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 valuation of the rolling stock among the counties in proportion to the distance the road may extend through them. This is certified to the assessors of the several counties, and they list the same upon the tax rolls as other property. As to any railway organized, and having its principal office without the state, and owning or operating any line of railroad partly within and partly without the state, it is provided that a proportional part of such company's rolling stock shall be rendered and assessed for taxation with the state, according to the number of miles of such railway therein as compared with the number of miles without the state.

By another act, it is provided, that no sailor or portion of a crew of any foreign sea-going vessel shall work on the wharves, or levees, of ports in the State of Texas beyond the end of the vessel's tackle. A violation of this act is made a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both.

Again: If any person shall directly or through agents manage for himself, or as agent conduct or carry on, any business known as dealing in futures in cotton, grain, any kind of meats, stocks, or keep any house commonly known as a produce or stock exchange, or bucket shop, where future contracts are bought and sold, with no intention of an actual delivery of the article so bought and sold, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction be subject to a fine or punishment, or both.

VERMONT.

An act for the advancement of anatomical science, and to prevent the disturbance of the remains of the dead in Vermont, authorizes the bodies of paupers in certain cases to be given over for dissection, provided the diseased during his last sickness did not ask to be buried, or if he was a stranger or a traveler.

Another provides that libels for divorce entered in court shall be continued to succeeding terms, and shall not be heard then until the libellant is present, unless he has attempted, but failed, to obtain the appearance of the libellee. This legislation