"To 1111 who shall enter the service after t}:ie 1st July next, a quantity proportioned to their services and to be hereafter deter- mined. "Resolved That the lawful heir or heirs of all such volunteers us may have fallen or may hereafter fall in the present struggle with the Mexican government, or who may have died, or may here- after die from any accident whilst in the service of the Couniry durmg the war, shall be granted the quantities of land·which would have been due the deceased under the colonization laws, as estab- lished by the laws of the land had he survived, and that is to say, one league and labor (--- acres) for a man of family and one- third of n league (---acres) for a single man. Also that the ~nid heir or heirs .shall receive in addition to the land granted as aforesaid, a bounty of 640 acres, as decreed by the Council at San :Felipe on the 11th day of Dec. 1835. ''Resolved that every applicant for land under those claims shall present a certificate from the proper officer under whose command he served, the time of service, faithfulness, discharge &c. and that the certificate shall be presented to a land commissioner or such proper agent as might be established by law, as a voucher for the correctness of the claims. Also that these claims may be located on any unappropriated vacant land in the country, but no single grant shall be located in more than one body, nor any grant of 1280 acres in any other form than 2 equal squares; nor any grant of 960 acres in any other form than a square of 640 acres and an- other square of 320 acres; nor any grant of 640 acres in any other form than a square; nor any grant of 320 acres in any other form than a square. The expenses of surveying, office .fees &c shall be borne by the claimant. "Resolved that no bounty land as herein specified shall be con- strued so as to affect the rights and privileges to land under the colonization laws as established bv the laws of the land of any said volunteer. any more than if it had not been granted.- On motion of Mr. Childress, that the rule be suspended and the preamble and resolution be put on their adoption; and at the sug- gestion of the introducer the same was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Parmer the Convention adjourned till to- morrow 9 o'clock.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1836.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 1. Mr. Potter chairman of a select committee to whom was re- ferred that pnrt of the Constitution in relation to lands made the following report. • • • • • On motion of :!ifr. Gazley the snme was referred to the select
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