Feb. 27, 1841. Vol. 6, p. 819. for the use of other land. No. 1219.-AN ACT for the relief of Mary Tucker. Be it enacted, &c., That the west half of section fifteen, in township Certain land six south, of range two east, in the Territory of Arkansas, be, and the to be reserved same is hereby, reserved from sale, and appropriated for the use of schools, in lieu of schools in said township, in lieu of the south west fractional quarter and the southeast fractional quarter of section sixteen, in that township; and the east half of section number fifteen, in township number six south, of range two east, shall be taken and held, in all respects, and for the same purposes, as the aforesaid fractional quarters of sect on number sixteen would have been held and taken if this act had 1 been passed, the majority of the citizens of said township having agree to the same. (a) Mary Tucker, the occupant, au thorized to enter said land. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Mary Tucker, the occupant upon said fractional quarter-sections, be, and is hereby, authorized to enter the same within six months from the passage of this act, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, in the proper land office. (b) (a) See Nos. 418, 989, 1175, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1227, 1229, 1237. March 19, 1842. No. 1220.—AN ACT to authorize the governors of the States of Illinois, Arkansas Vol. 5, p. 471. and Missouri to cause to be selected the lands therein mentioned. March 3, 1841. [Governors of Arkansas, &c., may select grants of land for internal improvement, made by act of September 4, 1841. See ILLINOIS, No. 410.] No. 1221.-AN ACT for the relief of Joseph Bogy. Be it enacted, &c., That Joseph Bogy, to whom was confirmed a conAuthorized to cession of three hundred and twenty arpens of land in Arkansas, by locate a tract of mistake for eight hundred arpens, be, and he is hereby, empowered to locate four hundred and eighty arpens of land on any land subject to sale at private entry, in the State of Arkansas. land. April 14, 1842. No. 1222.-AN ACT for the relief of James Smith, of Arkansas. Vol. 6, p. 827. Be it enacted, &c., That James Smith, of the State of Arkansas, be, and Authorized to he is hereby, authorized to enter without payment, in lieu of one fracenter certain tional quarter and two half-quarters of land, which the register and reland, in lieu of ceiver of the land office at Little Rock sold to him through mistake, and land sold him by mistake. upon which he made valuable improvements, but which lands were subsequently sold and patented by the United States to James Brown, three hundred and twenty acres of the unappropriated and unimproved lands of the United States in the Helena land district, in the State of Arkansas. Aug. 11, 1842. Owners of cer zed to enter the same. Proviso. No. 1223.-AN ACT to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas. Be it enacted &c., That each and every owner of a Spanish or French tain Spanish and land claim, in the State of Arkansas, which was submitted for adjudicaFrench land tion to the superior court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and by that claims authori- court confirmed, being subsequent purchasers for a valuable consideration, is hereby authorized, within twelve months from the passage of this act, to enter, respectively, the land covered by the said claim, at the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe: Provided, That no such entry shall be made, except of lands mentioned and described in the original claim, or of such tracts as have been located in pursuance of the act of the twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims," or any act reviving the same; nor unless the owner of the claim shall make and subscribe an oath, before the register or receiver of the land office of the district in which the lands lie, which oath such register or receiver is hereby authorized to administer, that at the time he became the owner of the claim he had no notice or knowledge that the claim was fraudulent, or that the same rested upon any forged warrant, grant, order of survey, or other evidence of title. And, for every entry made under the provisions of this act, a Patents to issue. patent shall issue, as though no Spanish or French claim had ever been entered upon said land. (a) (a) See Nos. 974, 998, 1002, 1007, 1067, 1155, 1163, 1168, 1172, 1178, 1187, 1192, 1233, 1241. No. 1224.-AN ACT for the relief of Rees B. Ward. another tract. Aug. 11, 1842. Be it enacted, &c., That upon the surrender, by Rees B. Ward, his heirs Vol. 6, p. 850. or legal representatives, to be cancelled, to the Secretary of the Treas Authorized, on ury, of the certificate, or the patent, if the same shall have been issued, surrendering cerfor the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section num- tain land, to enter bered twenty-three, in the township numbered nine, north of range num. bered twenty-six west, in the district of land subject to sale at Johnson Courthouse, in the State of Arkansas, entered by the said Rees B. Ward by mistake, he or they shall be authorized to enter in lieu thereof, a like quantity of public land subject to private entry in said district, and not in the occupancy of any bona-fide settler: Provided, That said land so entered by the said Rees B. Ward by mistake shall not previous to such surrender have been sold to a bona-fide purchaser. No. 1225.