lars, and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding five years; and such accessary after the fact may be tried, convicted, and punished in the district in which his offence was committed, though the principal offence may have been committed in another district, and before the trial of the principal offender: Provided, such Proviso. principal offender has fled from justice, or cannot be arrested to be put upon his trial.

39. And be it further enacted, That in case the postmaster Express mail. general shall deem it expedient to establish an express mail, in addition to the ordinary mail, on any of the post roads in the United States, for the purpose of conveying slips from newspapers in lieu of exchange papers, or letters, other than such as contain money, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, marked "express mail," and public despatches, he shall be authorised to charge all letters and packets carried by such express mail with triple the rates of postage to which letters and packets, not free, may be by law subject, when carried by the ordinary mails.

M. Genl. to

§ 40. And be it further enacted, That in case of the death, Duties of P. resignation, or absence of the postmaster general, all his powers devolve on and duties shall devolve, for the time being, on the first assistant Assis.P. M. G. postmaster general.

§ 41. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster general Letter car. shall be authorised, whenever the same may be for the ac- riers. proper commodation of the public in any city, to employ letter carriers for the delivery of letters received at the post office in said city; except such as the persons to whom they are addressed may have requested, in writing, addressed to the postmaster, to be retained in the post office; and for the receipt of letters at such places in the said city as the postmaster general may direct, and for the deposite of the same in the post office; and for the delivery by a carrier of each letter received from the post office, the person to whom the same may be delivered shall pay not exceeding two cents; and for the delivery of each newspaper and pamphlet, onehalf cent; and for every letter received by a carrier to be deposited in the post office, there shall be paid to him, at the time of the receipt, not exceeding two cents; all of which receipts, by the carriers in any ty, shall, if the postmaster general so direct, be accounted for to the postmaster of said city, to constitute a fund for the compensation of the said carriers, and be paid to them in such proportions and manner as the postmaster general may direct. Each of the said carriers shall give bond with sureties, to be approved by the postmaster general, for the safe custody and delivery of letters, and for the due account and payment of all moneys received by him.

nals.

§ 42. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster general Carrying the shall be authorised, in his discretion, to contract for carrying the mail on ca mail on the navigable canals of the several states, in all cases where, in his opinion, the public interest and convenience shall require it, and for the time during which mails may be carried on such canals, or any parts thereof, the same are hereby declared to be post roads.

§ 43. And be it further enacted, That the following annual Salaries of as salaries shall be allowed to the assistant postmasters general, and sistant post

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masters gen to the clerks, messengers, and watchmen provided for the service eral and oth-of the post office department, viz:

ers.

Salaries of

To the three assistant postmasters general each twenty-five hundred dollars.

To the chief clerk two thousand dollars.

To the three principal clerks, each one thousand six hundred dollars.

To ten clerks each one thousand four hundred dollars.

To fifteen clerks each one thousand two hundred dollars.

To eight clerks each one thousand dollars.

To the messenger seven hundred and fifty dollars.

To the three assistant messengers each three hundred and fiftydollars.

To the two watchmen each three hundred dollars.

§ 44. And be it further enacted, That the following annual salaauditor and ries shall be allowed to the auditor of the post office department, and to the clerks and messengers herein provided for the service of his office, viz:

others.

the year 1836.

To the auditor three thousand dollars.

To the chief clerk, two thousand dollars.

To the four principal clerks, each one thousand six hundred dollars.

To ten clerks, each one thousand four hundred dollars.

To twenty clerks, each one thousand two hundred dollars.

To eight clerks, each one thousand dollars.

To the messenger seven hundred and fifty dollars, and to the assistant messenger, three hundred and fifty dollars.

$3,150,000 ap- § 45. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three millions propriated for one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the service of the post office department for the year commencing on the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, out of any moneys in the treasury, arising from the revenues of the said department, to be accounted for in the manner pointed out in the second section of this act.

Act to

go into

§ 46. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be in force immediate ef- and take effect from the passage thereof. [Approved, July 2d. 1836.]

fect.

In Maine.

CHAP. 271. An act to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes.

§ 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the following be established as post roads:

IN MAINE.

