THIRTIETH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 30, 1847.
Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Goggin, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the follwing
JOINT RESOLUTION
Concerning the transportation of the mail from Washington City south.
H. R. 3.
[No Report.]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
December 30, 1847.
Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Goggin, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the follwing
JOINT RESOLUTION
Concerning the transportation of the mail from Washington City south.
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Be it enacted 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 make 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, and that he pay for said transportation the highest price now paid by the Post Office Department for transporting the mail once per day on any other railroad and steamboat route in the Uni- |
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ted States, and no more; and that the said Postmaster General be authorized to allow to the contractors, under the recent arrangement, such an equivalent as, in his judg- ment, shall be fair and equitable for the routes hereby dis- pensed with. |
S. P. Hall to amend by F. original resolution.
Resolved. That nothing in this resolution shall be so construed as to require any increase of the present expenditure in the Post office Department.
Resolved. That nothing in this resolution shall be so construed as to require any increase of the present expenditure in the Post office Department.
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H R. Jt. Res. 5.
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Dec. 30 ‘47 comtd to C W. Union and made Special order for Wednesday the 5th Jay.
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Jan. 10th 1848.
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Willard P. Hall
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Amendt. F.
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Jones amend. by A
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1st amendment
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Rejected
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Provided: That in making such contract or engagement with the Post Master General, the said
Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Rail Road and Steamboat Company shall agree
and engage with the Post Master General to pay to the Post office Department, such
amount or sum of money as in his judgment shall be a fair and ^equitable^ equivalent, to the Contractors for transporting the mail from Baltimore to Petersburg
and Richmond on the bay line and to the Contractors from Washington City to Richmond,
under the recent arrangement, as will remunerate ^indemnify^ said Contrators against loss by reason of the discontinuance of the said routes hereby
dispensed with.
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2d amendment.
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Rejected.
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Jones ^Geo. W.^ amend’t
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Jan 10, 1848
Rejected by casting vote of speaker which made the vote 97. 97.
A.
Jan 10, 1848
Rejected by casting vote of speaker which made the vote 97. 97.
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That said Joint resolution with the amendments made thereto by the Committee of the
whole be recommitted to the Committee on Post offices and Post Roads with instructions
to report upon all the facts in relation to the subject matter of the said resolution
with such modification or alteration of the same as may be deemed expedient.
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H. R. Jt. Res 3
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Rejected Jan. 10. ‘48.
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Goggin, A.
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Strike out the whole of the original Resolution and insert:
A joint Resolution concerning the transportation of the Mail from Washington City
South
Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled: That the Post Master General be and he is hereby authorised
and directed to make engagements with the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
Road and Steam Boat Company for the transportation of the great Northern and Southern
Mail between the City of Washington and the City of Richmond and that he pay for said
transportation the highest price now paid by the Post Office Department for transporting
the Mail once per day on any other Rail Road and Steam Boat Route in the United States
and no more; and that the said Post Master General be authorised to allow to the Contractors
under the recent arrangement, such
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an equivalent as in his judgment shall be fair and equitable for the routes hereby
dispensed with.
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December 30. 1847
Read and Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
Read and Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
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Mr Goggin from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads reported the following
joint resoltuion
Joint Resolution Concerning the transportation of the mail from Washington City South.
Joint Resolution Concerning the transportation of the mail from Washington City South.
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A joint Resolution concerning the transportation of the Mail from Washington City South
A joint Resolution concerning the transportation of the Mail from Washington City South
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Goggin to reconsid. mo. to commit to U.
Printed Document, 11 page(s), RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB