Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the following be established as post roads:

From Quincy, in Adams county, to Hawleyville, in Page county.

From Lewis, in Cass county, via Mount Vernon, in Montgomery, to Clarinda, in Page county.

From Afton, in Union county, to Winterset.

From Afton, in Union county, to Avon, in Ringgold county.

From Quincy, in Adams county, to Adair, in Adair county.

From Cedar Rapids, via Vinton, Toledo, Marshall, Marietta, Nevada, and Boonsboro, to Jefferson, in Green county.

From De Witt, via Grand Mound and Toronto, to Tipton.

From Fort Des Moines, via Nevada, Minerva, Grove, Honey Grove; and Eldora, to Cedar Falls.

From Fort Des Moines, via Boone, Odel, McKay, Penora, and Bear Grove, to Council Bluffs.

From Fort Des Moines, via Leaning's Point, Hornbuckles' Point, Kinney's Mill, and Cousin's Point, to Fort Dodge.

From Fort Dodge, via Lizard Point, Ida Grove, and Sargeant's Bluffs, to Sioux City.

From Iowa City, through North Bend, via Henderson's Mills, Monroeville, Dutch Colony, Hickory Grove, Toledo, and Bumen’s Mills, to county seat of Hardin county.

From Independence, via Janesville, Waverley, Bradford, St. Charles, in Floyd county, toOsage, in Mitchell county.

From Independence, via Camp Creek and Nantville, to Janesville.

From Keokuk, via Charleston, Salem, Mount Pleasant, and Crawfordsville, to Iowa City.

From Newton, via Nevada, Smithville, and Homer, to Fort Dodge.

From Oskaloosa,via Wilson's Ferry, Hamilton, A. C. Wilson's Mill, thence in a direct line to Chariton, in Lucas county.

From Oakaloosa to Union Mills.

From Penora, in Guthrie county, via Caplin's Grove, in Carroll county, Garland's Grove, in Crawford county, and Sergeant's Bluffs, to Sioux City.

From Winterset, in Madison county, via Allen and Penora, in Guthrie county, to Jefferson, in Greene county.

From Winterset, via Peru, to Osceola, in Clarke county.

From Cedar Falls, in Black Hawk county, to Fort Dodge, and thence via Townsley's Grove, Austin Settlement, Purple Creek, Smith's Settlement, and Sioux City, to Sergeant's Bluffs City.

From Fort Dodge to Fort Ridgley.

From Davenport, via Tipton, in Cedar county, and Mount Vernon, and Marion, to Cedar Rapids.

From Cedar Rapids, via Vinton, in Benton county, to Fort Dodge.

From Iowa City, via Marietta, in Marshall county, to Fort Dodge.

From Fort Dodge to Council Bluffs.

From Fort Des Moines, via Adell, McKay, Panora, and the county seats of Audubon, Shelby, and Harrison counties, and Sargeant's Bluffs City, to Sioux City.

From Bear Grove, in Guthrie county, via Ballard Bridge, on the east Nishuabotong river, Indian Creek, in Cass county, Nooster, on the Nishuabotong, in Pottawatomie county, Allen's Mill, on Big Creek, to Council Bluffs.

From Fort Des Moines, via Winterset, Quincy, Clarinda, and Sidney, to Nebraska City.

From Fort Des Moines, via Nevada, Minerva Grove, and Eldora, to Cedar Falls.

From Marengo, via Legrand, Mashal, Marietta, Eldora, and Homer, to Fort Dodge.

From Burlington, Iowa, to Nauvoo, Illinois.

From Dubuque, via English’s Mills, to Cascade, in Dubuque county.

From Dubuque, via Delhi, Harmick, and Fort Dodge, to Sargeant's Bluff's.

From Dubuque, via the Milwaukie and Mississippi railroad route, to Janesville, Wisconsin.

From Elkada, in Clayton county, via George S. Peck's, on Coxes Creek, Strawberry Point, Brown's Mill, in said county, Buffalo Grove, to Independence, in Buchanan county.

From Waukon, in Allamakee county, via Waterville, Bell's Mill, Johnson's Landing, to Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin.

From Hardin, via the town of Franklin, to Waukon, the county seat of Allamakee county.

From Hartwick, in Delaware county, via Hazel Green, Nugent's Grove, Buckhorn Hill, Clarke's Grove, to Marion, in Lynn county.

From Bear Grove, in Guthrie county, via Ballard Bridge, on the East Nishuabotong river, Indian Creek, in Cass county, Woosier, in West Nishuabotong river, in Pottawattomie county, Allen's Mill, on Big Creek, to Council Bluffs, in said county.

From McGregor's Landing, in Clay county, via Elgin, Illyria, and New Albany, in Fayette county, to Independence, in Buchanan county.

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