Act Recognizing the State of Ohio-1803. 163
ACT OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF
OHIO - 1803.
An act to provide for the due execution
of the laws of the United States
within the State of Ohio.
Whereas the people of the eastern
division of the territory
northwest of the river Ohio did, on the
twenty-ninth day of No-
vember, one thousand eight hundred and
two, form for them-
selves a constitution and State
government, and did give to the
said State the name of the "State
of Ohio," in pursuance of an
act of Congress entitled "An act to
enable the people of the east-
ern division of the territory northwest
of the Ohio to form a con-
stitution and State government, and for
the admission of such
State into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States,
and for other purposes," whereby
the said State has become one
of the United States of America; in
order, therefore, to provide
for the due execution of the laws of the
United States within the
said State of Ohio-
SECTION
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of
Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress as-
sembled, That all the laws of the United States which are not
locally inapplicable shall have the same
force and effect within
the said State of Ohio as elsewhere
within the United States.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State
shall
be one district and be called the Ohio
district, and a district court
shall be held therein, to consist of one
judge, who shall reside
in the said district, and be called a
district judge. He shall hold
at the seat of government of the said
State three sessions annu-
ally; the first to commence on the first
Monday in June next,
and the two other sessions progressively
on the like Monday of
every fourth calendar month afterwards,
and he shall, in all things,
have and exercise the same jurisdiction
and powers which are by
law given to the judge of the Kentucky
district; he shall appoint
a clerk for the said district, who shall
reside and keep the records
of the court at the place of holding the
same, and shall receive for
the services performed by him the fees
to which the clerk of the
Kentucky district is entitled for
similar services.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That
there shall be al-