United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/26th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 37
Appearance
June 12, 1840.
Chap. XXXVII.—An Act concerning prisoners of the United States committed to the gaol in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The prisoners of the U. S. to be kept under the like restrictions as those of Rhode Island. That all prisoners committed to the present gaol in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island under the authority of the United States, shall be kept until discharged by due course of the laws thereof under the like restrictions and penalties as in the case of prisoners committed to said gaol under the authority of said State of Rhode Island.
Approved, June 12, 1840.