Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
H. R. 1.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 17, 1847.
Mr. Botts, by leave of the House, introduced the following Joint Resolution, which was read and ordered to be printed.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.

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13 Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the Postmaster General be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed to renew his engagements
with the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Rail-
road and Steamboat Company, for the transportation of
the great northern and southern mail between the city of
Washington and the city of Richmond, at the prices here-
tofore paid and now offered by said company; and that the
said Postmaster General be authorized to allow to the con-
tractors, under the recent arrangement, such an equivalent
as, in his judgment, shall be fair and equitable for the dis-
continuance of the routes dispensed with.

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