United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 67
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXVII.—An Act granting a quantity of land to the territory of Arkansas for the erection of a public building at the seat of government of said territory.
Ten sections granted.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the territory of Arkansas be, and they are hereby authorized to select, or cause to be selected, a quantity of the unappropriated public lands in the territory of Arkansas, not exceeding ten sections, and in portions not less than one quarter section, which is hereby granted to said territory, for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of government of said territory.
Authority to sell.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the legislature of said territory be, and they are hereby authorized to adopt such measures for the sale of said tract of land, or any part thereof, at such times and manner, and convey the same by such deeds, as they shall deem expedient; and upon the presentation of such deeds of conveyance, as shall be adopted by said legislature and given to the purchasers, to the commissioner of the general land office, it shall be the duty of the President to issue patents to the purchasers, as in other cases.
Approved, March 2, 1831.