Chapter CXIII. *to settle the Title to certain Tracts of Land in the State of Arkansas.* March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That each and every Owners of certain Spanish or French claims authorized to enter the lands cove
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Chap. CXIII.— An Act *to settle the Title to certain Tracts of Land in the State of Arkansas.* March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That each and every Owners of certain Spanish or French claims authorized to enter the lands covered by said claims. THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1849. 401owner of a Spanish or French land claim, or any part thereof, in the State of Arkansas, which was submitted for adjudication to the Superior Court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and by that court confirmed, being a *bona fide* subsequent purchaser for a valuable consideration, is hereby authorized to enter, within one year from the passage of this act, the land covered by said claim, or less quantity thereof, to be embraced in any legal subdivision, at the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall prescribe: *Provided, however,* That the owner aforesaid shall be an Proviso.occupant or cultivator of said land.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That, after the lapse of two After two years, lands reserved from sale may be sold.years from the approval of this act, the sale of the lands embraced by the decrees of the Superior Court of Arkansas, which were on bills of review reversed, and which the President was, by the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, required to reserve from sale, which may then 1832, ch. 72.remain the property of the United States, shall no longer be reserved from sale by the President of the United States, and that the same may be brought into market under the existing laws.
Approved, March 3, 1849.