called General Council of Texas, those who acted as interloping Governor and Vice-Governor, those apprehended in command of any land or maritime armed force, and those who might have committed cold blooded murder. Also exempt from this indulgence are those who did not place themselves at the disposition of the Government wilhin the precise period to be designated by the same in eonfor,nily with article two. Moreover, the indulgence will not be valid in cases of reocurence for those had gained it through this law. 4th The central punishment being annulled for those comprehended in articles one and two will he communted to perpetual exile from the Republic for those who entered the nation outside the terms stipulated by article 11 of the law of April 6, 1830. The remainder of the apprehended may elect the same punishment or ten years confinement at an interior post to be designated by the Government to be no less than sixty leagues distant from the coast and frontier areas. 5th The legitimately introduced colonists comprehended by article two who elect confinement in the inlerior of the Republic by utilizing the choice granted them by the previous article, may have their time diminished for a span not to exceed four years in consideration of the major or minor role which they played in the war and the importance of their participation. Luis de Portugal, president - Jose R. Malo, secretary -Rafel Montalvo, secretary. I hereby order this decree to be printed, published, circulaled, and be given its proper compliance. Govern.ment National Palace in Mexico, 14th of April, 1836. Jose Justo Corro - A.D. Jose Maria Tomei." I forward it to you for your knowledge and consequential purposes with the understanding that for the proper compliance of the preceeding law, the Most Excellent ad-interim President has seen fit to order the observation of the following articles: 1st The time allotted for rebel colonists to present themselves is hereby designated as fifteen days, but the Most Excellent President and Commander-in-Chief of the Army may reduce or extend it as he sees fit in accordance with the circumstances. 2nd The period during which the pardoned are to he exiled from the Republic and the port from which they are to
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