Thirtieth Congress,
thi Second Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.
That each and every owner of a Spanish or French land claim, or any part thereof, in the State of Arkansas, which was submitted for adjudication to the superior court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and by that court confirmed, being a bona fide subsequent purchaser for a valuable consideration, is hereby authorized to enter, within one year from the passage of this act, the land covered by said claim, or any less quantity thereof, to be embraced in any legal subdivision, at the minimum price, under such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land office shall prescribe. Provided, however, That the owner aforesaid shall be an occupant or cultivator of said land.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the lapse of two years from the approval of this act, the sale of the lands embraced by the decrees of the superior court of Arkansas, which were on bills of review reversed, and which the President was, by the act of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, required to reserve from sale, which may then remain the property of the United States, shall no longer be reserved from sale by the President of the United States, and that the same may be brought into market under the existing laws.
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Passed the House of Representatives March, 3d 1849
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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H R 487
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An Act
To settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas.
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In the Hous
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03/03/[1849]
In the Senate of the United States
March 3.
Resolved, That this bill pass
Asbury Dickins
Secretary.
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by Mr. Duncan of Ky.

Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume Volume 2, RG 233, Entry 362: Records of the United States House of Representatives, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House, 1847-1849, NAB