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There are two objections to this bill which influence me, as the Executive of the Republic, to withhold my official sanction. The first is, that the second section of the bill provides "that the trib- unal herein created, shall grant to appellants of the District Court," &c., and upon looking through the whole bill, I find no tribunal therein created for any such purpose. T'he second rea- son is, that the bill provides no check against frauds which may be committed upon the law; nor is there anything in it which would prevent the same individual from procuring a certificate in every county in the Republic. Sam Houston. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Papers; also Executive Rec-- ord Book, No. 40, p. 19, Texas State Library.
TO CHARLES MASON 1
Executive Department, City of Austin, January 12, 1842. To Charles Mason,2 Auditor,&c. Sir- You will audit the claims of John A. Huesar, David Morgan, Philip Golden, James Turley, Rily Jackson and Benja- min Wright, for services in bringing certain Indians of the Lipan tribe before the Committee on Indian Affairs of the House of Representatives, at three dollars per diem, and no more. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Reco,·d Book, No. 40, p. 20, Texas State Library. :?Charles Mason was born in Georgia, and lived in his native state until he decided to immigrate to Texas in 1834. He settled in DeWitt's colony and took out his headright near the capital of the colony, Gonzales. He became a member of Captain Albert Martin's company and participated in the battle of Gonzales, October 2, 1836 (See Co111ptrolle1·'s Military Serv- ice Reco,·ds, Texas State Library.); by November 25, 1836, he hnd become an orderly sergeant of Captain T. F. L. Parrott's company, and served in Captain Henry Teal's company from April 4, to June 25, 1836 (ibid.). He was a clerk in the ·war Department during Houston's first administra- tion; Lamar appointed him First Auditor, August 22, 1839, the Senate con- firming the nomination, November 18, 1839; and subsequently he held the office of Auditor for the greater part of the time until 1845 (E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Joiwnals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1S36-1845, 97-99, 135, 139, 308). On April 28, 1838, he married Eveline DeWitt at the City of Houston. He was one of the organizers of the Texas Veterans Associa- tion. He died at Gonzales, 1883, and is buried in the old cemetery at that place.
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