Chapter VI. to provide for the Establishment of additional Post Routes in the State of Texas
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Chap. VI.— An Act to provide for the Establishment of additional Post Routes in the State of Texas.Feb. 2, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following additional post routes be established in the State of Texas: From Sabine City, via Beaumont, Jasper L. Norvill’s, and J. Kendrick’s, to San Augustine. From Lyon’s Post-Office, in Louisiana, via Salem and Patillos to Beaumont. From Alexandria, Louisiana, via Burr’s Ferry, on the Sabine River, and the county site of Newton, to Jasper.
From Nacogdoches, via county site of Angelina, to county site of Tyler. From Sabine Town, via Pendleton and Hamilton, to Shelbyville. From Crockett to Palestine. From Shelbyville, via Henderson, to the county site of Smith. From Shelbyville, via Colonel H. C. Ashton’s, Logansport, and McMillen’s, to Pulaski. From Greenwood, Louisiana, via Sheenick’s Ferry and Rives’s Landing, to Moore’s Post-Office, and from Shreevesport, via Port Caddo, to Jefferson, in Cass county. From Nacogdoches, via county site of Cherokee, Anglin’s, Pales-tine, and the county site of Henderson, to Dallas.
From Jefferson, in Cass county, via the county site of Cass, via Dangerfield, the county site of Titus, (Mount Pleasant,) the county site of Hopkins, (Tarrant,) and the county site of Hunt, to Dallas. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 7, 8. 1847.123 From Bonham, via Warren, to county site of Grayson, (Sherman,) and from Sherman, via Pinckneysville, to Stewartville; and the existing route from Bonham to Dallas shall be so changed as to pass through Buckner, Stewartville, and Cedar Spring.
From Marshall, via the county site of Upshur and the county site of Henderson, to Buffalo, on the Trinity. From county site of Upshur, via county site of Titus, to Clarksville, and from Paris to Tarrant. From county site of Cherokee, via the “Saline (Neches,)” and the county site of Smith, to county site of Upshur. From Galveston to Sabine Pass. From Houston, via Linchburg and Cedar Bayou, to Liberty. From Austin, via San Marco and New Braunfels, to San Antonio. From La Grange, via Lyons, Chawdoin’s, Hallett’s, Petersburgh, and Shibbling’s Mills, to Victoria.
From Gonzales, via Cuero, and Victoria, to Port La Bacca. From Port La Bacca, via Indian Point and Port Caballo, to Matagorda. From Galveston, via Springfield and Shelton’s, to Chamber’s Creek. From Victoria, via Goliad, Refugio, and San Patricio, to Corpus Christi. From Brasos Santiago, via Point Isabel, to Fort Brown. From Corpus Christi to Brasos Santiago. From Austin to Fredericksburg. From San Antonio to Castroville. Sec. 2. WhereasCertain routes legalized. the following routes have been put in operation by the agent, under a misconstruction of the law, viz:
From Crockett to Fort Houston: From Columbia, via Hinds, Liverpool, and Parker’s Point, to Galveston; From Port La Bacca, via Victoria and Cuero, to Gonzales; From Matagorda to Port Caballo; From Port Caballo to Port La Bacca; *Be it further enacted,* That they are hereby legalized by this act up to the time the new routes established by this act go into operation, when they shall cease. Approved, February 2, 1847.