Pai;:sed by a constitutional majority, Nov. 2G, 1835.
HENRY S11ITH,
Governor.
C. B. STEWART,
Exective Secretary.
, An Ordinance prescribing the manner amlform ofscttli11g tlte Accounts ofthe Voluntee, Army of Tc.ws. SEO. 1. BB it ordained and decreed, and it 1·s hereby or- dained and decreed, by the General Council of the Provis io11al Gui·emmtnt of Texas, That all bills, accounts, claims, debts, dues or demands, that are now or may "hereafter be due or owing by this or a future Government, to any person or per- Pons, for money, corn, provisions, store.s, clothing, medicines, forage, arms, ammunition, horses, mules, oxen, waggons, boats, transportation_. or any service whatever rendered or furnished, to and for the Volunteer Army of the people of Texas, now in the field, shall, before the same be admitted to audit and liqnirlntion hc>fore the Standing Committee on War Affairs, of this I-fom;e, or the proper depart.ment of a future Government, contnining the day. dnte, name nnd dc!lcription of the article or 1mm furnished, nnd place, nnd the certificate of the Stand- ing Committee of Safetv and Vigilance, or the order or cer- tificate of the commnn~ling officer or Colonel of the Regi- ment, or compnny by whose order and at whose reqnisiti_on the same may have bPen rendered or furnished: or the receipt of the contractor, commisi;:ary or quarter-master to whom the ~arne mny hnve been furnished and delivered, together with the oath or affirmation before any Judge or Alcalde, of the person or persons RO presenting the same for liquidation, thnt the said accounts, debts, dnes, demands, or services were at the time and pince specified, supplied, furnished, o_r ren~ered, made use o-f, delivered, pre,;i;ecl or tnken, lost or k1llecl m the service of the Volunteer Armie.s of the people of Texas nfore- eaid. SF.o. 2. Be it fmther ordai ned a11d decreed: &r.. Thnt the Committee on War A ffnirs, of this Council, or the snme department of this or a future Governme1~t i:~nl~, and they are hereby required to settle. amht. hqm- date and pass all hills, accounts, debts. ilnei: nncl ilc•mnnds
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