Message of Gov. O. M. Roberts on appropriations and expenditures under the control of the governor to the seventeenth legislature of the state of of Texas, convened at the city of Austin, in regular session, January 11, 1881. Page: 3 of 23
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE, January 11, 1881.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in the Legislature
assembled:
There were several appropriations made by the Sixteenth Legislature,
which yere to be expended under the direction of the governor, which it
is proper to give some explanation of in regard to the manner in which
they have been acted on.
LAND FORGERIES.
In the deficiency appropriation, an appropriation of $10,000 was made
for "payment of the services of detectives, attorneys, informers and
prosecutors employed in the detection and prosecution of land forgeries."
It was provided that the governor should make a final settlement with
such persons, and obtain their receipt and release of the State upon his
,approval of their claims, which was done as shown in the annexed statement
marked Exhibit A.
Judge A. P. Foster was the detective previously employed to trace out
these forgeries and aid in procuring the evidence to establish them.
Messrs. Sheeks which they did, and their accounts were approved by
me upon their executing a full receipt and release to the State for all
services respectively rendered by them up to date of settlement, on the
twenty-second of May, 1879. A small amount, on the same terms, was
allowed to J E. Lucy as balance due him for services in the same matter,
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Roberts, Oran M. Message of Gov. O. M. Roberts on appropriations and expenditures under the control of the governor to the seventeenth legislature of the state of of Texas, convened at the city of Austin, in regular session, January 11, 1881., book, January 11, 1881; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5832/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .