TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 144. 1832.
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In Kentucky . —From Williams to Madisonville. From Smithport toWarren.
In Tennessee. —That part of the route from Hopkinsville, Kentucky ,to Dougherty’s, Tennessee, between Paris and Dougherty’s; and fromKingsport to Jonesborough.
In Ohio. —From Cadiz , by New Rumley, to New Hagerstown. FromWest Union, Ohio, to Vanceburgh, Kentucky .
In Mississippi . —From Gallatin to Port Gibson. From Greenville toPetit Gulf. From Natchez , by the old courthouse, to Kingston. FromYazoo courthouse, by Smith’s ferry and Braggsville, to Hannon’s Bluff.
Approved, June 15, 1832.
Chap. CXL1V. —An Ad establishing land districts in the territory of Arkansas , (a)
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be four landdistricts in the territory of Arkansas , to be called as follows, viz : theArkansas land district, the White river land district, the Red river landdistrict, and the Fayetteville land district; and each of the aforesaid landdistricts shall be bounded as follows, to wit: the Arkansas land districtshall include all the country embraced within the following boundaries:beginning on the west bank of the Mississippi river, at the mouth of theSt. Francis river, and running thence due west with the base line to thenorth-east corner of range six, township one north and south of saidbase line; thence, due north with the dividing line between ranges fiveand six, to the north-east corner of township seven, north of said baseline; thence, due west with the dividing line between townships sevenand eight, to the north-west corner of range seventeen; and thence, duesouth with the dividing line between ranges seventeen and eighteen, tothe Mississippi river. The White river district shall include all the coun-try south of Missouri, which is not included in the Arkansas land districtabove described, and east of the dividing line between ranges seventeenand eighteen, as extended from the northwest corner of the said Arkansas land district, to the state of Missouri . The Red river land district shallinclude all the country in Arkansas lying west of the Arkansas land dis-trict, and south of the base line. The Fayetteville land district shallinclude the residue of the territory of Arkansas , being all the countrylying north of the Red river district, and west of the Arkansas andWhite river districts.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land office for the Arkansas land district shall be at Little Rock ; the land office for the White riverdistrict shall be at Batesville ; the land office for the Red river districtshall be at the town of Washington: and the land office for the Fayette-ville district shall be at Fayetteville .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec-retary of the Treasury, as soon as the same can be done, to cause theproper plats of the surveys to be deposited in the proper land offices.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for each of the said districtscreated by this act, a register and receiver of public moneys shall beappointed, who shall give security in the same manner, and whose dutiesand authorities shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to thelands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are by law providedin relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the severaloffices established for the sale of the public lands.
Approved, June 25,1832.
Name andboundaries.
Land-officesfor the respec-tive districts.
Plats of sur-veys to be de-posited, &c.
Registers andreceivers to beappointed.