The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 83
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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three hundred and eleven thousand dollars be, and is hereby appropriated
for the payment of the expenses of the various departments
of this Government for the past and current year; and the
secretary of the treasury is hereby directed to issue the promissory
notes of the Government for that amount, and pay them out to
the order of the proper officers of the Government.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That ten thousand dollars of the
above appropriation is specially set apart as a contingent fund,
to be drawn from the treasury under the signature of the President,
countersigned by the secretary of the treasury, for such purposes
as he may deem proper.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President, of the Senate.
Approved, January 24, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
For the relief of James C. Boyd.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the auditor be,
and he is hereby required to audit the claim of James C. Boyd for
six months services as a spy to the cavalry, at twenty-five dollars
per month, deducting forty-eight dollars already paid, and also
allow him one hundred and twenty-dollars for a horse lost in the
service, and that the secretary of war allow him a certificate for a
corresponding quantity of land.
JOHN M. HANSFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BUTRNET,
President of 'the Senate.
Approved, January 24, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.(83)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/87/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .