The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 294
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294 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
army regulations adopted.1 An ordinance was also passed on the
22d granting letters of marque and reprisal and establishing a
navy.2 The army ordinance was approved, but that for the navy
met the usual fate. The governor objected that the privileges
granted to privateers were too unbounded, the government taking
all the responsibility without any share in the prizes likely to be
captured. He said that if the section creating a navy had been em-
bodied in a separate ordinance he would have approved it.' In
accordance with this advice, two separate measures were passed, one
creating a navy, and the other granting letters of marque and
reprisal with ample protection to the government.4 The governor
sent in a message on November 27th, saying that he had approved
the two bills, and that he had signed the McKinney ordinance,
passed over his veto.
One other measure passed at this time should be mentioned,
because of its subsequent importance. It will be remembered that
on the 20th Smith vetoed an ordinance for creating certain provis-
ional offices and removing the seat of government to Washington.
On the 24th the council passed a new ordinance leaving out the
clause in regard to the seat of government, and reducing the salaries
of officials in accordance with the governor's advice. One clause of
this law required that "All demands upon the Treaurer shall be
upon the order of the General Council, approved and signed by the
Governor and attested by the Secretary of the Executive."5 In
other words, the consent of the governor was made necessary to the
appropriation of public money. As we shall see, the council subse-
quently repealed this ordinance when it wished to vote money for
an object of which the governor did not approve.
The closing days of November present no features of special
interest. General Houston, commander-in-chief of the regular
army, had established his headquarters at San Felipe. He urged the
immediate organization of the army, and, on November 28th, offi-
cers for the infantry and ranger corps were elected." On the 30th,
'Ordinances and Decrees, 21.
2Journal of the General Council, 45.
-Ibid., 51-52.
'Ibid., 55; Ordinances and Decrees, 23, 27.
5Journal of the General Council, 59; Ordinances and Decrees, 24.
Journal of the General Council, 71-73. It is to be understood, of course,
that these were regular army officers.
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