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Declarations and Resolutions
June 8, 1868 - July 6, 1868 |
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Fixing the per diem pay of Members and Officers
of the Convention |
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| Urging Congress to
transfer certain powers from the Military Commander of the Fifth Military
District to this Convention |
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| For the furnishing
of Paschal's Digest of the Laws of Texas to Committees, and opening the
State Library to Members of the Convention |
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| On printing two hundred
copies of the Reconstruction Laws of Congress |
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| For Special Committee
to examine the administration and financial condition of the State Penitentiary |
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| Authorizing the Secretary
to order two thousand copies of the Austin Daily Republican, five hundred
copies of the Tri-Weekly Free Press, and four hundred copies of the San
Antonio Daily Express, for the use of the Members of this Convention |
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| Dispensing with the
reading of the Report of the Superintendent of Education |
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| Permitting certain
officers herein named to occupy seats upon the floor of the House |
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| Tendering thanks to
F. Flake, Esq., Editor of Galveston Bulletin |
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| Declaring that the
Committee on Penitentiary, or any one of more of them, may proceed to
Huntsville to perform their duties |
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| Empowering the Committee
on Political or Legislative Department to employ a clerk |
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| Urging upon the Congress
of the United States the necessity of appointing a force in each county
for the Suppression of Lawlessness and Violence |
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| Authorizing the Committee
on Penitentiary to inquire into the Laws under which Convicts are held |
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| Amendatory of a Declaration
appropriating one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the pay
of Members of the Convention and Officers |
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| Requesting the Commanding
General to approve the appropriation of one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars to defray expenses of Convention |
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| Authorizing the publication
of the Debates of the Convention |
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| Instructing Engrossing
and Enrolling Clerks, when not engaged in the duties of their positions,
to assist the Secretary |
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| Ordering the printing
of four hundred copies of the Report of Wm. Alexander, Esq., late Attorney
General of Texas |
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| Defining the Powers
of this Convention |
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| Appropriating 25,000
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the apprehension of
desperadoes |
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| Amending the rules
governing the Convention, so that a simple Resolution or Resolutions relating
to the government of the Convention may be disposed of upon a vote at
first reading |
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| Appropriating the sum
of two hundred dollars to frame the portrait of General Sam Houston |
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| Appropriating 15,000
dollars for the payment of the Civil Officers of the State appointed by
Provisional Governor A.J. Hamilton |
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| Suspending the sale
by Police Courts of School Lands |
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| Requesting Major-General
J J Reynolds to cause to be estimated the Receipts in the Treasury and
the Expenditures therefrom for the year ending 1st July, 1869, &c |
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| Appropriating 400 dollars
to pay the Expenses of Committee appointed to investigate the affairs
of the Penitentiary |
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| Requesting Major General
J. J. Reynolds to cause the Comptroller of Public Accounts to furnish
statements as herein specified |
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| Providing for selecting
Messrs M. C. Hamilton and C. Caldwell to proceed to Washington, and lay
before Congress certain matters herein specified |
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Declarations and Resolutions
June 10, 1868 - Aug. 21, 1868 |
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| Ordering 1000 copies
of the Austin Daily Republican, at eight cents per number, and 500 copies
of the San Antonio Free Press, at seven cents per number, and discontinuing
other papers. |
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| Requesting the arrest
of one C.C. Gillespie, Editor of Houston Telegraph, for advising the assassination
of Morgan C. Hamilton and C. Caldwell. |
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| Providing for the appointment
of a committee to proceed to Millican for the purpose of investigating
the recent disturbance, and appropriating 500 dollars for expenses of
said Committee |
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| Appropriating 500 dollars
for the arrest of the attempted assassin of Judge Cooley |
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| Appropriating 500 dollar
to pay telegrams |
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| Requesting the Congress
of the United States to appoint a Committee to enquire into the condition
of the State |
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| Requesting Brevet Major-General
J. J. Reynolds to appoint one or more Commissioned Officers to participate
in the investigation of the Millican disturbance |
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| For the payment of
