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No. 1587 1839 Dec. 25, JOHN P. RICHARDSON, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN, TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] A request for information regarding Texas for the benefit of a com- pany of young men desirous of emigrating. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1588 1839 Dec. 25, J\;IE~1UCAN HUNT, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Funds received for the expenses of running the line; plans; Lamar's intended visit to Vicksburg, [Mississippi]; recommendation of Judge John Scott for appointment as chief justice in the event of Rusk's resignation. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1589 183,9 Dec. 27, J. H. STARR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO l\L B. LAl\IAR, [AUSTIN, TEXASJ 50 Austin, Dec. 27-1839 To his Excellency MB Lamar Sir- On examining the laws I find that M. B. l\Ienard was· paid two thousand one hundred dollars for his services as Loan Comr under authority of an Act 51 for his relief approved l\Iay 24th 1838- The rate of compensation per month is not stated either in the law or the voucher in the Auditor's Office, but it is understood that it was the same as that allowed A. C. Horton as naval Agent under an Act approved the same day- A. G. Yates under a joint Resolution approved J an'y 23d 1839 received seventeen hundred fifty nine dollars as Loan Comr- the rate per month or per annum not known-but is understood to be the same as allowed Horton- Messrs. Gilmer & Williams presented their accounts, they hav- ing been recalled or deprived of their agency by an act of the Govern- ment which prevented them from continuing their efforts and thereby removed the possibility of their being compensated in the manner desig- nated in their contract- viz. by commissions on the amount borrowed- The subject was referred to the Hon. Attorney General, who was of opinion that they were entitled to compensation, but could suggest no way by which the amount due them could be fixed without an Act of Congress. As the action of Congress had been had upon the cases of l\Ienard & Yates it was considered unnecessary to lay these cases before that body
00 A. N. S. "Printed in' Gammel, H. P. N., Laws of Texas, I, 1505.
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