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dangerous in principle, but opening the way to a dfrect inter- ference with rights already acquired by others, out of which ex- pensive litigation would necessarily arise. Sam Houston. 1Execu.tive Record Book No. 40, p. 13, Texas State Library. 2 0n February 3, 1845, Anson Jones nominated, and the Senate confirmed Thomas H. 0. Addicks Notary Public for Bexar County. See E. W. Winkler (ed.), Sec1·et Jom"?tals of the Senate, Republic. of Texas, 1896-1845, 311. To THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, December 31, 1841. To the Honorable, the Senate, and the House of Representatives: Gentlemen,-! herewith respectfully transmit a statement of the amount due to one Sergeant and five Privates, for services at the Austin Arsenal, from 1st October to 23d. December, 1841. inclusive; amounting in the whole to three hundred and eighty four dollars and sixty one cents; for the payment of which there is no appropriation. The men who have been employed are in indigent circumstances and stand greatly in need of their pay. I therefore request that early provision be made for their relief. Sam Houston. 1Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 13, Texas State Library. To THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, December 31, 1841. To the Honorable, the Senate, and the House of Representatives: Gentlemen,- I herewith transmit to the Congress a statement of the fiscal condition of the Bureau of the General Post Office, which will, also, show the estimated amount of funds required to carry the mails, &c., until the 1st January, 1843, under contracts already entered into. Sam Houston.
iExecutive Record Book, No. 40, p. 14, Texas State Library.
JANUARY, 1842
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, Jan. 1st, 1842. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: In conform- ity to a resolution of the House of Representatives, I respectfully
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