United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 43
Chap. XLIII.—An Act concerning the territory of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person or persons Persons who purchase a quarter section or more of land in Alabama, and who have paid one fourth, &c., shall be competent to hold any office of honour or profit in that territory, &c.who have or may hereafter purchase, from the United States, one quarter section or more of land in the Alabama territory, and shall have paid one fourth part thereon, as the law in such cases requires, and shall have obtained a certificate of the proper land office to that effect, shall be competent to hold any office of honour or profit in the said territory, any thing in the ordinance or former laws of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, April 9, 1818.