Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · Jan. 13, 1857 · Chapter VIII

Chapter VIII. *to authorize the Postmaster-General to execute a Contract with Messrs

119 words·~1 min read·/statutes-at-large/vol-11/chapter-viii-2074539·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Chap. VIII.— An Act *to authorize the Postmaster-General to execute a Contract with Messrs. Garman, Wigle, and Benford, for carrying the Mail from Cumberland, Maryland, to Greensburg, Pennsylvania.* Jan. 13, 1857. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Postmaster-General Contract to be made with Garman, Wigle, and Benford, for mail service.be and he is hereby authorized to execute a contract with Messrs.
Garman, Wigle, and Benford, accepted bidders at the late lettings of mail contracts on route number three thousand three hundred and thirty-one, from Cumberland, Maryland, to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, at the sum of forty-three hundred and twenty dollars per annum. Approved, January 13, 1857.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.