The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-12-02

n,y duty to controvett il; but no good can
,e..l, from my attempting It now.
Very respectfully.
Your oh; servant
l.. NJ. PEASE.
E,rcurvE OrsicE, Austin. Texas,
18th November. 1854.
In determining whether Messts. X. J.
Walker, r. Butler King. ". T.. Johnson,
A. Greer ". Z. Lacy, Samuel 4. Nav
.dck, George Hancock, John Hancock,
lanes Il. Raymond, James y. Shaw. WIN.
II Bourlsnd, u. 7. Bee. John ". Ha'rls,
Matt Ward, Leonsrd Randall, J. Piuek-
me-, Henderson, and T.. u. Nichols. who
.,,e,ed into a contract with the Governor
n, the state at Texas on the 3lst day "t
,,,mst 1884. Tor the construction OF the
Ns.,s.ippi and Pacific Railroad. under the
,rovi.,on IS AN act 10 provide ior the
Construction OF the Niss,ssippi aud Pacific
Railroad" approved Deeeuh-t 2l.l, l>53,
have deposited with the Treasurer oi the
State OF Texas, three hundred thousand
dollars in gold or silver. or evidences of
d.Lt of the State OF Texas, or other good
r,r stocks within six', DAYS after said par
ues catered into said contract. ! find the
following state oil facts to exist in regard
to this question:
list. That the Treasurer Of this State
exhibited In me for my consideration, Mt
different times between the 2lst and 2sth
nj October. 1884, both days inclusive, three
hundred thousand dollars OF the preferred
stock of the Sussex Iron Company OF
New Jersey, with evidences i. regard To
| ils @aiue; also, two hundred and ninely>
eight thousand dollars OF the stock OF the
Mechanics Bank of Memphis, Tennessee,
with = statement of the condition OF said
lauk, signed by the President, aud what
purporteh to be n copy OF It's charter and
also two thousand dollars of View York
state stock, the first OF which the said
Treasurer informed me the said contracts
of, proposed to deposi, in accordance with
the said act aud contract, aud tina. they
proposed to deposit the other two stocks as
40 additional guaranty. That all these
papers were returned by me to the said
Treasurer on and previous to the 2s'h o!
October, 1854, with my verbal opinion
that, with the exception Of the New York
State stocks, they were insufficient to aus
.ver the purposes Tor which said con'fac
tors proposed to deposit them. That sui
,equently on the Both OF October, the
Treasurer havded inc n letter dated the
o.,L j., ,.Lioh \. s,.,.d ,ha, ,l.s. stocks
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~ a. s.,, ,o,t ~ o.,oI,a, / al
'.,'ih;n, IT,, ., ,o,l, ,o hi. l,.,,.r Of
I. l...I,.I s,,t sto,bs
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81 m, .,h..o,.,,ly i, ,.,l. 1, two
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Ill 80, ..,.J ,..;, contract. sl.o
-, ~, 49, a..
-, ,i'.' ,,ha, s,iJ ,an,.i, was 40
c.,f., hy hint I'M. Treasurer informed
- J.,,I ,h,. i,h ,,d c,b of
,,., - II H., Il, had renewed and
1900, ,,..,,.s. .o,,t,,c,a,s uiiLin sixty
,G., ,.. .,iJ co,t,,ct ,y,s ,u,.,ed
..L,,,.l,.,i ,I,on.and ,,ullars of the
.,..,'.,r,'i .,o,l az III. sus.,x l,on Cons
a,, -, So, l.,..v As GOOD mar stock
Il ,,l,, fla meaning of the law and thnt
a - ,,i,,, b;,, lac ,h., ..,,..
- ,.... L,',,d,.a and ,,n.,y,s,,,h, tbons
a"d ,,ollars a, ,Le .io.L of the Mechanic.
~ If u,,,,h;. and two thousand dol