Santa Fe, Prepare Remonstrance and Protest Against the Further Continuance of a Military Government in - 3rd R.S. (1849)

Committee Members
Jeremiah Clough, Co-Chair David Campbell Van Derlip, Co-Chair Benjamin Franklin James Shackleford Gillett William George Washington Jowers Thomas Freeman McKinney	David Young Portis James W. Scott William Henry Stewart Benjamin Rush Wallace William M. 'Buckskin' Williams James Charles Wilson
Charges
• Draft a remonstrance to the Congress of the United States in relation to the territory of Sante Fe.
• Report on existence of military government within the territory of the State of Texas, countenanced and maintained by the Federal Government, in counties of Santa Fe, Worth, and a portion of El Paso.
Note: House members appointed 11/23/1849, pursuant to resolution by Clough; Jowers added 11/24/1849; Gillett, Wilson, Scott, and McKinney added 12/4/1849; in special joint committee report 1/26/1850, Clough listed as Chairman on part of House and Van Derlip on part of Senate (House Journal, 3rd R.S., pp. 127, 172-173, 177, 225, 664-666). Senate members appointed 11/14/1849, pursuant to preamble and resolution by Van Derlip (Senate Journal, 3rd R.S., pp. 117-118).

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