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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the authority and power is hereby vested in, and given to the governor of the territory of Arkansas, which was vested in, and given to the legislature of said territory of Arkansas, by an, by which a quantity of land not exceeding ten sections, was granted to said territory for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of government of said territory.

. And be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as authorizing any expense on the part of the United States for selecting said lands, or building said house, other than the aforesaid grant of ten sections of the unappropriated lands.

, July 4, 1832.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury do liquidate and pay the accounts of the commonwealth of Virginia against the United States, for payments to the officers commanding in the Virginia line in the war of the revolution, on account of half-pay for life promised the officers aforesaid by that commonwealth, the sum of one hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty-six cents.

. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, required and directed to pay to the state of Virginia the amount of the judgments which have been rendered against the said state, for and on account of the promise contained in an act passed by the general assembly of the state of Virginia in the month of May, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and in favour of the officers or representatives of officers of the regiments and corps hereinafter recited, and not exceeding, in the whole, the sum of two hundred and forty-one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars, to wit:

First. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regiment commanded by the late Colonel George Gibson, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.

Second. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regiment denominated the second state regiment, commanded, at times, by Colonels Brent and Dabney, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.

Third. To the officers, or their legal representatives, of the regiments of Colonels Clark and Crockett, and Captain Roger’s troop of cavalry, who were employed in the Illinois service, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.

Fourth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, serving in the regiment of state artillery commanded by the late Colonel Marshall, and those serving in the state garrison regiment commanded by Colonel Muter, and serving in the state cavalry commanded by Major Nelson, the amount of the judgments which they have obtained, and which are now unsatisfied.

Fifth. To the officers, or their legal representatives, who served in the