THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 737 foundi being the vn.lue of the hogs stolen which when collected shall l>e delivered to the Alcalde of said·district to be paid over when prop- erly demanded to the rightful! owners of said stolen hogs also said Execution shall issue for the whole amount of the costs of suit and expence of the guard and any other legal charges to be collected from the property-of either or all of said parties concerned in said theft-Also the Alcalde of sd District will cause a written notice to be served by the constable on said Peter ..Whitiker ,villiam Fitz Gibbo•1s and vVilliam "Thitiker that unless they remove and depart with their families and effects from off the waters of the Brazos or Colorado Rivers within three months from the date of said no- tice the full penalty of the 15 section of the ordinance before recited will be enforced against them, that is that trebel the amount of the property stolen will be collected from the property of the said Peter ,vhitiker and his accomplices ,villiam Fitz Gibbons and William ,vhitiker and that they will also be condemned to hard labor on public works as said section provides-The cost of serving which notice shall also be paid by said prisoner and his said accomplices The Alcalde of the said district of the Brazos is particularly charged with the full execution of this order in all its parts and will render an account to me when it is finally executed 1 - Given under my hand at the town of St Felipe de Austin this 2d day of February 1824-4 th 3d STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Judge To the Alcalde of the District of the Brazos [John P Coles]
.AUSTIN TO [BASTROP] 2
Feb 3 1824
Dn. Sm, The interest of the colony requires that there should -be a recorders office established in it for recording marks and brands of Hogs and Cattle, and Tittle Deeds to lands, Bills of Sales and such other in- struments of writing of importance that ought to be recorded, I therefore wish that you would have the goodness to represent the subject to the most Excellent Deputation and procure from them a Decree authorising me to establish nt this place a recorders office for this Colony for the above purposes-It has become necessary that this Colony should have a name to disignnte it in Judicial pro- ceedings us well as in authenticating instruments of writing of all 1 See report below., Coles to Austin. May 25, 1824. .Also Clark to .AusUn, l?ebruary a, 18:!4, tor G!bbons's revenge. ~ See Austin to Sancedo, August 16-18!!5,
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