Your Petitioners Citizens of the County of Eaton in the State of Michigan residing on or near the line of the State Road from Battle-Creek to Lansing the Capitol of said State Respectfully represent that the Seat of Goverment of said State having been lately removed to the township of Lansing in the County of Ingham, and that there has been lately surveyed and Established a State Road from Battle Creek to the Said Capitol by the most direct and Eligible Route the distance whereof is Forty fourmiles, passing through Bellevue and Charlotte, and that the Towns and Districts on the line of said Road have no other direct Communication with the Capital, and that the business of the Country is constantly and rapidly increasing and demands further facilities of Communication by mail with the seat of Government than are at present afforded by the Circuitous routes now Established

Your petitioners therefore pray for the Establishment of a Daily mail route from Battle Creek in the County of Calhoun to Lansing in the County of Ingham passing through Bellevue and Charlotte, for which your Petitioners will Ever pray