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the seat of government in said territory, and continue not longer than six weeks; and the members of said council shall receive three dollars each per day, during their attendance in council, and three dollars for every twenty miles, to be estimated by the actual distance from the place of residence to the seat of government, and so distinctly certified by the governor of said territory, in going to, and returning from, any meeting of the legislative council, once in each session, and no more; and the first election shall be held on the first Monday of October next, and at such times thereafter, and under such regulations, as the governor and legislative council shall direct.

. And be it further enacted, That the members of the legislative council shall not be eligible to any office created during the period of their service, or the fees of which were regulated by laws passed whilst they were members, or for one year thereafter.

. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the legislative council to pass any law imposing a higher tax on the lands of non-residents, than those of reisdents of said territory.

. And be it further enacted, That so much of the several acts of which this is an amendment, as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and so much of any of the laws of said territory, as are repugnant to the same, are disapproved and annulled.

. And be it further enacted, That the several acts passed by the governor and legislative council, granting divorces; the four first sections of “An act to amend an act to define crimes,” &c. approved December tenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and “An act to prescribe the forms of actions,” &c. approved December fifth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; the act “in addition and amendment of an act to determine fees,” &c. approved December ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and “An act to amend an act regulating judicial proceedings,” &c. approved December eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and “An act to provide, in part, for raising a revenue,” approved the ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, be, and the same are hereby, disapproved and annulled.

, May 15, 1826.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell a house and lot, in Royal street, in the city of New Orleans, heretofore used for the district court of the United States, and a public store-house and lot of land at the Quarantine ground, in the state of Louisiana, whenever, in his opinion, the same shall be deemed expedient.

, May 15, 1826.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the boundaries of the southern land district, in the territory of Michigan, as established by the act passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled “,” shall be so altered, as that, from the point where the