Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-11

or shall be, existing or depending IN the
said Circuit Court, shall be continued
over and returnable to the said Circuit
Court, to be held at Columbus as afore-
said, and shall be proceeded with in due
form of law.
Sec. .. ind be it further enacted
That the District Court, in and for the
District of Ohio, shall, from and after
the passage of this act, be held at CO.
lumbus, in said District, on the second
Mondays Of September and January,
each and every year; and that all causes.
actions, suits, process, ptcadings, and
other proceedings Of every description,
that are or shall be existing or depend.
ing in the said District Court, shall be
continued over and returnable to the said
district Court, to be holden at Columbus
as aforesaid, and shall be proceeded with
in due form of law.
II. CLAY,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives
JOHN GAiLLARD,
President ofMe Senate pro tembore.
Washington, March 4, 1920 Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT Cor the relief of William M'Donald,
administrator of James Mcdonald, deceased,
late captain in the army of the United States.
Be ii enacted by the Senate ong House
Of Representatives At the United States
Of America, in Congress assembled, That
the proper accounting officer of the
Treasury Department be, and he is here
by, authorised and directed, in the adj
justment and settlement Of the accounts
of the late captain James M'Donald,
with his brother and administrator, Will
liam MDonald, to make such further
allowance for bounties and premiums
paid, and for money due him, as an Of
fcer for recruiting, and for contingent
cies, as may appear equitable and just
Provided, ho7vever, That the sum SO to
be allowed shall not exceed the amount
charged to the account Of the late James
Mcdonald aforesaid on the books in the
office of the Third Auditor of the
Treasury Department.
H. CLAY,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President the Senate, PRO tentore.
February 90, 1820.-Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the admission of the State Of
Maine into the Union.
Whereas, by an act Of the State of
Massachusetts,, passed on the nineteenth
day Of June, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen, entitled
+" a. act relating to the separation of the
District of Maine from Massachusetts
Proper, and forming the same into a
separate and independent State" the
people of that part Of Massachusetts
heretofore known as the District Of
Maine, did, with the consent of the Legs-
lature Of said State of Massachusetts,
form themselves into an independent
state, and did establish constitution for
the government of the same, agreeably
to the provisions of the said act--Ther-
fore,
Be at enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives ofMe United States
IF america, in Congress assembled,
That, from and after the fifteenth day of
March, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty, the State of Maine
is hereby declared to be one of the United
States of America, and admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the
original States, in all respects whatever.
II. CLAY,
Speaker afthe House of REPRESENTATIVES
JOHN GAILLARD,
President ofthe Senate, PRO tembore.
Washington, March3, 1920 Approved,
JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to authorize the people Of Missouri
Territory to form Constitution and State
Government, and for the admission of such
state into the Union on an equal footing
with the original states, and to prohibit
slavery in certain Territories.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES ofthe United States
of.4merica, in Congress assembled, That
the inhabitants Of that portion of the
Missouri Territory, included within the
boundaries hereinafter designated, be,
and they are hereby, authorised to form
for themselves a Constitution and State
Government, and to assume such name
as they shall deem proper; and the said
state, when formed, shall be admitted in.
to the Union, upon an equal footing with
the original states in all respects what.