TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 70, 71. 1832.
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Chap. LXX.— An Act authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas tolease the salt springs, in said territory, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the salt springs lying onthe Washita river, on Little river, and on Saline creek, in said territoryof Arkansas , together with as many contiguous sections to each of saidsprings as shall be equal to one township, and every other salt springwhich may be discovered in said territory, with the section of one milesquare which includes it, shall be reserved for the future disposal of theUnited States , and shall not be liable to be entered, located, or appro-priated, for any other purpose whatever.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor of said territoryshall be, and is hereby, authorized to let out or lease said springs, for aterm not exceeding five years ; and the rents and profits arising from saidsprings shall be applied, by the legislature of said territory, to the open-ing and improving such roads in said territory, as said legislature maydirect, and to no other purpose whatever.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the hot springs in said terri-tory, together with four sections of land including said springs, as nearthe centre thereof as may be, shall be reserved for the future disposal ofthe United States , and shall not be entered, located, or appropriated, forany other purpose whatever.
Approved, April 20, 1832.
Chap. LXXI.— An Act making appropriations in conformity with the stipulationsof certain Indian treaties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty-ninethousand and seventy-five dollars be appropriated, to be paid out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied for theservice of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to theseveral following objects specifically, namely :
For payment of the permanent annuity to the Chippewa, Ottawa, andPattawatamie Indians, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, sixteen thousand dollars.
For the expense of salt for the same tribes, according to the treatywith them, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For payment of the annuity to the Winnebago Indians , eighteen thou-sand dollars.
For tobacco and salt for the same tribe, four hundred and twenty-fivedollars.
For the support of blacksmiths’ shops, iron, and steel, three thou-sand dollars.
For the purchase of oxen, cart, and services of a man, at the portageof Ouisconson and Fox river, according to treaty, three hundred andsixty-five dollars.
For the transportation and other expenses of the annuities aforesaid,one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be further appropriated,to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the followingsums, namely:
For the payment of the missionary property, held by the Baptist de-nomination, at the St. Joseph’s of Lake Michigan , as valued by agentsappointed for that purpose in pursuance of the fifth article of the treatyof St. Joseph’s, of twentieth September, one thousand eight hundred andtwenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-one dollars andfifty cents.
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Statute I.April 20, 1832.[Obsolete.]Salt springs,&c. reservedfrom sale.
Governor au-thorized tolease.
Statute I.April 20, 1832.
[Obsolete.]Appropriationsfor payment ofannuities, &c.,to certainlndiantribes.
Payment ofmissionary pro-perty.