The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2 Page: 416
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Laws of the Republic of Texas.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That the board of aldermen shall
make such compensation to the mayor and treasurer, severally,
and allow them such fees as they may deem proper. The treasurer
shall be required to give bond, with security, in such penalty as
the board of aldermen may deem requisite.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That all laws passed relative
to the town of Beaumont shall be, and the same are hereby repealed;
and this act shall go into effect from and after its passage.
DAVID S. KAUFMIAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID G. BURNET,
President of the Senate.
Approved, 14th December, 1839.
MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Establishing a Mail Route from the city of Austin to the town of
Crockett, and to discontinue certain other Mail Routes.
Sec. 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Republic of Texas, in Congress assembled, That the
Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby authorised and required
to establish a weekly mail route from the city of Austin to the
town of Crockett, Houston County, via Nashville, Franklin, Timmons',
Robbin's Ferry on the Trinity river, and Mustang Prairie,
and establish such post offices on said route as may be proper.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That it shall be the duty of
the Postmaster-General to contract, as soon as practicable, for the
transportation of the mail over said route from the city of Austin
to the town of Nashville, until the first of January 1840, previous
to which time he is hereby required to close a contract for the
transportation of the entire route for the succeeding year.
Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, That the present mail route from
Tenoxtitlan, on Brazos river, to the Neches river, be discontinued
from and after the first day of January, 1840; and that
the route from the city of Houston to Nacogdoches, via Cincinnati,
Mustang Prairie, Crockett, and that portion of the route from Indepen(410)
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 Volume 2, book, 1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6726/m1/420/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .