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On
October 9, 1837 by a joint resolution of the Congress of the Republic of Texas,
five commissioners, jointly elected by the two houses, were to receive
proposals and examine sites for the permanent seat of government. This
commission reported back to Congress with a number of possible sites. On
January 14, 1839 five commissioners were again elected by Congress and the
search was narrowed to
The Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the
executive branch of state government, appointed by the governor and confirmed
by the senate for a term concurrent with the governor's (a two-year term at
first, a four-year term since 1974). The office was first created by the
Constitution of the Republic of Texas in 1836 (Article VI, Section 10), and has
been continued by each succeeding Constitution. On May 9, 1846, the 1st
Legislature approved an act “to define the duties of Secretary of State,” which
among other things required the Secretary of State to
An act
of February 11, 1854 created a Board of Commissioners composed of the Secretary
of State, the Comptroller, and the Attorney General,
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The Congress of the Republic of Texas created a commission of five members to receive proposals and examine sites for the permanent seat of government; the Department of State became the custodian of the records of that commission. These records consist of reports (and related records) to Congress and the President regarding the choices for the seat of government, and proposals from individuals or towns seeking to become the seat of government. Dates covered are 1836-1842. Seat of government papers were created during the process of considering and selecting the site of the permanent capitol of the Republic of Texas.
These records are arranged by State Archives staff by type of record. Reports are filed chronologically, followed by correspondence filed alphabetically by the name of the proposed town.
(Identify the item), Texas Department of State seat of government papers. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Texas State Archives staff completed an appraisal of the
Texas Secretary of State holdings already in the custody of the Texas State
Archives in December 1998. Fifty-seven series of these holdings were determined
to be archival, including seat of government papers. The complete appraisal
report (in two parts: Republic of Texas records, and non-Republic records) is
available for consultation online at
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Finding aid encoded by Tony Black in EAD Version 2002 as part of the TARO project, June 2010
Authority name and other changes by Tony Black, February 2011.
Accession number: 1905/007
These records were transferred to the Texas Department of Insurance, Statistics, and History (a predecessor of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission) by the Texas Secretary of State on November 10, 1905.