United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 26
Chap. XXVI.—An Act to authorize the President of the United States to appoint a receiver of the public moneys and register of the land office for the district of Lawrence county, in the Arkansas territory.[1]
The President authorized to appoint a receiver and register for Lawrence county.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a receiver of the public moneys and register of the land office for the district of Lawrence county, in the Arkansas territory.
Persons having claim to pre-emption, &c. to make it known to the register six weeks before issuing patents to soldiers of the late army.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person having a claim to a right of pre-emption within the said district, shall make known his claim and location, according to the provisions of the laws now in force, to the register, at least six weeks before the time, to be designated by the President of the United States, for issuing patents to the soldiers of the late army entitled to bounty land in said district.
Approved, March 17, 1820.
- ↑ See note of the acts of Congress relating to public lands in Arkansas, Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 154.