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field and Suffolk, to Portsmouth and Norfolk: EstablishFrom Smithfield, by Southampton Court-houfe, ment of to Grenville Court-houfe: From Petersburg to after fift Halifax, in North-Carolina: From Goldfon's, June next.. by Saint Tammany's and Meklenburg Courthoufe,to Halifax Court-houfe,in Virginia: From Suffolk, by Edenton, Plymouth, Washington and Newbern, to Wilmington: From Plymouth to Windfor: From Edenton, by Hertford, Nixonton, Sawyer's Ferry in Camden county, to Indian Town in Currituck county: From Halifax to Princeton and Murfreesborough, on Meherrin river: thence to Winton on Chowan river and thence by the Bridge on Bennet's creek, to R. Mitchell's, which is on the post road from Suffolk to Edenton: From Halifax, by Blount's ville, Williamfton and Dailey's to Plymouth: From Halifax, by Warrenton, Oxford, Hillsborough, Martinville and Salem, to Salisbury: From Salisbury, by Cabarras Courthouse, to Charlotte, to return by Iredell Courthouse to Salisbury: From Salisbury to Fayetteville, to go and return by the following route, alternately; by Montgomery, Anfon and Richmond Court-houfes, to Fayetteville; thence by Moore and Randolph Court-houfes, back to Salisbury From Halifax, by Tarborough and Greenville, to Washington: and from Tarborough to Lewisburg: From Newbern, by Kinfton, Wayne'sborough and Smithfield, to Raleigh: From Raleigh, by Chapel-hill, to Hillf borough; and from Chapel-hill, to Chatham Court-house From Hillsborough, by Person Court-house, Cafwell Court-house and Rockingham Court-houfe, to Germanton: From Fayetteville to Wilmington; the mail to go alternately by Elizabethtown, and return by South Washington, the crofs-roads near Duplin VOL. III. F

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June next.

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Court-house and Sampfon Court-house: From Salem, by Bethania, Huntsville, Rockford and Wilkes, to Morganton, in North Carolina; and from Morganton, by Lincolnton, to Pinckney Court-house, in South Carolina; From Cheraw Court-house to Georgetown:) From Camden, by Statesburg, to Charleston From Charlef ton, by Coofawatchy to Sifter's Ferry, on Savannah river, and thence to the post-road from Augusta to Savannah; and from Coofawatchy to Beaufort: From Columbia by Orangeburg, to Charleston: From Columbia to Newbury Court-houfe and Laurens Court-house, to Greenville Court-house: From Edgefield Court-house to Cambridge, and thence by Abbeville Courthouse to Pendleton Court-houfe: From Columbia, by Winnsborough, Pinckney Court-houfe, SpartanCourt-house and Grenville Court-houfe, to Washington Court-house: From Washington Court-house, by Pendleton Court-house, to Hatton'sford, on Tugeloo river; and thence by Franklin Court-houfe, Elberton and Petersburg, to Washington, in Georgia: From Augufta to Washington, thence to Greenborough; and thence, by the great falls of Ogechee and Georgetown, to Augufta.

Provided, That until the Poftmafter-General fhall have made provifion for the regular transportation of the mail from Wheeling to Kentucky Limeftone, the prefent poft-road from Abinghow long ton to Danville in Kentucky, fhall be continued: And if fuch provifion cannot be made. within a reasonable time, then the post-road fhall be extended from Danville, to Frankfort and Lexington; and thence to Washing

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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it fhall

may pro

be lawful for the Poftmafter-General to provide, Postmaster by contract, for the carriage of a mail on any General road on which a stage-waggon or other ftage- vide for carriage fhall be established, on condition that carrying the expenfe thereof shall not exceed the reve- tain roads. nue thence arifing.

