United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 70
[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.