Chapter LV. *further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for other purposes.*April 21, 1806. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repealed 1810, ch. 30
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Chap. LV.— An Act *further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for other purposes.*April 21, 1806. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repealed 1810, ch. 30. Post roads discontinued. States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following post roads shall be discontinued: from Dixon’s Spring, to Lebanon, in Tennessee; and from Raleigh, by Haywood, Chatham Courthouse, and Chapel Hill, to Hillsborough in North Carolina. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following post roads be established: *In Massachusetts.*—From Granville, through Sandisfield and New Post roads established.
Marlborough, to Stockbridge; and from Rochester, by Middleborough, East Meeting House, to East Bridgewater; from Brookfield, through Brimfield in Massachusetts, to Stafford Springs, and thence to Tolland in Connecticut. *In the district of Maine.*—From Brewer’s to Plantation number five; from Vassalborough, through Fairfax, Unity, Collegetown, to Hamden; from Buckfield, through Hartford, to Livermore; and from New Milford, through Ballstown, Palermo, and Davistown, to Belfast. *In Vermont.*—From Royalton, through Tunbridge, Chelsea, and Vershire, to Corinth. *In Connecticut.*—From Pomfret, through Gloucester, to Providence in Rhode Island. 409NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 55. 1806. *In New York.*—From the town of Cherry Valley, through Springfield, Post roads established. Richfield, Plainfield, and Bridgewater, to Sangersfield; and from Harrisburg, through Williamstown, Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Chautaugay, to Plattsburg; from Rome, through Redfield, Adams, by Smith’s mills to Sacket Harbor, and from thence to Chemangh; from Bath, through Canistio-town, Danville, and Williamsburg, to Hartford; and from Onandago to the village of Oswego in Lysander; and a cross post from West Hampton, to River Head; from New Lebanon, in the state of New York, by Hancock, Richmond, Lennox, Lee, Becket, Loudon, and Sandisfield, in Massachusetts, to New Hartford in Connecticut. *In New Jersey.*—From Belvidere to Stroudsburg, in Pennsylvania. *In Pennsylvania.*—From Berlin, through Salisbury, to Cumberland; from Greensburgh to Kittanning; from Tuckhannok to Chenango Point in New York; and from Greensburgh, through Mount Pleasant, Robbstown, and Williamsport, to Washington; and from Washington, through Alexandria, to Wheeling; from Gettysburg, through Miller’s town, Nicholson’s Gap, and Waynesburg, to Green Castle. *In Delaware.*—From the village of Christians, through Newark, to Strasburgh in Pennsylvania; and from Georgetown, through Concord, to Laurel. *In Maryland.*—The post road from Vienna, in Dorchester county, to Snow Hill, in Worcester county, and thence returning to Vienna, may, in the discretion of the Postmaster-General, be so altered as to pass over Wicomico lower ferry and Quantico mills: *Provided,* no additional expense in transporting the mail shall be incurred thereby. *In Virginia.*—From Lynchburgh to Lexington; from Waterford to Sniker’s Gap, by the stores of Robert Braden and Jessy Janny, and from thence to Upperville, and to return by Israel Janny’s mill; from Wythe Courthouse, by Tazewell Courthouse, Russel Courthouse, Lee Courthouse, to Robinson’s mills; and from Madison Courthouse to Stanardsville; the post road from Manchester to Colesville, shall pass by Chesterfield Courthouse and Spring Hill. *In North Carolina.*—From Averysborough by Haywood, Chatham Courthouse, to cross Haw river near Jones’ ferry, to Hillsborough; from Raleigh, by Chapel Hill, to Hillsborough; from Wilmington through Conwayborough to Georgetown, in South Carolina; and from Wilksborough to Ashe Courthouse. *In South Carolina.*—From Portsferry to Conwayborough; and from Portsferry, by Marion Courthouse, to Thomas Harley’s. *In Georgia.*—From Washington to Petersburg, and from Athens to Knoxville in Tennessee. *In Ohio.*—From Cincinnati, by North Bend, to Lawrenceburgh in the Indiana territory; from Austinburg to Erie in Pennsylvania, and from Franklinton to Worthington. *In Kentucky.*—From New Castle or Henry Courthouse, by Gallatin Courthouse and Boone Courthouse, to Laurenceburgh, in the Indiana territory; and the post road from Henderson to Eddeville shall pass by Livingston Courthouse. *In Tennessee.*—From Mount Granger to Carthage, thence, by Kavenaugh, to Lebanon; from Nashville to Charlotte; from Burville by Walnut Cove, thence along the turnpike road, by way of Chitwood’s, to Pulaski in Kentucky; and from Palmyra to Stuart Courthouse, and thence to Eddyville. *In Orleans Territory.*—From Rapid settlement to Opelousa.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That a sum not exceeding two Sum appropriated on account of Joseph H. Webb. hundred and fifty dollars, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Postmaster-General to defray the expenses which already are, or hereafter may be incurred in providing for the accommodation of Josiah H. 410NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Resolution. 1806. Webb, who, in August last, was wounded by some person unknown, whilst he was employed in carrying the mail of the United States, and who is now under the care of the commandant at fort Sloddert.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That this act shall not be so construed as to affect any existing contract for carrying the mail. Approved, April 21, 1806. Resolution 2 Stat. 410 1806-04-10 Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 9 1 public Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United April 10, 1806.
States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the Acknowledgement of the sense of Congress of the services of the Danish consul at Tripoli. United States be requested to cause to be made known to Nicholas C. Nissen, Esquire, his Danish majesty’s consul residing at Tripoli, the high sense entertained by Congress, of his disinterested and benevolent attentions, manifested to Captain Bainbridge, his officers, and crew, during the time of their captivity in Tripoli.
Approved, April 10, 1806. 9 2 1806 1807 ACTS OF THE NINTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES, *Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the first day of December, *1806, *and ended on the third day of March, *1807. Thomas Jefferson, President, George Clinton, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate; Samuel Smith, President of the Senate pro tempore, on the 3d of March, 1807; Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STATUTE II. Chapter I: to suspend the operation of an act, intituled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise,” and to remit the penalties incurred under the same. 2 Stat. 411 1806-12-19 Chapter I Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 9 2 public Chapter I.— An Act *to suspend the operation of an act, intituled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise,” and to remit the penalties incurred under the same.* Dec. 19, 1806. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the operation of the Operation of a former act suspended.
Act of April 18, 1806, ch. 29. Operation of a former act suspended. Act of April 18, 1806, ch. 29.act, passed on the eighteenth day of April last, intituled “An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise,” be, and the same hereby is suspended until the first day of July next. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That all penalties, fines and for forfeitures, Remission of certain penalties, &c.which may have been incurred by virtue of the provisions of the aforesaid act, be, and the same hereby are, respectively, remitted, on payment, by the parties, by whom such penalty, fine or forfeiture may have been incurred, of all costs which have accrued, or may accrue before notice of this act shall have been received by the attornies of the several districts of the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United Further suspension.States be, and he is hereby authorized further to suspend the operation of the aforesaid act, if in his judgment the public interest should require it: *Provided,* that such suspension shall not extend beyond the second Proviso.Monday in December next. Approved, December 19, 1806. Chapter II: making appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, during the year one thousand eight hundred and seven. 2 Stat. 411 1807-01-07 Chapter II Charles C.
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*further to alter and establish certain Post Roads; and for other purposes.*April 21, 1806. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Repealed 1810, ch. 30
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