been or may hereafter be killed in baltle, or simll come to his death by sickness or any accident whatever in going to or return~ng from the V?lunteer Army o! the people of Texas, one mile square, or six hundred and forty acres of land in Texas. Passed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 11, 1835.
JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C.
E. M. PE.ASE,
Sec'y to Gen. Council. .Approved, December 12, 1835.
HENRY SMITH, Governor.
An Ordinance and Decree establishing and imposing Duties on imports and Tonnage, andfor otherpurposes. SEC. 1. Be it orda·ined and decreed, and it is hereby or- dained and decreed, by the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas, That all that part of the coast of Texas lying between the line of the United States, on the river Sa- bine to the Western Boundary Line of Zavala's Colony, in- cluding all the bays, harbors, rivers, creeks and inlets within said limits be, and the same is hereby created nnd established a district for revenue purposes, and shall be styled and ~nown as the "Sabine Revenue District." And all that part of the coast of Texas between the West- ern Line of Zavala's Colony and Oyster Creek, including all bays, harbors, Rivers, creeks and inlets within said limits, be, and the same is hereby created and established a district for revenue purposes, and shall be styled and known as "Galves- ton Revenue District." And that part of the coast from the mouth of Oyster Creek to the ent.rance of Cedar Lake into the Gulf, including nil bays, harbors, rivers, creeks and inlets within said limits be, and the same is hereby created and established a district for revenue purposes, and shall be styled and known as the ''Dis- hict of Brazos!' And that part of the coast from the entrance of Cedar Lake into the Gulf to the westem line of the jurisdiction of :Matagorda, including all the bnys, harbors, rivers, creeks and inlets within the snid limits, be, and the same is hereby created and established a district for reven 1 1e
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