The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 28, 1835 Page: 1 of 4
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Curators Nolic
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Y a decree of the nroner
iJ& Judijefor the jurisdiction
of Austin passed on tiie 29 the
day of Do comber 133-1 in the
town of San Felipe and to be
found on record at the court
house in this town: the 10th
day of April next has been ap-
pointed for the creditors of
the succession of Lewis L.
Veeder deceased to meet the
Curator of said succession be-
fore the judge in the first ins-
tance for this jurisdiction to
have their respective claims
discussed and make proof of
the same; and in order that all
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SATURDAY MARCH 28 1835.
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NUMBER 30.
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DOMESTIC.
is Excellency H. Sviith J-Jsq. ) Your rAUionerBenja-
tl Chief of the Department of mia K.J'am an Em
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Hrazo. ) presario appointed by the
State ( Coahuila & Texas to colonize certain designated portions
-.f the lands of Texas vvojir! nnst respectfully represent to your
Excefluncy that his effort- and the objects oflhe Government ate
in great danger of being defeated by the claimants of eleven league
grants lour petitioner represents that manv persons with their
fanulie. emigrated to Texas a' great pains and expense 8 or 10
J voars ago under the inv itation litld forth ;n the laws of colonization.
Tliat the-. settled on unappropriated land took the oath of atlegi.
ancc to the Mexican Republic and have ever bince iemained
peaceable and dutiful citizen-. Tnat they have wih great labor
and cist opened lhrm-. luilt hoiwef mill and cotton g.ns. and in-
troduced hor-es.& cuille& hogs cc sheep into the wildem. But
notwithstanding she length of unic which these settlers have occu-
pied their lands notwithstanding their toils privations daggers
and expenses in redeeming them from a .state of nature and not-
withstanding their continued fidelity and devotion to the laws and
constitution of their adopted country many of these actual orcu.
pants have been within the last year survcvipl in and attempted to
I iu tlwnnccncsn.niv iarr.i rnrrs. nnd rithnrs tinder uretended eleven
m be heard they can COn- j league grains from Cnahuila and Texas. Your Petitioner would
tin lie from day to dav from respeclfullv call the -attention of your Excellency to the absolute
the 10th to the -20th day of the!nin '1S 'llld its "'I''nls which would ensure the substun-
. r i m i r nation of tii'ce eleven league grants to t!ie exclusion ol actual set-
5cttu inuiiui oi ptn tnu llir- f B-.-ides the Hiiustico ofcxnellins so manv thousands from
their h"nv-- a measure of this kind would retard the growth of
Texas for 100 years. Instead of evry Inbor of land vtng com-
fort and support to an cnterprizing citi.cn and his family instead
of the deserts being made to smile by the hand of cultivation m- interests that the vir.itamientos to a great degree oneing to
slnd ol having plantations overflowing with abundance instead that i.iiluence have beccmi degraded and feel but httlc ot that re
sponsibility so necessary to the promotion of the public good
that if the claims of the people of Texas to the right of the soil were
investigated and the rights of the Government the Ernprcsarios 5
the settlers settle down on a permanent basis then the interests of
her b' the same decree before
named the 20lh day of April
next has been appointed for
thebefore named curator to
Seltle Said succession before. 0f having villages and c:;ies enlivened by commerce & thespright-
mnntioupd. ninko nsivment and I lv notes if business instead of the whole country's wearing the
distribution of ihe means Oil t100' f peace plentv . prosperity dcccncyA: satisfaction instead
i j of all tins if actual occupants nuistvield to eleven league claimants
AiailU tlltlUllLial .lllly UIUllIlUlC. ;... ..;l Ilir rnm;n llirv .n-hro .iMlli.r-n. c. It nmir Sc lit lr'!V..- ..-.11 I nri;!tl . fn.l I. l!n c mn i
thereot accordingly as they j millions of acres of I md wii! be locked up in the hands of j'in-'le in-1 jeets tnat such a course would settle all important difficulties and
may be clossed for their "PltO ! dividuals to he trod & occupied only h wild beasts & savagts or j establi.-n on a permanent basis the legitimate rights of ail parties
RATV" siiare5 Therefore all l1 tMIS 's not l'lc case tncse last's wil! b- inhabited tn the tenants of coi.cernod and thereby allbrd stability and confidence to the scu
4 i i -r foreign speculator vh. from the number of their dependents tler and the means of producing coucord and happmess.
