WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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Statement
of Amonnt due Comvanies of lliimite Men Days Served Pay per day
Counties
Amount Due
Gonzales Milam Robertson San Patricio Lamar
1177 1137 1176 1974 664 632 579 555 510 461 431 9304
$1.00
$1,177.00 1,137.00 1,176.00 1,974.00 664.00 632.00 579.00 555.00 510.00 461.00 431.00 9,304.00
1.00
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Refugio Fannin Red River Pascal Montgomery Houston Total No. Days
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Department of War and Navy, Austin, 25th January, 1842. I hereby certify that the above statement is correct, as per muster 1·01ls on file in this Department George W. Hockley, Sec. War and Navy. To THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 25, 1842. To the honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives: I -have the honor to communicate , that the resignation of the honorable William J. Jones, as Judge of the Second Judicial Dis- trict, has this day been received and accepted Sam Houston [ Endorsed] Communication from the President, Read Jany 25th 1842 Resignation of Wm. J. Jones as Judge of 2d Jud. Dist. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Cong1·cssional Pape1·s, Texas State Library. 2 William Jefferson Jones was one of the district judges of the Republic of Texas, who, according to the law of the nation, served as an associate justice of its supreme court. See J. H. Davenport, History of the Supreme Coi,rt of Texas, 17; also E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jom·1w.ls of the Senate, Re- public of Texa.s, 18.1' 6-1845, 144. To THE TEXAS CoNGREss 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 26th, 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives: I would respectfully invite the attention of Congress to the ex- isting necessity of allowing by law the appointment of some in-
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