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sion to Texas in the interest of an nexation, by President Polk......1845 First State legislature convenes at Austin......Feb. 16, 1846 J. P. Henderson inaugurated first governor of the State......Feb. 19, 1846 Fort Brown at Brownsville established......March 28, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, and of Resaca de la Palma......May 9, 1846 Act of congress sets apart one-tenth of the general revenues of the State for educational purposes......May 13, 1846 Baylor University at Waco chartered 1845, and opened......1846 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo concluded Feb. 2; ratification exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, and proclaimed......July 4, 1848 Austin city chosen as the seat of government for twenty years by vote of the people......1850 Texas formally accepts the boundary designated by the boundary bill for New Mexico, approved Sept. 9, 1850, by which Texas is to receive $10,000,000 from the United States......Nov. 25, 1852 First overland mail from San Diego, Cal