Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839. Page: 17
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the colonel to selectsuch positions on the road as will be best
calculateA for the erection of forts, except the post on Red
river, which post shall be at or near the upper settlements off
said river, and for the defence and protection of the country,
subject at all times to such instructions as they may receive
from the President.
Sec. 9. Be itfuirther enacted, That after the positions fbr
forts and garrisons shall be designated, it shall be the duty
of the Colonel to cause to be stationed at each of the positions
designated in the third section, the detachment assigned for
the protection of that particular section of country, and cause
to be erected such fortifications as may be best calculated to
protect and defend such station; in all cases using stone for
the purpose, when the same can be obtained.
Sec. 10. Be itffurther enacted, That after said position shall
be selected, it shall be the duty of the colonel to cause three
leagues square of land to be laid off around each station, and
to be surveyed into lots of one hundred and sixty acres each;
two of which lots of one hundred and sixty acres, shall be reserved
to Government, for purposes of fortification, farming,
&c. one of which lots of one hundred and sixty acres shall be
granted as bounty land to each of the soldiers composing the
regiment, (priority of choice to be decided by lot,) who shall
have complied faithfully with the terms of their enlistment,
and the remainder in lots of one hundred and sixty acres
each, shall be given in fee simple, free of expense, to such
able bodies citizens as shall actually settle upon and cultivate
the same for the space of two years: Provided, that said
land shall not be liable to be sold or transferred, either by voluntary
or forced sale, for the term of five years next succeeding
the period when the same was acquired.
Sec. 11. Be it fJrther enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the colonel to set apart out of the three hundred and twenty
acres heretofore appropriated to the uses of the Government,
a lot of ground to be cultivated by the garrison, in the proportion
of three acres to each soldier; which ground shall be
planted and cultivated in such manner as may best conduce
to the support and sustenance of the garrison or post.
Sec. 12. Be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Colonel, so to dispose of the several detachments, as that
the space between each station, shall be traversed twice a
day, if the same be practicable, by such number of men as
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