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or inspector of the tributary port of the port of Galveston called Brasoria and of your arrival at Brusoria- You may rest assured that I will cheerfully unite with you in every measure eonformably with the laws to carry into effect the ol>ject of your office- By the Militia Laws of this state the Militia are under the direction of the Alcalde that is to say if you should find ·the militia necessary for the performance of your duties the order must emanate from the .Alcalde- In order to prevent you from laboring under any serious disadvantages. I will call on the Alcalde for an order addressed to the Comt of the Ba.talion to furnish Militia whenever necessary- al.tho I hope and trust they will not be necessary Accept the assurances of my respect and esteem and desires for your success in the.discharge of yr duties 10 1\1:arch 1831 W D D. [SAMUEL M. ,v1LLIAl1s.J S .UIUEL M. ';thLLIAl\IS TO ,v. D. D[UNL.\P] By your official letter of the 3" prest month which came to hand yesterday morning I am informed of the doubt:s of Capl Fuller respecting the payment of Tonnage duties- The law respecting the liability of tonnage duties on a vessel or vessels of a. foreign nation or under a foreign flag is so clear as not to need comment. Knowing as I do the desires of Gen' Teran, whose nuthority extends over all the Custom houses from Tampico to the Sabine, to afford c,·ery facility and convenience that he can to the settlers and inhabitants of this colony, and that the permission of vessels to enter into the Brasos River as tributary to the port of Galveston is founded in his desire to benefit the Colony, I do most sincerely hope that c,·ery Capt and owner of a vessel tracling to that place will comply with the law and pay the Tonnage money. Should the Govt find that vessels entering the Brasos River do not comply with the laws no doubt exists in my mind that they will totally prohibit the entrance of all vessel&- The tonnage money must be paid and unless those who trade to the Brasos River wish to deprive themselves of the benefits of tl1e trade they musL obey the Laws- I entertain it per· feet belief of yr disposition to do justice in the discharge of your duties in which I hitve only to add be purdent yet firm in the com- pliance of the instructions you have rec 11 from yr superior officer Col. Bradburn- I shall put a notice in the next paper on the subject of yr apointment- Tendering you my considerations of respect etc 10 March 18:'>l SM ,v ,v D D
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