The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-03-21 00:00:00, page 1

^n ACT to eftqbti/b tbe
- fosfOD^GE mPosr r
Roads within tnlUnited
States.
BE it entered 1, tbe Senate wrdHoufe
of Representatives of tbe United
s State, of America, in Congress assem
bled That from and after the firft
day of June next," the following
e roads be efablifhed as poll roads,
' namely: FromWifcaffet in the dist id
of Maine; th Savannah in Georgia,
by the following route, to wit ; Port
land, Portsmouth, - Newburyport,
Ipswich, Salem, Bo^on, Worcester,
Springfield, Hartford, Middletown,
"New-Haven, Stratford, ~ Fairfield,
Norwalk, Stamford, 'New-York,
Newark,Elizabethtown, Woodbridge,
Brunswick, Princeton,Trenton,Briitol
Philadelphia, Chester, Wilmington,
Elkton, Charlftown, Havre deGVace,
Hartford, Baltimore, Bladenfburg,
Georgetown, Alexandria, Co'chefter,
Dumfries, Fredericksburg, Bowling-
Green, Hanover Coort-houfe, Rich
mond, Petersburg, Halifax, Tarbo
rpegh. Smithfield, Fayetteville,
Newbridge over Drowning creek,
. Cheraw Courthouse, Camden, Statef
burg, Columbia, Cambridge and Au
gusta ; and from thence to Savanna,
and from Angara by Washington in
Wilkes County to Greenborough,and
from thence by the great fails- of
Ogcchee and Georgetown, to Au
gafta, and from Statefb argtoCharlef
' sown, and from Charleftown to
Georgetown from Charleftown to
Savannah, and from Savannah, by
Newport bridge to Sunbury ; and al
so from Portsmouth by Exeter^ and
Concord, to Hanover in New-Ham
fhire; and frod Salem to Marble-
Head, and from SalemtoGloacefter ;
arid fromßoftori, by Providence,New
port, and New-London, to New-
Haven, and from Boston, through
Taunton, to New-Bedford ; and from
Taunton, through Warren and Bris
tol, to Newport ; and from Boston,
by Plymouth toßarnftable ; and from
Springfield in the Bate of Maffachu
fettc,toKenderhook in the state ofNew-
York &f'omSpringfield,by Northamp
ton, Brattleborough and Charleftown,
by Wind for inVermont, to Hanover ;
and from Hartford, by Middletown,
to New-London ; also from Hart
_ ford to Norwich, and Providence to
Worcefte/, and from Philadelphia,
by Lancaster, Yorktown, Carlifle,
ShippenSburg, Chamberfburg, Bed
ford, and GreenSburg, to Pittfburg ;
and from Philadelphia to Bethlehem,
from Bethlehem, by Reading and
Harrisburg, to Carlifle, and from
Bethlehem, by Eafton, Sussex Court
houfe,Gofhen, Ward's Bridge, and
Kingflon, to Rhinebeck : from Phi
& ladelphia, by Salem to Bridgetown ;
and from Wilmington, by VVarwick,
Georgetown, Cro(s-roads, Chester
town, Chefer-milh and Eafton, to
Vienna ; and from Vienna, by Salrf
bury, to Snow-Hill ; also, from 1-
m ington„by New-Castle, Cantwell a
Bridge and Duck-Creek, to Dover;
and from thence by Milford, Dagl
borough, Snow-Hill, ,d Northup
ton Court-house, to Norfolk in Vir
ginia ; and from Baltimore to An-
Lpolil. Upper Melbor^gh; Prfc^-
TOy, Port-tobacco, Allen t-Freffi,
Newhampfhire
EXETER, (New-Ham,/hire) Printed and Published by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY, March 21, 1792.] .
