Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839. Page: 19
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such appraisement does not exceed one hundred and fifty
dollars; and field officers are hereby authorised to administer
the necessary oath to the appraisers.
Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That it is hereby made the
duty of the President to appoint to each post all such necessary
officers as are not herein provided for, agreeably to the
laws now existing on such subject.
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying
into effect the provisions of this bill, the sum of three
hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated;
and it is hereby made the duty of the President to
cause to be issued forthwith the promissory notes of the Government
to that amount, and the amount when so issued, to
be placed in the treasury of the Republic, to be drawn on
the requisition of the paymaster, commissaries, or either of
them; such requisitions, in all cases, being approved and
countersigned by the colonel, lieutenant colonel or major, as
the case may be.
Sec. 21. Be itfiurther enacted, That the paymaster, before
entering upon the duties of his office, shall be required to
give bond and good personal security, for the faithful performance
thereof, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, which
bond shall be made payable to the President of the Republic
of Texas and his successors in office.
Sec. 22. Be it further-enacted, That commissaries of purchases
who may be appointed under the authority of this act,
shall before entering upon the discharge of their duty give
each a bond and good personal security, in the penal sum of
fifty thousand dollars, to be payable to the President of the Republic
and his successors in office, conditioned for the faithtul
performance of the duties assigned them.
Sec. 23. Be itfurther enacted, That should the three leagues
square of land, at each of the posts above referred to, or any
portion of the same be found to be individual property, then
and in that case, it shall be lawful for the said colonel and
engineer to petition the judge of the judicial district, in which
such land may be situated, giving a description of the lands,
with the names of the proprietors, if they can be ascertained,
and the said judge shall then cause six disinterested freeholders
to be summoned, who after being duly sworn shall make
a report of the value of the land so required, which said report
with the proceedings on the same shall be filed in the
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