and Qarancohua Bayous, and from thence running by a divid- i_ng line, to the head waters of the Tres Palacios Bayou, and from thence a due North course to the Northern boundary line of the Municipality of Matagorda; thence along said b~undary line a due west course to the La Bacca River; thence down the centre of the said River, to the anchorage ground of the La llacca Bay, in the Matagorda Bay; thence to the Eastward along the Northern shore of Matagorda Bay to the place of beginning. The said Jackson Municipality shall be entitled to all the functionaries which the other Municipalities are, or may be, e~titled to; and they shall be created in the same manner as in others.
P8$Sed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 2, 1835. (Signed)
JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C.
E- M. PEASE,
Sec'v of Gen. Council. .Appro~ed, December 5, 1835.
HENRY SMITH,
Governor.
C. B. STEW ABT,
Executive Secretary, &c.
An Ordinance and Decree altering and changing tlze man- ner ofdrawing Drafts on tile Treasurer, &c. S.~c. 1. Be it ordained and decreed, and it is hereby or- dained cmd decreed, That the Committee of Finance be au- thorized, rrnl it i11 hereby, made the duty of said Commir~el', on the finc1l udjustme!lt 1md settlement of any am0unt or amount.;, where a balance is obtained of the Governm~nt, to draw an ordrr upon 1.he Treasurer for the amount found due, to be pnitl out of any rp.onies not otherwise appropriat_ed, whid1 order shall be signed by the Chairman of said Committee, and B.Qall be a sufficient voucher in the settlement of accounts with the Treasurer, who shall take receipts agreeably to an Ordi~ance of the General Council, passed on the 24th of
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