'l'hat the Governor, by and with the ad•,ice nnd consent of the Council, shall nominate and appoint to the command oI suid veE.Eels, officers of good character, couracre and ability as Lil val tadiciens. And the said vessels, w h;n so fitted out manned.and equipped for naval operations, shall rendezvo~ in Gal\"eston Bay, and the commanders thereof report to the Governor for further orders. l'ai,sed at San ]'elipe de Austin, Nov. 25, 1835. (Signed) JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-offiico Pres't of G. C. E. M. PEASE, Sec'y of Gen. Council. Appw~ed, November 27, 1835. HENRY S1\ilTH, Governor. C. B. STEWART, Sec'y to Executive, Recorder, &c. An Ordinance regulating the Militia. SEC. 1. Be it resolved and decreed, and it is hereby re- snlt:ed and decreed by the Ge11P,ral Council of the Provisional Government of Texas, That every free white able-bodied male inhabitant, over sixteen and under fifty years of age, shall be subjec-t tc Militia Duty. SEC. 2. Be it f1.trther resolved a11d decreed, &c., That there shall be appointed by the Governor in each and every Munici- pality, three Commii;sioners who shall, and it is hereby mad> their duty to lny off and divide, as soon as practicable, the said Municipality into Militia Precincts, having reference, a~ nearly as may be, to those already laid off and acknowledged heretofore; and shall immediately thereafter proclaim, pulr lish and por.t the same at the head or rendezvous of such pre- cinct., for at least ten days; and the said Commissioners, 11t the time of the publication aforesaid, shall give twenty da)'S notice in the said precincts, that an election will be held for one Captain, one Lieutenant and one Second Lieutenant fur i:oid Militia Precinct. SEC. 3. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the said CommiEsioners sha1l appoint three good and
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