the state of their respective offices once in every week to the Council when in session, or to the Governor when the Coun- cil is not in session. · Passed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 26, 1835. . JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C. E. M. PEASE, Sec'y of Gen. Council. Vetoed by the Governor, passed by a constitutional ma- jority signed Dec. 29, 1835.
HENRY SMITH,
Governor.
C. B. STEWA.RT,
Sec'y to Executive.
An Ordinance and Decree establishing and imposing duties on importations and tonnage andfor otherpurposes. Be it ordained and decreed, and it is hereby ordained and decreed by the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas, That all that part of Texas from Balou's Ferry, on the Sabine River, running with the line of the Unite~ States of America and Texas, until it strikes the Red River, (so as to include all the boundary of Texas) be and the same is hereby created and established a district for revenue pur- poses, and shall be styled and known as the "District of Milam." And all that part of the Coast of Texas lying between the line of the United States of America on the River Sabine to the Western boundary line of Zavala's Colony, including all bays, harbours, rivers, creeks and inlets, within said lim- its be and the same is herebv created and established a dis- trict for revenue purposes, and shall be styled and known as the "District of Sabine." And all that part of the coast of Texas between the West- ern line of Zavall'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 the ''Dis- trict of Galveston."
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