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Senate, cast the deciding vote in favor of the resolution, although he had voted with the noes. On .motion of William H. Jack who seems to have been the instigator of the resolution, Houston's message was referred without having been read, to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The message was never printed in the "Senate Journal."
T'o THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, Washington, December 20th, 1843. To the Honorable, the Senate: I transmit herewith for the advice and consent of your Hon- orable Body, the following nominations, viz: James B. Miller, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas William Ward, Commissioner of the General Land Office; William Henry Daingerfield, Charge d'Affaires to the Nether- lands; Pierre Burnet, Consul General of Texas for the Kingdom of France; Henry W. Fisher, Consul for the City of Bremen; Maximilien Vanden Bergh, Consul for the City of Antwerp; Joshua J. Crooswyck, Consul for the Port of Rotterdam; Thomas Snowe, Consul for the Port of Dublin, Ireland; Maly E. Duman, Consul for the Port of Cette, France ; Thomas J. Pettyplace, Consul for the Port of Mobile, U. S; William Henry Brockett, Vice Consul at New Castle upon Tyne; James H. Cocke, Collector of Customs, for the District of Gal- veston; William M. Hurt, Collector of Customs for the District of San Augustine; Henry Redmond, •Collector of Customs for the District of Aranzas; William C. V. Dashiell, Collector of Customs for the District of Sabine; Peter MacGreal, District Attorney for 1st Judicial District; David C. Van Derlip, District Attorney for the 2nd Judicial District; Niles F. Smith, Notary Public for Jefferson County; William H. Patterson, Notary Public for Galveston County;
Daniel D. Culp, Notary Public for Harris County; Moses Park, Notary Public for Washington County;
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