Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836. Page: 16
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t( this Government, and any person holding an office,
:fpointment, or commission, under tinfs Government in
the executive or judicial department or in t!he regular army
of Texas, shall not be eligible to a seat as a member
of the General Council.
Council Hall at San Felipe de Austin, Nov. 20, 1835.
(Signed) JAMES W. ROB INSON,
Lieuft. Cov. and ex-officio Preside-nt oi' the Geinral
('ouncil.
P. B. DEXTER, Sec'ry General Council.
Approved 23d Nov. 183.5.
HENRY SMITIH, Governor.
C. B. STEWART, Secretary to the Executive and Tetording
Clerk.
An Ordinance declaring the mode of passing, signiZng, and
publishing, the Ordilances, Decrees and Resolutions of the
Provisional Government of Texas.
SEc. 1. Be it ordained and decreed, and it is hereby ordaitned
and decreed, by the General Council of the Provisionalc
Governmncrt of Texas, That all ordinances, decrees, and
resolutions after being finally passed by the General
Council. shall be copied in a fair hand with all the amendments,
by the clerk of the Committee from which the bill
originated, when the same shall be endorsed "passed"
vwith the date of its passage, be signed by the Presidentt
of the said Council and attested by the Secretary thereof,
when the said bill so endorsed and signed, shall be forthwith
sent to the Governor for approval and signature,
-which if not approved by him and returned within three
tflll days, from the time of its being received in the Executive
office, it shall be in full force ; but if within the
three days aforesaid, the Governor shall refuse his approval
and signature, it shall be his duty within that time
to return the said bill or ordinance to the Gteneral Council
with his reasons therefor in writing. When the said
bill or ordinance shall be re-considered by the Council
aforesaid, and on the concurrence of two-thirds of all the
members, shall be in full force and effect.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained and decreed, and it it
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Texas (Republic). Secretary of State. Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836., book, 1838; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45353/m1/16/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .