United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 1
I. Resolution directing a survey of certain routes between Baltimore and Philadelphia, for a post-road.
Postmaster General authorized, &c., to cause to be made an examination of the various routes between Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and report to Congress, &c.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be authorized and required to cause an examination and survey of the various routes between Baltimore and Philadelphia, crossing the Susquehanna at Havre de Grace Ferry, Port Deposit, and Conewingo Bridges, and report to Congress the route which may be best adapted for a permanent post-road, with an estimate of the expense of making each of said routes safe and convenient for the transportation of the mail.
Approved, May 4, 1826.