WRITINGS OF SAM. HOUSTON, 184,1
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[Enclosure No. 7]
City of Austin, Dec. 16th, 1841. The undersigned at the request of President Houston, have examined the furniture and effects belonging to the Executive Mansion, and certify their condition to be as follows, Viz: 1 dressing bureau glass (marble slab broken), damage is at least .___________________________________ 33-1/3% 2 Maple bedstead --··-------------·-----·----------·-----·------------------·-·---------- 25 % 2 Moss mattresses, pillow and bolster______________________________________ 50 " 1 Plated castor --·---------- ________________ 20 " 10 Dinner plates ----·------------·------·--------------·---------------------33-1/3 " 2 Pitchers in good order 00 " 6 spoons ---------- ·---- ---------------- 25 '' 2 Rocking Chairs ----------------------------------------------------------- 25 '' 1 Sofa -----·--------------------------·-------·•--------------------·- 10 '' 1 Large Dining Table ------·--------•-----------------------------·--------------- 10 '' 2 Gilt mirrors - -----------···--·----------- _________ 10 " 1 Large and 2 small hearth rugs __________________________________________..... 50 " 1 Carpet -----------··--·--·--·-------··-------·--------·----·-- 50 " 6 Venetian blinds ------------------·------------------------ 25 " l Centre table (Marble slab broken) -----·------·------------- 33-1/3 " 1 Astral Lamp (broken) -----------··--- ----------------·-75 " 1. Marble slab sideboard ___ _ _______________ ·---- 20 " 1 Hair Mattress 2 Linen Sheets .. 1 . Bookstand -- - ·--··--------------------------------·------ 15 ----------·--------·------------ 25 ·-·----------------------------------- 25 2 plated candle sticks ·-----------·------------------------- 25 (Signed) W. D. Miller James B. Shaw To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, VETOING A RETROACTIVE BILL 1 " " " " Executive Department, City of Austin, December 27th, 1841. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: A bill has been presented for the signature of the President, purporting to have for its object a change of the name of Charles Denny Morse to Charles DeMorse-but it extends so far as to legalize all the past acts of the said individual both of a public and a private nature. This, to my apprehension, is clearly unconstitutional; for that instrument declares in express language, that: "no retroactive or ex post facto law" shall be passed. Any law that refers to past acts must be retrospective or ex post facto. Whether it would be necessary to enact any provision, other than merely to change the name, as to its future use, to De Morse,
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