Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATthe Postmaster General be, and

4 hereby is, authorized and required to ex-

5 amine ^[^and audit the claims of David Shaw

6 and Solomon T. Corser contractors for carrying the

7 mail on route number four, from

8 Portland to Augusta, in Maine, and

9 allow them a just and equitable com-

10 pensation for the additional service

performed, and the additional stock or

carriers by them in fulfilling their con-

tract, in consequence of any change

or alteration of the time stipulated

in the contract, and the proposals

upon which it was made, for the

arrival and departure of the mail

from the said places; and to allow

and pay to them, out of the revenues

of the Post Office Department, whatever

sum shall be found, after such

examination and auditing, equitably

due to them for such losses,

damages, and extra expenses:

Provided, That a sum not

exceeding three thousand

dollars shall be allowed and

paid to said contractors, under

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the authority of the resolution.^]^

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01/04/1848
Passed the Senate
January 4th 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins–
Secretary

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Post Office

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A resolution in favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser.

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06/02/1848
In the House of Representatives, US.
June 2^d AD. 1848
Resolved That this resolution do pass with an amendment.
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Am^d to P. & P. R

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CW. bill amend p^d

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Senate Concur

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HR. P.O. &p

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Papers

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1848 June 20 Comp^d by M^r Green S

"Peck HR.

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ThirtiethCongress.
FirstSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill^Resolution^ from Senate (No. 1) entitled “AResolution in favor of David Shaw and Solomon T. Corser” do pass with the following

Amendment

Strike out all after the word “examine” in Line 5, to the end of the Resolution, and insert the following, viz,

“ 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’d the amount thereof, and pay the same out of the revenues of the Post Office Department: Provided, That is no event shall a greater sum than three thousand dollars be allowed and paid on the claim aforesaid.”

Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Amendment

1	Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATthe Postmaster General be, and
4	hereby is, authorized and required to ex-
5	amine ^[^and audit the claims of David Shaw
6	and Solomon T. Corser contractors for carrying the
7	mail on route number four, from
8	Portland to Augusta, in Maine, and
9	allow them a just and equitable com-
10	pensation for the additional service
	performed, and the additional stock or
	carriers by them in fulfilling their con-
	tract, in consequence of any change
	or alteration of the time stipulated
	in the contract, and the proposals
	upon which it was made, for the
	arrival and departure of the mail
	from the said places; and to allow
	and pay to them, out of the revenues
	of the Post Office Department, whatever
	sum shall be found, after such
	examination and auditing, equitably
	due to them for such losses,
	damages, and extra expenses:
	Provided, That a sum not
	exceeding three thousand
	dollars shall be allowed and
	paid to said contractors, under