United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/23rd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 75
Chap. LXXV.—An Act for the relief of the town of Fayetteville, in the territory of Arkansas.
Whereas, the seat of justice of Washington county, in the territory of Arkansas, was located and called Fayetteville prior to the public surveys being made, and when the lands were surveyed, the said town fell on section number sixteen, which, by law, is reserved for the use of schools; and whereas the said town is situated on the south half of the north-east quarter, and the north half of the south-east quarter, of section number sixteen, in township number sixteen, north of range number thirty-west of the fifth principal meridian, therefore,—
School lands to be set apart in lieu of section sixteen.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the trustee of the school lands in and for township number sixteen, north of range thirty, west of the fifth principal meridian in the territory of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized to select and have set apart for the use of schools in said township, one entire section of any of the unimproved lands in said township in lieu of section number sixteen; and when the said trustee shall make his selection, he shall file the same in the office of the register of the Fayetteville land office, and the land so selected shall be reserved from sale, and set apart for the use of schools; and that section number sixteen, in said township, shall be subject to sale and entry as other public lands now are.
Lands granted in trust for the county.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the south half of the north-east quarter, and the north half of the south-east quarter, of section number sixteen, in township number sixteen, north of range number thirty, west of the fifth principal meridian, in the territory of Arkansas, be, and is hereby, granted to Lewis Evans, Larkin Newton, Samuel Vaughan and John Wooddy, commissioners of said county, in trust for the use of said county; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to issue a patent for the same; and that the said commissioners shall have power to lay off the said land into town lots, and sell and dispose of the same, and make good and sufficient titles to purchasers;Appropriation of proceeds to erection of a courthouse and jail. and they shall appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the said lots to the erection of a courthouse and jail in the town of Fayetteville, for the use of said county.
Approved, June 26, 1834.