United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/18th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 51
Chap. LI.—An Act fixing the place for holding the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district of New York.
Act of April 3, 1818, ch. 32.
The circuit and district courts of the United States, for the southern district of New York to be holden in the City Hall.
Proviso.
Proviso.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the circuit and district courts of the United States for the southern district of New York, shall be holden in the City Hall in the city of New York, as heretofore, until otherwise ordered by law, or until the Secretary of the Treasury, on the representation of the judges of said courts, respectively, shall direct further or other accommodation to be provided for said courts or either of them: Proviso, The competent authority allow to said courts exclusive use of some suitable apartment for holding the same in the said City Hall: And provided, That the district court of the United States for the said southern district of New York may continue to hold its sessions where the same are now held, until the last of May, which shall be in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, March 3, 1825.