The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume I

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the Republic, be it known: That the General Congress ha decreed the following. "Art. 1. That article ele,·en of the law of April 6, 1 30 is an- nulled in its entirety. Art. 2. That the Government is authorized to spend any neces- ary amount for the colonization of the Territories in the Federa- tio~ and of other parts where it ha power to do o. Art. 3. In regard to the lands that are capable of being colonized: the Government is likewise authorized to take all the mea ures which it may consider conduc.ive to, the safety, better progre s and stability of the colonies which it shall establish. Art. 4. That the annulment mentioned in the first article of this decree will not be in effect until six months. after its publication. Art. 5. T.hat the authority granted by the econd article include.-; that of erecting .fortifications at places on the frontier where the Government considers that they will be useful and advantageous.- Lorenzo de Zavala, President of the Chamber of Deputies.-:Mariano de Borja, President of the Senate.-Ignacio Alvarado, Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies.-Antonio Pacheco Leal, Secretary of the Senate.'' Inasmuch as I order this to be printed, published and circulated, you will duly comply with my command. Federal Government Palace. Mexico, 'ovember 21, 1833.-Antonio Lopez de Sa1ita Llnna- A. D. Carlos Garcia. ' I communicate this to your servant for his information and for the corre ponding reasons. God and Liberty. Mexico, November 21, 1833.-Garcia.-The Gov- ernor of the Federal District." And in order that it may come to the notice of everyone, I order the foregoing to be published as a proclamation in this capital and within the limits of the District; and to be posted in the customary places and circulated among all those who e business it shall be to ,oberve it. Given at Mexic_o, 'ovember 25, 1833. Jose Maria Tornel. Joaquin Ramirez Espana. Secretary. 'fhe law of April 1830 prohibiting any further emigration of Americans into Texas wa through the influence of ol. Austin 18 whil tin Mexico, repealed-the within i the repealing tntutc- Genl. Au tin ju tly said of the law of '30-that it only . hut out all the virtuous people of the U S from comin,:t to Texas, who would not come in contravention or the law, whil t the profligate & alian- donecl would come in despite of it- »Dy Lamar. . [Endorsed] 18 Derogation of the law of 6 April 1830. '"Austin's claim to a major Influence In securing the repeal of article eleven of tho la.w or April 6, 1830 Is denied by J. T. raaon. See The Quartcrl11 of the Tcxa, State lliatorical Auociatlon, XI, 178.

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