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188 T WEN TY-NIN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 63. 1847. the mail service herein provided for between Havana and Chagres: cdmpcmaoa. _Pmcided,_fi4rther, That the compensation for said service shan not exceed the sum of two hundred and ninety thousand dollars, and that Security to be good and sufficient security be required for the faithful fulfilment of 8i'¤¤· the stipulations of the contract. sammy of sac. 5. And be it further emitted, That it hall be the duty of the

   Secretary of the Navy to contract, on behalf of the government of

ofmailfilorn Pan-. the United States, for the transportation of the mail from Panama to am w or¤s<>¤· such port as he may select in the Territory of Oregon, once a month each way, so as to connect with the mail from Havana to Chagres across the isthmus ; said mail to be transported in either steam or sailing vessels, as shall be deemed most practicable and expedient. Secretary to Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the £;‘;‘Q,‘::,¤‘“ tg; Secretary of the Navy to provide, in the contracts authorized by this me Navy De- act, that the Navy Department shall at all times exercise control over E¤*'·¤°¤*tml°***“ said steamships, and at anytime have the right to take them for the ,;,§°,$g;m,h§,;?r exclusive use and service of the United States, and to direct such changes in their machinery and internal arrangements as the Secre- 1861,oh.34,§2. tary of the Navy may require; due provision being made in the said contracts for the mode of ascertaining the proper compensation to the contractors therefor. Approved, March 3, 1847. March 3, 1847. Crrar. LXII1. -.9n Act to establish certain Post Routes andfar other Purposes. Post routes es- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the °“b]‘“"*d· United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be established as post roads: Maine. Maine.—From Dixtield, through Peru, to Canton Mills, in the county of Oxford. From Newport, through Corinna and Dexter, to Dover, in the county of Penobscot. From Standish, through Limington, Sebago, Denmark, and Bridgeton, to Sweden. Wlfrlpm Brownsville, in the county of Piscataqui , to Katadhin Iron or s. From Monson, by Abbot, Parkman, Dexter, and Newport, to Detroit, in Maine. New Hump- New Hampshire. —From Exeter to the city of Manchester. 'h"°· From the city of Manchester to Amherst. From the city of Manchester, through Candia, South Deerfield, Deerfield, Nottingham, Wadley’s Falls, Lamprey River, Stratham, Greenland, to Portsmouth. vermont. Vermont. -- From Bakersfield, via West Enosburgh post-office, and Enosburgh Falls post-oflice, to West Berkshire. From Bridgewater to Ludlow. From Northumberland, New Hampshire, to Sutton, Vermont. Rhode Island. Rhode Bland. —From Providence, Rhode Island, by Valley Falls, in Smithfield, Diamond Hill, in Cumberland, West Wentham, Franklin, Medway, and Holliston, to Framingham Depot, in Massachusetts. From Providence, by Smithville or Clayville, to Killingly, Connecticut. From Washington Village, in the State of Rhode Island, via Maple Root Meeting-House, Weaver’s Hill, East Coheaghill, in West _ Greenwich, to Volentown, in the State of Connecticut. _ C°‘“‘°°*'°“*· ()01IM6¢icu¢.—F!0m Thomson via. the post villages of Fish'