cause 67
      • Article VI. Rights of Defendants in Criminal Cases 67
      • Article VII. Trials in Civil Cases 67
      • Article VIII. Bail, Fines, and Punishments 67
      • Article IX. Reserved Rights 68
      • Article X. Powers Reserved 68
      • Article XI. Limitations of Judicial Power 68
      • Article XII. Election of President and Vice-President 68
      • Article XIII. Slavery 69
      • Article XIV. Representation 69
      • Article XV. Suffrage 69
  • Constitution of the Republic of Texas 76
  • Plan and Powers of the Provisional Government of Texas 70
  • Articles of Annexation 89
  • Constitution of the State of Texas, 1845 92
    • Article I. Bill of Rights 92
    • Article II. Division of the Powers of Government 95
    • Article III. Legislative Department 96
    • Article IV. Judicial Department 100
    • Article V. Executive Department 104
    • Article VI. Of the Militia 107
    • Article VII. General Provisions 108
    • Article VIII. Slaves 114
    • Article IX. Impeachment 115
    • Article X. Education 116
    • Article XI. Fraudulent Land Certificates 116
    • Article XII. General Land Office 117
    • Article XIII. Schedule 117
  • Constitution of the State of Texas, 1866 986
    • Art. I. Bill of Rights 987
    • Art. II. Division of Powers of the Government 989
    • Art. III. Legislative Department 989
    • Art. IV. Judicial Department 991
    • Art. V. Executive Department 995
    • Art. VI. Of the Militia 998
    • Art. VII. General Provisions 998
    • Art. VIII. Freedmen 1001
    • Art. IX. Impeachment 1002
    • Art. X. Education 1002
    • Art. XI. Fraudulent Land Certificates 1004
    • Art. XII. General Land Office 1004
  • Ordinances of the Convention, 1861 123
  • Constitution of the Provincial Government of the Confederate States 127
  • Constitution of the Confederate States of America 131
  • Ordinances of the Convention, 1866 1004
    • No I. Ordinance of the Secession null and void 1004
    • No. II. War Debt, void 1005
    • No. III. Elections of State Officers 1005
    • No. IV. Amendments of the Constitution 1005
    • No. V. Taxes for the Year 1866 1005
    • No. VI. Assuming United States Direct Tax 1005
    • No. VII. Indian Depredations 1006
    • No. VIII. Indian Depredations 1007
    • No. IX. Defining State Constitution 1007
    • No. X. Loans to and Stock in Corporations 1007
    • No. XI. Making valid certain Laws and Acts of Officers 1008
    • No. XII. Education Fund 1009
    • No. XIII. Division of the State of Texas 1009
    • No. XIV. Commissioner of Statistics 1009
    • No. XV. Mines, Minerals, Salines, and Oil Springs 1010
    • No. XVI. State Troops called out before March 3, 1861 1010
    • No XVII. Election of State, District, and County Officers 1010
    • No. XVIII. To equalize the Labor and make uniform the Terms of Judicial Districts 1010
    • No. XIX. Resolution of Respect to General Houston 1010
    • No. XX. Delegation to the City of Washington 1010
    • No. XXI. Per diem Pay and Mileage of Members and Officers to the Convention 1011
    • No. XXII. Appropriation for Pay of Members and Officers 1011
    • No. XXIII. Expenses of Delegates to Washington 1011
    • No XXIV. Salary of Governor Houston 1011
    • No. XXV. Printing and other Expenses of the Convention 1011
    • No. XXVI. Contingent Expenses of the Convention 1012
    • No. XVII. Relief of James M. Green and others 1012

• II. Statutes 140
  • Abatement 140
  • Absence 144
  • Abstract of Titles 147
  • Adoption 147
  • Affidavit 148
  • Agricultural Society 148
  • Aliens 149
  • Amendment 151
  • Apportionment 155
  • Arbitration 158
  • Archives 160
  • Arms 165
  • Asylum, Blind 166
  • Asylum, Deaf and Dumb 167
  • Asylum, Lunatic 167
  • Attachment 171
