PAPERS OF 1\ILRABE,\U Buo APARTE L.\MAR
451
1 With great consideration & the best wishes for your happiness, I remain
Sir,
Your most affte Srt.
Jose Antonio 1\Iexia [rubric] [Endorsed]
[Addressed] To
Jose Antonio Iexia N Orlean 27th. ept 1839 Official
Gen. Mirabeau Lamar Houston Texas
No. 450
1836 Sept. 29, R. BACRE [BRAZORIA? TEXAS] TO [1\ITRA- BEAU BU01 APARTE] LAMAR, [BRAZORIA? TEXAS] Requesting endorsement for the clerkship of the Hou e. A. r . S. 1 p.
No. 451
1836 Sept. 29, .A: BRIGHAU AND H. C. HUDSOr:r TO THE · SECRETARY OF THE TREA URY 8 To the IIonorable Sec1·etary of th('; Trea~1iry: SIR: In conformity with the laws -creating the offices of Auditor and Controller, we have the honor of reporting to you the state of our offices. The description of claims which ·have been audited, are generally for services rendered in the army, navy, and civil departments, for supplies furnished, for transportation, for property iinpre sed into the public service, and for property placed in public ervice, and for property placed in public service by individuals and valued at the tim ; some few -claims have been autl1enticated f.or property destroyed by the enemy, where officers of the army have guaranteed to the owners of such property remuneration for their los es, on account of having impressed their means of conveying such.property to places of safety, as in the case of the steam boat Yellow· Stone. A large number of claims have been presented for horse and other property lost in the service, while in the posse.ssion of individuals, and considered as their own property; also, for property de troyed by the enemy and by the order of the officers of our army to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy. Claims of these descriptions are not provided for by ·the existing laws and we have declined acting upon them, until congres should pass some general law on the subject. The claims audited, we have classed as follows : Military, including crvices in tlle army, supplie of ever kind furnished the army, trans- portation of troops and stores, and all l~ses incurred for the benefit of the army. Naval, including services in the navy, purchase and repair of vessels, outfits and supplies. Civil, including services in the
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