THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 627 Art. 223 The members of the Provincial Deputations, secretaries and other officers shall receive a compensation to be fixed by law of Congress which:shall be paid by the Provinces - Art. 224 every Province ·whid.l has 20,000 inhabitants shall be entitled· to· a Provincial Deputation and on the petition of the .Majority of the A.yuntnmientos [to] the President of Mexico to that effect orders shall be immetlintely issued through the Political chief of the Province for·the·election of the members and all other neces- sary measures shall be adopted to establish the Deputation without delay - Art-225 Congress may by 111.w establish Special deputations in provinces which have less than 20:000 inhabitants, or may establish one Deputation for -~wo or more provinces, CHAP'ft:Jt :XI • MILITIA take the whole of capitulo 2d titulo 8. S. C. [Spanish Constitu- tion] ' CHA.PTJ::R XII
PUllr.JC INSTltUCTION
take the ,-;·hole of titulo 9. S. C. . .
Cu APTER XIII
OF ..,\,l!EXD:UEN1'S TO TH£ CONSTITUTION
The STATE OF TuxAs
Washington County Before me J. D. -Campbell, a Notary Public in and for 'Wash- ington County Texas on this day personally appeared Major Moses Austin Bryan, and Colonel Guy M. Bryan - who are well known to me, and being by me duly sworn they state (and each of them) that they are well acquainted with the handwriting of Stephen F . ..-\.ustin - that the handwriting from the beginning to the ending of the fore- going instrument, "A Project of a Constitution for the Republic of Mexico •formed by Stephen F. Austin of Texas - City of Mexico March 29 1823" is the handwriting of Stephen F Austin (Signed) • MosEs AusTIN BnYaN GUY 1'-f BnYAN Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of l\forch 1896 J D CA)[Pl\ELL N. P. ll'. Oo. Te.i:as. -
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