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... Force had to be used to make many of the savages do their daily task , but the priests were not cruel , treating them rather as lazy , disobedient children . In this way sufficient force was obtained to irrigate the land for miles about ...
... Force had to be used to make many of the savages do their daily task , but the priests were not cruel , treating them rather as lazy , disobedient children . In this way sufficient force was obtained to irrigate the land for miles about ...
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... force of allies numbering about two thousand men and butchered all the inhabitants of the mission except two or three , who managed to escape . The Last Mission.- In 1791 the mission of our Lady of Refuge was founded at Refugio . This ...
... force of allies numbering about two thousand men and butchered all the inhabitants of the mission except two or three , who managed to escape . The Last Mission.- In 1791 the mission of our Lady of Refuge was founded at Refugio . This ...
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... forces , called the " Republican army of the north , " numbered about eight hundred ; Gutierres was made commander - in - chief , and Magee second officer , though really Magee was the ruling spirit . Most of the officers were Americans ...
... forces , called the " Republican army of the north , " numbered about eight hundred ; Gutierres was made commander - in - chief , and Magee second officer , though really Magee was the ruling spirit . Most of the officers were Americans ...
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... force that he deemed it wise to send the Spanish officers to New Or- leans , to remain until the war closed . All agreed to this -the Americans never dreaming of the infamous plot that Gutierres was secretly cherishing . Salcedo and his ...
... force that he deemed it wise to send the Spanish officers to New Or- leans , to remain until the war closed . All agreed to this -the Americans never dreaming of the infamous plot that Gutierres was secretly cherishing . Salcedo and his ...
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... forces with which to win back Texas to the support of the Spanish King . Elizondo was order to gather his scattered troops and join the com- mand of Arredondo . The combined forces marched to San Antonio , but halted six miles south of ...
... forces with which to win back Texas to the support of the Spanish King . Elizondo was order to gather his scattered troops and join the com- mand of Arredondo . The combined forces marched to San Antonio , but halted six miles south of ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.