teer Corps of Texas, shall be entitled to a. bounty of three hundred and twep.ty acres of land, iµter reGeiv.ing an hono:ca- ble discharge. SEO. 11. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That t}w~e shall be allowed to each Regiment of the Ileg.ijlar Army of the Auxiliary Volunteer Corps, or of 1lilitin of. Texas. one Adjutant, one Pay-Master, one Quarter~Mapter, one Quµr- ter-master-Sergeant, one Commissary anad one Sergeant-Ma- jor to be appointed by the Colonel, and to be taken out of the Subalter.ns of the line of such Regiment; also, one Sur- geon and one Surgeon's :0-,Lnt.e, to, be appointed, in the ~egu- lar Army, by the Surgeon General thereof; and in the :Militia or Auxiliary Volunteer Corps, by the Colonel or commanding officer thereof; all of which said Staff-Officers shall receive the same additional pay and emoluments, and the same pay, rations and clothing as Staff-Officers of the same rank ann grade in the service of the Army of the United States of America. Passed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 5; 1835. (Signed) JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C. E. M. PEASE, Sec'y of Gen. Council. Approved, 8th Dec. 1835. HENRY SMITH, Governor. Resolution auth.o.1i,i1,g W. J:'et~us to purchase ce1tai1l arti- clesfor the use ofthe Voltmteer Army now in thefield. Resolved, That the Contractor for the Volunteers, W. Pettus, be instructed to proceed immediately to the towm on the seacoast and purchase the following articles for the Army and cause the same to be forwarded with despatch, viz: 666 pairs warm Pantaloons, Gn6 " Socks, 333 Vests, 333 Round Jackets. And be it also resolved, That the said Contractor be in- structed to forward, at all times, to the Volunteer Army, such things as may be, from time to t:me, ordered by the
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