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. And be it further enacted, That so much of the sixty-fifth article of the first section of “,” passed on the tenth of April, eighteen hundred and six, as is repugnant hereto, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

, May 29, 1830.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, wherever the sixteenth sections in said territory, either in whole, or in part, are now, or may hereafter be, included in private land claims held by titles confirmed, or legally decided to be valid and sufficient, other lands equivalent thereto and most convenient to the same, may be selected in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the lands so selected shall be entered in the office of the register of the land district in which they may lie, and be, by such register, reported to the commissioner of the general land office, as school lands selected under this act: Provided, That, before making any entry of such other lands, the case shall be made out to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of said district, agreeably to the rules to be prescribed by the commissioner of the general land office, for that purpose, showing that the sixteenth section, or a part thereof, has been included in the manner above mentioned.

, May 29, 1830.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the surveyor general of the states of Illinois, Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, be, and he is hereby, authorized to contract for, and pay, at the rate of four dollars per mile, for the surveying of such of the public lands in the territory of Arkansas, which lie on the rivers, and are so thickly covered with cane, that contracts for executing the surveys thereof, by suitable persons, cannot be made at the existing price: Provided, That said surveyor general shall certify to the commissioner of the general land office, from time to time, the quantity of land, for the surveying of which, the additional compensation allowed by this act shall be contracted for, and the reasons, in his opinion requiring the increased allowance.

, May 29, 1830.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, no officer or soldier in the army of the United States, shall be subject to the punishment of death, for desertion in time of peace.

, May 29, 1830.