II. Resolution for the further distribution of the journal of the convention which formed the Constitution of the United States.
The Secretary of State to furnish each member of Congress, not entitled by resolution of 27th March, 1818, the President, Vice President, &c. with copies of the journal, &c. of the Federal convention.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be instructed to furnish to each member of the present Congress and the delegates from territories, (who may not be entitled to the same, under the resolution of Congress of the twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,) the President and Vice President of the United States, the executive of each state and territory, the attorney general and judges of the courts of the United States, and the colleges and universities in the United States, each one copy; for the use of each of the departments, viz: State, Treasury, War, and Navy, two copies each; for the use of the Senate, five copies; and for the use of the House of Representatives, ten copies of the volumes containing the journal, acts and proceedings of the convention which formed the present Constitution of the United States; and that the residue of the copies of said journal be deposited in the library of Congress, for the use of the members.
Approved, January 19, 1820.
III. Resolution to authorize the publication of part of the secret journal of Congress, under the articles of confederation.
The secret journal, papers, &c. of the old Congress, heretofore considered confidential, from the year 1783 to the year 1789, to be published, under the direction of the President, and 1000 copies printed, &c.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the secret journal, together with all the papers and documents connected with that journal, and all other papers and documents heretofore considered confidential, of the old Congress, from the date of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, to the formation of the present government, not remaining in the office of the Secretary of State, be published under the direction of the President of the United States, and that a thousand copies thereof be printed and deposited in the library, subject to the disposition of Congress.
Approved, April 21, 1820.
IV. Resolution for the distribution of certain copies of the journal of the convention which formed the Constitution.
The Secretary of State to transmit a copy of the Journal to each of the surviving members of the Convention.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit one copy of the journal of the Federal convention at Philadelphia, in one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, which formed the Constitution of the United States, to each of the members, now alive, of the said convention.
Approved, May 8, 1820.
V. Resolution giving the consent of Congress to a compact concluded between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, for the settlement of their boundary line.
The consent of Congress given to the compact between Kentucky and Tennessee.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress be, and the same is hereby, given to a compact or agreement, made and concluded, by and between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, at Frankfort, in Kentucky, on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to adjust and establish the boundary line between them, and for other purposes.
Approved, May 12, 1820.