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Texas Laws from 3rd Congress; 1839

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:575.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Texas Laws from 3rd Congress; 1839
<B><I>Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839.</B></I></B></I> (Houston: Intelligence Office, 1839.) Second issue with same title, imprint, and date as first issue, but with four additional laws on a new sheet marked "<I>O</B></I>," with a slip indexing the additional laws pasted at foot of p. v. Octavo. This issue includes a fourteen-page index to the <I>Laws of Texas</B></I> following the five-page index to the <I>Laws of the Third Congress</B></I>, this being one of the few known copies containing these items. Of note in the laws listed is "<I>An Act entitled an act appropriating certain lands for the establishment of a general system of education,</B></I>" which stated "<I>That each county of this Republic shall have three leagues of land surveyed and set apart for the purpose of establishing a primary school or academy ... provided, that said lands shall not be surveyed in tracts less than one hundred and sixty acres.</B></I>" Full gold-stamped leather. Minor to moderate age toning throughout, else fine. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference:</B></I> Streeter <I>Texas</B></I> 355A. Raines, p. 230. Sabin 94999.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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