United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/3rd Session/Resolution 5
No. 5. Joint Resolution, in relation to certain property purchased for the United States in the city of Detroit.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Banking house, &c. to be set apart for U. S. courts and post-office at Detroit. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have charge of the banking house, with the appurtenances, late of the Bank of Michigan, situate in the city of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, purchased for the United States by direction of the Solicitor of the Treasury; and he shall have power to set apart the said premises for the use of the courts of the United States, the officers of such courts, and the post office in the said city of Detroit, and for such other public uses as he may judge to be expedient and proper, until the further order of Congress in the premises.
Approved, March 3, 1843.