The State of Indiana.
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT
A JOINT RESOLUTION
RELATIVE TO A MAIL ROUTE FROM SALEM TO BLOOMINGTON.
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT
A JOINT RESOLUTION
RELATIVE TO A MAIL ROUTE FROM SALEM TO BLOOMINGTON.
Whereas, There is no direct mail route from Salem, in Washington county, in this State, by
the way of Mount Carmel, through Leesville and Feltonsville, in Lawrence county, and
Fairfax to Bloomington, in Monroe county, in this State, and the public good demands
such a route should be established, and that post offices should be established at
the town of Fairfax, in Monroe county, and Mount Carmel, in Washington county: Therefore,
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives in Congress
be requested, to use their influence to procure the establishment of such mail route,
and the establishment of the post offices aforesaid.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved as aforesaid, That the Governor of this State be requested to transmit a copy of this resolution
to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress at as early a day as practicable.
WILLIAM A. PORTER,Speaker of the House of Representatives.PARIS C. DUNNING,
President of the Senate.
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02/18/1848
Approved February 18, 1848.
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A Joint Resolution
Relative to a Mail Route from Salem to Bloomington
Relative to a Mail Route from Salem to Bloomington
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March 30, 1848 Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads
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Committee on Post Offices & post Roads.
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Printed Document Signed with a Representation, 2 page(s), RG 233, Entry 367: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures, and Related Documents Which Were Referred to Committees, 1847-1849, NAB,