# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 97

Chap. XCVII.—An Act to authorize the governor of the territory of Arkansas to sell the land granted to said territory by an act of Congress approved the fifteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other purposes.
Act of June 15, 1832, ch. 129. Patent for one thousand acres of land to issue.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, whenever the governor of the territory of Arkansas shall furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury a sufficient description of the boundaries of the thousand acres of land, granted by an act of Congress of the fifteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to the territory of Arkansas, for the erection of a courthouse and jail in the town of Little Rock, in the territory aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to cause a patent to be issued for said thousand acres of land, to the governor of Arkansas, and his successors in office, in trust, for the benefit of the territory of Arkansas, for the purpose of erecting a courthouse and jail at Little Rock.
Part of land to be laid off in town lots, and to be sold. Residue to be disposed of in lots or parcels, after public notice of sale.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said territory of Arkansas be, and he is hereby, fully empowered and authorized to lay off into town lots, conforming, as near as practicable to the present plan of the town of Little Rock, so much of said grant of a thousand acres of land as he may deem advisable so to be appropriated; and that he be further authorized to sell the same, from time to time, as the public interest may require; and the residue of said grant, which may not be laid off into town lots corresponding with the plan of the said town of Little Rock, he shall be authorized to dispose of, in such lots or parcels as he may deem advisable; but in no case shall he be authorized to sell, unless he shall give public notice of such sale by an advertisement in one or more newspapers printed in the territory of Arkansas; and said sale shall be public at the courthouse in the town of Little Rock.
Squares for the statehouse, and courthouse and jail.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in case suitable situations cannot be had, free of cost to the territory, for the location of the statehouse, as well as for the courthouse and jail in the town of Little Rock, the governor aforesaid shall be, and he is hereby, fully authorized to select and lay off suitable squares for each of those buildings, within the addition hereunto authorized to be added to the town of Little Rock; ​and that the squares so selected and laid off shall be appropriated to the use of the respective buildings for which they may be designated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, for ever.
Deeds for lots sold.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the governor shall execute deeds for the lots he may sell under the provisions of this act, to purchasers, so soon as the purchasers shall pay off entirely the amount they may have bid for any lot or lots, and all sales shall be for cash.
Proceeds to be applied to erection of a courthouse and jail, and surplus to erection of governor’s house.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the governor aforesaid shall dispose of lots, he shall apply the proceeds of said sales to the erection of a good and substantial courthouse and jail; and, after these shall have been completed, should there be any funds remaining, it shall be the duty of said governor, to apply the surplus thus remaining to the erection of a suitable and permanent house of the residence of the present and future governors of Arkansas, during their continuance in office.
Approved, March 2, 1833.