The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 235
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
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bags for carrying the mails over all the various routes in the Republic,
with locks for the same, and a sufficient number of keys as
to furnish one key for every Post Office.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That in all cases of failure to
perform the trips stipulated in the different contracts for carrying
the mail over the various routes in this Republic, the contractor or
contractors so failing shall forfeit and pay treble the amount which
would have been due said carrier or carriers under their contracts
for the transportation of the same; and the Post-Master-General is
hereby required to retain the amount of all such forfeiture out of
any dues to such contractor or contractors, or to sue'for the same
on the bonds given by such contractor or contractors in any court,
having cognizance of the same, unless satisfactory proof be made
that such failure resulted from some unavoidable circumstance.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to defray
the expenses of the Post Office Department for the year 1840.
DAVID S. KAUFMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved 14th January, 1840.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
AN ACT
Supplementary to an act, to provide for the protection of the
Northern and Western Frontier.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas, in Congress assembled, That after
positions shall have been selected as specified in the act to which
this is a supplement, it shall be the duty of the Colonel to cause
320 acres of ground to be laid off around each station for the use
of the Government, and shall further cause nine square leagues of
land upon the nearest vacant lands to each station. and cause the
same to be laid off into lots of one hundred and sixty acres each,
which shall be disposed of as contemplated in the act to which this
is a supplement.(235)
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