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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
is
JOINT RESOLUTION
October 27, 1837.
AN ACT
(1357 )
To provide for auditing contingent expenses of both Houses of
Congress, and making appropriation therefor.
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the senate.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
Vetoed by the president, and passed by a constitutional majority
of the senate.
Requiring the Secretary of War to execute certain duties.
Resolved, by the senate. and house of representatives of the re-
public of Texas, in congress assembled, That the secretary of war
be required forthwith to proceed to execute the duties of his office
as required of him by an act of congress, entitled “an act supple-
mentary to an act to establish a general land office for the republic
of Texas.”
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the senate.
Vetoed by the president, and passed by a constitutional majority
of the house of representatives.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, by the senate and house of repre-
sentatives of the republic of Texas, in congress assembled, That the
auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby authorized to audit
any accounts which may be authorized by a resolution of either
house of congress, upon the complainant presenting a copy of said
resolution, certified by the secretary or clerk of the house in which
the resolution may have been adopted, and the certificate of the per-
son authorized by said resolution to contract such debt or debts,
that the account is correct and just, and to draw on the contingent
fund of both houses of congress for the amount.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 1, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5872/m1/1365/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .