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Statute I.May 26, 1824.
The right ofpre-emption toone quarter sec-tion of landgranted to theseveral countiesof each stateand territory ofthe UnitedStates , wherethere are pub-lic lands, forcertain pur-poses.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Parts of otheracts repealed.
Statute I.May 26, 1824.
Certain coun*ties to composea part of thewestern, in-stead of theeastern judicialdistrict ofPenn-sylvania.
Time andplace of holdingcourts.
Statute I.May 26, 1824.
Act of Feb.17,1818,ch.12.
Public landsto be formedinto a new landdistrict.
Act of March3, 1823, ch. 66.
Act of May 4,1826, ch. 32.
Chap. CLXIX .—An Act granting to the counties or parishes of each state andterritory of the United States , in which the public lands are situated, the rightof pre-emption to quarter sections of land, for seats if justice within the same.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That there be granted to theseveral counties or parishes of each state and territory of the UnitedStates , where there are public lands, at the minimum price for whichpublic lands of the United States are sold, the right of pre-emption toone quarter section of land, in each of the counties or parishes, of saidstates and territories, in trust for said counties or parishes, respectively,for the establishment of seats of justice therein: Provided, The pro-ceeds of the sale of each of said quarter sections shall be appropriatedfor the purpose of erecting public buildings in the county or parish forwhich it is located, after deducting therefrom the amount originally paidfor the same : And provided, further. That the seat of justice for saidcounties or parishes, respectively, shall be fixed previously to a sale ofthe adjoining lands within the county or parish for which the same islocated.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of such acts, here-tofore passed, granting to statesrights of pre-emption, for county or parishpurposes, as require said seats of justice to be continued at or near thecentre of each of said counties or parishes, be, and the same is hereby,repealed.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLXX .—An Ad to alter the judicial districts of Pennsylvania , and forother purposes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following counties inthe state of Pennsylvania shall cease to be a part of the eastern judicialdistrict of Pennsylvania , and shall be added to, and form a part of, the west-ern district; that is to say : Susquehanna, Bradford, Tioga, Union, Nor-thumberland, Columbia, Luzerne, and Lycoming : and that, besides theterms of the district court directed by law to be held at Pittsburg, for thewestern district, the judge of the said western district shall hold twoterms in every year, at 'William’s Port , in the county of Lycoming, whichshall commence on the first Mondays of the months of June and Octo-ber, in each and every year, beginning in October next, and be continuedand adjourned from time to time, as the court may deem expedientfor the despatch of the business thereof.
Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLXXI .—An Act to establish an additional land office in the state of
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the publiclands of the United States included in the present district of St. Louis ,in the state of Missouri,as lies within the following boundaries, to wit:Beginning on the Mississippi river, between townships numbered forty-eight and forty-nine, thence west to the range line between ranges tenand eleven ; thence north to the township line between townships num-bered fifty-two and fifty-three; thence west to the range line between
(a) See notes to the act of May 15, 1820, ch. 111.