The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 419
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Minutes of the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin 419
[p. 35a] Brought forward ........................ $502
Isaac Pennington bought Nos. 579, 125, and 126, the first at
$30 and the two others at $15 each, which is............ $ 60
Robert Peebles bought Nos. 139, 140, 141, 184, 185, and 186,
each one at $15; and garden lots Nos. 43 and 46, the first
at $34 and the second at $41, which is................ $165
William B. Whitesides bought No. 22 at $41, which is......$ 41
Sam Harding bought Nos. 70 and 71, at 15 each, which is. .$ 30
Thomas H. Borden bought garden lot No. 18 at........... $ 30
John Pettus bought garden lot No. 45, at................ $ 30
Samuel M. Williams bought for James Hope garden lots Nos.
41 and 42, the first at $50 and the second at $45, which is. $ 95
$953
The sum total of the sale was nine hundred and fifty-three
dollars.
[p. 36] Town of Austin, December 28, 1829.
The ayuntamiento met in special session. The secretary pre-
sented a decree of the commissioner general asking whether Jos6
iSandoval, to whom a league of land was granted August 31, 1825,
has made to this ayuntamiento the first payment, as provided by
article 22 of the state colonization law of March 24, 1825. This
ayuntamiento has to say that the said Jos6 Sandoval, neither in
person nor by attorney or agent, has ever paid this ayuntamiento
any sum of money whatever in recognition as provided by article
22 of the colonization law; that the term of payment expired
August 31 last; that the ayuntamiento does not know where the
said Jos6 Sandoval may be found; that he has neither settled nor
cultivated the said land. This is what the ayuntamiento has to
say on the subject.
J. White
Samuel M. Williams,
Secretary.
[p. 36a] Town of Austin, December 30, 1829.
The ayuntamiento met in special session to wind up the unfin-
ished business of this year. It was ordered that all unpaid ac-
counts against the ayuntamiento shall be presented tomorrow for
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