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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
27
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT
Providing for the punishment of offences in the depopulated
Counties.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
fives of the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled. That in
case of offences committed, in either of the counties of San Pa-
tricio, Victoria, Goliad and Refugio, it shall be the duty of the
sheriff of the -County in which such offence shall have been com-
mitted, upon the order of the Chief Justice of said county, to
transport the offender or offenders to the nearest County where
• the district courts are regularly organized and held for trial.
( 1497)
Establishing a Mail Route from Galveston to- Matagorda and
Texana.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Republic of Texas in Congress assembled, That the acting
Post Master General of this Republic be and he is hereby author-
ized and required, to establish a mail route from the City of Gai-
veston to the towns of Matagorda and Texana, by the way of
Velasco- and Quintana, and contract immediately for the trans-
portation of the mail over said route once in every two weeks.
JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Approved, May 23, 1838.
two or more securities, payable in the sum of five thousand dol-
lars, to the collector of the port for which he obtains license as
pilot, for the faithful performance of his duties and his good
conduct, and also binding him to keep always good and sufficient
boats for his use.
' JOSEPH ROWE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S. H. EVERITT,
President pro tem. of the Senate.
Approved, May 23, 1838.
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