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... in the administration of the government of Texas. The first efforts on behalf of the University were made to provide.... That was in the administration of President Lamar. What part he and the members of Congress took in this meritorious proceeding... of those alternate sections, which were to be selected by the Governor, were devoted to the University... the administration of Gov. Runnels in 1858 an act was passed by the Legislature appropriating to the University one... in the compromise of 1850 in Congress. The same session passed a law for the establishment of a University