the per diem of Mr. Horne, a member of the Convention |
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| Appropriating 15,000
dollars to pay officers appointed by Provisional Governor A. J. Hamilton |
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| Referring a Resolution
Appropriation of 25,000 dollars to Major-General Reynolds |
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| Incorporating the Belleville,
Hempstead, and Brazos Bridge Company |
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| Authorizing the Secretary
to pay Fred Slaughter one dollar and fifty cents per day as mail carrier
of the Convention |
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| Authorizing the transcribing
the Journals of the Convention |
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| Requesting Congress
to pass the International Railroad bill |
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| For the incorporation
of the Houston City Railroad Company |
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| Authorizing the Secretary
to draw a Warrant in favor of Fred Slaughter ,for $1.50 per day for services
as page |
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| For Port of Entry,
Sabine Pass, to be forwarded to the Congress of United States |
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| Requesting Brevet Major
General Reynolds to create a new Judicial District out of the Twenty-second
and Fifteenth Judicial District of Texas |
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| Requesting an appropriation
of 25,000 dollars |
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| Asking for the relinquishment
of the ad-valorem tax of the county of Jefferson for 1868 |
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| To appropriate a sufficient
sum of money for the purchase of books, etc, for the use of the Blind
Asylum |
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| Incorporating the Jefferson,
Marshal and Big Cypress Bayou Bridge Company |
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| Declaring certain acts
of the so-called Tenth and Eleventh Legislatures repealed |
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| For the relief of the
heirs of Sam Houston, deceased |
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| Requesting the Commanding
General to relinquish the State tax of Montgomery county for the years
1867 and 1868 |
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| Authorizing the Governor
to lease the State Penitentiary |
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| For the appointment
of a special committee to inquire into the propriety of admitting indigent
persons into the asylums of the State |
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| Declarations
and Resolutions Aug. 21, 1868 - Aug. 29, 1868 |
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| Respecting the murder
of Captain Martin D. Hart, First Texas Cavalry, by Confederate States
officers |
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| Granting bounty to
soldiers in the United States service in the late war |
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| Respecting the Houston
Tap and Brazoria Railroad |
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| Respecting the Texas
and New Orleans Railroad and the Pacific Railroad |
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| Respecting a Committee
to remain in session during the recess and for other purposes |
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| Levying a special tax
for the payment of the per diem pay and mileage of members; the per diem
pay of the officers and the contingent expenses of the Reconstruction
Convention |
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| Authorizing the Governor
to invest the School Fund of the Treasury in U.S. Gold bearing Bonds |
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| Incorporating the Navasota,
Washington and Brazos Bridge Company |
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| Granting the Mexican
and Gulf Railroad Company an extension of time for the completion of the
second twenty-five miles of road |
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| Authorizing the Secretary
to pay Copying Clerk |
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| Authorizing the publication
of the Constitution as far as adopted in newspapers specified |
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| Extending the grants
and privileges of the Columbus, San Antonio and Rio Grande Railroad |
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| Granting lands to actual
settlers, to purchasers of land, and location of genuine land certificates,
within the limits of the Memphis and El Paso Railroad reserve |
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Declarations and Resolutions
Aug. 29, 1868 - Dec. 23, 1868 |
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| Respecting the Central
Railroad Company |
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Of Committee on Counties and County Boundaries |
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Appropriating $50,000 for the pay of members
and employes of the Convention |
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Authorizing the payment of the newspaper proprietors
who published the Constitution, and appropriating $3,200 therefor. |
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Authorizing the levying and collecting a Special
Tax in Falls and McLennan counties |
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To incorporate the East Texas Agricultural and
Mechanical Association |
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Increasing the per diem pay of the President
of the Convention |
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In relation to newspapers |
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Tendering thanks of Convention to Major General
J. J. Reynolds |
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Appropriating $15,000 dollars to pay contingent
expenses of the Convention |
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Continuing the charter of the Union Marine and
Fire Insurance Company |
