The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-22
AAxas Veterans Hear Words of Eloquence--Will Meet
Next Year at Dallas.
ETERANs OF THE MEXICAN WAR OF '46-4S
Sc Grafton by T. Banaer Poem by Agnes achal Nc
Neir.. The Heroes of San Jacinto We'll Pleased
With Their Reception

The fitth imperial decree OF the national
jun,a of the McXcan empire. decrted on
January "A. 1923. q Whites Recopit ..
bSs) fixed the measurements Of land ana
declared the minimum allowance TO colon
lists. II provided the measurements OF
land TO be: A yara ls hereby established
at three gcometrlcal feet. a straight me
of 5000 varas shall be league. a square
of each of whose sides shall be q league
shall be called a sitio and this shall te
the unity of counting one. two or more
sitios; ave sttios shall compose one hacien-
da one labor shall consist Of i,ooO'ooV
square vnras, / C., 1000 varAs on each sde
and labor may be divided into halves
or quarters but net less. Not only were
the measurements fixed. but the ilshls
OF contractors and the minimum allotment
to connisis were settled by the same law.
To the colonists whose occupation was
farming not less than one labor was given,
aud 10 those VINO we're to engage IN the
raising and grazing OF cattle and stock
the allotment was not TO be less than
sitio To an empreslrlO Who introduced
families iuto a province c=slFn7i"d ior
colonization there MAS srpnted at the rate
Of three haciendas ana two labors for each
zoo families so introduced. and IN addition
IL WIS stipulated that the land should be
populated AMI cultivated within tNelVs
years from the date Of the concession or
a forfeiture ensued while the number
OF families was the unit Of calculation,
there was a restriction ds to the premium
land In that Il could no. exceed nine ha-
ceItal, aud six lahors.
cite this decree In estenso for two
rrasona. Whle Moses Austin received hla
grant In January NTth. 1871 ANA stephen
f. Austin Introduced hts first cnlonisis
in December Of the p1me year, be then
found that N0rtin,H The governor OF Texas,
was not authorized 10 siipullie tho amount
Of land new settlers should receive. Austin
az orce proceeded 10 The McSican capital
Tho concession vas ratified hy the en-
pcror IN February, 1888, bat IN the next
month was declared void by congress and
II vss mot until Aprll IS that the con-
ccsstcn Vls confirmed aud the act made
final.
pass now 10 tho It'll day OF November
1888. In ,He years preceding Mexican law
had brcomc Mexican license, end further
submission on th" part Of feSas was all
Impossible More than one movement had
been started booking toward separation
tHt conservative counsel prevailed. ~
this time thr "Goi and Liberty" as used
10y the Mexican translated 10 the Texan
was Hell and slavery" ForbearAnce had
crgsed to be a virtue, and further !naction
had been d crime At san Felipe do Austin
on the date mentioned ;he people of Texas
broke the bond and drew lhe sword
to be shcathed only when 1--WE
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that liberty was Triumphant oyfr tyranny,
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