the ;:nid .\l'idtlle liround to the main fork of -the San Bernard Creek, thence down the said Creek to the beirinning shall be and the same is hereby made a new and scpa~te llu:Ucipality: to_ l,e styled a1_1d known as _the "1lunicipality of Colorado," with all and singular the rights, pri\'ileoes, and immunities of other :i\Iunicipalities of Texas. 0 SEC.· 2. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c. 'l'hnt Eli Mercer, Wm. D._ Lacy, and ~lo_bert Brotherton, be'. and they are hereby appomted Connmss1oners to locate as the Seat of Justice or .Municipal Town of said :Municipality of Colorado, the town of Columbus, at which place the Judges of said Mu- nicipality shall hold their Courts, and the .Archives and Rec- ords of said :Municipality shall be kept, and the said Commis- sioners are hereby authorized and required on or before the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- ~i x, to hold an election for nil the Jlunicipal Officers for said Municipality, first giving reasonable notice of the time and of the places of holding such elections, and shall administer to each and every Judge, and other Municipal Officers so elected, the proper oath or oaths of office, and make report thereof to ihe Governor of the Provisional Government of Texas, imme- diately thereafter. SEC. 3. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the said l\'.I unieipality of Colorado shall be entitled to elect and selld two delegates to the General Convention, to meet at Washington on the first day of March next, agreeably to the resolutions of the Provisional Government, calling · a con- vention of the people of Texas. SEC. 4. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the Faid ·Municipality of Colorado shall be authorized, forth~ith to send either one of the delegates of the late Consultahon, living within their boundary, as a member of the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas, who shall be entitled to all the privileges of members of said Council. Passed nt San Felipe de Austin, Jan. 8, 1836. Signed, Jan. 11th, 1836. JOHN M'MULLEN, President pro tern. of G. C. EDWARD B. Woon, Sec'y pro tern. of G. C.
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