United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/9th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 10
Chap. X.—An Act authorizing the sale of a tract of land, in the town of Cincinnati, and state of Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury to cause a tract of land to be surveyed, the site of fort Washington, and sold, &c. &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the disposal of a certain tract or lot of land, belonging to the United States, in the town of Cincinnati, on the Ohio, being the same on which Fort Washington was erected, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said tract to be surveyed and laid off into town lots, streets and avenues, in such manner, and of such dimensions as he may judge proper, conforming as near as may be to the original plan of the town; when the survey is completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the surveyor-general, on which the lots shall be denominated by progressive numbers, who shall therefrom cause two copies to be made, one to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the other to the register of the land-office at Cincinnati: on the receipt of which plat, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the said town lots to be offered to the highest bidder at public sale, to be held at Cincinnati, under the superintendence of the register and receiver of the land-office in the district of Cincinnati, on the same terms and conditions as have been provided for the public sale of the public lands of the United States. Six weeks’ notice shall be given of the day of sale, in at least two newspapers published in the state of Ohio.
Approved, February 28, 1806.