ACTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the sixth day of December, 1824, and ended on the third day of March, 1825.
James Monroe, President; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; John Gaillard, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
STATUTE Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chapter I.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four [five.]
265,000 dollars appropriated for the Senate and House of Representatives.
1825, ch. 13.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the compensation granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives, and to the officers and clerks, and servants of both houses of Congress, and for defraying the contingent expenses thereof; and that the same be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, December 15, 1824.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. III.—An Act to authorize the Legislature of the State of Ohio to sell and convey certain tracts of land granted to said State for the use of the people thereof.
Legislature of Ohio authorized to sell certain tracts of land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said Legislature shall, by law, direct, the following tracts of land heretofore granted to said State, for the use of the people thereof, to wit:1802, ch. 40, §7. so much of the six mile reservation, including the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota Salt Springs, as remains unsold; the salt springs near the Muskingum River, and in the Military Tract, with the sections of land which include the same; the proceeds thereof to be applied to such literary purposes as said Legislature may hereafter direct; and to no other use, intent, or purpose, whatsoever.
Approved, December 28, 1824.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. IV.—An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to adopt a new hydrometer for ascertaining the proof of liquors.
