Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-26

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state.
The move was started to pre-
serve the documents after Mrs. Nc
Callum discovered Texas declara-
ticn of independence hidden away
under the floors of the state house.
The instrumer {, was ordered by Mrs.
McCallum removed and framed. 1t
shortly will be huL.y In the main
capitol corridor.
Result of an elton contest held
in Brazoria county in 1896 in which
Gen. Sam H ton received IS votes
for president of the republic and
stephen r. ustin vote, is one
OF the records which sec cherS have
uncovered. Yellow and musty with
age, the election return, written
with a fine Spencerian hand, has
been patched with linen and its life
extended for several years.
Citizens Of Boerne, where two ex-
cellent highways now conv ,ge, be-
lieved in 1851 that the county was
so completely intersected with
rough, rocky mountains that was
Impractical ever to construct a wa
gon or carrier road" a petition to
the legislature revealed. Signers of
the petition asked that Boerne be
made a part of Kerr county on &C
count of their inability to reach
Blanco, IS miles distant:
Colorado Asks Protection
70 1910 14%i1N- 80 NAI1~nI@ III
dressed a petition to the republic
of Texas, requesting that a cap
tain's company of mounted gun
men be kept N the region until set
Tiers gathered t cir crops.
The petition said that the rangers
were needed until such time as
petitioners will have their crops
gathered and will be in readiness
to guard against. and protect them
selves from, the tomahawk and
scalping kn'-> cf the savage In
dian"
Four thousand taxpayers Of
Brownsville protested against a pc
tition sent to the legislature in
1881, asking that articles of in
corporation for Brownsville be re-
pealed, files now being indexed re-
veal.
The supreme court, increased re-
Gently in a special election to nine
members, enjoyed little favor in
Burnett county ii 1912. Among the
documents to be found in the base
ment is one signed by 100 citizens,
demonstrating against the power to
BE given judges through creFtion Of
the high court.
Austin Tax Protest
Tax problems, too, date back to
the early days of the Lone Star
state, the records indicate. In one
Of the files is to be found protest
from citizens of Austin. complain
ing that a l per cent ad valorem
tax is excessive, oppressive and I'M
just" The petition asks the legiS-
iature to allow the city to amend
Its charter so tn not more than
one-fourth o. one per cent can be
collected through an ad valorem tax
without submission of the tax to a
popular vote.
In another petition dated 1912,
Austin citizens asked for an extern
sion of time before paying for town
lots to determine whether the seat
Of government should be moved.
Burning Of houses by tic army
Of the republic of Texas as it re-
treated from Gonzales to the Colo
RADIO river in the fight with Mex
leo in 1886 is reflected in a claim
made against he state by Jesse
Burnum, whose house was fired.
In his petition ASKING $2,375 dam
ages Burnum set out that he would
have yielded cheerfully to any sac
riNce for the protection Of citizens
but he believed there never existed
q reason to justif" the destruction
Of his property.