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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sues. I. Ch. 4, 6, 7. 1846. 3 Cru?. IV. —- An Act to continue the Office of the Commissioner of Parisian:. Jan. I4, 1846. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 1849,eh.20, Uinitcd Stdtcs of America in Congress assembled, That the authority given to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions by the act ]“3‘°h'4' of the twentieth of January, eighteen hundred and forty-three, enti· plll°° °lQgQ"“ tled "An Act to continue the Office of Commissioner of Pensions," be Zxgonggnunfx extended to the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and fortymine, and *0 M=¤=h 9-lh no longer. 1849* Approved, January 14, 1846. Can. VI. —An dd establishing certain Poet Routes. Feb. 6, 1846. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House tf Representatives of the RaP*=¤l¢d»P°**» United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be and is p‘ 1 hereby established a post route from New Orleans, in the State of Fw r¤¤\¢¤¤•· Louisiana, along the Gulf coast to Galveston, thence to Velasco, to °°m"h°d‘ Matagorda, to Pass Aransas, and to Corpus Christi, in Texas, by land or water, as the Postmaster-General may deem expedient; that a post route be also established from Galveston, via the city of Houston, San Felipe de Austin, Lagrange, and Bastrop, to Austin. Also, the following routes: from Fulton, in the State of Arkansas, via Boston, Clarksville, Bonham, and Falls of the Brazos, to Austin; from Natchitoches, via Sabine Town, N aeogdocbes, Crockett, Washington, to Lagrange; from Shreveport, in the State of Louisiana, via Pulaski, to Nacogdoches; from Velasco, via Brasoria, Texana, Victoria, and Goliad, to San Antonio de Bexar; from the city of Houston to Robin’s Ferry; from Austin to San Antonio de Bexar; and that it shall Postmasterbe the duty of the Postmaster-General to contract for conveying a  ;° °?:· mail on said routes as soon as can conveniently be done after the pas- the mu sage of this act. routes. Approved, February 6, 1846. Czar. VII. --.9n Act relative to Collectors and other Ojcers of the Custom:. Feb. ll, 1846. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Gmgress assembled, That collectors and Officers or the all other officers of the customs, serving for a less period than a year, §e“;";,“;;e;°;D: shall not be paid for the entire year, but shall be allowed in no um, a ,,,, mu case a greater than a pro rata of the maximum compensation of said °;mP¢?*¤3**°¤ YW oibeers respectively for the time only which they actually serve as inf,  °’°" such collectors or officers, whether the same be under one or more appointments, or before or after confirmation. And no collector or other officer shall, in any case, receive for his services, either as fees, Not to exceed salary, lines, penalties, forfeitures, or otherwise, for the time he may *h° m¤—*m“m· be in service, beyond the maximum pro rata rate provided by law. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all accounts for salary, com- Accounts for pensation, and emoluments shall be rendered quarterly, at the end of  ‘fntr’f”‘ each quarter of the fiscal year. q y` Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That no portion of the additional Add;;;,,,,,; du duties provided by the seventeenth section of the act of August thir- li? ¤¤¢ ¤>b¤di¤· tieth, eighteen hundred -and i'orty-two, entitled "An Act to provide Lnygféff  ,;:2 Revenue from Imports, and to change and modify existing Laws imp0s· •.¤ms,b¤z paid in ing Duties on Imports, and for other Purposes," shall be deemed a fine, m,;;; ‘;‘;;"‘;,,'>6· penalty, or forfeiture, for the purpose of being distributed to any ’`