TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 172, 173. 1832.
Chap. CLXXII. —An Act to authorize the governor of the territory of Arkansas to select ten sections of land, granted to said territory for the purpose if buildinga legislative house for 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 all the authority andpower is hereby vested in, and given to the governor of the territory ofArkansas , which was vested in, and given to the legislature of the ter-ritory of Arkansas, by an act of Congress of the second of March, onethousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by which a quantity of land notexceeding ten sections, was granted to said territory for the purpose ofraising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock , theseat of government of said territory.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shallbe so construed as authorizing any expense on the part of the UnitedStates for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than theaforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated public lands.Approved, July 4, 1832.
Chap. CLXX11I .—An Act toprovidefor liquidating and paying certain claimsof the state of Virginia .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper account-ing officers of the Treasury do liquidate and pay the accounts of thecommonwealth of Virginia against the United States , for payments to theofficers commanding in the Virginia line in the war of the revolution, onaccount of half-pay for life promised the officers aforesaid by that com-monwealth, the sum of one hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hun-dred and forty-three dollars and sixty-six cents.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasurybe, and he is hereby, required and directed to pay to the state of Virginia the amount of the judgments which have been rendered against the saidstate, for and on account of the promise contained in an act passed bythe general assembly of the state of Virginia in the month of May, AnnoDomini one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and in favour ofthe officers or representatives of officers of the regiments and corpshereinafter recited, and not exceeding, in the whole, the sum of two hun-dred and forty-one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars, to wit:
First. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regimentcommanded by the late Colonel George Gibson, the amount of the judg-ments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.
Second. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regi-ment denominated the second state regiment, commanded, at times, byColonels Brent, and Dabney, the amount of the judgments which theyhave obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.
Third. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regimentsof Colonels' Clark and Crockett, and Captain Roger’s troop of cavalry,who were employed in the Illinois service, the amount of the judgmentswhich they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.
Fourth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, serving in theregiment of state artillery commanded by the late Colonel Marshall, andthose serving in the state garrison regiment commanded by ColonelMuter, and serving in the state cavalry commanded by Major Nelson, theamount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are nowunsatisfied.
Fifth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, who served in the
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Statute I.July 4, 1832.
Governor to se-lect land.
1831, ch. 67.
Statute I.July 5, 1832.