Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-05-08


Approved. JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT 20 revive and continue in force "An
act fixing the compensations of the Secreta-
ny of the Senate and Clerk of the House of
Representatives, of the Clerks employed in
= their offices, and of the Librarian" approx
edthe eighteenth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives ofhe United States
Of .America in Congress assembled,
That the act, entitled +" An act fixing the
compensations of the Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of the House Of Re-
personalities, ofthe Clerks employed in
their offices, and of the Librarian" ap-
proved the eighteenth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be,
and the same is hereby, revived and con-
tinued in force from the FIRST day of ia
nuary, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty -four.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAI.LARD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore.
Washington, March 3, 1921
Approved: JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States to sell and
convey certain tract of land in Northum-
berland county, in the state Of Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Refresentatives ofthe United States
0America in Congress a ssembted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury oil, the
United States be, and he,is hereby, au-'
thorized and empowered to sell and dis
pose of, at public or private sale, all the
estate, right, title, interest, claim, and
demand, of the United States of Ameri
ca, of, in, and to, all that certain tract or
piece of land, situate in Northumberland
county, in the state of Virginia, former
ly owned by Presly Thornton, of,he said
county and state, and late of Sharp De-
lany, containing about two thousand FIVE
hundred acres, be the same more or
less the same being the premises which
William Lewis and Thomas Robinson,
by deed of indenture, executed on the
second day of June, Ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and nine, grant
ed and conveyed to the United States !;
the moneys arising from the said sale to
be appropriated towards the payment OF
a debt due from the late Sharp Delany
to the United States, and the residue
thereof, if any there be, to be paid over
to the legal representatives OF the said
Sharp Delany.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President Of the Senate pro tempore
Washington, March 8, 1921.
Approved: JAMES MONROE.
RESOLUTION providing for jails in certain
cases. for the safe custody ofpersons COM
mitted under. the authority Of the United
States.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House
Of Refresentatires ofthe United States
Of .America in Congress assembled,
That where any state or states, having
complied with the recommendation Of
Congress. in the resolution of the TWEEN
ty-third day OF September, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine, shall
have Withdrawn, or shall hereafter with
draw, either in whole or in part. the use
of their jails for prisoners committed un-
der the authority of the United States,
the marshal in such state or states, I'M
der the direction ofthe Judge of the Dis
trict, shall be, and hereby is, authorized
and required to hire convenient place
to serve as atemporary Jail, and to make
the necessary provision for the safe-keep-
ing of prisoners committed under the
authority ofthe United States, until per-
manent provision shall be made by law
for that purpose and the said marshal
shall be allowed his reasonable expenses,
incurred for the above purposes, to be
paid out of the Treasury of the United
States. le~
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
a JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore
Washington, March 3, 1921. r
Approved; JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT to establish port of entry in the
District Of sandusky, in the state of Ohio,
and for other purposes.
Be il enacted BY the Senate and House
Of Rehrrsentatipes ofthe United States
Of .America in Congress assembled,
That, from and after the first day of May
next, the town of Portland, in the Dis riot
Of Sandusky, in the state Of Ohio, shall
be the port Of entry for that District (;
and that from and after that time the pre-
sent port of entry established at Dam
bury shall cease TO be the port Of entry