enrol oil orclinnuce!: and decrees originating with soid Com- mittees, for finnl pn::.snge, and subject to such other duties ond regulnt.ions ns mny, from time to time, be adopted by the Gen- eral Council. SEC. 4. A 11d be if. fu rlhrr ordained and decreed, That the compensation to the 'rreAsurer for his services, shall he one thousnnrl d0llars per nnnum, with office rent and the necessury clerk hire, to be determined by the General Coun- cil, on the proper representation of t.he said Treasurer; and thr,t the Secretary of the General Council, and the Secretary of the Exc:>cntive, and Hecording Clerk of the General Coun- cil shall receive for their respective services, five dollars per diem; and that the several Chief Clerks of the Committees, ns aforesaid, shall rP.cc-ive for services fiyc dollars per diem. Sr,;c .. 5, A /l(l lie ii further ordained and decreed, That all public correspondence of the ProYisional Government of Texns shall be c:mducted through the medium of the Execu- tive Department, unless in cases hereafter otherwise expres!=ly provider], and shall be on file in the offie:e of the said Execu- tive, subject, at ull times, to the ca 11 of the General Council, or to be seen or read by any member thereof; and all the ar- chives and records of the several Political Chiefs of Texas shall, immediately after the final passage of this Bill, be de- m:mded by the Governor, end the necessary measures resort- ed to for !'ecuring possession of the same, at the same time notif}ing the said PolitiC'al Chief", that they are commanded to cense their functioni: in the i,~veral clepnrtments; and when the said orchives and rec>ord@ shall have been secured by the Governor, thP. snme !>hall be regulorly filed in the Executive Office, amm1g the public nrchives of Texas. SEC'. H. And be it furllter ordained and dec1·eerl, That the Secretary of the General Council shall be required to be presl'nt at all the meetingR and "essions of the said Council, anrl under directions of the President, to keep a true, full and correct entry of all the proceedings of that body, subject, on revisal, to any correction voted by the majority thereo!. He shall keep on file all reports, resolutions, ord1- nanceR, decrees and all nther papers of his office; ana also shall transcribe all the daily proceedings of the said Council, in a book to be provided by him for thnt pnrp0!=e; exc>epting, nevertheless, such pro-
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