TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 83, 84.
1833.
Chap. LXXXIII .—An Act supplementary to an act, entitled “ An act concerning
a seminary of learning in the territory of Arkansas, ” approved the second of
March, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the governor of the terri-tory of Arkansas shall select twenty of the sections of public land reservedby the act, entitled “ An act concerning a seminary of learning in theterritory of Arkansas, ” approved the second of March, eighteen hundredand twenty-seven; and, after advertising and proclaiming them for salein the several newspapers printed in Arkansas , and such other papers ashe may deem expedient, he shall proceed to sell the same for cash, atsome notorious place in Little Rock , to be designated in said advertise-ment, to the highest bidder.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said governor shall proclaimand sell the same in quantities not exceeding one half section, nor shallany sale be made for a price less than one dollar and twenty-five centsper acre. It shall be the duty of the governor to give to the purchaser acertificate of his purchase; and he shall also make a return to the registerand receiver of the land office at Little Rock , of the quantity sold, thenumber of the section, range, township, and such other description ofthe land as he may deem necessary, the price for which each parcel sold,and to whom sold; and he shall also communicate to the legislature ofthe territory of Arkansas a duplicate of the same, upon which a patentshall issue to the purchasers as in other cases of sales of public lands.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the money arising from thesales of the said twenty sections, or such portions of them as may besold from time to time, after paying the reasonable expenses incurred inmaking the selections of the two townships under the before-recited act,and the expenses of selling the same under this act, shall be applied tothe erection of suitable buildings for a seminary of learning at such placeas may be designated, and under such terms and conditions as may beprescribed by the legislature of Arkansas .
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of thegovernor of said territory to pay the net proceeds of said sales into theoffice of the treasurer of said territory, who shall be responsible for thesame as other public moneys; and who shall not pay out the whole, orany part thereof, for any other objects or purposes than such as are pro-vided for by the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred andtwenty-seven, to which this is a supplement, and by this act, and in obe-dience to the laws of the legislature of said territory, made to carry intoeffect the provisions of this act, and the said recited act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said terri-tory shall be authorized to lease, for a term not exceeding five years, atany one time, the remainder of the two townships granted by the said act,and to apply the proceeds arising therefrom to the purposes aforesaid ;and he shall render, once in two years, an account of the same to thelegislature of said territory, and pay over the money to the treasurer ofsaid territory.
Approved, March 2, 1833.
Chap. LXXXIY .—An Act supplemental to the act entitled “ An act for the finaladjustment of land claims in Missouri .” (a)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act
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Statute II.March 2, 1833.
Act of March2, 1827, ch. 53.
Governor toselect twentysections, and tosell the same forcash.
Quantities andprice.
Certificates ofpurchase, &c.
Application ofproceeds, &c.
Proceeds to bepaid into theoffice of the trea-surer of the ter-ritory.
1827, ch. 53.
Governor tolease remainderof lands.
Statute II.
March 2,1833.1822, ch. 180.
Provisions ofact extended.