  • Attorney at Law 180
  • Attorney, District 183
  • Attorney General 184
  • Bankruptcy 186
  • Bill of Exceptions 186
  • Bills, Promissory Notes 188
  • Border Leagues 197
  • Boundaries, Colonies 197
    • Austin's first colony 198
    • Austin's second colony 198
    • Austin's third colony 199
    • Austin's coast colony 199
    • Austin and Williams's colony 199
    • Beale's first colony 199
    • Beale's second colony 199
    • Burnet's colony 199
    • Cameron's first colony 199
    • Cameron's second colony 199
    • Castro's colony 199
    • De Leon's colony 200
    • Deminguez's colony 200
    • De Witt's colony 200
    • Edward's colony 200
    • Filisola's colony 200
    • Fisher & Miller's colony 200
    • Hewitson & Powers's first colony 200
    • Hewitson & Powers's second colony 201
    • Leftwick's or Robertson's colony 201
    • McMullen & McGloin's colony 201
    • Mercer's colony 201
    • Milam colony 201
    • Padillo & Chambers's colony 201
    • Peter's colony 202
    • Purnell & Drake's colony 202
    • Thorn's colony 202
    • Vehlein's first colony 202
    • Vehlein & Co's second colony 202
    • Wavel's colony 202
    • Wilson's colony 202
    • Wilson & Exeter's colony 202
    • Woodbury's colony 202
    • Zavalla's colony 202
  • Boundaries, Counties 203
  • Boundaries of the State 237
  • Carriers 239
  • Cattle 241
  • Census 242
  • Certiorari 243
  • Churches 247
  • City Recorder 248
  • Civil Rights 248
  • Clerks 248
  • Clerks of the District Court 249
  • Colonization, Coahuila and Texas 257
  • Colonization, Imperial 251
  • Colonization, National 253
  • Colonization, Republic and State 276
    • Castro's colony 298
    • Fisher & Miller's colony 293
    • Mercer's colony 290
    • Peters's colony 279
  • Colonization, Tampaulipas 273
  • Common Law 299
  • Comptroller of Public Accounts 300
  • Constable 300
  • Conveyances 302
  • Coroners 308
  • Cotton 310
  • Counties 312
  • County seats 315
  • County Surveyors 316
  • County Treasurer 320
  • Courts, Claims 321
  • Courts, County 338
  • Courts, County - Estates 345
  • Courts, District 387
    • Agreed Case 421
    • Appeal to Supreme Court 413
    • Appeals from County Courts 403
    • Appeals from Justices 403
    • Citation and Defaults 418
    • Consolidation 402
    • Continuance 419
    • Corporations 421
    • Discontinuance 401
    • Districts and Terms 421
    • The Institution of the Suit 393
    • Jurisdiction 387
    • Motions 402
    • New Trials 407
    • Partners 421
    • Pleadings 393
    • Practice 404
    • Review 411
    • Security for Costs 417
    • Statement of Facts 412
    • The Charge 404
    • The Costs 411
    • The Judgment 409
    • The Transcript 414
    • The Verdict 405
    • Writ of Error 415
  • Courts, Justices 330
  • Courts, Supreme 426
    • Clerks 430
    • Practice 432
    • Reports and Library 439
    • Terms 426
  • Criminal Code - Its History 440
    • Part I. General Provisions Relating to the Whole Code 440
      • Title I. The General Objects of the Code 440
      • Title II. Definitions 442
      • Title III. Of the Persons Punishable Under This Code 443
    • Part II. Of Offences and Punishments 445
      • Title I. Definition and Division of Offences 445
      • Title II. Punishments in General 445
      • Title III. Of the Penitentiary 447
        • Chapter I. Its Organization 447
        • Chapter II. Its Officers 447
        • Chapter III. Conveying Prisoners to the Penitentiary 447
        • Chapter IV. Duties of the Directors 448
        • Chapter V. Duties of Superintendent and Underkeeper 448
          • 1. The Superintendent 448
          • 2. The Underkeeper 449
        • Chapter VI. Duties of the Financial Agent 450
