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legislature now in session, and approved by the governor on the 21st of the present month.

In calling your attention to the act my duty under the law would be discharged and at the same time would as fully elicit your energetic co-operation in seeking to have the regiment accepted by the Confederate Government as I would be able to do by any argument I may make; but, sir, you must excuse me for urging you to the promptest action in the direction of moving the Government to a favorable consideration of the matter. Our frontier demands a peculiar force for its defense, and nothing less than the measures set on foot by this act will secure protection to the people in that region; besides, if this regiment is placed on the frontier, as is desired, one of the regiments now there can be safely withdrawn and ordered into other service; and the settlers all through that section, being thus secured against Indian depredations, will flock to the coast service, where they are much needed at this time.

The simple effect of the reception of this regiment will be to give great confidence to the people and secure protection to the property on the frontier, and at the same time be the means of throwing into the service of the Confederacy many men from that section who are now forced to remain at home because of the daily insecurity in which they live. Your intimate knowledge of that people will fortify you in urging with the utmost zeal the reception of this regiment, knowing that by so doing you will be attempting to advantage and benefit a large and meritorious portion of your fellow-citizens.

Hoping, sir, that you will at short date from this time be able to advise this department that this regiment has been received by the Government of the Confederate States, I have, sir, the honor to remain, with the greatest respect, your very obedient servant,

F.R. LUBBOCK,

[Inclosure Numbers 2.] AN ACT to provide for the protection of the frontier of the State of Texas.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, That there shall be raised a regiment of rangers for the protection of the northern and western frontier of the State of Texas, to consist of ten companies, to be raised as hereinafter prescribed, to be officered according to the rules and regulations of the Confederate States Army; and the number of officers and privates their pay and emoluments, shall be the same as in similar service in the Confederate States Army.

SEC. 2. Said men shall furnish themselves with arms, horses, and accouterments, and shall be enrolled for a term not less than twelve months, unless sooner discharged, and at the expiration of their term of service others shall be enrolled to supply their places.

SEC. 3. The requisite number of men for said regiments shall be raised in the frontier counties, to wit: One company shall be raised in the counties of Clay, Montague, Cooke, and Wise; one company shall be raised in the counties of Young, Jack, Palo Pinto, and Parker; one company from the counties of Stephens, Eastland, Erath, and Bosque: one company from the counties of Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Comanche, and Brown; one company from the counties of San Saba, Mason, Llano, and Burnet one company from the counties of Gillespie, Hays, and Kerr; one company from the counties of Blanco, Bandera, Medina, and Uvalde; one company from the counties of Frio, Atascosa, Live