-AN ACT for the relief of William Wynn. Proviso. Aug. 11, 1842. tain land. Be it enacted, &c., That William Wynn, of Lafayette County, and State, of Arkansas, be permitted a pre-emptive right of entry at private sale, Allowed a pre on payment in cash of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, in the emptive right in proper land office of the district where the lands are situate, of any por- the entry of cer tion, or all of the lands contained in the several sections and fractional sections, designated as sections eighteen, nineteen, twenty, seventeen, eight, nine, ten, seven, three, four, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twentyeight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-three, thirty-four, of township sixteen south, range twenty-six west, and sections seventeen, twenty, twentyeight, twenty-nine, nineteen, thirty, of township fifteen south, range twenty-five west, situate in the State of Arkansas; said entries to be made under the following rules and limitations, viz; that said entries be made within two years from the date of this act; and that they be not made so as to interfere with any improved land, claimed by others than himself, or by pre-emption right or claim of title; and if less than all of said lands liable to entry shall be taken up by said Wynn, no less subdivision shall be so entered than by the entire section or fractional section, or of all the lands subject to sale in any such section where part may have been otherwise disposed of. No. 1226.-AN ACT for the relief of Richard Higgins. Aug. 11, 1842. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for Richard Higgins, or his Vol. 6, p. 853. legal representatives, to prove his pre-emption right, at the proper land May prove his office, to the northwest fractional section, number twenty, in township pre-emption number four, north of range number eight east, containing one hundred right to certain and forty-seven acres aud sixty-five hundredths of an acre, situate in land, &c. the county of Crittenden, in the State of Arkansas, and upon such proof, to the satisfaction of the proper land officers, and the payment of the minimum price, per acre, for the land, a patent shall issue to the said Richard Higgins, or his legal representatives, for the same: Provided, Proviso. Said proof and payment shall be made within one year from the date of this act: And provided, also, That said Richard Higgins shall prove to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury that he is the bona-fide vendee of the claim of John J. Bowie under a grant from the Spanish authorities to the same. No. 1227.-AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of township eight north, range thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, to enter a section of land in lieu of the sixteenth section in said township, upon condition that the same is surrendered to the United States for military purposes. Proviso. land. Be it enacted, &c., That the inhabitants of township eight north, Authorized to range thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, be and they are hereby, enter certain authorized to enter one section of land in quarter-sections, of any lands that may be subject to entry in the Fayetteville land district; which lands, so entered, shall be held by the inhabitants of said township upon Proviso. Jan. 28, 1843. the same conditions, and for the same purposes, as they now hold the No. 1228.-AN ACT to revive the act for the relief of Mary Tucker. Be it enacted, &c., That the act for the relief of Mary Tucker, approved Act of Feb. 27, on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and forty1841, revived and one, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the continued for 12 term of twelve months from the passage of this act: Provided, it shall months. Proviso. Feb. 15, 1843. March 1, 1843. appear to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land No.1229.—AN ACT to authorize the legislatures of the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore appropriated for the use of schools in those States. [See ILLINOIS, No. 418.] No. 1230.-AN ACT to perfect the titles to lands south of the Arkansas River, held under New Madrid locations, and pre-emption rights under the act of one thou. sand eight hundred and fourteen [fifteen]. Certain locaBe it enacted, &c., That the locations heretofore made of warrants tions of war issued under the act of the seventeenth of February, one thousand rants, issued under act of Febru- eight hundred and fifteen, entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitary 17, 1815, per- ants of the late county of New Madrid, in Missouri Territory, who suf fected. fered by earthquakes" of those locations which were made on the south side of the Arkansas River, if made in pursuance of the provisions of that act in other respects, shall be perfected into grants, ir like manner as if the Indian title to the lands on the south side of said river had been completely extinguished at the time of the passage of said act. Owners of war. