# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/15th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 12

Chap. XII.—An Act making provision for the establishment of additional land offices in the territory of Missouri.
Act of March 2, 1819, ch. 49. A land office at the seat of justice in the county of Howard.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the disposal of the lands of the United States west of the Mississippi river, and in the territory of Missouri, in addition to the land office now established by law, there shall be established within the said territory the following offices, to wit: one at the seat of justice in the county of Howard for all lands lying within the following boundaries; beginning at a point where the western line of range ten, west from the fifth principal meridian; intersects the north line of township thirty-four; thence, west with said township line, to where the same intersects the Osage boundary line; thence, north with the Osage boundary line, to the Missouri river; thence, up and with the Missouri river, to the western Indian boundary line at the mouth of Kansas river; thence, north with the said western Indian boundary line, to where the same shall intersect the northern Indian boundary line; thence, east with the said northern Indian boundary, to where the same shall intersect the aforesaid west line of range ten; thence, south with the said range line, to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be established in the county of Arkansas,A land office in the county of Arkansas. at such place as the President shall deem most convenient, for all the lands in the district bounded as follows: beginning on the river Mississippi, at the thirty-third degree of north latitude; thence, up and with the Mississippi river, to the mouth of St. Francis river, where the base line intersects the same; thence, west with the said base line to where the same shall intersect the meridian on which the Osage boundary line is run; thence, due south, to the thirty-third parallel of latitude; thence,A land office at the seat of justice in the county of Lawrence. Act of March 2, 1821, ch. 25. A land office at the town of Jackson. east with the said parallel, to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be established at the seat of justice in the county of Lawrence, for all the lands in the district bounded as follows: beginning on the base line, at the mouth of St. Francis; thence, up and with the Mississippi river, to the intersection of the same by the north line of township fifteen north; thence, west with the said north line of township fifteen, to where the same shall intersect with the Osage boundary line; thence, due south to the aforesaid base line; thence, east with the said base line, to the place of beginning. And a land office shall be established at the town of Jackson, in the county of Cape Girardeau, for all the lands in the district bounded as follows. beginning on the Mississippi river, where the north line of township fifteen north intersects the same; thence, up and with the Mississippi, to its intersection by the north line of township thirty-four north; thence, west with the said north line of township thirty-four, to the Osage ​boundary line, thence, south with the said boundary, to the north line of township fifteen; thence, east with the said township line, to the place of beginning.District of the land office at St. Louis. And all the lands within the following boundaries shall form a district for the land office established by law at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, viz: beginning on the Mississippi river, where the north line of township thirty-four north intersects the same; thence, up and with the Mississippi river to the mouth of Desmoin river; thence, up and with the Desmoin to the north Indian boundary line; thence, west with the said boundary, to the west line of range ten west; thence, south with said range line, to the north line of township thirty-four north; thence, east with the said township line, to the place of beginning.
Time of opening the land offices, &c. Register and receiver to be appointed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so soon as, in the opinion of the President of the United States, there shall be a sufficient quantity of the public lands surveyed, within all or either of the land districts hereby established, to authorize the opening of all, or either of the land offices aforesaid, he shall cause the same to be opened, and shall proceed, from time to time, to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for each of the said offices, a register and a receiver of public moneys, who shall give security in the same sums, and in the same manner, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are, or may be, provided by law, in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several land offices established for the disposal of the lands of the United StatesAct of May 18, 1796, ch. 29. north-west of the river Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky river.
Whenever a land office shall have been established, &c. the President to direct lands to be offered for sale, &c. Act of March 3, 1811, ch. 46.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenever a land office shall have been established in any of the district aforesaid, and a register and receiver of public moneys appointed for the same, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to direct so much of the public lands lying in such district as shall have been surveyed according to law to be offered for sale, with the same reservations and exceptions, and on the same terms and conditions in every respect, as was provided for the sale of the public lands in the territory of Louisiana, by the tenth section of an act entitled “An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands, and for the sale of the public lands, in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose, and approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven,” except that the register and receiver of public moneys alone may be competent to superintend the public sales, and that, instead of one township for the support of a seminary of learning,Two townships for the support of a seminary of learning; provided, &c. there shall be two townships located for the purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury, and reserved from sale: Provided, That one of said townships shall be located on the waters of the Missouri, and the other on the waters of the Arkansas.
Approved, February 17, 1818.