TEXAS. 



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;ED LANDS, v 

 s, July 8, 186T. j 



that, in accordance with instructions re- 



! from headquarters Fit'tli Military Dis- 

 D <!' iiiiy kind will In- permit- 

 to! for tin- pre-ciit in the State. 'I'),. 

 is aiithori/cd to till Jill vacancies which may 

 occur in the Kxecutive Department of th. 

 enum-nt, u here the appointing power i.s by law 

 i in him, sncli appointments, however, to 

 In 1 MiUnittcd to tin- commanding general for 

 \al. All vacancies occurring in elective 

 otlici-, must bo reported to head quarters, for 

 Mich action a* the military authorities may see 

 tit to take. 



Occasional misunderstandings arose between 

 the military and civil authorities, which in- 

 duced the removal of the latter. In June the 

 police of Galveston were removed. On the 

 10th, General Griffin sent a list of twenty-five 

 ns to the mayor, from which he was 

 to select his policemen. Five of the list were 

 colored. 



To protect the freedmen in their rights, the 

 .following order was issued: 



General Orders, No. 11. 



HEADQUARTERS BUREAU OF 

 REFUGEES, FREEUMEN, AND ABANDON KI 

 GALVESTON, TEXAS, 



Accounts against freedmen will not be allowed to 

 tuto a lion upon their portion of the crop. 

 They must receive the productions of their labor 

 according to the just wording of the contracts, and 

 be permitted to sell the same in market to the best 

 advantage. 



Agents of this Bureau will urge upon the froedmen 

 a lair settlement of all debts on the sale of their 

 crops. CHARLES GRIFFIN, 



Brevet Major-General United States Army, Assistant 

 Commander. 



Governor Throckmorton, being regarded as 

 an obstacle to reconstruction, was removed from 

 office July 30th, in accordance with the follow- 

 ing order : 



Special Orders, No. 105. 



HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT, I 

 NEW ORLEANS, LA., July 80, 1S67. j 



A careful consideration of the reports of Brevet 

 Major-General Charles Griffin, United States Army, 

 shows that J. W. Throckmorton, Governor of Texas, 

 is an impediment to the reconstruction of that State 

 under the law ; he is, therefore, removed from that 

 office. 



E. M. Pease is hereby appointed Governor of 

 Texas in place of J. W. Throckmorton removed. 

 He will be obeyed and respected accord iritrlv. 

 By command of Major-General P. H. SHERIDAN. 



(Signed) GEORGE L. HABTSUFF, A. A. G. 



August 8th, an order was issued removing a 

 district judge. The following is the order : 



Special Orders, No. 111. 

 HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DISTRICT, ) 

 NEW ORLEAHS, LA., August 8, 1867. J 

 [Estract.]* * * For denying the supremacy of 

 the laws or Congress, and saying that he would not 

 obey them when they conflicted with the laws of the 

 State of Texas, and for openly denouncing the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States, all in the office and 

 presence of Brevet Major-General J. J. Reynolds, 

 commanding Sub-District of the Rio Grande, Edward 

 Dougherty, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District 

 of the State of Texas, ia hereby removed from that 



office, and Edward Basso Is appointed Judge of that 

 District, in his stead. * *" 



miiKindof Mujor-K.-ii.Tid P 

 QBO. L. llAKTrturr, Aun'mUnl Adjutair 

 Official: CKOIJCIE LEE, 1st I nitcd 



States Infantry, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General. 



Still further removal* followed for bimilar 

 :;-, and the, following State officers wi-re 

 displaced Aiiuu-t 'J'.ith : S. Crosby, Commis- 

 sioner of the (ieneral I.aml < Ulii-e : \V. L. 

 -.mptroller; M. 11. Royston, Treas- 

 nri-r: W. M. Walton, Attorney-* ieneral. The 

 following appointments were made: Joseph 

 Spence, C<mmi->ioner of the General Land 

 Office; M. 0. Hamilton, Comptroller; John T. 

 Allen. Treasurer ; William Alexander, Attor- 

 ney-General. 



August 29th, General Sheridan was removed 

 from the command of the Fifth Military Dis- 

 trict, and General Hancock appointed in his 

 place. 



On the 25th of October Governor Pease is- 

 sued a proclamation, in which, after recount- 

 ing the Acts of Congress, and explaining their 

 application, he states : 



The evident intent and meaning of these laws 

 and orders, from which the civil provisional govern- 

 ment of Texas derives its powers, is : 



That no legal State government exists in Texas ; 

 out that all the organic and statute laws of the so- 

 called State government of Texas, as they existed 

 on the 19th day of March, 1867 (the date of General 

 Sheridan's General Order No. 1, before quoted), are a 

 rule for the government of the people of Texas and 

 the officers of said civil provisional government, ex- 

 cept so far as they are null and void by reason of 

 their being repugnant to the Constitution and laws 

 of the United States, and except so far as they have 

 been abolished, modified, controlled, or suspended by 

 the orders promulgated by the commanding general 

 of the Fifth Military District, or by his authority ; 

 and except so far as they may hereafter, from time to 

 lime, bo abolished, modified, controlled or suspended 

 by the orders of the commander of the Fifth Mili- 

 tary District, or the General of the Army, or the 

 United States Government. 



And, that the lawful officers of said civil pro- 

 visional government of Texas are such as were in 

 office on the 19th day of March, 1867, and have not 

 since died, resigned, or been removed from office, and 

 such as have since that date been appointed and 

 have qualified according to law. 



In view of all the foregoing, and in discharge of 

 the duty imposed upon me to take care that the laws 

 of said civil provisional government bo faithfully 

 executed, I, E. M. Pease, Governor of Texas, issue 

 this my proclamation, and hereby enjoin and require 

 the people of Texas, and the officers of the said civil 

 provisional government, to conform themselves here- 

 to. 



In April General Griffin issued an order for 

 the registration of the voters in the State, 

 which differs in no material point from that 

 ivMicd liyd. icral Sheridan for the guidance 

 and instruction of registrars in Louisiana. The 

 registration was completed near the close of 

 the year. On December 18th an order was 

 issued for an election of members to a conven- 

 tion on PeVuary 10th to 14th, 18(58, inclu-ive. 

 The convention was to be composed of ninety 

 members. The number of registered voters in 

 the State was 104,259. The elections and the 



