June 26, 1848.
(No. 10.)—A Resolution in Favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser.
The Postmaster-General to examine their claim for extra mail service.
The amount ascertained to be due them, if any, to be paid out of the revenues of the
Post-Office Department.
Proviso, that no greater sum be allowed than $3000.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster-General be, and hereby is, authorized and required to examine
the claim of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser, contractors for carrying the mail on
route number four, from Portland to Augusta, in Maine, and ascertain whether any sum
of money is justly and equitably due them for any more expensive service performed
by them on said route than was required or contemplated by their contract; and if it shall be found that any sum of money is due them as aforesaid, then that
he ascertain the amount thereof, and pay the same out of the revenues of the Post-Office
Department: Provided, That in no event shall a greater sum than three thousand dollars be allowed and
paid on the claim aforesaid.
Approved, June 26, 1848.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Private Acts, IX, 30th Cong., 1st sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 747