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the locarants authorized tions so made on the south side of the Arkansas River may have been to enter other lands, in certain sold, and the lands thus located under the act aforesaid have been appropriated by the United States, the owner of the warrants issued under the provisions of the act aforesaid shall have a right to enter, within twelve months after the passage of this act, without payment, the like quantity of the public lands, of any of the unappropriated and unimproved lands in the State of Arkansas, corresponding with the legal subdivisions. cases. Settlers south entitled to bene SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every settler on the public lands of the Arkansas south of the Arkansas River shall be entitled to the same benefits acfits of pre-emp. cruing under the provisions of the pre-emption act of one thousand tion act of 1815. eight hundred and fourteen [fifteen], as though they had resided north of said river. (a) Certain Chero kee pre-emp tions confirmed. March 3, 1843. Vol. 6, p. 901. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Cherokee pre-emptions which have been or may be located upon any of the surveyed lands of the United States, south of the base line in Arkansas, shall be confirmed, and patents shall issue thereon as in other cases. (a) See Nos. 421, 1160, 117, 1200, 1236, 1245, 1255, 1258, 1261. No. 1231.-AN ACT to revive an act entitled "An act for the relief of John Davlin." Be it enacted, &c., That the act entitled "An act for the relief of John Act of March 2, Davlin," approved on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, revived in favor of the said John Davlin, or his legal representatives, and shall continue in force twelve months from and after the passage of this act. (a) 1839, revived. (a) See No. 1213. ACT No. 1232.-AN ACT for the relief of Eaton Nance. Whereas it satisfactorily appears that on the second day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, a patent issued from the General Land Office of the United States, where the same was duly recorded, to Eaton Nance for a certain tract of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, being the southeast quarter of section thirty-four, of township ten north in range eight west in the tract appropriated by certain acts of Congress for military bounties, in the Territory of Arkansaswhich said patent was duly countersigned by Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office, but by accident was not signed by the President of the United States. Therefore, June 15, 1844. Vol. 6, p. 917. Preamble. its date. Be it enacted, &c., That said patent shall be deemed and held to be per-, Patent to be fect and valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had been held as perfect signed by the President of the United States on the day of the date from the day of thereof; and that all questions or disputes that may arise in relation to said land or the title to the same, shall be decided and determined as though said patent had been perfect from the day of its date. No. 1233.—AN ACT to provide for the adjustment of land claims within the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts of the States of Missis. sippi and Alabama south of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and between the Mississippi and Perdido rivers. June 17, 1844. [See MISSOURI, No. 1067.] No. 1234.-AN ACT to organize a new land district in the southern part of the Feb. 20, 1845. Vol. 5, p. 725. Be it enacted, &c., That the section of country in the southern part of Champagnole the State of Arkansas, south of the base line, and east of the meridian, land district es comprised within the following boundaries, to wit: Between the line tablished. dividing ranges five and six on the east, the line dividing ranges twenty and twenty-one on the west, the dividing line between townships ten and eleven on the north, and the State line on the south, be made to form a separate district, to be called the Champagnole district, the seat of the land office for which shall be at the town of Champagnole, and be subject to removal by the President of the United States, whenever, Champagnole. in his judgment, it may be proper so to do. Office to be in SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and re- Register and ceiver of public moneys appointed for said land district, who shall give receiver to be ap security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose duties pointed, &c. and authority, compensation and emoluments, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of in said district, as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands. to transfer docu SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Registers, &c., registers and receivers for the districts of land subject to sale at Little at Little Rock Rock and Washington, in the State aforesaid, under the direction of and Washington the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to transfer to the register ments, &c. and receiver for the district hereby created all the proper evidences, documents, records, and township plats, in relation to lands heretofore sold or subject to sale at those offices, respectively, which fall within the limits of the district hereby created. (a) SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be Act to take efin force from and after the expiration of three calendar months from fect in three the date of the passing hereof. (a) See Nos. 1156, 1157, 1158, 1166, 1191, 1200, 1209, 1254, months. No. 1235.