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lie notice in one or more of the newspapers of Texas, for at least four weeks before entering into any contract for carry- ing the mail, that such contract is intended to be closed on the day, and nt such place as he may designate, that sealed proposals will be received for contrncts. 'l'he notice shnll rlesignate the ph1ces from and to which such mail is to be con- veyed-the time at which it is to be maue up, and the days and hours in which it is to be delivered: he shall, moreover, within thirty days after the making of any contract, lodge the duplicate thereof, together with a copy of the proposals which he l'lhall have received respecting it, in the Executive Office of Texas; and no contract shall be entered into for a longer time than two years. SEO. 7. Be it further ordained and decreed, That every postmaster shall keep an office, in which one or more persons shall attend on every day on which a mail or bag, or other packet or parcel of letters, shall arrive, by land or water, as well us on such other days and hours as the Postmaster- General shall direct, for the purpose of performing the duties of his office; and it shall be the duty of all postmasters, at all re;1sonable hours, on every day of the week, to deliver, on de- mand, any letter, paper or packet to any person entitled to or authorized to receive the snme: and all letters brought to any offic:e half an hour before the time of making up the mail at such office, shall be forwarded therein. SEO. 8. Be it furl.her ordained and decreed, That no fees or perquisites shall be received by any person em- ployed in the General Post-Office, on account of the duties to he performed in virtue of bis office. SEO. 9. Be it further ordained and decreed, That the following rates of postage shall be charged on all letters and packets (except such as are hereinafter exempted) con- VeYfd by the mails and posts of Texas-that is to say: for · every letter composed of a single sheet of paper, and conveyed any distance not exceeding twenty miles, six and one-fourth cents; over twenty nnd not exceeding fifty mile~. twelve and a half cents; over fifty and not exceedinE! one hundred miles, eighteen and three- fourth cents; over one hundred and not exceeding two hnndred miles, twenty-five cents; all distances exceed- in"' two hundred miles, thirty-seven and a half cents; e
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