A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . alo Bayou by the brothers A. C. and John K. Allen. Thesecond session of the same Congress met in Houston May i,1837, and remained in session until June 13. The SecondCongress was elected the first Monday in September, 1837, ^dPresident Houston called them to meetin special session on September 26,which lasted until the end of second session was held the ist ofMay, 1838^ and continued about amonth. The Third Congress met No-vember 5, 1838, and continued in sessionuntil the close of January, 1839. By an act of the fir
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . alo Bayou by the brothers A. C. and John K. Allen. Thesecond session of the same Congress met in Houston May i,1837, and remained in session until June 13. The SecondCongress was elected the first Monday in September, 1837, ^dPresident Houston called them to meetin special session on September 26,which lasted until the end of second session was held the ist ofMay, 1838^ and continued about amonth. The Third Congress met No-vember 5, 1838, and continued in sessionuntil the close of January, 1839. By an act of the first session of theSecond Congress, October 17, 1837,commissioners were to be appointed toselect a permanent capital for the Re-public, to be located between the Gua-dalupe and Trinity Rivers, not more than one hundred milesnorth of the upper San Antonio Road, nor south of a linefrom the Trinity to the Guadalupe, crossing the Brazos at FortBend. There were many laws passed by these Congresses duringthe first jjrcsidential term ; Ijut the most important general laws. <ii- Kkithi-K \i HorsTON. THE REPUBLIC. 257 adopted were the following : organizing- a complete system of Period iv The Republic courts, and establishing the practice and procedure therein ;organizing the Republic into counties ; establishing a general ^^ 1846 land office and eleven land districts, with a land office in eachdistrict ; providing for surveying the lands into sections of sixhundred and forty acres each ; issuing land scrip at fifty centsan acre, with agents at New Orleans and Mobile to sell it ; estab- lishing a system of post-offices and mail routes ; organizingcompanies of Rangers for the protection of the frontier againstIndians ; levying import duties and a direct tax of one-half ofone per cent. ; appointing a commissioner to act with the com-missioner from the United States to fix the eastern boundary ;establishing the boundary lines of Texas, from the Rio Grandeto the Sabine, and to the forty-se
Size: 1909px × 1309px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidcompletehistoryo00woot
