The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, July 1919 - April, 1920 Page: 142
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
the ordinance establishing regulations and rates of ferriage see
book of ordinances pages --)39 it was also ordered that all pub-
lic expresses and the mails should be crossed at all and any of
the ferries within the jurisdiction gratis and free from any charge.
The president stated to the body that Mr. Thos. Westall had
taken building lots numbers 211, 212 and 213 in place of numbers
49 and 50 which by an error had been sold by the Ayuntamto.
being the property of said Westall by purchase made of Mills M.
Battle in the year 1825. And inasmuch as the said lots 49 and
50 were sold by the Ayunto. for [blank] and the appraised value
of Nos. 211. 212. and 213 is [blank] at which price sd. Westall
takes them, he the said Westall is indebted to the Municipality
in the sum of ten dollars-this entry was made by sd. Westall
on the 4th Novemr. 1830 and is now ordered to be made a mat-
ter of record in this book of acts.
A letter was received by the Ayuntamto. from the Empresario
Austin under date of this day which was read and ordered by
the body to be engrossed in the book of acts, in [p. 70] consid-
eration of the subject on which it treats being one of the highest
importance to inhabitants of the jurisdiction and especially to
those who were colonized by the sd. Empresario in his first colony.
The nominal list with which the said Empresario accompanied
his sd. official letter which list contains the name of each grantee,
the quantity of land he received and the date of the title, in the
first colony established by the said Empresario under the Col-
onization Law of fourth January 1823 and the Contract of the
sd. Empresario with the Supreme Mexican Govt. under decrees
"The rates fixed by this ordinance were published in The Texas Gazette,
January 15, 1831:
1 loaded wagon and 4 animals ................... $1.25
" " " " 2 " .................. 1.00
" " cart " 4 " ........... . ,50
" " " " 2 " ................ ... .25
" empty " " 4 or 2 " .................. .25
" four wheeled carriage and 4 animals........... 1.00
S c" " " " 2 " ........... .75
c" " " " " 1 " ........ .50
" pack mule or horse loaded ...................... .124
" man and horse ............................... .121
" man ........................................ :061
" yoke of oxen in the yoke ...................... .12,1
Horned cattle .................................. .04
Hogs .......................................... . .02
Double these rates when the river was out of banks.142
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