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The Ofice of Adjutant General in Texas, 1835-1881 311
in the law were similar to those laid down in the "Rules and
Regulations for the Government of the Army of the Republic of
Texas" issued in 1839. In addition to these duties, he was re-
quired now to take over the records of the late department of
war and marine and to
issue all bounty and donation land warrants to the person or
persons entitled to the same, or his or her agent or attorney, and
to settle all outstanding business connected with the late War
and Marine Department, as heretofore required by the secretary of
said department; and in accordance with the laws heretofore in
existence, in relation to the issuing of land warrants of any de-
scription whatever. .. .2
The salary of the adjutant general was fixed at $250 per an-
num by the act of April 21, 1846, but was raised to $1,000 by
the act of April 27, 1846. Still later, in 1854, his salary was
raised to $1,200 per annum.68 No appropriations were made for
the contingent expenses of the department until 1848."4 The
first appropriation for salaries of clerks was made in 1854 to
reimburse the adjutant general for the amount already paid out
for services rendered in his department."5
The duties in connection with the bounty and donation land
claims constituted the bulk of the work of the department from
1846 until the office was burned in 1855.66 It was the great
volume of this work which caused Governor Bell to recommend
that the office be continued, and it was the increase of the busi-
Texas State Historical Association, IX, 219. Charles L. Mann was ap-
pointed adjutant general ad interim and served until John D. Pitts quali-
fied as adjutant general on March 20, 1848. State Department Record,
Vol. 258, p. 1, Office of the Secretary of State; Vol. 274, p. 50, Texas
State Library.
"Gammel, Laws of Texas, II, 1449-50.
8"Ibid., III, 1529.
"'Ibid., III, 193.
"Ibid., III, 1529.
"Up to November 1, 1849, warrants for over 400,000 acres of bounty
and donation lands had been issued by the adjutant general. "Report of
the Adjutant General," November 1, 1849, in documents printed in con-
nection with the Message of the Governor, of November 6, 1849. The only
other business of importance in the department seems to have been in
connection with the ranger force, as the militia was not fully organized.
Ibid., 48. This report gives no information regarding the transactions
of the department during the Mexican War other than the number of
rangers called into service, 1847-48; the number of discharged, 1848-49;
and the number of commissions issued to officers. Ibid., 55-56.
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