Volume 6
Private Law 27–CCXXVI
to authorize the inhabitants of township eight north, range thirty-two west, in the state of Arkansas, to enter u section of land in lieu of the sixteenth section in said township, upon condition that the same is surrendered to the United States for military purposes.
Approved August 29, 1842
Statutory text
An Act
to authorize the inhabitants of township eight north, range thirty-two west, in the state of Arkansas, to enter u section of land in lieu of the sixteenth section in said township, upon condition that the same is surrendered to the United States for military purposes.
Be it enacted, &c.,
That the inhabitants of township eight north,
Authorized to enter certain land.
range thirty-two west, in the state of Arkansas, be and they are hereby, authorized to enter one section of land in quarter sections, of any lands that may be subject to entry in the Fayetteville land district; which lands, so entered, shall be held by the inhabitants of said township upon the same conditions, and for the same purposes, as they now hold the sixteenth section in said township, upon the condition that the inhabitants of said township, under the authority of the state of Arkansas, shall relinquish to the United States the sixteenth section in township eight north, range thirty-two west, under such regulations as the Secretary of the
Proviso.
Treasury may prescribe: Provided, The President of the United States shall deem it expedient to obtain said section sixteen in township eight, range thirty-two, to be used for military purposes.
Approved, .