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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury ,under the direction of the President of the United States , be, and he ishereby, authorized and required, as soon as may be, to adopt such mea-sures as may be necessary, to give full effect to the reports of the com-missioners which are enumerated in the first and second sections of thisact: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prejudice therights of third persons, or to impose any obligation, on the part of theUnited States , to make payment, or give other lands, to any claimant whomay be deprived of his possessions by operation of law ; nor shall theconfirmations made by this act be so construed as to extend further thanto a relinquishment, by the United States , of all interest in, and to, saidlands, nor to any lands occupied by the United States for military pur-poses.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the re-gister of the land office at Detroit , to issue patent certificates, in the formsusual in similar cases, to claimants whose claims are confirmed by thisact, upon which certificates, if legally and properly obtained, patents shallbe granted by the commissioner of the general land, office.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to John J.Deming, of Detroit , the sum of thirty dollars, which shall be in full forhis services in preparing and publishing maps for the use of the commis-sioners aforesaid.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, for surveying the donationrights or back concessions in said territory, heretofore made under theabove-mentioned acts of Congress , and not paid for, and also for suchsurveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act,there shall be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-propriated, the same compensation per mile as is allowed by the tenthsection of the act of the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundredand twenty-seven, entitled “ An act to provide for the confirmation andsettlement of private land claims in East Florida, and for other purposes,”any thing in any act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, April 17, 1828.
Secretary ofthe Treasury authorized, &c.to give full ef-fect to the re-,ports of thecommissionersenumerated inthe 1st and 2dsections of thisact.
Proviso.
Register ofthe land officeat Detroit , toissue certifi-cates to claim-ants.
Secretary ofthe Treasuryto pay John J.Deming 30 dol-lars.
Same com-pensation permile, as is al-lowed by the10th section ofthe act of Feb.
8, 1827, ch.
9, to be paid forsurveying thedonation rightsof back conces-sions in saidterritory.
Statute I.
Chap. XXIX.— Jin Act providing for the appointment of an additional judge of
the superior court for the territory of Arkansas , and for other purposes, (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for thePresident of the United States of America , by and with the advice andconsent of the Senate , to appoint and commission an additional judgeof the superior court for the territory of Arkansas , who shall reside insaid territory, and hold his commission for the term of four years.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, when said judge shall havebeen commissioned, the legislature of the territory of Arkansas shall beauthorized to organize the counties of said territory into four judicial dis-tricts, and to assign to each of the four judges of the superior court ofthe. territory of Arkansas one of said circuits or districts, and to require
(a) Acts relating to the courts in Arkansas :
An act to extend the jurisdiction of the district court of the United States, in the district of Arkansas ,March 1, 1837, ch. 16.
An act supplementary to the act entitled “ An act to amend the judicial system of the United States ,March 3, 1837, ch. 34, sec.- 2.
An act to amend the act of the third of March, 1837, entitled “An act supplementary to the actentitled < An act to amend the judicial system of the United States , 5 55 and for other purposes, March 3,1839, ch. 81.
An act supplementary to the act entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indiantribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers, 55 passed thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred andthirty-four, June 17, 1844, ch. 103.