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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
51
AN ACT
To pay the officers and soldiers of the Army and Navy,
Approved, Dec. 14, 1837.
SAM. HOUSTON..
(1393)
88—vol. i.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the senate and house of representatives
of the republic of Texas, in congress assembled, That two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, of the promissory notes authorized to
be issued by an act passed on 9th of June, 1837, are hereby ex-
pressly appropriated for the payment of arrearages now due the
officers of the army and navy, and the soldiers and sailors of the
same.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That every person entitled to the
payment provided by thisact, shall, when he presents his drafts
to the treasurer, take an oath that said draft or drafts were
originally issued to him, and that since, he has not sold, alienated
or pledged the same to any person, and that he is now the bona
fide and sole owner of it or them. If there be any endorsement or
appearance of endorsement on any draft, the holder shall be re-
quired to produce satisfactory proof to the treasurer that the said
draft has never been sold or transferred.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That if the situation of the re-
public should be such as to require a greater issue of the promis-
sory notes than the amount appropriated by an act passed the 9th
of June, 1837, that the president be, and he is hereby required to
have issued one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the promis-
sory notes of the government, of the same character and no more:
and also that the treasurer, or his chief clerk, is hereby authorized
to administer the oath prescribed in the second section of this act.
And further provided, that the president be authorized to appoint
a proxy to sign his name to the above notes.
JOSEPH ROWE.
Speaker of the house of representatives.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR,
President of the senate.
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