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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
47
Approved, May 24, 1838.
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT
Approved, May 24, 1838.
SAM. HOUSTON.
(1517)
shall have been or may hereafter be commenced in the name of
one person for the use of another, and the person whose name
may be used, shall depart this life during the pending of such
suit, it shall not be necessary to revive said suit in the name of
the representative of the deceased, but said suit may be prose-
cuted in the same manner as though said death had not hap-
pened, the same having been suggested on the record.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR,
President of the Senate.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR,
President of the Senate.
Seg. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That
the conditions contained in the first section of the act to which
this is a supplement, so far as relates to the individuals who
were in the action of the 19th March, 1836, under the commands
of Colonels Eannin and Ward, and also those who fell at the
Alamo under the commands of Bowie and Travis, are hereby
cancelled.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War is
hereby authorized and required to issue land warrants agreeably
to all the provisions of the aforesaid act, which is not repealed
by this act, to the legal representatives, in the name of the heirs
of all persons embraced in the first section of this act, upon the
production of satisfactory testimony that the persons whom they
represent were among those who fell in either of the two actions
above named.
Supplementary to an Act Granting Lands to those who were
in the Battle of San Jacinto and other Battles.
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