1686
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
BILL TO ESTABLISH .A SEMINARY OF LEARNING. 1
[October 11, 1827n The Congress of the State of Co~huila y Texas have thought pr<'pcr to decree as follows- Considering Education as the basis of good morals of good order •and of the Republican System of Govt. and seeing the necessity there is for the establishment of a Seminary at the Town of San Felipe de Austin in Texas for the purpose of instructing the Children of the new Colonists who have emigrated to that point in the $panish language, Therefore it is decreed 1-That a Seminary of learning shall be established at the said Town of San Felipe de Austin in which shall be taught the various branches.of Education 2. The Said Seminary shall be under the direction of 13 trustees who mny [be] nppointecl yearly by the Ayuntamiento of Said Town of San Felip_e de Austin; and the said trustees may appoint a President and secretary and treasurer, and shnll employ all the teachers and make rules and regulations and Bye laws for the Government of said seminary and have the control of the funds be- longing to it and appropriate the same for the use and benefit of said seminnry 3-Untill there is an Aynntamiento at the said Town of San Felipe de Austin the above named trustees shall be appointed by •S. F. A. the Judge commissioned to administer the municipal gov~ ernment of said Town for the prcsent- 4--For the endowment of snicl Seminary with fumls there is hereby granted to it the quantity of Six Leagues of land to be selected by the said S. F. A..in snch size tracts as he may deem most advantageous n.ncl in any part of the Country not otherwise disposed of East of the Colorado River in Texas- An entry of said selections shall be made in the archives of the new Colony on the Brasos and Colorado at the said town of San Felipe de Austin_and a certified copy therefor shall be sent to the Governor of this state who shall file the same in h1s office as an evidence of said entries- 5. The said seminary shall form a Body Corporate under the name of the Seminary of Austin and may have a seal and buy and Sell property and sue and be sued- 1 The date of thlB document cannot be definitely fixed. The order for the establish• nt of the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin was Issued by the Go,·ernor on ~:vember 17, 1827, and promulgated by the political chief of Dexnr on •December 11. he election was held nnd the nyuntamtento organized February 10, 1S28. Article 3 ot 'f. document Jncllcntes that It was written before the estnhllshmeut of the ny11ntn- th16 t Between October 11 nod November 8, 1827, Austin mn<le, In Snltlllo, n serleB of mien °~ 1 s to the Go, (!rnor for legislation. This document was most probably writ ten 1111 1?1?CH tlont u·mC' but it 111 not certain that it waa prei;ented to the Governor. Compn1·e 111Jont 1:1 ' ft with a bill drnwn April 30, 1831.
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