From Lincolnville to Islesborough. From Wilton, through Weld and Byron, to Andover. From Topsham, through Lisbon, by Little River village and Mayalls Factory village, to Lewistown falls. From Dennysville, through Charlottee, Cooper and Baring to Calais. From Saco, by Salmon falls, Bar mills, Moderation falls, Bonny Eagle falls, to East Baldwin. From Wayne village, by Norris ferry, Isaac Strickland's, and William H. Britton's, in Livermore, to Hayford's mills, in Canton, and Peru, to East Rumford. From Brunswick to Harpswell. From Port

land, by Falmouth Centre, Cumberland, Upper Yarmouth, New Gloucester, East Poland, Minot, West Minot, East Hebron, to Buckfield village. From Calais, through Baleyville and Princeton, to Houlton. From Gardiner, through Pittston, Hallowell, Whitefield, Windsor, Patrickstown, Washington, Liberty, Appleton, Searsmont, and Belmont, to Belfast. From Portland, through Cumberland Centre, Pownal, Durham, Lisbon, Wales, and Winthrop, to Augusta. From Waterville, by China, to Palermo. From North New Portland, through Lexington, to Dead river. From Vinalhaven to Isle of Haute. From Portland, through Stroudwater village, and Buxton, to Salem falls. From Thomaston, via Cushing, to Friendship. From East Thomaston, to Owl's Head. From Thomaston, to Vinalhaven. From Doughty's falls (or Berwick,) to Great Falls, New Hampshire. From Brunswick, by South Durham, Southwest Bend, Goff's corner, East Minot, and East Turner, to Turner. From Warren, by Jefferson, and North Whitfield, to Augusta. From Madison, by Madison Centre and South Anson, to West New Vineyard.

IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

From Guilford, through Meredith, to New Hampton. From In N. HampHebron, through Alexandria, to Bristol. From Hillsboro bridge, shire. through the south part of Antrim, and Hancock, to Peterboro. From South Deerfield, to Pittsfield. From Ossipee to Tuftenboro. From Groton, Massachusetts, to Dunstable, New Hampshire. From Dunstable by Hudson, Londonderry, Derry, Hempstead, Hawke, and Kingston, to Exeter, in New Hampshire. From Exeter, by Hampton falls, to Hampton beach. From Dover, by Durham, Lee, Epping, and Chester to Derry. From Lebanon, by Springfield, New London, and Sutton, to Warner. From Hillsborough bridge, by Antrim, North Branch, Stoddard, and Sullivan to Keene. From Hillsborough bridge, by South Antrim and Hancock to Peterborough. From Tuftonborough and Ossippee in New Hampshire, Newfield, Limerick, Waterborough and Buxton, to Portland in Maine. From Hillsborough bridge by Hillsborough centre, Bradford centre, and Sutton to Sutton village. From Amherst by Milford, Wilton and Mason to New Ipswich. From Windham, via Londonderry to Hooksett. From Claremont to Cornish flat.

IN MASSACHUSETTS.

From East Middleboro, through Plympton, to Kingston in In MassachuPlymouth county. From Taunton, to Norton. From Foxboro setts. to Wrentham. From Franklin, through Bellingham, to South Milford. From North Woodstock, through Woodstock, Wilkinson's factory, Killingly, in Connecticut, to Chephetchet, in Rhode Island. From Yarmouth, to South Yarmouth. From Sandisfield to Sheffield. From Boston, through Lynn, Danvers, Topsfield, New Rowley, West Newbury, to Amesbury.

IN RHODE ISLAND.

Island.

From Woonsocket falls, Rhode Island, through South Belling- In Rhode ham, Massachusetts, to Franklin, and thence to East Medway. From Newport, Rhode Island, by water, to Wickford.

IN CONNECTICUT.

From Furnace village, through Lime Rock, and Falls village,

In Connecti

cut.

In Vermont.

In New York.

to South Canaan. From Worcester, to Charlton, through Southbridge, Massachusetts, through the west part of Woodstock, to Tolland, in Connecticut. From Jewett's city, by Packersville, to Canterbury. From Plainfield, by Moosup and Central village to Brooklyn. From Hartford, via Windsor, Poconoc, East Granby, West Sheffield, and Feeding-hills, to Westfield. From Westport, via the Academy in Weston, Stepney Post Office, and Zoar, to Bennett's bridge. From New Haven by East Haven, North Branford, North Guilford, North Bristol, and North Killingworth, to Essex. From Essex, by Hamburg, and North Lyme, to Norwich city.

IN VERMONT.

From Johnston, through Eden, Lowell, Westfield, Troy, and Newport, to Derby. From Bellows falls, through Athens, Brookline, Newfane and Dover, to Wilmington. From Mount Holley, through Mechanicsville, to Weston. From Alburgh to West Alburgh. From Windsor, by Hartland, Queechy village, West Hartford, Snow's store, Sharon, and South Stafford, to Stafford. From Practorsville, via Cavendish, Greenbush, and Corner's, in Vermont, to Claremont, in New Hampshire. From Williston to Jerico.

IN NEW YORK.