        • Chapter VII. Duties of the Physician 450
        • Chapter VIII. Duties of the Chaplain 451
        • Chapter IX. Overseers and Other Subordinate Officers and Employees 452
        • Chapter X. Treatment of Convicts and of Prison Discipline 452
          • 1. General Rules 452
          • 2. Visits to the Penitentiary 453
        • Chapter XII. Prisoners Confined to Labor for Life or a Term of Years 453
        • Chapter XIII. Of the Rules to be Prescribed by the Directors 453
      • Title IV. Of the House of Correction 454
        • Chapter I. Its Organization and Officers 454
        • Chapter II. Its general Objects 454
        • Chapter III. Of Discipline and Treatment of Convicts 455
      • Title V. Of Principals, Accomplices, and Accessaries 455
        • Chapter I. Principals 455
        • Chapter II. Accomplices 456
        • Chapter III. Accessaries 456
        • Chapter IV. Trail of Accomplices and Accessaries 457
      • Title VI. Of Offences Against the State, Its Territory, Property, and Revenue 457
        • Chapter I. Treason 457
        • Chapter II. Misprision of Treason 460
        • Chapter III. Embezzlement or Misapplication of Public Money 460
        • Chapter IV. Collection of Taxes and Other Public Money 460
        • Chapter V. Dealing in Fraudulent Land Certificates 461
        • Chapter VI. Dealing in Public Lands by Officers 461
        • Chapter VII. Forgery of Patents, Land Certificates 461
      • Title VII. Offences Affecting the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary Departments of the Government 462
        • Chapter I. Bribery 462
      • Title VIII. Offences Affecting the Right of Suffrage 462
        • Chapter I. Bribery and Undue Influence 462
        • Chapter II. Offences by Judges and Other Officers of Elections 463
        • Chapter III. Illegal Acts of Magistrates and Peace Officers 463
        • Chapter IV. Riots and Unlawful Assemblies at Elections, Violence Used Towards Electors 463
        • Chapter V. Miscellaneous Offences Affecting the Right of Suffrage 464
      • Title IX. Offences Which Affect the Free Exercise of Religious Opinion 464
      • Title X. Offences Against Public Justice 465
        • Chapter I. Perjury and False Swearing 465
        • Chapter II. Bribery 466
        • Chapter III. Offences Relating to the Arrest and Custody of Prisoners 467
        • Chapter IV. False Certificate, Authentication of Entry by and Officer 470
          • 1. Commissioner of Deeds, &c. 470
          • 2. Clerk of a Court 470
          • 3. Authentication of Deeds and Depositions by Notary Publics, or other like Officers 471
          • 4. General Provisions 471
        • Chapter V. Extortion by Officers 471
        • Chapter VI. Embezzlement by Officers of Courts 472
        • Chapter VII. Unlawfully Dealing in Jury Script and Witness Fees 472
      • Title XI. Offences Against the Public Peace 472
        • Chapter I. Unlawful Assemblies 472
        • Chapter II. Riots 473
        • Chapter III. Affrays and Disturbances of the Peace 474
      • Title XII. Offences Against Public Morals, Decency, and Chastity 474
        • Chapter I. Unlawful Marriage 474
        • Chapter II. Incest and Adultery 474
        • Chapter III. Disorderly Houses 475
        • Chapter IV. Indecent Exhibitions and Publications 475
        • Chapter V. Disturbance of Graves and Dead Bodies 475
      • Title XIII. Offences Against Public Policy and Economy 476
        • Chapter I. Illegal Banking and Passing Spurious Money 476
        • Chapter II. Lotteries and Raffles 476
        • Chapter III. Selling to Indians and Free Persons of Color 477
        • Chapter IV. Gaming 477
        • Chapter V. Betting on Elections 479