Newport and Ch^ptico, to Leonard -
Town ;. and from Richmond, by
Williamfburg,York-Town ^ndHamp
ton, to Norfolk, and fromFrederickf
burg, by Port-Royal and Tappahan
nock, to Urbanna ; and from thence,
croffiog RgppQaqnock, and proceed
ing b y NokAWb^Band Court-house
to Kinfale, on the river Yeocoaico,
thence by WeftmorelandCourt-hodfe,
through Leed's-Town to Frederickf
barg ; and from Petersburg, by C^
bin-Point, Smithfield and Suffolk and
Portsmouth, and from Suffolk, to
Edenton, and by Plymouth to Wash
ington ; and from Washington to
Newbern, and thence t% Wilming
ton ; and' frem Fayettivilie, by Eli
zabethtown, to Wilmington ; and
from Hallifax, by Warrington,
Hillfbury, Salem, to Salfbury ; from
Hallifar, by Blunt's ville, William
fton, , Daileys, to Plymouth ; and
from Edenton, by Hertford. Nixen
ton, Sawyer's-Ferry, in Cambden
county, to Indian Town in Curry
tuck county ; and ' from New-York,
by Albany, Bennington, Manchester
and Rutland, to Burlingtoh/bn lake
Champlain; and from Albany, by
Shenedady, to Connajorharrie ; from
New-York, to Hartford; through
Whiteplains,' Northcaftle, Salem,
Poundridge, Ridgefield, Danbury,
Newtown, New-Milford, Litchfield,
Harrington add Farmington ; frera
Newark or Elizabethtown, by Mor
ristown, to Sussex Courthouse ; from
Woodbridge to Amboy; from Alex
andria, by Salisbury, Lfefborg She
pard'scown, MartinfbuQ Winches
ter, StevenSburg, Strafbarg, Wood
dock, and Rockingham Court-hoafe,
to Staunton ; and from Richmond,
by Columbia, Cbarlotcfville, Staun
ton, Lexington, Fincaftle, Montgo
mery Court-hoafe, Wythe Court
house, Abingdon; and Hawkin's
Courthouse in the territory fouth of
the river Ohio, to Danville, in Ken
tucky ,; and from Baltimore, byFreder
icktown&Sharpfburg, to Hagarftown;
and from thence to Chamberfburg :
Provided, That the route by which
the mails are as present conveyed
(hall in no case be altered, without
the consent of tbe contra&ers ? till
the contrasts made by the Postmas
ter-General (hall be determined.
And be itfurther ev^r^That it
(ball &may be lawful for thePoftmaf
ter.General to enter into $ contrasts,
for a term not exceeding eight
years, for extending the line of
posts, and to authorize the person or
persons, so contraaing. to receive,
during the continuance of such con
trad, according to the rates by this
ad established, all the postage which
(hall strife on letters, newspapers and
packets, conveyed by any such post ;
and the roads, therein designated.
Shall, during the continuance bf such
contracts, be deemed and considered
as post-roads, within the terms and
provisions of this ad : Provined,That
no such contract Shall be made to the
dimunition of the revenue of the
'general poft-office, and that a dupli
cate of every futh contrast, under
hand and Seal, Shall, within Sixty
days, after the execution thereof, be
loged in the office of the Comptroller
of the Treasury of the United States.
And be it further enadlid. That
there Shall be established, at the
feat of the government of the Uni
ted States, a general poft-office.
And there Shall be one Poft-maftcr-
General, who Shall have authority
toappoint an assistant, and deputy
post-masters, at all places where such
Shall be found necessary. And he
Shall provide for carrying the mail
of the United States, by Stage Carri
ages or horses, as he may judge
most expedient ; 2nd as often as he,
having regard to the prododiveDefs
thereof, as well as other citcaniftan
ces Shall think proper, and defray
the expense thereof, with all other
expenses arising on the collection and
management of the revenue of the
poft-office; He Shall also have pow
er to prefcri be such regulations to
the deputy, post-masters, and others
employed under him; as may.be
found neceiTary, and to foperintend
the business of the department, in
all the duties that are, or may be
assigned to it, arid also to direct the
route or road where there are 'more
than one, between the places above
established, which route or road Shall
be considered as the post-road. : ,
And be it further enaaed. That the
Post-master General fliall, once in
three months obtain from bis depu
ties, the accounts and vouchers of
their receipts and expenditures, and
the balances due thereon, and render
to the Secretary of the Treasury, a
quarterly account of all the receipts
and expenditures in the said depart
ment, to be adjusted and fettled as
other publick accounts, and Shall pay
quarterly, into the Treasury Os the
United States, the balance in his
hands. And the Postmaster-Gene
ral, and his affift^nt, the duputy
poft-inafters, and such as they may
employ in their offices,Shall, refpeft
ively, before they enter upon the
duties, or be entitled to receive tbe
emoluments of their offices, and the
contractors for carrying the mail,
and their agents or fervants,tb whom
the mail Shall be entrusted, before
they commence the execution bf said
trust, Shall, refpe&ively, take and
fubferibe, before some justice of the
peace, the following cath or affima
tion, and cause a certificate thereof
to be filled in the office of the Post
master-General ; " I do (wear (or
affirm as the case may be) that I
will faithfully perform all the duties
required of me, ahd abstain from e
very thing forbidden by the law in
relation to the establishment of poft
bflices and post-roads within the
United States." <t t
And be it further enabled, That if
an, person Shall obfiruC tor retard the
postage of the mail, or of any horse
or carriage carrying the fame, he
Shall upon conviction for every fuch'
offence, pay a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars. Arid if any ferry
man, Shall by willful negligence or
refufal to, tranfeort the mail acre's
any ferry, delay the fame, he Shall
forfeit and pay, for each half hour
that the fame Shall be delayed, a sum
not exceeding ten dollars.
