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opinion of the Executive the emergency contemplated in the con- stitution-general provision, Section 3d,- (which provides that-"The President and Heads of Departments shall keep their offices at the Seat of Government, unless removed by the permis- sion of Congress, or unless in cases of emergency in time of war, the public interest may require their removal,") he has deemed it necessary for the safety of the national records, the convenience as well as protection of Congress during its deliberations, and the general welfare of the whole Republic to remove the seat of government for the present from the frontier at the City of Austin to the town of Washington within the settlements: And whereas, from reasons unknown to him, a quorum has not been formed in Congress at the special session called to meet at this place, on the 14th instant, in consequence of which no legislative action is likely to be taken on this subject as intended by him; and whereas, Congress by a law passed on the 23d July, 1842, has designated the first Monday in December annually for their future meeting-Therefore, be it known, that I, SAM HOUSTON, President of the Republic of Texas, do by these presents, direct and require the senators and representatives elect to the seventh Congress of the Republic to convene in annual session at the town of Washington, on Monday, the 5th day of December next, then and there to deliberate and determine upon matters which will be submitted to them, intimately connected with the peace and the welfare of the whole nation. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name, and caused the Great Seal of the Republic to be affixed. . Done at the town of Washington, this twenty-first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and of the independence of Texas the seventh. By the President: Sam Houston. Anson Jones, Sec1·eta1·y of State 1 Proclamations of the Presidents, Republic of Texas, Texas State Library. The Red-Lander, December 8, 1842. AN ELECTION PROCLAMATION 1 Whereas, satisfactory evidence has been received by the Execu- tive, that the office of Senator of the Senatorial District, com- posed of the Counties of Matagorda, Jackson, and Victoria is vacant by the resignation of the Hon. Clark L. Owen :z
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