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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
shall be indebted or otherwise liable to the National Bank of Texas, by bill, draft or any other instrument for the payment of money, as drawer, acceptor or endorsee, and shall delay payment thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the Bank, after having given. thirty days notice to the person or persons so indebted to move the Circuit Court of the county where said Bank is established, on producing--to- said Court before whom the motion is made, the certificate of the President of the Bank, that the debt is bona fide the property of the said Bank, for judgment. SECTION 22. Be it further enacted, That the protest of a, notary public of an i:i;iland bill of exchange, or other protestable security, the property of said Bank, setting forth a demand, refusal, non-ac- ceptance, or non-payment, and that notice thereof was given either personal or otherwise, to the parties entitled thereto, shall be evidence of such facts: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be con• strued to effect the reasonableness or sufficiency of such demand, re• fusal, non-acceptan~e or non-payment. SECTION 23. Be it further enacted, That a notice left at the usual place of residence of the principal in such case, shall be good and sufficient notice in all cases as to such principal, to entitle said Bank to recover judgment against such principal. [Endorsed] A Bill, to establish a National Bank. No. 657 1838 Jan. 6, N. W. ELLIS, SAN AUGUS'fINE, [TEXAS), TO M[IRABEAU] B[UO~APARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS His own purchase of a land claim originating with Jesse Wood- bury; inquiry regarding Woodbury and the prospect of securing employment as a government clerk. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 658 1838 Jan. 8, W. J. JONES TOM. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] Mobile Jany 8th 1838 My dear Genl. I have written to you by two young gentlemen who left here this fall to visit Texas, but I ha,ve not heard a syllable from you. I should not have known that you ever reached the country in safety but for the return of Roberts, who brought with him the gratifying intelli- gence that you were safely moved and in good condition. I was re• joiced to see the feeling which pervades your Senate in reference to the Presidential election. I speak the common sentiment of the .South whl:!n I tell you that your election will do more to promote
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