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

by AU L HORl I.
AN ACT authorizing the President of the
United States to remove the Land Office in
the district of Lawrence county, i'll the ter
ritory of Arkansas.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House
of Rehre8eatatiUes ofthe United States
Of .1merica in Congress assembled,
That SO much of the act, entitled An
act making provision for the establish
ment of additional land Offices in the ter
ritory of Missouri" as requires that the
land office for the district of Lawrence
county shall be established at the seat of
justice in said county, shall be, and the
same is hereby, repealed and the Presi-
dent of the United States is hereby au-
ohorized to remove and establish said
Office at any suitable place within the
said district
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of The Senate pro tempore.
Washington, March 2, 1921.
Approved JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT IN alter the times of holding the
New-York.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Rehresentatives ofthe' United States
of .America in Congress assembled,
That the district court Of the United
States of America for the northern dis
trict of New-York, irected by law to
be holden at Utica, shall hereafter be
LII t.,N tha 10
Tuesday of August, instead of the third
Tuesday of MAY, in each year; and that
the court directed by law to be holden
at Albany, on the second Tuesday of
November, shall, instead thereof, here
after be holden at the same place on the
las, Tuesday OF January in each year.
Sec. 2. ind be it further enacted,
That all actions, suits, process, proceed
ings, commenced, or to be commenced,
or now pending in said district court, and
liable to be discontinued, or suffer preIu-
siioc, FROM the foregoing alterations, may
be returned to, and shall be continued to,
e the district court to be holden in pur-
suance OF this act, in such manner as that
the same shall suffer no discontinuance
or prejudice by virtue of this act.
JOHN w. TAYLOR,
! Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
Washington, March 2, 1921.
Approved. JAMES MONROE. +
AN ACT to release French ships and vessels,
entering the ports of the United States pri-
or to the thIrtieth of September, one thou
Ia J,,,1 1,a
operation OF the act, entitled can act to i'm
pose a new tonnage duty on French ships
and vessels, and for other purposes"
Be it enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
of .America in Congress assembled,
That the provisions OF the act, entitled
An act to impose new tonnage duty
on French ships and vessels" passed
May fifteenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and twenty, shall not extend to, or
operate upon, ANY French ship or YES
sci that shall have entered into any port
within the jurisdiction of the United
States prior to the thirtieth day of Sep
TENDER, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty.
r Sec. 2. ind be it further enacted,
That the Secretary ofthe Treasury, after
deducting tonnage duty equal to that
paid by every French ship or vessel
!, which entered the ports within the juris-
diction Of the United States prior to the
passage and operation OF the act, entitled
6 An act to impose a new tonnage duty
on French ships and vessels" passed
May fifteenth, one thousand eight hum
bred and twenty, from the tonnage duty
collected from French ships and vessels
by virtue of the above recited act, be-
tween the first DAY Of July, one thousand
cight hundred and twenty, and the thir-
tieth day Of September following, be,
/ and he is hereby, authorized and direct
ed to pay and refund the remainder OF
such tonnage duty, free from costs and
charges, to any person or persons who
shall have authority to receive the same.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That, in the event Of the signature of any
treaty or convention concerning the navi-
cation or commerce between the do
minions of the United States and France,
h the President Of the United States be,
,and is hereby, authorized, should he
j deem the same expedient, by proclama.
ton, to suspend, until the end ofthe next
session Of Congress, the operation OF the
aforesaid act, entitled An act to i'm
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