-AN ACT for the relief of David F. Williamson, of Pope County, State of Arkansas. April 27, 1846. Entry of sec Be it enacted, &c., That the entry of the northwest quarter of section number twenty-nine, in township number eight north of range num- tion in the name ber twenty west, in the name of David F. Williamson, made at the of David F. WillJohnson Courthouse land office, in the State of Arkansas, per certificate iamson confirmnumber six hundred and seventeen of that office, be, and the same is ed, and a patent hereby, confirmed, and a patent shall issue thereon as in other cases. 33 L O-VOL II to issue. July 11, 1846. July 29, 1846. Assent of Con compact, so as No. 1236.-AN ACT to authorize the President of the United States to sell the reserved mineral lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wis consin and Iowa, supposed to contain lead ore. [See ILLINOIS, No. 421.] No. 1237.-AN ACT giving the assent of Congress to a change of the compact entered into between the United States and the State of Arkansas, on her admission into the Union. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by an act supplementary to an act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes, approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, in the fifth proposition made to the State of Arkansas, and which was subsequently accepted by the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, provided that the two entire townships of land located by virtue of au act of Congress entitled "An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Arkansas," approved the second day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, which, by the first-recited act of Congress, were vested in and confirmed to the general assembly of the State of Arkansas, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of a university in said State: And whereas the general assembly of the State of Arkansas have, by their resolution, approved December eighteen, eighteen hundred and forty-four, asked for a modification of said compact, to authorize said general assembly to appropriate said seventy-two sections of land to common school purposes: Therefore Be it enacted, &c., That the assent of Congress be, and is hereby, given gress given to a to the change in said compact asked for by the said general assembly, change of the so as to authorize and empower the general assembly of the State of to authorize the Arkansas, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to appropri appropriation of ate said seventy-two sections of land (a) for the use and benefit of com72 sections of mon schools in said State, or in any other mode the said general assemland for school bly may deem proper, for the promotion of education in said State. (b) purposes, &c. (a) See Nos. 989, 1169, 1196, 1203, 1204. (b) See Nos. 418, 989, 1175, 1179, 1199, 1203, 1204, 1219, 1227, 1229. March 3, 1847. Sale of saline State of Arkansas authorized. No. 1238.-AN ACT to give the consent of Congress to the sale of certain salt-spring lands heretofore granted to the States of Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the State of Arkansas shall be, lands granted to and hereby is, authorized to sell, in such manner as the legislature of said State shall by law direct, the whole or any part of the saline lands, granted to said State by virtue of an act supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. (a) (a) See Nos. 989, 1186, 1203, 1204. Feb. 15, 1848. July 25, 1848. Vol. 9, p. 251. Certain soldiers in the late war No. 1239.-AN ACT to confirm the boundary line between Missouri and Arkansas. [See MISSOURI, No. 1076.] No. 1240.-AN ACT to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers in the late war [with Great Britain] to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall and may be lawful for any soldier in with Great Brit- the late war with Great Britain, to whoni bounty land has been allotted ain may surren der the bounty and patented in the State of Arkansas, which was and is unfit for cullands drawn by tivation, to surrender said patent, and to receive in lieu therof the same them in Arkan- quantity of any of the public land subject to private entry as he may se sas, and receive lect: Provided, That before receiving such new land, it shall be proved, other lands in lieu thereof. Proviso. to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that the land so allotted and patented to said soldier is unfit for culti |