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to fort Wayne. From Indianapolis, on the Horse Shoe Bend, state road, to the Ohio river; thence to Elizabeth, in the state of Kentucky.

Illinois.In Illinois.—From Edwardsville to Springfield.

Missouri.In Missouri.—From Jefferson city, by Gasconade Courthouse, Massey’s Iron Works, Potosi and Farmington, to Jackson. From Fulton, by Columbia, Rockport, Booneville, Meredith, Marmaduke’s and Jones’ Salt Works, to Lexington. From Cooper Courthouse to Fulsom. From Monticello, by Covington Courthouse to St. Stephen’s, Alabama.

Michigan territory.In Michigan Territory.—From Taylor’s Village, on Stoney Creek, by Indian Village, in Shelby, to E. Andrews’. From Stoney Creek Post-office, by N. Millard’s, Gideon Gates’, to fort Gratiot.

Arkansas territory.In Arkansas Territory.—From Memphis to Little Rock.

Florida territory.In Florida Territory.—From Pensacola to Blakeley. From Pensacola to fort Crawford. From St. Mary’s, by Fernandina, and the town of St. John, to Jacksonville.


Approved, March 2, 1827.

Statute ⅠⅠ.



March 2, 1827.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XL.An Act making an appropriation for the purchase of books for the use of the library of Congress, and for other purposes.

3000 dollars appropriated for the purchase of books.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of books, under the direction of the joint library committee, for the use of the library of Congress.

400 dollars as compensation to an assistant librarian.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a compensation to an assistant employed by the librarian of Congress during the present session.

Approved, March 2, 1827.

Statute ⅠⅠ.



March 2, 1827.

Chap. XLI.An Act to alter the time of holding the district court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama, and for other purposes.[1]

Time of holding said court changed to the 2d Monday in December instead of that of October, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the district court of the United States, for the southern district of Alabama, shall be holden in the city of Mobile, on the second Monday in December instead of the second Monday in October, and in addition to the term now directed by law to be holden on the first Monday in May in each and every year, and shall continue so long as business may require.

Records, &c., belonging to said court, heretofore holden at Cahawba, except such as may be necessary in any criminal prosecution, pending in said court, to be transferred to the district court, holden at Mobile, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the records and papers belonging to the district court heretofore holden at the town of Cahawba, in the southern district of Alabama, except such as may be necessary in any criminal prosecution pending in the said court, shall be transferred to, and become a part of, the records and papers of the district court holden at Mobile, and all causes of a civil nature pending in the district court heretofore holden at the said town of Cahawba, shall be transferred to the district court holden in the city of Mobile, and shall have day therein and be proceeded in to final judgment and execution, in the same manner as if the said causes had originated in the said court holden at Mobile; and it shall be lawful for the said last-mentioned court to issue execution upon any judgment heretofore rendered in the district