        • Chapter VI. Neglect of Officers to Arrest or Prosecute Gaming Cases 481
        • Chapter VII. Retailing Liquor without a License 481
        • Chapter VII. Peddling without License 482
      • Title XIV. Offences Affecting Public Health 482
        • Chapter I. Occupations Injurious to Health 482
        • Chapter II. Sale of Unwholesome Food, Drink, or Medicine 482
      • Title XV. Offences Affecting Property Held in Common for the Use of the Public 482
        • Chapter I. Obstruction of Navigable Streams 482
      • Title XVI. Offences Against Trade and Commerce, and the Current Coins 483
        • Chapter I. Forgery and Other Offences Affecting Written Instruments 483
        • Chapter II. Counterfeiting and Diminishing the Value of Current Coin 485
        • Chapter III. Offences which Affect Foreign Commerce 486
        • Chapter IV. False Weights and Measures 486
        • Chapter V. Offences by Public Weighers 486
        • Chapter VI. Miscellaneous Offences 487
      • Title XVII. Of Offences Against the Persons of Individuals 487
        • Chapter I. Of Assault and Battery 487
          • 1. General Provisions and Definitions 487
          • 2. Punishment of Simple Assault and Battery 488
        • Chapter II. Of Aggravated Assaults and Battery 488
          • 1. Definitions 488
          • 2. Punishments 489
        • Chapter III. Of Assaults with Intent to Commit Murder, Rape, Robbery, or Other Crimes 489
        • Chapter IV. Of Maiming, Disfiguring, and Castration 490
          • 1. Definitions 490
          • 2. Punishment 490
        • Chapter V. Of False Imprisonment, Kidnapping, and Abduction 490
          • 1. False Imprisonment 490
          • 2. Of Kidnapping 491
          • 3. Of Abduction 491
        • Chapter VI. Of Rape 491
        • Chapter VII. Of Abortion 492
        • Chapter VIII. Of Administering Poisonous and Injurious Potions 492
        • Chapter IX. Of Homicide 493
        • Chapter X. Of Justifiable Homicide 493
          • 1. Of a Public Enemy 493
          • 2. of a Convict 493
          • 3. By Officers in the performance of a Duty, and by other Persons under certain Circumstances 493
          • 5. In Defence of Person or Property 495
        • Chapter XI. Of Excusable Homicide 496
        • Chapter XII. Homicide by Negligence 496
          • 1. In the Performance of a Lawful Act 496
          • 2. In the Performance of an Unlawful Act 496
        • Chapter XIII. Of Manslaughter 497
          • 1. Definition 497
          • 2. Punishment 498
        • Chapter XIV. Of Duelling 498
        • Chapter XV. Of Murder 498
          • 1. Definition 498
          • 2. Punishment 499
        • Chapter XVI. General Provisions as to Offences Against the Person 500
      • Title XVIII. Of Offences Against Reputation 500
        • Chapter I. Of Libel 500
        • Chapter II. False Accusation and Threats of Prosecution 502
      • Title XX. Offences Against Property other than Slaves 503
        • Chapter I. Of Arson 503
        • Chapter II. Of Other Wilful Burning 504
        • Chapter III. Attempts to Commit Arson, or Other Wilful Burning 505
        • Chapter IV. Malicious Mischief 505
        • Chapter V. Cutting and Destroying Timber 506
        • Chapter VI. Of Burglary 507
        • Chapter VII. Offences on Board of Vessels and Steamboats 508
        • Chapter VIII. Of Robbery 508
        • Chapter IX. Of Theft 508
          • 1. Theft in General 508
          • 2. Theft from the Person 511
          • 3. Theft from a House 511
          • 4. Theft of Animals 511
          • 5. Illegal Marking and Branding 513
          • 5. Of Wrecks 515
        • Chapter X. Embezzlement of Property by Private Persons 515
        • Chapter XI. Disposition of Mortgaged Property 516
