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(3957] [HOUSTON to POLLITT]
Nacogdoches 11th Augt. I836.
To George Pollitt, Alcalde of this Municipality
Sir, You are hereby directed to arrest and bring to immediate trial all persons who are charged with the impressment of horses in this municipality without the proper authority and who have not accounted for the same. Sam Houston, Comd in Chief [3958] [HOUSTON ORDERS] Nacogdoches, Texas, 11th August, 1836. Orders The practice of indiscriminate impressment of property, by all persons whether present or not has produced many evils and acts of great injustice and oppression. Therefore the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Texas, orders that no property shall be hereafter impressed or molested only under the following exceptions. When provision is applied for and particularly beef, and the person or persons refusing to furnish it on the faith of the Government, the person applying being in command of troops, shall be authorized to press so much as may be needful for the emergency, and this shall be authorized, in all cases giving receipts, using care and making no unnecessary waste. No horses shall be pressed, unless it is for the purpose of carrying expresses, and an order shall be shown by the person from some superior officer, who is known to be in authority. It must be authorized by the General in command of the Army and signed by him, or by some officer known to be in command of a separate post. All persons going westward with horses or mules, are commanded lo be arrested at the several ferrys, who have not passports specifying their names and the number and description of the animals in company with them. All persons who are returning from the Army without furloughs or passports from the General commanding the army, specifying the horses or mules in their possession, shall be subject to arrest and their horses or mules taken from them. The impressment of property unless in
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