Of an appropriation to pay Messrs. Cooke and Lockwood, for damages sustained by the destruction of their property by United States soldiers in

1850.

March 13, 1854.-Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

1. Be it resolved by the legislature of the State of Texas, That our senators in Congress be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to present the claim of C. J. Cooke and A. A. Lockwood for damages to the amount of nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty cents, (9,975 30,) being amount of goods and property, &c., destroyed by certain United States soldiers on the night of the first day of July, Ă. D. 1850, at Fredericksburg, in the county of Gillispie, for the consideration of the next Congress of the United States, and urge the immediate appropriation of a sum sufficient to cover, not only the amount herein set forth, but all other damages incident to the destruction of their goods and merchandise, &c.

2. That the governor be requested to forward copies of this resolution to each of our senators and representatives in Congress, and that this joint resolution take effect from and after its passage.

Approved, February 6, 1854.

I, Edward Clark, secretary of state of the State of Texas, hereby certify that the above is a correct copy of the original joint resolution now on file in the state department.

Given under my hand and the seal of the department of state, at the [L. S.] city of Austin, this the 8th day of February, A. D. 1854.

ED. CLARK, Secretary of State.

1st Session.

No. 35.

RESOLUTIONS

OF

THE LEGISLATURE OF TEXAS,

IN FAVOR

Of an increase of compensation to the contractor for carrying the mail from Austin to Waco village, in the State of Texas.

MARCH 13, 1854.-Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Austin, February 23, 1854.

DEAR SIR: I have the honor to enclose copy of joint resolution for the relief of mail contractor on route No. 6,287, passed at the recent session of our legislature and required to be forwarded by the governor to our delegation in Congress.

I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

ED. CLARK,

Hon. SAM HOUSTON.

Secretary of State.

JOINT RESOLUTION for the relief of the contractor on route No. 6,287.

WHEREAS, the United States mail contractor on mail route No. 6,287, from Austin to Waco village, contracted to carry the mail on said line for four years from the first day of July, 1850, at which time the country through which said line passed was sparsely settled, but has since settled with such rapidity, and the mails have increased to that extent, that it has long since become, not only impracticable, but utterly impossible to carry the same on horseback, (the only kind of conveyance recognized by the department at Washington.) These facts being known, in view of remedying the evil, the legislature in September, 1850, passed a resolution requiring the contractor on said line to convey the mails in coaches, and requesting our senators and representatives in Congress to urge upon the Post Office Department the necessity of this increase of service, and that the department allow increase of pay accordingly. And whereas, the contractor on said route did put on the additional service, and is now, and has been, conveying the mail on said line in four-horse coaches, for which, in justice, the department should allow pay in proportion to the pay allowed for similar service on other lines in this State; therefore

Be it resolved by the legislature, That the governor is hereby requested to forward our senators and representatives in Congress, each, a copy of this resolution, requesting them to use their influence in Congress, or with the Post Office Department, to have an increase of pay allowed in proportion to pay allowed for similar services on other lines. And that this resolution take effect from and after its passage.

Passed February 1, 1850.

I, Ed. Clark, secretary of state of the State of Texas, hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original joint resolution now on file in the State department.

Given under my hand and the seal of the department of state, at the [L. s.] city of Austin, this the 23d day of February, A. D. 1854.

ED. CLARK,.
Secretary of State.