The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 156
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156 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
aforesaid quantity of land from any person or persons owning the
same: Provided, that the price of the land so. purchased shall not
exceed three dollars per acre: And further provided, That not more
than one league shall be purchased at such a price as three dollars
per acre.
Should the site, however, be on individual property and the com-
missioners be unable to purchase it according to the authorized
terms, they should proceed to acquire it under the law of condem-
nation as expressed in the act.
The salary of the commissioners while at work was to be
eight dollars per day, but before beginning their labors they were
to enter into bond with good security of one hundred thousand
dollars each to, be approved by the president, payable to him and
his successors in office, conditioned on the faithful performance of
the duties of their office, and take an oath to "faithfully and hon-
estly" perform those duties.
Section 9 of the -act required, '"That immediately after the pres-
ident receives the report of the commissioners, it shall be his duty
to appoint an agent, whose duty it shall be to employ a surveyor
at the expense of the government and have surveyed six hundred
and forty acres of land on the site chosen by the commissioners into
town lots under the direction of the president, which shall be lby
said agent advertised for sale for ninety days in all the public
gazettes -of the Republic, and 'also in the New Orleans Bulletin and
Picayune, etc.
Section 12 made it the duty of the agent before the sale of said
lots to set apart a sufficient number of the most eligible for a capi-
tol, arsenal magazine, university, academy, churches, common
schools, hospital, penitentiary, and for all other necessary public
buildings and purposes. An act supplementary to the above and
approved January 23, 1839, authorized the president to "have at
the capital selected such buildings as he may deem necessary for
the accommodation of the fourth annual -congress of -the Republic,
together with the president and cabinet and other officers of the
government," and further made it the duty of the president, to-
gether with his cabinet officers, to proceed to the capital with the
archives of the government previous to the first day of October,
1839. For the purposes of this supplemental act the sum of $20,000
was placed at the disposal of the president.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899, periodical, 1898/1899; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101011/m1/160/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.