Joint Resolution for a Mail Route from Tipton in Cedar County, to the County seat
of Benton County
Resolved By the General Assembly of the State of Iowa
That our Representatives in Congress be requested, and our Senators instructed,
to procure, if possible the Establishment of a Mail Route from Tipton in Cedar County
via St Mary’s and Marion in Linn County, to the County Seat of Benton County, so as
to establish a direct route from Bloomington in Muscatine County to the County Seat
of Benton County
Resolved, That the Secretary of State is hereby requested to forward a copy of these
Resolutions to our Representatives and a copy to our Senators in Congress.
Smiley H BonhamSpeaker of the House of Representatives.John J. Selman
President of the Senate
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Approved Jany 15 1849 Ansel Briggs
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Secretarys Office Iowa
Iowa City Jany 18th 1849
Secretarys Office Iowa
Iowa City Jany 18th 1849
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original now on file
in said office Josiah H Bonney
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Joint Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, in Relation to establishing a mail Route
from Tipton to the county seat of Benton County.
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February 7, 1849. Referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads.
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P O & P Roads
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Wm Thompson
Handwritten Transcription, 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