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transmit the accompanying statements from the Treasury De- partment, exhibiting the items for which the Executive contin- gent fund, for the years 1840-1841 has been expended. As soon as the statement of the expenditures of the fund for 1839 can be made out, it will be laid before your Honorable Body. Sam Houston. 1 Ex~cntive Record Book, No. 40, p. 14, Texas State Library. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 3, 1842. To the Honorable the House of Representatives: I have to re- quest to be furnished with the papers and evidences of claim in possession of the House, on which the joint resolutions for tlie relief of Elijah Bennett and Jared Menefee are predicated, that I may thus obtain the information necessary for my correct action. The papers,&c., will be returned to the House. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, 14, Texas State Library. To THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 4, 1842. The Acting Secretary of the Treasury will, in the settlement of any account against the Republic of Texas, instruct the Audi- tor and Comptroller to issue a certificate in the form annexed, reducing the amount claimed to par funds. The forms enclosed will be the only certificates issued for the settlement of claims against the government, until further order. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, pp. 14-15, Texas State Library. The accompanying form is omitted. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 4, 1842. To the Honorable the House of Representatives: In com- pliance with the request of your Honorable Body, conveyed in the resolution of the 3d instant, I herewith transmit an inventory 9 of the furniture of the Steamer Zavala when purchased, and of
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