          • 1. Fraudulent Disposition of Mortgaged Property 516
          • 2. Swindling 516
        • Chapter XII. Offences Against Property Committed in Another State of Territory 517
        • Chapter XIII. Estrays 517
          • 1. Infectious Disease 518
      • Title XXI. Of Miscellaneous Offences 518
        • Chapter I. Of Conspiracy 518
        • Chapter II. Threats to Commit Offences 519
        • Chapter III. Of Seduction 519
        • Chapter IV. Issuing Marriage Licenses Unlawfully 519
      • Title XXII. Repetition of Offences 519
    • Part III. 520
      • Title III 520
        • Chapter II. Repealing Clause 520
  • Criminal Procedure 521
    • Introductory Note 521
      • Chapter I. Containing General Provisions 521
      • Chapter II. The General Duties of Officers Charged with the Enforcement of the Penal Laws 523
        • 1. The Attorney-General and the District Attorney 523
        • 2. Magistrates 524
        • 3. Peace Officers 524
        • 4. Clerk of the District Court 525
      • Chapter III. Definitions 525
      • Chapter IV. Divisions of the Code 525
    • Part I. Of the Courts Having Original Jurisdiction in Criminal Courts 526
      • Title I. Of the Supreme Court 526
      • Title II. Of the District Courts 526
      • Title III. Of the Justices', Mayors', and Recorders' Courts 526
    • Part II. Of the Prevention and Suppression of Offences, and the Writ of Habeas Corpus 527
      • Title I. Of Preventing Offences by the Act of a Private Person 527
      • Title II. Of Preventing Offences by the Act of Magistrates and Other Offences 527
        • Chapter I. The Duty of Magistrates and Other Officers 527
        • Chapter II. Proceedings Before Magistrates for the Purpose of Preventing Offences 528
        • Chapter III. Of the Suppression of Riots 529
      • Title III. Of the Suppression of Offences in their Nature Permanent 530
        • Chapter I. Offences which affect the Public Health 530
        • Chapter II. Suppression of Offences which are Injurious to Property held in common for Public Use 531
        • Chapter III. Offences affecting Reputation 531
        • Chapter IV. Of the Suppression of Offences against Personal Liberty 531
          • 1. Definition and Object of the Writ 531
          • 2. By whom and when granted 531
          • 3. Service and Return of the Writ, and Proceedings thereon 534
          • 4. General Provisions 536
    • Part III. Proceedings in Criminal Actions Prosecuted by Indictment or Information in the District Court 539
      • Title I. The Time and Place of commencing and prosecuting Criminal Actions 539
        • Chapter I. Time within which Criminal Actions may be commenced 539
        • Chapter II. County within which Offences may be prosecuted 539
      • Title II. Arrest, Commitment, and Bail 541
        • Chapter I. Arrest without Warrant 541
        • Chapter II. Arrest under Warrant 541
        • Chapter III. Commitment or Discharge of the Accused 542
        • Chapter IV. Of Bail 544
          • 1. General Rules applicable to all Cases of Bail 544
          • 2. Surrender of the Principal by his Bail 546
          • 3. Bail before the Examining Court 547
          • 4. Bail by Witnesses 548
      • Title III. Search Warrants 548
        • Chapter I. General Rules 548
        • Chapter II. When and how a Search Warrant may be issued 549
        • Chapter III. Execution of a Search Warrant 550
        • Chapter IV. Proceedings on the Return of a Search Warrant 551
      • Title IV. Proceedings subsequent to a Commitment or Bail, prior to Trial 552
        • Chapter I. Organization of the Grand Jury 552
        • Chapter II. Duties, Privileges, and Powers of the Grand Jury 555
        • Chapter III. Indictments and Information 556
