An act to create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the Territory of Ark
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An act to create the office of Surveyor Of

 Public Lands for the Territory of Ark

 ansas.

 Be H enacted by Lte Senate and House of Representative offhe Jzaiied states of .ame- Tlca ia Congress assembled, That a sur veyor for the Territory of Arkansas shall be appointed, who shall have the same al. thorlty, and perform the same duties res pecting the public lands and private land claim in the Territory of Arkansas as are nov vested in, and required of, the surveyor of the lands of the United States Tn Missouri and Illinois,

 Sec. 9. And 6e tt further enacted, That It shall be the duty of the Surveyor for Missouri and Illinois to deliver to the sur yeyor for the Territory of Arkansas. all thc maps, papers, records, and documents relating 10 the public lands and private land claims in Arkansas, which may be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to make a separa- ton of such maps, papers, records, and documents, without injury, 1t shall bc his duty to cause copies thereof, certified by him, to be furnished to tie surveyor of Arkansas, which copies shall be of the same validity as the originals,

 Sec. 3. .43ad Je aJartheyaeaacted, That the surveyor of Arkansas, to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall establish ms office at such place as the President of the united States may deem most expe dlent for the public service and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of if teen hundred dollars, and that he be au- thorlzed to employ one skiltul draughts- man and two clerks, whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed eighteen aandred dollars per annnm.

 Approved June l5. lS32 46 An act granting to the Territory of Ark

 ansas, ono thousand acres of land, for

 the erection of court house and jail

 at Little Rock.

 { De Il eaacted 6g the Senaie and House of isepresentatives.of the United Stotes ot .anae- Ttca an Congress assembled, That there be granted to the Territory of Arkansas, a qnantity of land not exceeding one thou- sand acres, contiguous to, and adjoining sne town of, Little Rock, for the erection ol a courthouse and jail in said town Whtch lands shall be selected by the Go ssrnor of the Territory by legal sub-di- asianss, and disposed of in such manner us the Legislature may by law direct sao the proceeds of the lands so disposed