Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Page: 41
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public interest may require; provided, the revenue on such
other routes shall have a probability of amounting to onefourth
part of the cost of transportation on the same.
SEC. 2. Be it fitrlthr enacted, That the cost of transporting
a weekly mail shall not exceed ten dollars, per mile, and
the cost of transporting a mail each fortnight, shall not exceed
seven dollars and fifty cents per mile; and in establishing
any post-route beyond those necessary for givin, the county
seats a weekly mail as above-specified, the expenses shall
not go beyond the amount that may be allowed in the general
appropriation -fr carrying the mails for the year one thousand
eiaht h undre(l and forty-bour. /
SE;c. E >. Be itfurtlher enacted, That all contractors for carrying
the mails, on routes that may be thus established, shall,
whene er they ftil of carrying, the mail, fiotm any cause whatsoever,
for one week, forfeit out of their pay, one-half of the
amount they should receive for carrying that nail for one
week, and if they fail more than one week, at one time, thev
shall forfeit all pay for the time lost.
SEC. 4. B3cit father enacted, That the following rates of
postage shall be established, to wit: each single letter, distance
less than onte hundred miles, twelve and a half cents;
each single letter, distance one hundred miles and upwards,
twenty-Live cents ; each double letter, double' the above rates:
each treble letter, treble the rates, anl each packet of one
ounce, quadruple the above rates, and any laveer packet in
proportion according to its weight. On ship letters six and
one-quarter cents; .way letters, six and one-quarter cents.
On newspapers, conveyed one hunldreet miles and under, one
cent; over 0one hundred miles, two cents, and on 0breitn
newspapers, one cent, in 1alddition to the foregoing rates; on
books an(d pamlphleLs, per sheet, the same as newspapers.
The postage to be pai(l in gotl, silver, or exchequer bills, and
the post-masters to make quarterly returns to the Secretary of
State.
SEC. 5. Be it furt/tcr enactc/ed, '.tat the contracts for caryincg
the mails, shall be let out in tihe mode heretofore adopted,
and each contractor as well as each post-master, shall be required
to give sufficient bond,. with two or more good securities,
conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties,
which bond shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State,
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Texas (Republic). Eighth Congress. Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas., book, 1844; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45348/m1/41/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .