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House Committee on Division of the State, Select - 12th 1st C.S. (1870)

Committee Members
George Slaughter, Chair
Augustus J. Booty
L.B. Camp
George Patten
John W. Posey
Henry Shoemaker
W.T. Simmons
William Henry Sinclair
John Weaver
Richard Williams
Adolph Zoeller
Charges
• Investigate dividing Texas into smaller states.*

Note:
Met in conference with a like committee on the part of the Senate. House members submitted the report. H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 1317 (1871)
Rep. Weaver dissented from the report findings. H.J. of Tex., 12th Leg., R.S., 1319 (1871)

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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