Chapter XXV. *establishing certain Post Routes and for other Purposes.* May 29, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following be established as post routes: *In Texas.—*From New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to Ga
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Chap. XXV.— An Act *establishing certain Post Routes and for other Purposes.* May 29, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following be established as post routes: *In Texas.—*From New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to Galveston,Certain post routes in Texas established. in Texas, by water. From Galveston to Houston, by water. From Galveston, by San Luis and Velasco, to Matagorda.
From Galveston, to Corpus Christi, by water. From Galveston, by Chambersia, John’s, and Liberty, to Swartwout. From Galveston, by Garner’s, to Beaumont. From Velasco, by Brazoria, Columbia, Orozimho, Big Creek, Richmond, San Felipe, Centre Hill, and Cedar Creek, to Washing-ton. From Matagorda, by Caney, Preston, Peach Creek, Egypt, and Columbus, to Lagrange. From Houston, by Hamblin’s and Arnold’s, to Washington. From Houston, by Hodges’ Bend, Richmond, Damon’s Mills, Egypt, and Texana, to Victoria.
From Houston, by Croft’s, to Montgomery. From Washington, by Independence, Brenham, Sieper’s, Shelby’s, and Rutersville, to Lagrange. From Washington, by Fanthorp’s, Rusk, Montgomery, Lone Oak, Collard’s, Huntsville, and Cincinnati, to Crockett. From Washington, by Boonville, Wheelock, and Franklin, to Falls of Brasses. From Fanthorp’s, by Mitchell’s, Leona Mills, Alabama, and Mus-tang Prairie, to Crockett. From Huntsville, by McGee’s, Rankin’s, Swartwout, Hardin’s, Criswell, Hooker’s, Wilson’s, Ratcliff’s, Town Bluff, Jasper, and Williams, to Sabinetown.
From Crockett, by Masters’, Mount Airy, Douglass, Nacogdoches, Melrose, and Flournoy’s to San Augustine. From Nacogdoches, by Wooten’s, Henderson, and Walker’s, to Marshall. From San Augustine, by Shelbyville, Hilliard’s, Mount Mourn, and Parry’s, to Marshall. From San Augustine, by Milam, Sabinetown, to Fort Jesup, Louisiana. From Marshall by Jefferson, Hughes, Dangerfield, Wevers, and Durham, to Boston. From Marshall, by Port Caddo, to Greenwood, Louisiana. From Boston, by Mooresville, to Fulton, Arkansas, and from Pine Bluff’s, in Jefferson county, to Warren, in Bradley county, in Arkansas.
From Boston, by De Kalb, Savannah, Clarksville, Blossom Prairie, Paris, and Honey Grove, to Bonham. From Bonham, by McGarra’s, Dallas, and Chamber’s Creek, Falls of Brasses, to Austin. From Independence, by Mound Prairie, Caldwell, and Dilliard’s, to Nashville. From Lagrange, by Miller’s, Cunningham’s, Mount Pleasant, Bastrop, Smith wick, and Columbus, to Austin. From Austin to Gonzales. From Gonzales, by Seguin and New Braunfels, to San Antonio. From Clarksville to Fort Towson.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the Postmaster-General be,Postmaster-General may continue present mail service in Texas.Post, p. 110. and he is hereby, authorized to continue in operation such portions of 16TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 26. 1846.the present mail service in Texas, established under its former laws, upon any of the foregoing routes, as he may deem expedient,—not, however, for a longer period than the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty,—and to make contracts for the appropriate mail service on any of the foregoing routes, either without advertisement, where the same can be effected at rates of compensation not exceeding the aver-age prices for like service in the other States of this Union, or upon advertisements for a less period than twelve weeks, as he shall deem best for the public interests.
Sec. 3. Postmaster-General may pay mail contractors in Texas for service performed. *And be it further enacted,* That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay mail contractors in Texas for service duly performed by them since the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and also officers employed in superintending the mail service: *Provided, however,* That such payment shall Compensation.Postmasters to account to U. S.in no case exceed the compensation agreed upon with the late authorities of Texas: *Provided, also,* That the several postmasters in Texas, appointed by the late government of Texas, shall duly account to and pay over to the Postmaster-General of the United States all balances accruing at their offices, respectively, from and after said sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six; that is, all money collected, or to be collected, for postages at their offices, respectively, after deducting the commissions allowed by the law to postmasters in the United Postmasters in Texas to account for and pay over to the Postmaster-General all balances, &c.States.
And it is hereby enacted and declared to be the duty of said persons and postmasters as aforesaid, in Texas, to account for and pay over to said Postmaster-General of the United States all said balances, in the manner and to the extent required by the laws of the United States of the several postmasters in the United States; and the like remedies and means of collecting, and enforcing collection, by suit or otherwise, of said balances, are hereby granted, as now exist by law against the postmasters of the United States.
The same Rates of postage to be the same as in other States.P. O. Laws extended to Texas.rates of postage are to be charged and collected in Texas as in other States of this Union; and all laws concerning the post-office department, and regulations thereof, are hereby declared to have full effect and operation in said State from and after said sixteenth of February aforesaid. Sec. 4. Repeal of Act of 1846, ch. 6, establishing post routes in Texas. *And be it further enacted,* That the act establishing certain post routes in Texas, approved the sixth of February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, May 29, 1846.