        • Chapter IV. Proceedings preliminary to Trial 558
          • 1. Enforcing Attendance of Defendants, Forfeiture of Bail 558
          • 2. Witnesses, and enforcing their Attendance 561
          • 3. Service of a Copy of the Indictment 563
          • 4. Arraignment, and Proceedings when Arraignment is unnecessary 563
          • 5. Pleadings in Criminal Actions 564
          • 6. Argument and Decision of Motions, Pleas, and Exceptions 566
          • 7. Of Continuance 567
          • 8. Change of Venue 568
          • 9. Dismissing Prosecutions 569
      • Title V. Trial and Its Incidents 569
        • Chapter I. The Mode of Trial 569
        • Chapter II. Formation of the Jury 570
        • Chapter III. Of Challenges 571
        • Chapter IV. Trial before the Jury 572
        • Chapter V. Of the Verdict 575
        • Chapter VI. Evidence in Criminal Actions 577
          • 1. General Rules 577
          • 2. Persons who may testify 578
          • 3. Evidence as to Particular Offences 579
          • 4. Of Dying Declarations, and Confessions of Defendant 579
          • 5. Miscellaneous Provisions 580
      • Title VI. Proceedings after Indictment 580
        • Chapter I. New Trials 580
        • Chapter II. Arrest of Judgement 581
        • Chapter III. Judgement and its Incidents 582
          • 1. Judgement in Cases of Felony 582
          • 2. Judgement in Cases of Misdemeanor 583
        • Chapter IV. Execution of Judgements 583
          • 1. Collection of Pecuniary Fines 583
          • 2. Enforcing the Judgment in Misdemeanors, &c. 584
          • 3. Execution of the Penalty of Death 584
      • Title VII. Of Appeals 585
      • Title VIII. Miscellaneous Proceedings 590
        • Chapter I. Deposition of Witnesses 590
          • 1. When taken 590
          • 2. Persons authorized to take Depositions, and the Manner of Taking and Returning them 590
          • 3. Reading Depositions in Criminal Actions 591
        • Chapter II. Inquiry as to the Insanity of the Defendant 591
        • Chapter III. Disposition of Stolen Property 592
        • Chapter IV. Fines and Moneys Collected upon Recognizances, Bail Bonds, &c. 592
        • Chapter V. Commutation of Punishments and Reprieves 593
    • Part IV. Proceedings in Inferior Tribunals, &c. 593
      • Title I. Proceedings in Justices' and Mayors' Courts 593
        • Chapter I. General Provisions 593
        • Chapter II. Arrest of the Defendant 594
        • Chapter III. Trail and its Incidents 594
        • Chapter IV. Judgement and Execution 595
      • Title II. Coroner's Inquest 596
      • Title III. Fugitives from Justice 598
      • Title IV. Of Vagrants 598
      • Title V. Disorderly Persons 599
      • Title VIII. Reports relative to Crime 599
      • Title IX. Special Proceedings against Railroad Companies 600
    • Part V. Costs in Criminal Actions 600
      • Title I. Taxation of Costs 600
      • Title II. Costs Paid by the State 601
      • Title III. Costs to be paid by Counties, and the manner of enforcing Collection 601
      • Title IV. Costs paid by the Defendant 603
        • Chapter I. In the Supreme and District Courts 603
        • Chapter II. In Justices' Courts 603
      • Title V. Costs to be paid by a Witness 604
    • Final Title 604
  • Decent and Distribution 605
  • Digest 608
  • Discount and Set-off 609
  • Divorce and Alimony 613
  • Domestic Vessels 615
  • Education 616
    • Common Schools 623
    • Common Schools and Academies 616
    • School Fund 617
    • School Lands 616
    • School System 618
    • University 628
    • University Lands 626
  • Elections 630
    • Contested Elections 633
    • District Surveyors 639
    • Electors of President and Vice-President 638
  • Escheat 640
  • Estrays 642
