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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1837
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, Republic of Texas City of Houston, December 13, 1837.
To the Honorable Senate of Texas. Gentlemen: I take pleasure in submitting for the ratification of your Honorable body the nomination of Mr. F. R. Lubbock,2 as Comptroller of the Treasury of the Republic. T"he great press of business in that Department, and the vacation of the office, caused by the resignation of the gentleman who recently filled it, induces the Executive to solicit most respectfully the advice and consent of the Honorable Senate to this nomination as soon as practicable. Sam Houston. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Papers, Texas State Library. E. W. Winkler (ed.), Sec,·et Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1896-1845, p. 100. 2 Francis Richard Lubbock (October 16, 1815-June 22, 1905), Governor of Texas, Confederate soldier. For biographical sketches see: Dictionary of Ame,·ican Biography, XI, 480-481; Six Decades in Texas, o,·, Memoirs of Francis Richard L1tbbock, ( 1900). THE VETO OF AN ACT CONCERNING CHANGES IN THE LAW THAT ESTABLISHED THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE 1 Executive Department, Republic of Texas City of Houston, December 13, 1837. To the Hon[orable]House of Representatives of Texas- GENTLEMEN: I find myself compelled, though with great reluctance, to disapprove and return to your House the "Act to reduce into one act, and amend the several acts relating to the establishment of a General Land Office." 2 Duly appreciating the solicitude of important portions of the community for the adjustment of the land system, I had hoped that the present bill would have been based upon principles to justify the united approbation of all the departments of the Gov- ernment. It is obvious to all, that an equitable and judicious arrange- ment of the distribution of the public domain in satisfaction of the existing and accruing claims upon it, should be ranked among the first and most important duties of the Government. It has
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