The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-10-26
PROCI.AMATlON.
NJ rmr GOVERNOR o. rmg,.Afso. n

\V'HEREAS. an authenticated copy Of ~"
w .eeiicu. Of m Act passed by the Con.rss
u the Cai,~d States. proposing to the State
ct Texas the establishment " her Nor,hrsn
and Western boundaries, aud nQsisi,spsns
b, the sid State Of al! Terrltor, cls'sas.i b.
her exterior to aid boundaries, and Of ali a~r
! c'aiu np.n tie Quilted Sta,es, and to estaLirsl,
a Territorial Government for Nsw Mexico"
wl..,h ssiJ Two Sceiions are -a'd " contain all
Of sid Act ~h',h relates 10 Texas, has. BY the
direction Of the Prcsidcn; Of the United States
been furnished the Executive Of Teas, TO bc
| laid bef,r. the Legislature " the State 10,
cepinncr. o. REJECTION. which two Setiions u
,ad nc, are Ia the woriA follo~ing, viz:
b. il enacted D. .ht Sena,s and Iio4s. Il Rep-
r,isnian,u i tie Cnust Hlaies II Amerxa in
Co,xrs,s a,s,wbl,d 'rha. the following propo.
,itions .ha liz, mud ihc same hereby are, Offer.
ed 10 the State Of Teas which, when agreed
TO by the said State. In All set passed By tho
Genera Assembly, -hall be binding and otlign-
tors upon III. United States, and upoa the sand
State u Texas: i'ror.xed The sad agree
rn.Bt b the said General Assembly shall be-
gwen Oh or before the hr,, Of December, eisll-
teen hundred aud hfy
"Irs. The State Of Texas will agree iha,
her boundary on The north shall ecmmen.c Al
the point =, which the meridian II one hun-
Died degrees west from Greena ieh is in.cfsec'-
ed b, the pIr,li,. Of thisS-.k degree. thirty
minutes north latitude. and shall run from, said
point due west to the MERIDIAN Of one hundred
aud three degree west from Greenwich thenCr
her boundir, shall run due sou,h to the thirty
second degree If north latitude ON the said
parallel u tmriy-i~o degrees Of north lHt'-
lndu to the Ro Bravo del <or,-, aud thence
with the channcl Of said rl,ef to the Gulf of
M-xico.
Second The State Of Texas cedcs to the
United States NIL her claim to TERRITORY exterior
TO the limits and boundaries wh.eh she agree,
10 establish b, the Lrst article Of this agree
men..
Third The State VI Texas relinquiSh.
~ I'll ciui, pom the Caigd States for liability
Of the debts Vi TEXAS, aud for com enss,on Of
iudennil, for the surrender to the United Sts1es
Of her ships, forts, arseuals. custom-Aouse.,
cu,tom-hou,e revenue, arms and mutations OF
war, and publ, buildings With their sites, which
became TIA. property oi the United States al the
time VI Tia, anu.Sniinn.
"Fvu,ih The United States in con>id, sa-
ton Of SAID establishment OF boundaries cc-,ion
of claim to territory, and rclinqu'-hmcn, Of
claims. Wall pay to the State Of Texas the sum
i've per cent. interest," and redeemable -. the end
Of fourteen wears 'h- Interest payable half, YEAR
/, nj the Treasury Of the United State.
Fifth Immediately nfier the Prrsden, Of
sue United States .hal nay. been furnished with
an authentic copy ofih~ az, ot'hc General Assem-
! bis ofFesa, aerspllnY these propo,lonshe shall
tusc the stock to b. issued In favor Of the
State Of TcIas asrrosidpd for IN The fourth ar''.
G.. of this agreement Prot,dsd, aisc. That no
uotc than five millions Of SAID stock shall be
I --ucd until il,r creditors Of the State holding
bond, and other c.rlihra,cs Of stock II TEXAS
TT which duties or imports wire specially
/ pledged, shall ar, iic ut the Treasury Of the
United States rcl-ases If III claim against the
! United States for OF On aceocnt II said hrfris
OF iliicstr- IN such form shall be r-r~'b.d
/ by the S,erriar, @. the Treasury ard approved
by the Pr, .dent II the Unired Sitter. Pror,-
ied. Tha, nothing herein contained shall b.
construed TO impair ofquslii, anythngecn's'n.
cd in the third ariicl, II the >ccoud section of
/ the joint resolution for anncsing Texas to ,h-
I United Mate approved Muryh first. eighteen
hundred and fort live, either as regards the
number # Ntatcs that mry hereafter b. formed
, oat of tie S,ai. Of Texas ~ otherwise.
Sicrius i And Be tu'tA- enacted,
TIM, the provision, OF this act b., lid they are
hcreb, suspended until the boundary between
the United <atc> and the Nta't uf IcAas
shall be adjusted, and wh'n ,uvh adjustment,
shall have been effected, the President Of the
United States shall ISSUE his proclamation de-
carng ,isi. act TO b, in fuI force aud oI,-rii"n,
and shall proceed to appoint he officers herein
pro, id,d 10 be appointed IN and for said I'm
tor,
An uHrr,As, In matter. 4 such sravc i'm.
poriancc TO the interest, honor, and integrity OF
The state, II i, deemed proper ihnt the repri,
4 themselves. IN th,if irmaf, capacities shal. lave