Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836. Page: 91
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fi^ceby ordained and decreed by the General Councril of tlic
Provisional Government, of Texas, That Thomas Barnett,
Robert H. Williams and James Collingsworth be, and
they are hereby, appointed Commissioners, to be commissioned
and instructed by the Governor, with full
powers to take, sequester, secure and retain, in the name
of the Provisional Government of Texas, the late schooner
Hannah Elizabeth, captured by the Mexican armed vessel
the Bravo, and re-captured by a party commanded
by or acting under the advice of Captain -- Hurd,
of the schooner William Robbins of Texas, together
with all her tackle, cargo, and whatsoever else belonged
to her or was of her freight; and, also, the said Commissioners
shall constitute a Court of Enquiry with full
powers to call before them, by coercive measures if necessary,
any and all persons concerned in the said recapture
and disposal of said schooner and cargo, and all
who may have any knowledge of facts connected therewith;
and upon corporeal oath, which said Commissioners
shall have full powers to administer to each and all
such persons as they may think proper to examine in
relation to the same, to demand and receive true answers
to such questions as they may deem pertinent to
the matter, all which shall be made and kept in writing
and duly signed by the witness or witnesses in presence
of and attested by said Commissioners, and cause to be
arrested and sent before this Council, any and all persons
whose acts, on due proof; shall appear to be of such a
nature as show contempt of the laws in such cases prcvided,
and of the Government of Texas: provided.--
that the said Commissioners shall make a full repoit of
the testimony and of all their proceedings in the case,
with all convenient dispatch to the Governor and Council
of the Government of Texas.
SEC. 2. Be it firtlher ordained and decreed, lce., That
the said Commissioners be required, and it is hereby
made their duty to take the most prompt and efficient
measures to secure, in safe keeping, all the Mexcian
prisoners taken by the re-capture and on board o' the
schooner Hannah Elizabeth that they may be made to
answer to the laws, and for the safety of such persons
as were captured by the Mexican Armed vessel Bravo,
and detained as prisoners.
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Texas (Republic). Secretary of State. Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836., book, 1838; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45353/m1/91/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .