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authorizing the governor of the Territory of Ar- 

 kansas to lease the salt springs, in said territory, and 

 for other purposes. 



Sec. 3. That the hot springs, in said territory, together with four 

 sections of land including said springs, as near the center thereof as 

 may be, shall be reserved for the future disposal of the United States, 

 and shall not be entered, located, or appropriated, for any purpose 

 whatever. 



1870 — Act of June 11, 1870 (16 Stat. L., 149) — An Act In 

 relation to the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas. 



Provides for the prosecution in the Court of Claims of suits against 

 the United States by persons claiming title to land in the Hot Springs 

 Reservation. 



1877 — Act of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. L., 377) — ^An Act In 

 relation to the Hot Springs Reservation in the State 

 of Arkansas. 



Provides for the appointment of three Commissioners to dispose of 

 — by sale after appraisement — all of Hot Springs Reservation ex- 

 cept an area including all the hot springs; said area to be reserved 

 from sale and to remain in charge of a superintendent to be appointed 

 by the Secretary of the Interior. 



The act also grants a right of way to the Hot Springs Railroad 

 Company, and sets aside not to exceed five acres — from the land to be 

 sold — for the use of Garland County, Arkansas, as a site for a public 

 building. 



1878— Act of December 16, 1878 (20 Stat. L., 258)— An Act 

 To correct an error of enrollment in bill making ap- 

 propriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov- 

 ernment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth 1879, 

 and for other purposes. 



Revives and continues in force act of March 3, 1877, provides for 

 the appointment of three commissioners, and prescribes rules for the 

 leasing of hot water privileges. 



1880— Act of June 16, 1880 (21 Stat. L., 288)— An Act 



