Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...R. Hastings, 1841 |
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... took our departure from La Bahia , having hired two men to drive the cattle , and proceeded about twenty - eight miles to the Mission del Refugio . This is one of the remains of the very numerous missionary 36 [ BOOK II . TEXAS .
... took our departure from La Bahia , having hired two men to drive the cattle , and proceeded about twenty - eight miles to the Mission del Refugio . This is one of the remains of the very numerous missionary 36 [ BOOK II . TEXAS .
Página 37
... remains of the very numerous missionary establishments founded by the Spaniards for the civilisa- tion and conversion of the Indians . Like all the rest , it is prettily situated , and , like them also , it has gone to ruin . The ...
... remains of the very numerous missionary establishments founded by the Spaniards for the civilisa- tion and conversion of the Indians . Like all the rest , it is prettily situated , and , like them also , it has gone to ruin . The ...
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... remains of an Indian encampment . We were met by a regular American back - woodsman , who had come thus far from Bexar to meet us , for the purpose of engaging himself as a hunter to the party . I engaged him , upon condition that , if ...
... remains of an Indian encampment . We were met by a regular American back - woodsman , who had come thus far from Bexar to meet us , for the purpose of engaging himself as a hunter to the party . I engaged him , upon condition that , if ...
Página 46
... remain in our encampment to air our tents , & c . Feb. 25th . - There being no water , we were obliged to go as far as La Leona . It is incorrect to say there is no water , as about two leagues from Rio Frio there is a small brook ...
... remain in our encampment to air our tents , & c . Feb. 25th . - There being no water , we were obliged to go as far as La Leona . It is incorrect to say there is no water , as about two leagues from Rio Frio there is a small brook ...
Página 49
... remain during the day . March 8th . - We started very late from the Presidio , being obliged to leave our yoke of oxen behind , they hav- ing strayed away . We continued travelling till eight o'clock , when we arrived at a brook called ...
... remain during the day . March 8th . - We started very late from the Presidio , being obliged to leave our yoke of oxen behind , they hav- ing strayed away . We continued travelling till eight o'clock , when we arrived at a brook called ...
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Página 516 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Página 510 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Página 517 - ... peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Página 519 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 489 - Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the State, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia...
Página 325 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire.
Página 505 - Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that at which the two Houses are sitting. But this regulation shall not extend to the Senate when it shall exercise the powers mentioned in the Article.
Página 508 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.
Página 509 - Every person who shall be chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit under this Constitution, or any law made in pursuance thereof, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath to support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and an oath of office.
Página 507 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of California.