United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 135
Chap. CXXXV.—An Act granting to the state of Ohio the right of pre-emption to certain quarter sections of land.
Right of pre-emption at minimum price, to one quarter section, in the centre of each county, in the purchase by the Indian treaty of St. Mary’s granted to Ohio, for a seat of justice.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the state of Ohio, at the minimum price for which the public lands are sold, the right of pre-emption to one quarter section, in or near the centre of each county, included in the purchase recently made of the Indians, by the treaty concluded at St. Mary’s, on the twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, for the establishment of a seat of justice in the said counties: Provided, The purchase be made before the commencement of the public sales: And provided also, That the proceeds of the sale of each quarter section, which may be made under the authority of the state of Ohio, shall be appropriated for the purpose of erecting public buildings in said counties, respectively, after deducting therefrom the sums originally paid by the state aforesaid: And provided further, That the seat of justice for said counties, respectively, shall be fixed on the lands so selected.
Approved, May 15, 1820.