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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
Commissioners appointed by virtue of and in pursuance of the a-ct of May 16t. 1838.--the serving Commissioner shall have full power in his individual right to sign seal execute sell deliver and transfer said Bonds or Certificates of Stock (issued) in the afore- said act-& exercise all the powers vested in both Commissioners by the act aforesaid, as fully as if they were both personally present & acting.- Sec 4 Be it further enacted, in case the said Loan of 5 millions or any part thereof should be negociated by virtue of the aforesaid act of the 16 May 1838. that in addition to the general pledge of the faith & credit of the Republic contained in the said act for the payment of the interest & redemption of the principal of said Loan that such part of the Revenues arising from the Customs of this: Republic as may be necessary shall be set apart & semi-annually remitted to the United States Bank in Philadelphia to meet the-- semiannual interests on any Bonds issued under said Loan, and that: from and after the year 1842-that Three hundred thousand Dol- lars shall be annually appropriated and set apart from the sales of the public Lands and invested in the public Securities or Corporate Stocks of the U. S of A. to form a sinkin,g fund for the ultimate redemption of the principal of said Loan which said annual appro- priation shall be made until a sum equal with the accumulation of interest to Five Millions shall be realized to extinguish said Debt.
[Addressed] Genl. M. B. Lamar.
No. 863
1838 Nov. 4, N. CHILDRESS, SELMA, ALABAMA, TO M[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS Inquiry regarding the prospects for medical practice and for a drug business in Houston; the gloomy political prospect in the United States; personal matters and good wishes· A. L. S. 2 p.
No. 864
1838 [c. Nov. 5?], JrOHNl 1\1. HANSFORD, [HOUSTON, TEXAS}, TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAl\IAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS] Endorsing Judge William P. Anderson for attorney general of the Republic, Colonel Kennet L. Anderson for chief justice [of San Augustine County], and William Kimbro, late sheriff of San Augus- tine County, for collector of customs. A. L. S. 1 p. Appended to no. 861.
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