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THE AUSTIN PAPERS.
PnocLAl\IATION
Stephen F. Austin Lieut. Col. of Militia Political chief and Superior Judge ef Austins Colony in the Province of Texas- Charged by the Superior Authorities of the Mexican Nation with the government of the Colony untill its organization is completed and considering the great inconvenience that attends the administra- tion of Justice in consequence of the extent of the Brazos District I have thought proper to onle,r and decree as follows • 1-The tract of country lying between the Coshatta road, so called, and the Sea Shore including the waters of the Brazos and of Chocko- late Bayou and the east bank of the Bernard Creek up to said road shall form a new district to be called the District of St. Felipe de Austin 2--This decree shall take effect and be in force from and after the first clay of January next- And that this decree may arrive to the knowledge of all persons I have caused it to be published and posted up in the most public places hereby commanding all officers and inhabitants of this Colony to obey it accordingly under the pains and penalties prescribed by the laws in such cases Given under my hand at the Town of St- Felipi de Austin this 2 day of Decem 1823-3d year of independence and 2d year of liberty of the Mexican Nation- AUSTIN TO PROVINCIAL DEPUTATION 1 The people of this District have contributed 400 fonegns of Corn to- wards the respectable support of the Representative of this province in the Cortes, agreeably to the order of the Governor, Don Luciano Garcia, under date of September 24 th . Upon receiving your Ex- cellency's communication of the 6 th October, I acquainted our people with its tenor, who have already,subscribed 100 fanegas for the pur- pose aJluded to in your Excellency's aforesaid communication, and you may send for 1.t whenever you think proper. There is no money in this district, and corn, is at present, the only production they have; but wishing to prove that they are an.xious to contribute, according to their means, towards the wants of the country that has generously received them, and which they have of their own free will accepted as their mother country, they have made a greater effort than was warranted by their circumstances. This is in answer to your Excellency's aforesaid communication. . ESTEVAN F. AUSTIN. San Felipe de Austin. December 2°\ 1S23. 3ro and 2d. 1 State Library. Translntlons in Nacogdocbes Archives from Bexar Archives. 2GOG7"-24-YOL 2, PT 1--46
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