And be it further encaed, That it
Shall be the duty of the Postmaster-
General, to give publick notice in
one or more of the newspapers pub
lished at the feat of government of
the Un ted States.and in one or more
qfthe ^ewfpapers published in the
state or States where the contract is
to be performed, for at least, fix
weeks before the entering into any
centrad for the conveyance of the
mail that such contrast is intended
to be made, and the day on which it
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And be it further enaaed, That
from and after the firft day of Jure
next, the deputy postmaster and per
sons authorized by the Formatter-
General, Shall demand and receive
for the postage and conveyance of
letters and packets, except foch as
are hereafter excepted, according
to the several rates and sums follow
ing : For the postage of every Single
letter, to Or from any place by land
not exceeding thirty miles,fix cents ;
over thirty miles, and not exceeding
Sixty, eight cents ; over Sixty miles,
and not exceeding one hundred, .ten
cents ; over one hundred railed, and
not exceeding one hundred and fifty,
twelve cents and a half ; over one
hundred and fifty miles, and not
exceeding two hundred,fifteen cents ;
over two hundred miles and no: ex
ceeding two hundred and fifty,feven
teen cents ; over two hundred and
fifty miles, and not exceeding three
hundred and fifty, twenty cent l ; 0-
I ver three hundred and fifty miles,
I and not exceeding four hundred and
fifty, twenty-two cents ; and to or
from any place by land, more than
four hundred and fifty miles, twenty
five cents ; and every double letter
IShall pay double the fa d raes ; eve-
I ry triple letter, triple ; very pack
;et weighing one ounce avoidupoi^to
I pay, at tbe rate of four Single tetters
for each ounce, and in that prepor
tion for any greater weight,
And be it further enacted. That all
letters and packets, paffiog by sea
to and from the United States, or
from one port to another therein -jn
packet boats or vessels, the property
of, or provided by the UnitedSxates,
Shall be rated and charged,as fol ows;
for every Single letter, eight cents ;
for every double leeter,fixt&eo cents ;
for every triple letter or packet,
twenty four-cents ; for every letter or
.packet brought into theUni~edS<ates,
or carried front any port therein to
anther by fea,iri any private Ihip or
veffel,four cents, if elivered at any
And be it further enaaef, That
from and after the paffiog of his ad,
the Postmaster-General Shall .be al
lowed,for his fervices,atihe rate of two
thoufarid dollars per annum, his as
sistant, at the rate of one thousand
dollars per annum, to be paid quar
terly, out of the revenues of the poft
office : And no fees or perquisites
Shall be received by either of them,
on account of the duties to be per
formed in virtue of their appoint,
ment..
[Numb. 38 of Volume 6.
Shall be concluded ; describing the
places, from andto which such mail
is to be conveyed ; the time al
which it is to be made up ; the day
and hour, at which it is to be deli
vered ; and the penally or penalties
for nonperformance of the ftipulari
ons. He Shall moreover, within
thirty daysafter the making of any
, contract, lodge the fame, together
with the proposals which he Shall
have received refpeQing the fame,
in the office of the Comptroller of
the treasury of the United States.
. And be it further enabled,That eve
ry deputy postmaster Shall keep an
office in which one pr more persons
Shall attend at such hours as the Post
master General Shall dircd,fcr thepur
pofe of performing the duties [hereof
And all letters brought to any poft
office half an hour before the time of
making up the mail at such elite.
Shall be forwarded therein.