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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 180,182,183. 1830.

Repeal of partof the 65t,h ar-ticle of the firstsection of theact of April 10*1806, ch. 20.

Statute I.May 29, 1830.

In certain case,other lands thanthe 16th sec-tions maybe se-lected.

Statute I.

May 29, 1830.

Allowance offour dollars permile for certainsurveys.

Statute I.May 29, 1830.

Desertion intime of peacenot to be pun-ished withdeath.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the sixty-fiftharticle of the first section of “ An act for establishing rules and articlesfor the government of the armies of the United States, ” passed on thetenth of April, eighteen hundred and six, as is repugnant hereto, be, andthe same is hereby, repealed.

Approved, May 29, 1830.

Chap. CLXXX .—Jin Act to authorize the selection of certain school lands in theterritory of Arkansas .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, wherever the sixteenthsections in said territory, either in whole, or in part, are now, or mayhereafter be, included in private claims held by titles confirmed, orlegally decided to be valid and sufficient, other lands equivalent theretoand most convenient to the same, may be selected in lieu thereof, under thedirection of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the lands so selectedshall be entered in the office of the register of the land district in whichthey may lie, and be, by such register, reported to the commissioner ofthe general land office, as school lands selected under this act: Provided,That, before making any entry of such other lands, the case shall bemade out to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of said district,agreeably to rules to be prescribed by the commissioner of the generalland office, for that purpose, showing that the sixteenth section, or a partthereof, has been included in the manner above mentioned.

Approved, May 29, 1830.

Chap. CLXXXII .—An Act to provide for surveying certain lands in the terri-tory of Arkansas .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the surveyor general ofthe states of Illinois, Missouri, and territory of Arkansas , be, and he ishereby, authorized to contract for, and pay, at the rate of four dollars permile, for the surveying of such of the public lands in the territory ofArkansas , which lie on the rivers, and are so thickly covered with cane,that contracts for executing the surveys thereof, by suitable persons,cannot be made at the existing price: Provided, That said surveyorgeneral shall certify to the commissioner of the general land office, fromtime to time, the quantity of land, for the surveying of which, the addi-tional compensation allowed by this act shall be contracted for, and thereasons, in his opinion requiring the increased allowance.

Approved, May 29, 1830.

Chap. CLXXXIII .—An Act to exempt deserters, in time of peace, from thepunishment of death.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas-sage of this act, no officer or soldier in the army of the United States ,shall be subject to the punishment of death, for desertion in time ofpeace.

Approved, May 29, 1830.