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and that the squares so selected and laid off shall be appropriated to the use of the respective buildings for which they may be designated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, for ever.

Deeds for lots sold.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the governor shall execute deeds for the lots he may sell under the provisions of this act, to purchasers, so soon as the purchasers shall pay off entirely the amount they may have bid for any lot or lots, and all sales shall be for cash.

Proceeds to be applied to erection of a courthouse and jail, and surplus to erection of governor’s house.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the governor aforesaid shall dispose of lots, he shall apply the proceeds of said sales to the erection of a good and substantial courthouse and jail; and, after these shall have been completed, should there be any funds remaining, it shall be the duty of said governor, to apply the surplus thus remaining to the erection of a suitable and permanent house of the residence of the present and future governors of Arkansas, during their continuance in office.

Approved, March 2, 1833.

RESOLUTIONS


Feb. 19, 1833.

I. A Resolution authorizing the delivery of certain papers in the Department of State to the commissioners for settling claims under the treaty with France, of the second of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

Secretary of State to deliver evidence of certain claims.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to deliver to the commissioners for the settlement of claims under the treaty with France, ratified and confirmed on the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, the evidences of any claim submitted to, and rejected by the commissioners of the settlement of claims under the treaty with Spain, which was made on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and finally ratified and confirmed on the twenty-second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, which evidences shall be returned to the Department of State when the commission shall expire.

Approved, February 19, 1833.



March 2, 1831.

II. A Resolution in relation to the execution of the act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.”

Act of June 7, 1832, ch. 126.
Revolutionary pensioners.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in the execution of the act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution,” approved June seventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, whenever it shall be made to appear that any applicant for a pension under said act entered the army of the revolution, in pursuance of a contract with the government, made previous to the eleventh day of April, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and continued in service until after that period, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to compute the period of any such applicant’s service, from the time he then entered the army, and until the date of the definitive treaty of peace, and to allow him a pension accordingly.

Approved, March 2, 1833.