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Granting per diem pay to Messrs Vaughan and Posey
from the commencement of the second session |
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Reviving the act incorporating the Galveston
Dry Dock Co., &c. |
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For the relief of Houston and Texas Central Railway
Company |
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Declarations
and Resolutions Dec. 29, 1868 - Jan. 9, 1869 |
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| Respecting Houston
Union |
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| Requesting the Congress
of the Unitd States to call into service a regiment of Texas cavalry,
to repel Indian invasion |
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| Supplemental to a declaration
in relation to the International Pacific Railroad Company, passed August
10, 1868 |
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| To incorporate the
Belton Bridge Company |
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| Incorporating the Bolivar
Point, East Texas and Red River Railroad Company |
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| Congratulatory of the
appointment of Major General Canby to the command of the Fifth Military
District |
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| Creating the county
of San Jacinto |
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| Respecting the Indians
of the frontier of Texas |
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| Respecting land certificate
of Henry Koontz |
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| To incorporate the
Galveston Canal Company |
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| Incorporating the Phoenix
Transportation Company |
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| In regard to valid
Land Certificates |
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| Authorizing the Police
Courts of Hays and Goliad counties to levy a special tax to build court
houses at San Marcus and Goliad, the county seats of said counties |
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| To incorporate the
Young Men's Real Estate Company |
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| Declarations
and Resolutions Jan. 15, 1869 - Jan. 19, 1869 |
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Authorizing the Special Committee for the revision of the Constitution
to employ a clerk |
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Attaching parts of the Guadalupe county
to Wilson county, and changing the name of Wilson county to that
of "Cibolo" |
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For the relief of the Eastern Texas Railroad
Company |
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Authorizing the County Court to levy special
tax |
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For the relief of the Southern Pacific
Railroad |
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Changing the County Seat of Refugio County |
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To incorporate the Texas Mutual Life Insurance
Company |
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| Declarations
and Resolutions Jan. 19, 1869 |
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In relation to the New
Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad Company, a corporation
of the State of Alabama, and authorizing and empowering said company
to exercise and enjoy its corporate powers and franchises in the
State of Texas |
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| Declarations
and Resolutions Jan. 20, 1869 - Jan. 25, 1869 |
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| Expressing the opinion
of the Convention respecting the division of the State of Texas, and providing
for the election of delegates to proceed to Washington to represent the
condition of the State |
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| Incorporating the Rock
Creek Bridge and Turnpike Company |
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| Incorporating the Ship
Channel Company from Bolivar Point to Houston |
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| Incorporating the Jefferson
Navigation Company |
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| Granting the right
to build a ferry across the Neeches river |
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| Creating the county
of Latimer |
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| Providing that the
Legislature may make an appropriation for the heirs of W.A. Smith, deceased |
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| Granting mileage to
G. H. Slaughter, for distance actually traveled |
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| Respecting absent members
and the payment thereof |
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| Authorizing Hon. L.
D. Evans to draw the pay of Mr. Mullins, deceased |
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| To incorporate the
Port Sullivan, Belton and Northwestern Railroad Company |
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| Incorporating the Liverpool
and Texas Steamship Company, Limited |
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| Declarations
and Resolutions Jan. 25, 1869 - Feb. 5, 1869 |
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Incorporating the Austin Bridge Company |
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In relation to Corpus Christi Ship Channel |
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Making an appropriation for the printing and contingent expenses
of the Convention |
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Making an appropriation for mileage and per diem pay of the members,
and the per diem pay of the employes of the Convention, and appropriating
other sums for purposes specified herein |
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Authorizing Enrolling Clerk to employ one or more assistants |
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Appropriating $100 to defray expenses of publishing Constitution |
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Authorizing the Engrossing Clerk to employ such assistants as he
may require |
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