Chapter VI. *establishing certain Post Routes.* Feb. 6, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Repealed, post, p. 16
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Chap. VI.— An Act *establishing certain Post Routes.* Feb. 6, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Repealed, post, p. 16. That there be and is hereby established a post route from New Orleans, in the State ofPost routes established. Louisiana, along the Gulf coast to Galveston, thence to Velasco, to Matagorda, to Pass Aransas, and to Corpus Christi, in Texas, by land or water, as the Postmaster-General may deem expedient; that a post route be also established from Galveston, via the city of Houston, San Felipe de Austin, Lagrange, and Bastrop, to Austin.
Also, the fol-lowing routes: from Fulton, in the State of Arkansas, via Boston, Clarksville, Bonham, and Falls of the Brazos, to Austin; from Natchitoches, via Sabine Town, Nacogdoches, Crockett, Washington, to Lagrange; from Shreveport, in the State of Louisiana, via Pulaski, to Nacogdoches; from Velasco, via Brasoria, Texana, Victoria, and Goliad, to San Antonio de Bexar; from the city of Houston to Rob-in’s Ferry; from Austin to San Antonio de Bexar; and that it shallPostmaster-General to contract for carrying the mail on said routes. be the duty of the Postmaster-General to contract for conveying a mail on said routes as soon as can conveniently be done after the pas-sage of this act.
Approved, February 6, 1846.