Chapter CLXXII. to authorize the governor of the territory of Arkansas to select ten sections of land, granted to said territory for the purpose of building a legislative house for said territory, and for other purposes
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Chap. CLXXII.— An Act to authorize the governor of the territory of Arkansas to select ten sections of land, granted to said territory for the purpose of building a legislative house for said territory, and for other purposes. July 4, 1832. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, Governor to select land. That all the authority and power is hereby vested in, and given to the governor of the territory of Arkansas, which was vested in, and given to the legislature of the territory of Arkansas, by an act of Congress of the second of March, one1831, ch. 67. thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by which a quantity of land not exceeding ten sections, was granted to said territory for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building al Little Rock, die seat of government of said territory.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That nothing herein contained shallUnited States not liable for expense in selecting, &c. be so construed as authorizing any expense on tire part of the United States for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than the aforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated public lands. Approved, July 4, 1832.