  • Evidence 647
    • Auditors and Interpreters 662
    • Commissioners to take Depositions, &c. 663
    • Depositions 654
    • Discovery 659
    • In Justices' Courts 659
    • Records 649
    • The Common Law 647
  • Execution 664
    • Exemptions 676
  • Factors and Commission Merchants 679
  • Fees of Office 680
    • Attorney-General 681
    • Chief Justices of the County Courts 683
    • Clerks of the County Courts 682
    • Clerks of the District Courts 681
    • Clerks of the Supreme Court 681
    • Constables 685
    • Coroners 684
    • County or District Surveyors 686
    • District Attorneys 681
    • Heads of Departments 680
    • Justices of the Peace 685
    • Notaries Public 686
    • Sheriffs 684
  • Fences 688
  • Ferries 689
  • Fiscal Year 692
  • Forced Heirship 693
  • Forcible Entry and Detainer 695
  • Frauds and Fraudulent Conveyances 698
  • Geological Survey 703
  • Guardians 704
  • Homestead 711
  • Injunctions 711
  • Interest 714
  • Irrigation 716
  • Judgements 718
  • Judicial Districts 721
  • Juries 722
  • Land 729
    • Augmentations 744
    • Bounty 729
    • Commissioner and Clerks of General Land Office 734
    • Dues 737
    • Duplicate Warrants, Discharges, and Certificates 739
    • Head-rights 740
    • Head-rights, Conditional Certificates 746
    • Head-rights, Fraudulent Certificates 750
    • Head-rights, Special 745
    • Imperfect Records 758
    • Islands 756
    • Maps 760
    • Patents 762
    • Pre-emptions 768
    • Roads 774
    • Scrip 775
    • Spanish Grants 782
    • Surveyors' Districts 790
    • Surveys and Surveyors 794
    • To Assignees 763
  • Laws 803
  • Legal Notices 805
  • Lien 806
  • Limitation 808
  • Marital Rights 823
  • Marks and Brands 831
  • Marriage 832
  • Mortgages 834
  • Naturalization 836
  • Negroes 836
  • Notaries Public 837
  • Partition 840
  • Partnerships 842
  • Passengers coming to the State 844
  • Penitentiary 846
  • Pilots 848
  • Principal and Surety 852
  • Prisoners of War 853
  • Prisons 854
  • Public Buildings 855
  • Public Debt 856
  • Public Dues 861
  • Public Printing 862
  • Public Weighing 865
  • Railroads 866
  • Records 881
  • Registration 882
  • Rent 892
  • Reservations 894
  • Roads 896
  • Seals and Scrolls 902
  • Secretary of State 902
  • Sequestration 903
  • Sheriff 908
  • Stay Law 911
  • Taxes 914
    • Ad Valorem 915
    • Assessment and Collection 919
    • Exempt Property 914
    • Occupation 915
    • Redemption 933
    • Void Laws Relating to 935
  • Toll Bridges 939
  • Towns and Cities 939
    • Powers and Duties of the Board of Aldermen 940
    • Duties of the Mayor 941
    • Incorporation of Cities 942
  • Treasurer of the State 943
  • Trespass to try Title 944
  • Trial of the Right of Property 952
  • United States Bonds 954
    • Military Board 959
    • United States Bonds and Coupons 960
  • Vacancies 961
  • War 961
  • Weights and Measures 964
  • Wills 966
  • Wreck-Masters 969

• Appendix 970
  • Acts of the Congress of the United States 970
    • Civil Rights 970
    • Naturalization 972
    • Comptroller of Public Accounts 978
    • Legislature 981
    • Quarantine 982
    • United States 982
  • Constitution of the State of Texas as amended 986
    • Proclamation 986
    • Article I. Bill of Rights 987
    • Article II. Division of the Powers of Government 989
    • Article III. Legislative Department 989
    • Article IV. Judicial Department 991
    • Article V. Executive Department 995
    • Article VI. Militia 998
    • Article VII. General Provisions 998
    • Article VIII. Freedmen 1001
    • Article IX. Impeachment 1002
    • Article X. Education 1002
    • Article XI. Fraudulent Land Certificates 1004
    • Article XII. Land Office 1004