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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
1835-6 Dec.-Jan., JACK SHACKELFORD~
• Accounts. A. D. S. 1 u.
No. 280 [1835 1], RESOLUTIONS AT A PUBLIC 1EETING
Resolution 1st. Re olved, That it is the duty of the citizens of Texas to •tmite in the adopted support of the constitution -and laws of their adopted country- Resolution 2 Resolved, That in as much as Texas is left in a State of anarchy, and without Governor, vice Governor, or Council, that we recognize the political Chief as the highest Executive offi- cer, and that we ea1~nestly recommend an immediate or- adopted ganization of the militia for the protection of the frontier, and that he suspend further orders until the whole people are con ultcd, .and also that he recommend a similar course to the chiefs of the other departments o.f Texas. Resolution 3rd Resolved, That the political chief be requested to corespond with the other chiefs of Department in Texas and request them to co-operate with him in electing three deputies from each Jurisdiction of their several Departments, to meet the Chief of Department in public council with full power to form for Texas a provisional Government on the prin- ciples of the Con titution, during the reign of anarchy in the State. And that they meet at some central point, as soon as circum tance will po sibly permit- Re olution 4 4th Resolution Re. olved. That a committe of 1fivc br chosen to wait on the political Chief with the views of thi meeting, nnd that they re- Adopted main a permanent Committee of vigilant , correspondence and safety- [Endor. ed] Resolntions of a public Meeting 'An error in the calendar. This la the same document aa no. 264.
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