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under the act for protection of the frontier, approved January 2nd, 1860." All the troops that have been called out by the Executive since that date have been called out under the pro- vision of that act, as he has had no authority to call out troops except by virtue of its enactment, and they must be paid in accordance therewith. You have been furnished with duplicate copies of the muster rolls in order that additional checks upon the Pay Master may be secured. You will issue your warrants, as heretofore, upon the Pay Master's certificate. When such is done, the claims will be settled, the warrants will be signed and the men paid. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 268, Texas State Library.
To GEORGE M. FLOURNOY 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, December 23, 1860. Hon. George M. Flournoy, Attorney General of Texas Sir, The Executive would ask of the Attorney General his opinion as to the facts stated in the letter of Messrs. E. B. Nichols & Company relative to the taking of the public arms at Galveston. Especially as to the nature of the offence committed by the parties taking them and the penalty therefor, and what redress can be made? Sam Houston.
1 Executive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 269, Texas State Library.
To D. C. NoRTON 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, December 26, 1860. D. C. Norton Dear Sir, Your letter of the 18th has been received. From advices that had reached me previous to the receipt of your letter, I had acted, and had ordered into the services of the State, two fresh detachments, one from Bosque and the other from Young, of twenty-five men each. In addition to this a company is now being raised to march with all possible dispatch to the frontier, all of which, together with the Command of Captain Ross will make nearly two hundred men. The detachments from Bosque and Young were ordered to be raised by Lieutenants Barry and Thomas Stockton, men who
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