Title: Early Laws of Texas: General Laws from 1836 to 1879, Relating to Public Lands, Colonial Contracts, Headrights, Pre-emptions, Grants of Land to Railroads and Other Corporations, Conveyances, Descent, Distribution, Marital Rights, Registration of Wills, Laws Relating to Jurisdiction, Powers and Procedure of Courts, and All Other Laws of General Interest. Also Laws of 1731 to 1835, as Found in the Laws and Decrees of Spain Relating to Land in Mexico, and of Mexico Relating to Colonization; Laws of Coahuila and Texas; Laws of Tamaulipas; Colonial Contracts; Spanish Civil Law; Orders and Decrees of the Provisional Government of Texas. Author: John Sayles, Henry Sayles Publisher: Gale, Making of Modern Law Description: The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926 contains a virtual goldmine of information for researchers of American legal history --- an archive of the published records of the American colonies, documents published by state constitutional conventions, state codes, city charters, law dictionaries, digests and more. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Yale Law Library DocumentID: LPSY0115603 SecondaryDocType: State Codes SourceBibCitation: The Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926 PublicationPlace: United States ImprintFull: St. Louis: Gilbert Book Co., 1891 ImprintYear: 1891 Collation: 3 v.: 2 fold. maps (in pocket, v.1), 26 cm