Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 92.
(Report No. 102.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
January 19, 1848.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Lincoln, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill:
A BILL
For the relief of William Fuller and Orlando Saltmarsh.

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13 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department be, and he is hereby, directed, to audit
and settle the accounts of William Fuller and Orlando
Saltmarsh for services actually rendered by them in carry-
the mail on routes number two thousand three hundred and
sixty-six, and number two thousand three hundred and
eighty, in the State of Georgia, under a contract entered
into by the department with James Reeside and George
W. Avery for transporting the mail over said routes from
first January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five,
till thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and

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24 thirty-eight, allowing to said Fuller and Saltmarsh the full
contract price for said service for the time they continued
to perform it. And the Postmaster General is hereby di-
rected, to cause to be paid to said Fuller and Saltmarsh
whatsoever sum shall appear to be justly due to them upon
said settlement, deducting all payments which may have
been heretofore made; and he is hereby further directed
and required, to correct the accounts of the late James
Reeside, at the department, by striking from them all
credits which may heretofore have been given him for the
services above mentioned.

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H R N^o 92
For the relief of William Fuller and O. Saltmarsh

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[H?] R Pass^d June 2^d 1848

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May 27 1848
Reported without amendment
Question on engrossment

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passed

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department be, and he is hereby, directed, to audit and settle the accounts of William Fuller and Orlando Saltmarsh for services actually rendered by them in carry- the mail on routes number two thousand three hundred and sixty-six, and number two thousand three hundred and eighty, in the State of Georgia, under a contract entered into by the department with James Reeside and George W. Avery for transporting the mail over said routes from first January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, till thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24	thirty-eight, allowing to said Fuller and Saltmarsh the full contract price for said service for the time they continued to perform it. And the Postmaster General is hereby di- rected, to cause to be paid to said Fuller and Saltmarsh whatsoever sum shall appear to be justly due to them upon said settlement, deducting all payments which may have been heretofore made; and he is hereby further directed and required, to correct the accounts of the late James Reeside, at the department, by striking from them all credits which may heretofore have been given him for the services above mentioned.