ARTICLE XVll.
This Convention, when it may think proper to adjourn, may stand adjourned.• to meet at the town of Washington on the first day of March next, unless sooner called by the Ex- ecutive and Council.
ARTICLE XVIll.
All grants, sales and conveyances of larids, illegally or fraudulently made by the legislature of the State of Coa- huila and Texas, located, or to be located, within the limits of Texas, are hereby solemnly declared null, void and of no effect.
ARTICLE XIX.
All persons who leave the country in its present crisis, with a view to avoid a participation in its present struggle, without permission from the Alcalde, or Judge of their Municipality, shall forfeit all or any lands they may hold, or may have a claim to, for the benefit of this Government: provided, never- theless, that widows and minors are not included in this pro- vision.
ARTICLE XX.
All monies now due or that may hereafter become due, on ·lands lying within the liinits of Texas, and all public funds or revenues, shall be at the disposal of the Governor and General Council, and the receipt of the Treasurer shall be a sufficient voucher for any and all persons who may pay monies into the Treasury; and the Governor and Council shall have power to adopt a system of Revenue to meet the exigencies of the country.
ARTICLE XXI.
Ample powers and authority shall be delegated, and are hereby given and delegated to the Governor and General Council of the Provisional Government of all Texas, to carry into full effect the provisions and resolutions adopted by "the Consultation of the chosen Delegates of all Texas in General Convention assembled," for the creation, establishment 11nd re~ulation of said Provisional Government.
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