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It fhall alfo be lawful for the Poftmafter-Ge- And enter neral to enter into contracts for a term not ex- into conceeding eight years, for extending the line of tract not posts, and to authorise the perfons, fo contract- years for extending ing, as a compenfation for their expenfes, to re- line of ceive, during the continuance of fuch contracts, pofts. at rates, not exceeding thofe for like diftances. eftablished by this act, all the postage which fhall arife on letters, newfpapers, magazines, pamphlets and packets, conveyed by any fuch poft. And the roads defignated in fuch contracts fhall, during the continuance thereof, be deemed and confidered as post-roads, within the provifions of this Act: And a duplicate of every fuch contract, fhall within fixty days after the execution thereof, be lodged in the of fice of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there General fhall be established at the feat of the Govern- Polt-Office ment of the United States, a general poft-office, governand there shall be one Postmaster-General, who ment. fhall have authority to appoint an assistant, and Postmasterdeputy-poftmafters at all fuch places, as he fhall General his find neceffary: And he shall provide for carrying the mail of the United States, by stagecarriages or horfes, as he may judge moft expedient: and as often as he, having regard to the productiveness thereof, as well as other circumstances, shall think proper, and defray the expense thereof, with all other expenses arising on the collection and management of the reve

To fettle accounts

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nue of the post-office: He fhall alfo have power to prefcribe fuch regulations to the deputypoft-masters, and others employed under him, as may be found neceffary, and to fuperintend the business of the department, in all the duties, that are or may be affigned to it, and also to direct the route or road, where there are more than one, between the places above established; which route or road fhall be confidered as the post-road.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Poftmafter-General fhall, once in three months, quarterly obtain from his deputies, the accounts and vouchers of their receipts and expenditures, and the balance due thereon, and render to the Secretary of the Treafury a quarterly account of all the receipts, and expenditures in the faid department, to be adjusted and fettled, as other public accounts; and fhall pay, quarterly, into the treasury of the United States, the balance in his hands: And the Poftmafter-general, and his affiftant, the deputy-poftmafters, perfons em- and fuch as they may employ in their offices, ployed by before they enter upon the duties, or be entitled to receive the emoluments of their offices; and the contractors for carrying the mail, and their agents or fervants, and all others to whom the mail fhall be entrusted, before, they commence the execution of the faid truft, fhall refpectively take and fubfcribe before fome juftice of the peace, the following oath or affirmation, and caufe a certificate thereof to be filed in the office of the Poftmafter-general: "I do fwear (or affirm, as the cafe may be) that I Take oath, will faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from every thing forbidden, by the law in relation to the eftablishment of poftoffices and poft-roads within the United States."

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any Penalty on perfon fhall obftruct or retard the paffage of the mail the mail, or of any horfe or carriage carrying and negli. the fame, he fhall, upon conviction, for every ferrymen. fuch offence, pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars: And if any ferryman shall, by wilful negligence or refufal to transport the mail across any ferry, delay the fame, he shall forfeit and pay for each half hour, that the fame fhall be fo delayed, a fum not exceeding ten dollars.

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Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General, to Postmastergive public notice in one or more of the newf- General to give notice papers published at the feat of government of the United States, and in one or more of the making newspapers published in the state or states, carrying where the contract is to be performed, for at the mail. leaft fix weeks before the entering into any contract for the conveyance of the mail, that fuch contract is intended to be made, and the day, on which it fhall be concluded, defcribing the places, from and to which, fuch mail is to be conveyed; the time at which it is to be made up; the day and hour at which it is to be delivered, and the penalty or penalties for non-performance of the ftipulations: He fhall, moreover, within thirty days after the and lodge making of any contract, lodge the fame, toge- tract in ther with the propofals, which he fhall have Comptrolreceived, refpecting it, in the office of the Comptroller of the Treafury of the United States: Provided, That no contract fhall be entered into, for a longer term than four years. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That every deputy-poftmafter fhall keep an office, in which one or more perfons fhall attend, at fuch poftmafter hours, as the Postmaster-General shall direct, office. for the purpose of performing the duties there

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