A History of Texas for Schools: Also for General Reading and for Teachers Preparing Themselves for ExaminationMrs. P. V. Pennybacker, 1907 - 412 Seiten |
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... districts , Béxar being the only important one not represented , met in the first convention chosen by the people ever held on Texas soil . Stephen F. Austin was elected president , and F. W. Johnson , secretary . Work of Convention ...
... districts , Béxar being the only important one not represented , met in the first convention chosen by the people ever held on Texas soil . Stephen F. Austin was elected president , and F. W. Johnson , secretary . Work of Convention ...
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... district . 2 remain Miss den Land laws that were expected to prevent fraud , to pro - wed tect the helpless , to encourage immigrants and to unravel the tangle of conflicting claims that arose from the fact that public lands had been ...
... district . 2 remain Miss den Land laws that were expected to prevent fraud , to pro - wed tect the helpless , to encourage immigrants and to unravel the tangle of conflicting claims that arose from the fact that public lands had been ...
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... District Court that was then in session . Battle at the Salado ( September 18 . ) - News of this second invasion caused the Texans to rush to arms . Colonel Matthew Caldwell , with about two hundred mounted men , but no artillery , was ...
... District Court that was then in session . Battle at the Salado ( September 18 . ) - News of this second invasion caused the Texans to rush to arms . Colonel Matthew Caldwell , with about two hundred mounted men , but no artillery , was ...
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... District Court made prisoner ? Give details of the Dawson Massacre . What is the meaning of " the white flag was raised ” ? Where was Mier ? Why were the Texans there ? Describe the Battle of Mier . Why did the Texans surrender ? How ...
... District Court made prisoner ? Give details of the Dawson Massacre . What is the meaning of " the white flag was raised ” ? Where was Mier ? Why were the Texans there ? Describe the Battle of Mier . Why did the Texans surrender ? How ...
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... . This party was opposed to foreign - born citi- zens and to Roman Catholics . Their meetings were held in secret . In 1855 they succeeded in electing their can- didate for Congress from the Eastern district . In 1855 ERA VI ] 233 THE ...
... . This party was opposed to foreign - born citi- zens and to Roman Catholics . Their meetings were held in secret . In 1855 they succeeded in electing their can- didate for Congress from the Eastern district . In 1855 ERA VI ] 233 THE ...
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A History of Texas for Schools: Also for General Reading and for Teachers ... Percy V. Pennybacker Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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ADMINISTRATION Alamo Americans Anahuac Anna's annexation Anson Jones Appeals army Austin battle Bayou bill Brazoria Brazos Burleson Burnet called camp cannon Captain captured civil claimed Coahuila Colonel colonists colony command commissioners Congress Constitution convention declared district dollars duties Edward Burleson elected enemy expedition families Fannin father force Galveston Galveston Island Goliad Gonzales Governor Governor of Texas grant Houston hundred Indians jurisdiction killed Lafitte Lamar land Legislature Lieutenant-Governor Lorenzo De Zavala Louisiana March Matamoras Mexican government Mexico miles missions Nacogdoches ordered party passed person prescribed by law President prisoners provided by law railroad Republic Republic of Texas returned revolution River Salle San Antonio San Felipe San Jacinto Santa Anna Senate sent session settled soldiers soon Spain Spanish surrender taxes Texans Texas Texas Revolution thereof tion took town Travis tribes troops United vote Zavala
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Seite 349 - All courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him, in his lands, goods, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law.
Seite 348 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent...
Seite 356 - The presiding officer of each house shall, in the presence of the house over which he presides, sign all bills and joint resolutions passed by the legislature, after their titles have been publicly read before signing; and the fact of signing shall be entered on the journals.
Seite 360 - No local or special law shall be passed, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor shall have been published in the locality where the matter or thing to be affected may be situated, which notice shall state the...
Seite 364 - If any bill presented to the Governor contain several items of appropriation of money, he may object to one or more of such items while approving of the other portion of the bill. In such case, he shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement of the items to which he objects; and the appropriation so objected to shall not take effect.
Seite 354 - ... nor shall any member of the General Assembly be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with the State, or any county thereof, authorized by any law passed during the term for which he shall have been elected, or within one year after the expiration thereof.
Seite 364 - If the Legislature be in session, he shall transmit to the house in which the bill originated a copy of such statement, and the items objected to shall be separately reconsidered.
Seite 360 - ... changing the venue in civil or criminal cases; authorizing the laying out, opening, altering, or maintaining roads, highways, streets, or alleys ; relating to ferries or bridges, or incorporating ferry or bridge companies, except for the erection...
Seite 394 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Seite 351 - The powers of the government of the State of Texas shall be divided into three distinct departments, each of which shall be confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: Those which are legislative to one, those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another; and no person, or collection of persons, being of one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly attached to either of the others, except in the instances herein expressly permitted.