WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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permitted to remain in the R€public for the next two years from and after the fifth day of February next: Therefore, be it known, that I, Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, in virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and the law, do, in the name and by the authority of said Republic, issue this my Proclamation, remitting the penalty of the law that otherwise might attach against them for .remaining in the Republic; to be in effect and operative for the term of two years from the fifth day of February next; Pro- vided, those who wish to obtain the benefit of this Proclamation apply to the Chief Justice of the County in which they reside, and make satisfactory proof of their good character, and also enter into bond and security in the penal sum of five hundred dollars payable to the President, and his successors in office for their behavior during the term specified in this proclamation. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the great seal of the Republic to be affixed. Done at the town of Washington, the twenty first day of De- cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, and of the Independence of Texas the seventh. By the President: Sam Houston. Anson Jones, Secretary of State.
1 P1·oclamatio11s of the Presidents, Repiiblic of Texas, Texas State Library.
TO THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1
Executive Department, Washington, December 22, 1842.
( SECRET) To the Honorable, the Senate and the House of Representatives: The Executive regrets that bad health and the press of indis- pensable duties have combined to prevent his laying before the Honorable Congress, as he was anxious to do at an earlier period of the session, information touching the Navy of Texas. He has to regret, also, that he has not been able to procure such informa- tion on the subject as would be in every respect entirely satis- factory. Such as is in possession of the Department, however, he freely submits. No reference was made to the Navy in the annual message for the reason it was deemed unwise to present to the world the deplorable condition of that branch of the public
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