FOR THE RELIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF ORANGE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, By the ravages of a tornado, in the month of September, 1865, the dwelling houses, corn cribs, barn, stables and fences, together with the crops in the fields, and the timber on almost every farm or plantation in the County of Orange, were either destroyed or greatly damaged, and in the town of Orange only four houses were left standing, whereby the people of said county are in a destitute condition, and are generally unable to pay the State tax, now due, or that which may hereafter be assessed for the current year; Therefore, Be it ordained by the people of Texas, in Convention assembled, That all persons who resided in the county of Orange, on the 13th of September, A. D., 1865, and all the property in said county, be, and they are hereby relieved and exempted from the payment of the State tax, now due, and of any State tax that may hereafter be imposed for the year 1866
Passed March 31, 1866.