Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836. Page: 64
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delivered, shall pay to the master or commander, or any
person delivering tie same, (except the commanders of
foreign packets) three cents for each letter or packet, and
shall obtain from the person delivering the same a cerlificate
stating the number of letters and packets, hitl
the name of the ship or vessel, and the place from whence
she last sailed; which certificate, with a receipt tor the
money, shall be reported with his quarterly accounts
current, to the Postmaster-General,, w-hich amount will
b)c placed to his credit.
SEC. 13. Be it fiertlher ordained rand decreed, That if
nny person other than the Postmaster-General or his
deputy, or persons by then employed, shall be concerned
cin setting up ormaintaining, aln foot or horse, postwaggon
or other post-carriage, on any established post)road,
or from one post-town to another post-town, or any
ioad adjacent or parallel to an established post-roFad, or
mny packet boat or other vessel to ply regularly from one
place to another, between which regular communication
by water shall be established by the Provisional Governmcnt
of Texas; and shall receive any letter or packet,
other than newspapers, Magazines or pamphlets, and
carry the same by such foot, stage, nwaggon, or other
carriage, or packet boat, or vessel, excepting only such
.letter or letters as may be directed to the owner or owners
4)f such conveyance,, and relative to the same, or to the
person to whom any packet or bundle in such conveyance
is intended to be delivered; every person so offending
shall forfeit, for'every such offence, one hundred dollars.
SEC. 14. Be it further ordained and decreed, That the
deputy postmasters, and other, agents of the "Postmaster-General,"
shall duly account and answer to him
for all way-letters -which shall come to their hands; and
for this purpose, the post-riders and other carriers of the
mail receiving any way-letter or letters, which they shall
be bound todo if presented two miles, and upwards from
a post-office, shall deliver the ,said letter or letters to the
post-master or his deputy, at the first post-offiee he may
arrive at, together with the postage, if, paid, .whose duty
it shall be to specify the same as way-letters, adding
six and one-fourth cents additional postage on each letter
he may have so .received, to be pi idby him to the
carrier who delivered ,themeletters, directed to persons
living betwxeh post-offices may be delivered by te car
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Texas (Republic). Secretary of State. Ordinances and Decrees of the Consultation, Provisional Government of Texas and the Convention, Which Assembled at Washington March 1, 1836., book, 1838; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45353/m1/64/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .