The Committe to whoom ware Refered the subject of the Finances of Texas Report that the public coffers should be Replenished therefore
Be it Resolved that Jos L Hood Jacob Garrett &Peter J. Menard be apointed public agents to unite with the committees of safety &c of the Jurisdictions of Nacogdoches and St. Augustine to demand Receive and receipt for all public moneys in the hands of officers and other public agents arising from the sales or entries of Land stamp paper or any other dues collected as public money in the name of the Mexican Government or the state of Coahuila &Texas, also in the name of the General Council of Texas to contract and receive loans of money executing such obligations as the case requires in the names of this council Pledging the Public Faith for the payment of the same and interest at a Rate not exceeding ten per cent per Annum and further the said persons associated as commissioners or Public agents are hereby empowered to act separate from the committees of safety in cases requiring them so to do and said committees or Public agents are hereby empowered to take any steps that the present emergency may require to secure the public funds in all cases where the security of them may be uncertain, Requiring in all cases a statement in writing of the Receipts and amounts paid out and further said Agents or committees are required forthwith to transmit to the President of this council all sums so collected or after the consultation shall meet to the President of that Body for the use and benefit of the cause of the Good People of Texas.
And be it also Resolved that R. R. Royall prst of Council, G Borden Jun J. H. Money Be and are hereby appointed to superintend the collection of all dues of a similar nature with the same powers and duties for the Other Jurisdictions not above named excepting from these resolutions all sums which may be tendered for fraudulent titles, declaring in all such cases that may hereafter be made appear the sums shall be returned with Interest.
And be it also Resolved that each committee associated with said agents be and are hereby required to Publish to the settlers in Texas under the Laws of colonization &Purchase to come forward and make payment with in the time prescribed by the Laws under such Penalties as the Laws may prescribe and further lf In their Judgement the case Justifies they shall appoint a suitable and capacitated Person to collect the same keeping a regular act. of all acts which they may do, requiring such Persons to give Bonds in the name of their Municipalities in a sufficient sum to secure the faithfull performance of the office assuring them at the same time that the General Consultation will allow them full compensation for the trouble and Great Responsibility on their hands And further the Genl Council of Texas Calls upon the Ayuntamientoes and all other authorities to aid in fulfilling these resolutions.
A Houston
Lorenza de Zavala
Wm. Pettus
Alexr. Thomson
Peter J. Menard
The council met agreeable to adjournment and after some discussion the foregoing Report and Resolutions were unanimously adopted
Signed R R Royall
President of the Genl Council of Texas.
A Houston,
Secty.
San Felipe 21st October 1835.
Archives of Texas, A file 1 No. 7.
