Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed the First Session of Third Congress, 1839. Page: 81
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81
AN ACT
Authorizing the Auditor to discharge certain duties.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
oJ the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the
auditor be, and he is hereby required to audit the account of
any county surveyor for work executed for the Republic,
agreeably to law: Provided, That the claimant shall present
the certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
that the work for which pay is demanded has been properly
executed, and that the Republic is thereby justly indebted
to the claimant in that amount.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all accounts audited
under the provisions of the first section of this act, shall
he paid in promissory notes.
Sec. 3. Be it Ji/rther enacted, That the auditor is hereby
directed to audit and the treasurer to pay all county surveyors
for making complete or connected plats of their respective
counties, such amount as the Board of Land Commissioners
for the counties in which they reside, shall deem a proper compensation
for making said map: Provided, The Commissioner
General of the Land Office shall approve of the same, both
as to the execution of the work and the amount of remuneration;
and all such certificates shall be sufficient voucher for the
action of the auditor.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, January 23, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
AN ACT
Entitled an act to compel all Government Officers to receive
the Promissory notes of the Government for all dues that
may accrue to them in the discharge of the duties of their
Office.
Be it enacted by the Senate amnd House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That from
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