persons lllteresteu can atteilU U j u.l)U ecrci.5 a influence m political coti"crn f.s'al to ihe pros- Having premised the foregoing facts I would respectfully sug.
tliey tilink proper. j pcrity of the country and incompatible with the principles of Re- gest to Your Excellency the piopnety of laying this matter before
I. R. LEWIS Curator j publican simplicity. It is needless to descant upon the total ruin j;he honorable Congress of the state with a requect that they pas
San Fchoe de ustin January -itl 'vmc'1 a sVdic " flings like this would bring upon us. In consid- a law authorising the settlers or leg.timate citizens of each ofthe
' IR'15 l erauuu ot u:iu iur tuu iiuvuiiiiiMi ui iiiuc uiis. your i viiiiimiui jjepartmeilis 01 1 e.xas 10 eieci popuiuny mreu coimiussiuiicis iu
. ..it. ...... 1. I . ...... -.. . . II.. ...... .......I j :...(.... .. !. . ar.01 i r . i I I T i .11. ii .j .. -. n .- n-
earne-itv prus tua; voiir ii;eueiit;vwi)utu i.iv i iii pcuituu hl-iuh-the
Congress of Coahuila and Texas accompanied with such a
recommendation as voumay deem it worthy of. and also that you
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SUDSCrmer rcspectlUl- j (hc Avu.lta'niicnt iS ofvour (lopart.ne:it m elTectuating the.objects of
h'lnfonilS the public that this np ihcatiou to the Government. The mode suaccsted by vour
peMtiuiier for lemedying orprcventing the evils above complained
of is. that the Political Chiefs and all of the Ayuntamiento's of
Te as should unitedly ctition the Congress of Coahuila and Texas
to allow the people of Texas the privilege of electing seven of
their fellow-citixens as commissioner whose dutv ii shall be to
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JVot
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HE subscriber rcspectful-
he is now prepared to do all
kind of black smith work on
moderate terms for cash or
approved notes payable on or
before the 1st dav of .May next luromptlv and finally settle ucccording to law and justice all di.e
-411 persons indebted will please! lutcs '" rcgarl t0 1'"1"1' an(' 0 g'vo confirmed titles to all who are
ii j .j . " 'entitled to them. Unless something of this nature is done Texas
call and setlie their accounts.
contracted in the years 1833
and 1834; otherwise their ac
counts will be found in the pro-
per hand for collection and all
those having demands a gainst
him will present the same fori
cttlement-
fll.25.3t.
G- LOGIN.
Ltaw.
TV. BARRET TRAVIS &T. WlL.
LISNIBBS have united in the prac-
tice of law. They will attend to any
business entrusted to their care it
the jurisdiction of Austin and ColunV
bia.
Jan. 17 -22 if.
JOB PRINTING
Of every description ncatl3
excuted with despatch at thi.
Office.
THOMAS R. ERWIiV
Will practice Medicixij
Surgery and Obstetrics ?
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will be in a few years distracted by quarrels & law suits fata1 to
her peace and ruinous to the fortunes of many innocent settlers on
account of court costs and lawyer's fees. For confirmation of this
your petitioner jvould refer your RxoMlencj- to the history of Ten-
nessee and Kentucky two of the Umted Slates of the North where
it is known that the money paid in court costs and lawyer's fees
in regard to lands'iits.amounts to more than both of the states would
self for No good citizen can be possibly injured by a procedure
of this nature each ono will have an equal voice in selecting the
commissioners who are to decide upon their rights it is cctainly
the wish and the interest of every colonist to know on what foot-
ing ins title stands before he his waited too much time ami labor
in improving his land. Furt;irmore your Petitioner is an Em-
presario appointed by Government to coloniv.o certain portions ot
the lands of Texas and inasmuch as complaints are daily made by
colonists and others many believing that the term Empresano is
synonymous with swindler your petitioner feels it a duty he owes
to himself his friends and the Government to earnestly recom-
mend a full investigation hv sud commissioners of the conduct of
all the Entires ario's of Texas and if they have violated their con.
tracts and ths colonization laws to havo their errors rectified.
By way of compensation to the commionera your petitioner re-
commends that each citizen whose title to a league of land is en-
dorsed good by the commissioners shall pay to them five dollars;
and for each third or quarter of a league in that proportion and
for each labor one dollar it being perfectly understood that an
endorsement on a title of goal by the commissioner shall be final
and conclusive against all the world. In conclusion; hoping and
believing that your Excellency will seethe vital importance of the
steps herein rscmnmonded airl will use your beat exertions in ef-
fecting as promptly as possible so indispensible an object. I sub-
scribe myself with the highest respect your Excellcnyc's obedi-
eut servant.
