Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXX.—An Act authorizing the governor of the territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs, in said territory, and for other purposes.
Salt springs, &c. reserved from sale.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the salt springs lying on the Washita river, on Little river, and on Saline creek, in said territory of Arkansas, together with as many contiguous sections to each of said springs as shall be equal to one township, and every other salt spring which may be discovered in said territory, with the section of one mile square which includes it, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States, and shall not be liable to be entered, located, or appropriated, for any other purpose whatever.
Governor authorized to lease.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor of said territory shall be, and is hereby, authorized to let out or lease said springs, for a term not exceeding five years; and the rents and profits arising from said springs shall be applied, by the legislature of said territory, to the opening and improving such roads in said territory, as said legislature may direct, and to no other purpose whatever.
Hot springs reserved.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the hot springs in said territory, together with four sections of land including said springs, as near the centre thereof as may be, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States, and shall not be entered, located, or appropriated, for any other purpose whatever.
Approved, April 20, 1832.
Statute Ⅰ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXI.—An Act making appropriations in conformity with the stipulations of certain Indian treaties.
Appropriations for payment of annuities, &c. to certain Indian tribes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirty-nine thousand and seventy-five dollars be appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to the several following objects specifically, namely:
For payment of the permanent annuity to the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pattawatamie Indians, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, sixteen thousand dollars.
For the expense of salt for the same tribes, according to the treaty with them, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For payment of the annuity to the Winnebago Indians, eighteen thousand dollars.
For tobacco and salt for the same tribe, four hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For the support of blacksmiths’ shops, iron, and steel, three thousand dollars.
For the purchase of oxen, cart, and services of a man, at the portage of Ouisconson and Fox river, according to treaty, three hundred and sixty-five dollars.
For the transportation and other expenses of the annuities aforesaid, one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be further appropriated, to be paid out of any money not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, namely:
Payment of missionary property.For the payment of the missionary property, held by the Baptist denomination, at the St. Joseph’s of Lake Michigan, as valued by agents appointed for that purpose in pursuance of the fifth article of the treaty of St. Joseph’s, of twentieth September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, five thousand seven hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents.