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delivered, shall pay to the master or commander, or any per- son delivering the surue, (except the commanders of foreign packets) three cents for euch letter or packet, and shall ob- tain from the person delivering the same a certificate stating the number of letters and packets, with the name of the ship or vessel, and the place from whence she last sailed; which certificate, with a receipt for the money, shall be reported with his quarterly accounts current, to the Postmaster-Gen- eral, which amount will·be placed to his credit. SEC. 13. Be it further orda·ined and decreed, 'l'hat if any person other than the Postmaster-General or his deputy, or persons by them employed, shall be concerned in setting up or maintaining any foot or horse, post-waggon or other post- carriage, on any established post-road, or from one post-town to another post-town, or any road adjacent or parallel to an established post-roud, or any packet boat or other vessel to ply regularly from one place to another, between which regu- lar communication by water shall be established by the Proa visional Government of Texas; and shall receive any letter or packet, other than newspapers, :Magazines or pamphlets, and carry the same b~· such foot, stage, waggon, or other, carriage, or packet boat,or vessel,excepting only such letter or letters as may be directed to the owner or owners of such conveyance, and relative to the same, or to the person to whom any packet or bunclle in such conveyance is intended to be delivered; every person so offenrling shall forfeit, for every such offence, one hun,lred dollars. · SEC. 14. Be it further orda.ined and decreed, That the deputy postmasters, and other agents of the ''Postmaster- General," shall dulv account and answer to him for all way- letters whfoh shall come to their hands; and for this purpose, the post-riders 1md other carriers of the mail receiving any way-letter or letters, which thev shall be bound to do if pre- sented 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 po!;t-office he may arrive at, together with the postage, if paid, whose duty it shall be to specify the same as way-let- ters, ad•ding sb: nnd one-fourth cents additional postage on each letter he may have so received, to be paid hy him to the carrier who delivered them-letters directed to persons living between post-offices may be delivered by the car-
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