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May 20, 1826.

Chap. CXII.An Act to provide for paying certain pensioners at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania.

A pension agency in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to establish a Pension agency at Pittsburg, in the state of Pennsylvania, for the payment of pensioners of the United States, resident in the counties of Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Guernsey, Belmont, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Holmes, Wayne, Stark, Columbiana, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, and Richland, in the state of Ohio, and the counties of Alleghany, Armstrong, Butler, Beaver, Washington, Westmoreland, Indiana, and Jefferson, in the state of Pennsylvania.

Secretary of the Treasury to make arrangements with the Bank of the United States for paying pensioners therein.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make the necessary arrangements with the Bank of the United States, for paying the before-mentioned pensioners, at the office of discount and deposit of said bank, at Pittsburg, as in other cases.

Approved, May 20, 1826.

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May 20, 1826.

Chap. CXXIII.An Act for altering the time for holding the courts of the United States, in the western district of Virginia.[1]

Times for holding the courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, changed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, shall be thereafter held on the days herein provided for, instead of the times now provided for by law, that is to say: at Clarksburg, on the first Mondays in April and September: at Lewisburg, on the first Wednesday after the second Mondays in April and September; at Wythe Courthouse, on the first Wednesday after the third Mondays in April and September; and at Staunton, on the first Wednesdays after the fourth Mondays in April and September; and all matters in said courts, returnable, or continued to the terms heretofore provided for, shall be taken to be returnable, and continued to the terms herein provided for. This act to take effect from and after the first day of July next.

Approved, May 20, 1826.

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May 20, 1826.

Chap. CXXIV.An Act relative to the issuing of executions, in the district and circuit courts of the United States, in certain cases.

Writs of execution, where the district or circuit courts in any one state have been, or may be, divided into two judicial districts, may be executed in any part of such state.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all writs of execution, upon any judgment or decree, obtained in any of the district or circuit courts of the United States, in any one state, which shall have been, or may hereafter be, divided into two judicial districts, may run and be executed, in any part of such state; but shall be issued from, and made returnable to, the court where the judgment was obtained, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved, May 20, 1826.

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May 20, 1826.

Chap. CXXV.An Act concerning the seat of justice in Gallatin county in the state of Illinois.

State of Illinois to sell in fee simple, to the county of Gallatin, a tract of land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of Illinois is hereby authorized to give or sell, in fee simple, to the county of Gallatin,