From Watertown to Rodman, by Burrville, in the county of Jefferson. From Carthage, through the village of Great Bend, Le Raysville, Felt's mills, Lockport, and Huntingdon's mills, to the village of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson. From Theresa, in the county of Jefferson, by the Glass works, and South Hammond, to Hammond, in the county of Saint Lawrence. From Hudson, by Glencoe, Curtis's settlement, North East, to Salisbury, in the state of Connecticut. From Silver Creek, in the county of Chautauque, by Versailles, in the county of Cattaraugus, to Angola, in the county of Erie. From Jamaica, to Rockaway, in the county of Queens. From Greenfort, across Shelter island, to Sag Harbor, in the county of Suffolk. From Setauket, by Coram, Patchogue, in Suffolk county. From Mayville, in the county of Chautauque, through Panama, to the mouth of Broken Straw creek, in the county of Warren, in the state of Pennsylvania. From Smithsboro, to Spencer, in the county of Tioga. From Goshen, in the county of Orange, in the state of New York, through Phillipsburg, Middletown, Mount Hope, Cuddebackville, Clowesville, Forrestburg, Stewartsburg, Half way brook, Beaver Brook, Ten-mile river, and Narrowsburg, to Honesdale, in the state of Pennsylvania. From Herkimer to Utica, on the south side of the Mohawk river, through the villages of Mohawk, German Flatts, and Frankfort, in the county of Herkimer, to the city of Utica, in the county of Oneida. From Lockport, in the county of Niagara, by way of Benedict's bridge, to Akron, in the town of Newstead, in the county of Erie. From Youngstown, in the county of Niagara, by way of Wilson, Kempville, Somerset, Yates, Centre, West Carlton, East Carlton, and Davis' mills, to Gaines' corners, in the county of Orleans. From Preble, in the county of Cortland, through Otisco Hollow, Amber, Marietta, and Marcellus, to Camillus, in the county of Onondaga.

From Luzerne, in Warren county, to Caldwell. From Carmel, in Putnam county, to Pawlings, in Duchess. From Franklin, in the county of Delaware, to Oneonto, in the county of Otsego. From Somerset, in Niagara county, by Yates, Centre, West Carlton, East Carlton, and Davis' mills, to Gaines corners, in the county of Orleans. From Groveland, on East road to Geneseo. From Stanfordville, to Sharon, in Connecticut. From Gibbonsville, by way of Cohoes, to Waterford. From Schenectady, by Princetown, and Duanesburg to Schohaire, From Poughkeepsie by Pleasant Valley, Dover, Bullsbridge, and Kent Post Office to Washington in Connecticut. From Ithica, through Green, Oxford, Guilford, Mount Upton, Gilbertsville, Otsewa, Oneonta, Davenport Centre, Davenport, West Harpersfield, Harpersfield, and Stamford, to Catskill; and that the post route from Oxtford, to Gilbertsville, and from Oneonta, to Gilbertsville, and from Harpersfield, to Oneonta, be, and the same are hereby, discontinued. From Rochester, along the Erie canal, to Brockport and Lockport, in the county of Niagara. From Union village, by the villages of Battenkill, and Shaws mills, to the village of Salem, in the county of Washington; and that the post road from Battenkill to Jackson be discontinued. From Waterborough, in the county of Chautauque, by Connewango, to Persia, in the county of Cattaraugus. From Westfield, in the county of Chautauque, to Columbus, in the county of Warren, in the state of Pennsylvania. From Sand Bank, to Mannsville. From Clintonville, to Rhinebeck. From Russia to Moorehouse village.

IN NEW JERSEY.

From Belvidere, in Warren county, to Port Colden. From In New JerPompton, by Wenockey, Boardsville, Long Pond, and The Green sey. Woods, to the post office, at Warwick, in New York. From Jersey city, in Bergen county, to Belleville. From Princeton by Hightstown, to Freehold. From Hightstown, by Ewingville, Clarksburg, Hornerstown, Cassville, Charlestown, and Smithfield, to Freehold. From Philadelphia, by Camden, Burlington, Hightstown, and South Amboy, to the city of New York. From Dover, by Suckasunny, and Flanders, to Hackettstown. From Hamburg, by Franklin furnace, and Sparta, to Newton. From Kingston to Somerville, by way of Rocky Hill, Griggstown, Millstone, and Weston. From New Egypt, by Cookstown, Jacobstown, Recklesstown, Crosswicks, to Bordentown.

IN PENNSYLVANIA.

From Reamstown, in Lancaster county, by the way of Sheo- In Pennsylunk, Whitehall, and Springville, in said county, to Shaefferstown, vania. in Lebanon county. From Columbus, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, by the way of Fairmount, Colesville, in Columbia county, and Davidson, to Taneyville, in Lycoming county. From Chambersburg, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, by the way of Mercersburg, to Hancock, Washington county, Maryland. From Karthaus, Clearfield county, to the town of Clearfield in said county; the route to go on the north side of the west branch of the Susquehanna river. From Hart's cross roads, in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, to Andover, in the State of Ohio. From Oil creek, Crawford county, by the way of Spring creek, in Warren county,