The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 5
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
5
President be, and he is hereby authorised and required to issue
one hundred thousand dollars of the Promissory Notes of the Government,
(authorised by act of Congress, bearing date, May the
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight,) of which sum,
twenty thousand dollars shall be paid out-forthwith, agreeably to
an act of the present Congress, making an appropriation for the
fitting out of two hundred and fifty men, called for by Major General
T. J. Rusk, from the second Brigade, Texas Militia; and the
remaining eighty thousand, are hereby ordered to be placed in the
hands of the Treasurer, subject exclusively to appropriations for
the protection of the frontier.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer be, and
he is hereby authorised and required to pay the said appropriation
of twenty thousand dollars, to the Pay Master of the first Regiment,
second Brigade, Texas Militia, after he shall have given bonds and
good security in the sum of eighty thousand dollars, as heretofore
required by an act of this Congress.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Approved, November 16, 1838.
SAM HOUSTON.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Legalizing Commissions of Military Officers,
and the faith of Congress is hereby pledged to ratify and
legalize all such elections.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
'S. . EVERITT.
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Appro'Id, November 16, 1838.
SAM HOUSTON.(.5)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/9/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .