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has been shamefully neglected from what cause this neglect
has arisen we will not undertake to state, but beg leave to
suggest the propriety of having the Law in relation to those road
examined and such amendments made as the wisdom of
the Legislature may deem necessary for the public good

The support of a Line of stages from Knoxville to
Nashville for the transportation of the mail and
passengers is certainly desirable to the Citizens of this
state and the more so when it is considered that on it
depends the main western mail route to New Orleans being
continued through in that direction -

We are solicitous also to ascertain the sense of the Legislature
whether the owners of those Turnpikes are authorized to require
that the United States mail shall pay Toll when conveyed
in stages or on horseback over said roads - we know that
it is not contemplated in the Contract and if considered
Legal will make the contractors liable to pay upwards of
of six hundred dolars per year for which no allowance will
be made them by the Gen^l Government-

Should your Excellency deem the foregoing remarks
worthy of Legislative consideration we pray you to
have the goodness to communicate them by so