United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/1st Session/Chapter 182
Chap. CLXXXII.—An Act to provide for surveying certain lands in the territory of Arkansas.
Allowance of four dollars per mile for certain surveys.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the surveyor general of the states of Illinois, Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for, and pay, at the rate of four dollars per mile, for the surveying of such of the public lands in the territory of Arkansas, which lie on the rivers, and are so thickly covered with cane, that contracts for executing the surveys thereof, by suitable persons, cannot be made at the existing price: Provided, That said surveyor general shall certify to the commissioner of the general land office, from time to time, the quantity of land, for the surveying of which, the additional compensation allowed by this act shall be contracted for, and the reasons, in his opinion requiring the increased allowance.
Approved, May 29, 1830.