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lost on account of the wild speculations and impositions practised by men who have had the control of our charters. This amend- ment will have a tendency to create distrust and impede the prog- ress of other enterprises. Sam Houston. 1 Jo11rnnl of the Senctte, State of Texas, 8th Legislature, pp. 513-514; Jo1tn1al of the House of Representcitives, State of Texas, 8th Legislature, 727-728; Execzitive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, pp. 87-88.
To M. D. K. TAYL0R 1 Executive Department, January 26th, 1860.
To the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives: In compliance with the resolution passed on the 26th instant, by the House of Representatives, I transmit copies of the bids offered for the Public Printing; also a copy of the bond made by John Marshall, to whom the contract was awarded. Sam Houston. 1 Jounzal of the Ho11se of Representatives, State of Texas, 8th Legislature, p. 725; Jom-nal of the Senate, State of Texas, 8th Legislature, pp. 606-507. ~M. D. K. Taylor, Speaker of the House for the 8th Legislature of Texas, was recognized as the ablest parliamentarian who had ever presided over the House in Texas up to his time. Taylor was a physician, born in Georgia in 1820, but who, in 1860, was living at Marion, Jefferson County, Texas, and represented the 11th district in the state legislature. See WiJliam DeRyee, The Texas Albmn of the 8th, Legislat1tre, p. 114; Thrall, The People's Illust?·ated Almanac, and Texas Hand Book, p. 148; Frank Brown, "Annals of Travis County and the City of Austin," Chapter XX, p. 4. A PROCLAMATION AGAINST JOHN S. BESSER, JANUARY 27, 1860 1 [Warning the public that he has removed Besser from the office of financial agent.] .
1 Executive Record, 1859-1861, p. 26, Texas State Library.
The Texas
Rep1tblica11., February 25, 1860.
The Republican also published Besser's
counter proclamation, dated February 9, 1860.
To HOWELL COBB 1
Austin, January 27, 1860. My Dear Sir, The accompanying recommendations of Mem-. hers of both branches of the Legislature of Texas has been con- fided to me that I might have the pleasure of presenting it to
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