An Ordi'nance and Decree authorizing and requiring the Governor to give instructions to Commissioners to the United States ofthe Nortlt. SEC. 1. Be it ordained and decreed, and it is hereby or- dained and dec1·eed, by the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas, That S. F. Austin, Branch T. Archer and William H. Wharton, appointed by the General Comen- tion on the twelfth day of November last, as Public .Agenta, or all or either of them, or such other agents as may be here- after appointed by the General Council, shall receive their instruction from, and signed by the Governor, and attested by the Executive Secretary, and it is hereby made the duty of the Governor to give the same, upon the principles and for the objects hereinafter stated; and be directed to proceed, with nil convenient despatch, to the United States of North America, in execution of the duties assigned them. SEC. 2. A11d be it further ordained a11d decreed, &c., That the Commissioners aforesaid shall be instructed to efiect a Loan for Texas, for the amount and upon the principles de- clared in :m Ordinance of the Provisional Government. enti- tled "An Ordinance to raise a Loan for the use of the Pro- visional Government of Texas," passed December 4th, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-fiYe. SEC. 3. And be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That ii the Loan on Government Bonds cannot be advantageously negotiated, that the Commissioners be instructed to pledge. or hypothecate the public lands of Texas, and to pledge the public faith of Texas, in such manner, and with such re- strictions as shall best comport with the honor and dignity of the State, and give effect to the pledges: provided, also, that the said Commissioners shall be authorized and instruct- ed to create a Stock or Funded Debt, upon such pledges as may be agreed upon, to be sold in shares on terms such as will not exceed the rate per cent. ordained in the Ordinance, authorizing a Lonn for Texas. And be it, also, further pro- vided, that such part or parts of the public revenues of the country mny be pledged, as shall be sufficient to pay the an- nual interest upon any and all Loans effected under the re- strictions hereinbefore stated.
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