United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 172
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 of building a legislative house for said territory, and for other purposes.
Governor to select land.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the authority and power is hereby vested in, and given to the governor of the territory of Arkansas, which was vested in, and given to the legislature of said territory of Arkansas, by an1831, ch. 67. act of Congress of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by which a quantity of land not exceeding ten sections, was granted to said territory for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of government of said territory.
United States not liable for expense in selecting, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as authorizing any expense on the part of the United States for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than the aforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated lands.
Approved, July 4, 1832.