March 3, 1849.
Chap. CXIII. — An Act to settle the Title to certain Tracts of Land in the State of Arkansas.
Owners of certain Spanish or French claims authorized to enter the lands covered by
said claims.
Proviso.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That each and every
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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 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.
After two years, lands reserved from sale may be sold.
1832, ch. 72.
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.
Approved, March 3, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 400-1