United [States] by the eighteenth article of the treaty concluded on the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand eighthundred and seventeen, shall be offered to public sale, by the register and receiver of the public moneys at the land office at Wooster, on such day, or days, as the President shall designate for that purpose, in the same manner, and on the same conditions and terms, as are provided by law for the sale of the public lands of the United States.
Approved, May 11, 1820.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XCII.—An Act to amend the act, entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes.”
Act of April 20, 1818, ch. 80.
The Secretary of State to cause orders, resolutions, and laws, except those of a private nature, to be published.
And public treaties.
Indian treaties only, in states, &c. to which they relate.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State shall, as soon as conveniently may be, after he shall receive any order, resolution, or law, passed by Congress, except such orders, resolutions, and laws, as are of a private nature, cause the same to be published in a number of public newspapers, not exceeding one in the District of Columbia, and in not more than three newspapers in each of the several states and territories of the United States. And he shall also cause to be published, in like manner, in the said newspapers, all public treaties entered into and ratified by the United States, except Indian treaties, which shall be published only in one newspaper, and that to be within the limits of the state, or territory, to which the subject matter of such treaty shall belong.
First section of the act of April 20, 1818, ch. 80, repealed.
Proviso.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the first section of the act, entitled “An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That such repeal shall not be construed to prevent the payment of any compensation that may be due for the publication of the laws, previous to the promulgation of this act.
Approved, May 11, 1820.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. XCIII.—An Act to alter the times of the session of the circuit and district courts in the District of Columbia.
Session of circuit court.
For Washington county, 1st Monday in Oct. and 2d Monday in April.
For Alexandria, 1st Mondays in Nov. and May.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of January next, instead of the times now provided by law, for the session of the circuit court in the District of Columbia, the same shall be holden at the times and places following, that is to say: At Washington, in and for the county of Washington, on the first Monday in October, and on the second Monday in April, in every year: And in Alexandria, in and for the county of Alexandria, on the first Mondays in November and May, in every year.
District court to be held on the first Mondays of Dec. and June.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of July next, instead of the times now provided by law for the session of the district court for the District of Columbia, the same shall be holden on the first Mondays in December and June in every year.
Approved, May 11, 1820.
