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Laws of the Rep-ublic of Texas.
267
AN ACT
Authorising the President to call out the Militia.
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT
( 1327 )
Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the re-
public of Texas, in congress assembled, That the president be and
he is hereby authorized to order out forthwith such a portion of
the militia as he may think proper for the better protection of the
frontier.
To Dispose of Galveston and other Islands of the Republic of
Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
republic of Texas, in Congress assembled, That the secretary of
the treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and required to cause
the Island of Galveston except the league and labor sold to M. B.
Menard and associates, and all other Islands within this republic
to be surveyed in lots not less than ten nor exceeding forty acres
each, and that he cause the same to be sold at auction to the
highest bidder, on the second Monday of November next at the
state house in the city of Houston, the proceeds of the sale to be
paid in specie or the notes of current and specie paying banks,
in the following manner, to wit: one fourth part thereof to be paid
down, and the other three-fourth to be in three equal instalments
of three, six and nine months.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all persons, aliens not ex-
cepted, shall have the privilege of purchasing and holding the
same, and the president is authorized to issue patents to them ac-
cordingly.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the proceeds of the
sales of all such Islands as may be sold by virtue of this act,
B. T. ARCHER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JESSE GRIMES,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Approved, June 12, 1837.
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