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- GLC#
- GLC04259
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 3 March 1791
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- [Act of Congress for management of district jails]
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 38.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President. Details the results of the third session of Congress held in Philadelphia 6 December 1790. Resolves that each district should have a place and provisions to keep prisoners committed under the authority of the United States. The United States Treasury will pay the reasonable expenses of each district. See also GLC 4675.01, a Jefferson letter dated 15 March 1791, transmitting legislation, including this act.
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