Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839. Page: 60
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examination and auditing of all claims against the Government,
which the first or second auditor may not be authorized
by the present laws to audit; that they shall have the
powers of a court of equity, and it shall be their duty to examine
into all claims of whatever amount, founded in equity
and justice, in relation to the redemption of which the present
laws have made no provision.
Sec. 2. Be it fJrther enacted, That it shall be the duty of
said tribunal to meet every Saturday, or oftener at their discretion,
in the first auditor's office, for the purpose of adjudicating
on such claims as may be presented to them, that the
regular duties of their respective offices shall be suspended
o- said day, and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to attend the sessions of said tribunal, to represent
the interests of the Republic.
Sec. 3. Be it jfrther enacted, That no claims of any character
shall be presented to Congress or the President until
they have been first presented to said board or tribunal, and
that it shall be the duty of the petitioner taking the appeal,
to furnish the committee t6 whom such rejected claim may be
referred, to file with his petition the opinion of the secretary
of the treasury, containing the reasons which induced the
board to reject said claim, which reasons he shall furnish to
said petitioner.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the said board to state in their decision whether the claimant
is entitled to the promissory notes of the Governmen or not;
which said decision shall be returned and filed in the office of
the proper auditor, and constitute a part of the records of his
office, whose duty it shall be to issue to the claimant, the
proper certificate or draft for the same.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That said board shall hold
their sessions between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and one
o'clock p. m. and between the hours of 3 o'clock and 5 p. m.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of
laws contrary to the meaning of this act be, and the same are
hereby repealed, from and after the passage of this act.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 21, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
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