BENJAMIN R. MILAM.
Chieftaincy of ) I herewith transmit to vour Excellency a
the Department copy of the petition of t'-? citizen Benjamin R.
of Brazos. j Milam who states he is acting as Empicsano
to fill out various contracts of colonization and conoidenng the
candor and honesty wih whu ' he sets fo facta praying an in
vesication I deem it worthy ilioattei.tien ot Your Excellency and
the honorable Congress. That the term impresario is justly con-
sidered equivalent to that of swindle- that the situation ofthe
land titles m this country is n ma'term which the people feels
much interest that nn mvestiga'ion ofthe conduct ofall public a-
gents and particularly lh.if of Ernprcsarios is loudly called for te a
matter of right that their conduct has ever been reprehensible that
their contract have genciallv been turned entire! to the promo-
tion of their own pecuniary interests that they have greatly in-
fringed the rights guaranfed to the settler by the numflcctice of
the Government that they havr made exactions of the settlers con-
trary to law that their course of conduct has generally been cal-
culated to swindle both the settler and the Government that the
course pointed out hv the petitioner could not effect the Jus: rights
of either settler or Empresano that without some such course of
investigation authorised in a proper manner litigation in land titles
which become grutiy injurious aud almost interminable thatthn
Covernmcni on their nan have useuevcry precaution o prevent
litigation in hnd titles butWingto the management of their agents
they are in many instances involved in much incertitude fc difficulty
that the country is fast filling up and transfers of land from
one citizen to another become common which renders it doubly
necessary tint all original titles should be investigated and p!a-
ced on apernnncnt basis that the balance of po'ver has eer
bcen in the hands of the Ernprcsarios their agents and partisan
emissaries who by their int-igiic and management have ever kept
and still andeavorto keep all offices political and judicial filled
with persons who can he made subservient to their own views and
each Department who shall he iullv authorised by commission
from Vuir Excelle.r.- to m.'es'.igite a I the titles wnicn
have in any wise emanated from the Government to the
settler Emprcsario or interested party and settle them in.
good faith and iti strict conformity with the laws and de-
crees of the Government on that subject. And that they shall
be fully empowered to investigate the right rmd pretentions of ail
claimants and if they are found to have acted in good faith and
there should be any deficiency in their title either as it may res-
pect identity or quantity that the said commissioners be authoris-
ed to complete the titles by extension of the grant or in any and
every other way that the circumstances ofthe case may require
and that all grants or titles thus investigtted and completed shall
be by that hoard confirmed; which confirmation shall to all in-
tents and purposes he considered a3 final and irrevocable forev-
er. And all titles by that board rejected shall be considered as
forfeited and revert back to the Government from whence they
emanated without further investigation or appeal. And thn' no-
title not confirmed by that board shall be considered valid; but
void and null to all intents and purposes and all transfers made
from such void or defective title shall he considered and treated as a
criminal offence.
And thafthe conduct of Emprcsario's be investigated by said
board in strict conformity with their contracts and the laws on
that subject and their claims and precisions to lauds investiga-
ted and their titles disposed of as those of other citizens. And that
the commissioners he bound ta keep a register of all claims pre-
sented to them for investigation and shew on said register the dis-
position made of such claim and that they shall remain in office
until the Emprcsario contracts expire and all the titles investiga-
ted with permission to adjourn from time to time and hold their
office where circumstances and convenience may warrant. And
that they appoint a Secretary capable of making correct transla-
tions of the Castillian and Engligh languages and that the board
he authorised to make such charges for their investigation of titles
as the circnmstanceswill warrant: and that they shall have the
right and power to order to bo delivered over to them nil original
deeds and records which may be within their several Dopartmints.
pertaining to land originally deeded by the Government. And that
such commissioners shall be citizens of go jd -noral character cho-
sen popufarly by the people; that they shall ha disconnected from
land speculation' vt sworn to discharge thoirdutics faithfully in con.
formity with the laws and decrees of the Government on thoso
subjects with all of which they shall be furnished. That the Po-
litical Chief of each Department shall give at least three months
notice of such election which shall he hsld at the site of each
Jmisdiction only and kept open four hours in each day for sir
days and thca cloasd and conducted intho ordinary m inner.
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The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 28, 1835, newspaper, March 28, 1835; Brazoria, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80255/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.