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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
77
JOINT RESOLUTION;
Defining the duties of the heads of departments of the government.
SAM. HOUSTON.
(1137)
72—vol. 1.
be the duty of the president to recall said script; and forbid the
further selling of the same.
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That the said Toby, with
the proceeds arising from the sale of said scrip be, and is hereby
authorized and required to fulfil all legal obligations into which
he may have entered as agent of this government, on the faith of
the authority given him by the president “ad interim,” for the
selling of land scrip; and that he be authorized and required to
pay all legal debts contracted on the faith of the same.
IRA INGRAM,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
RICHARD ELLIS,
President pro tem. of the senate.
Approved, Dec. 10, 1836.
SAM. HOUSTON.
Be it resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the
republic of Texas in congress assembled, That it shall be, and is
hereby made the duty of the heads of departments, composing the
president’s cabinet, to wit: the secretaries of state, of war, of the
navy, of the treasury, and of the attorney general of the republic,
to reside permanently at the seat of government of the same, unless
absent on leave of the president, and in conformity with the consti-
tution and the laws; to conform to and execute the instructions of
the president, whether general or particular; and to give respec-
tively and collectively, such needful aid and counsel whenever
required so to do by the chief magistrate of the republic, as may
be requisite to a firm, wholesome and harmonious administration
of the government.
IRA INGRAM,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
RICHARD ELLIS,
President pro tem. of the senate.
Approved, Dec. 13, 1836.
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