The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-03-25

AN ACT making provision tor The es
ublishment OF additional land Office
IN the tefritory of Missouri.

tablishment OF additional land Offices
in the territory Of Missouri.
BIZ il enacted by rae Senase and Hosse Of
1xhresenfasives ef she Unifed Ssases Of .Asae-
nca m Csngress assembled, That for the dis.
posal Of che lands Of the Uni,ed States, vest
q the Mississippi riSer, and in the serritory
os Missouri, iE addition 10 the land ofice new
established BY Law, there shall be ss.sb!ished
pnhia he said territory the following ofices,
70 wit One At the seat Of justiee, in the
eo0nsy-ot Howard, for ali the lands lying
wi,nin the following boundaries beginning
osa point where she western liue of rsnye
zen vest from the 18th principal meridiso no
tersects the north hoe oftownship thirty four,
thsuee ives, with said township lias 70 where
The same intessects the Usage boundary lima :
thence oor.h with the Osage boundary line
t0shs Missouri river; thence up and with
the MISSOURI river to the western lndisn
boundary line at the mouth of Kansas river;
thence aocth with the said western Lndisn
Boundary liRe to where the same shall inter
sec, the n6rthern Indian boundary line; thence
east with the said novthern Indian boundary,
- whore the Same shall inlerseci the afore-
said west lioe vt range ten I; thence south
win the said range line TO the place OF begin
ping And land Office shall be establishsd
h ,ae county Of Arkansas, at such place ~
fbe p-es,drat ,asll deem most convenient
for all the lands IN the district bounded as
tellows begiuning on the riyer Mississippi,
sst the thirty third degree Of north ,sttude |;
ltbence up and win the Mississippi river 10
.3Sbs moutk Of St. Ersncis rives, where the
i kSAse sine tassrsscis tho ssusc theass wess
With tho said base line to where tho ssune
ehall interscct the mcclellan on which the Os
'sgs bounda-y !ins is run; thence due south
70 the thirty third parallel ofistitude thence
east With the SAID parallel TO the place Of be
gianiug And aiand Office shall be establish
% at the sest OF Justice in the county OF Law
renee, for all the land, in the district bound.
\ Cd - follows Beg.oning on the base lins, al
4 che mouth of 81. fsancis /; thence up and
/ with the Mississippi river 10 the Intersection
\ Os the same By the aorth line oil sowuship 6f
~1eeu north; thence west with the said oorth
liae Of township GfteeD, TO whore tho same
shsii intsrsect the O.sgs boundary line !;
lhence doe south 10 the Aforesaid base line /;
ahSnce east With the said base line 10 tho
place Of beginning. Aud land office shall
! bs established al the town uf Jacksoo, in the
cesn,y Of Cape Girardesu, for all the lands in
the district touaded - follows: b:ginains
: On the AississIppl river, where the north
!, lane ol town ship fifteen north inter,ects the
J same thence up and with the Mi,sssippi to
) its iater,ection BY the north iine OF township
thiriy -four eotth |; thence west with tho suiJ
north lins Of tJwnship thirty foar to the Os
Z age boundary lios /; theuce south 9th the
said boundary 10 the north line of township
ff,ccn lhence cast with the said towOship
sIips to The place Of beginning. And all the
hands within the following boundaries shalt
form diitrict foe the lard oifice established
b. isw 1t ST. LOUIS siz beginning on the
M,ssissippt sivsr whero the north line Of
eow6sQip thirty sfour asrth intersecis the
teems ihenes up sad with the Mississippi
river the0ee up and With the Desmoin 10
che oos,h Indian boundary hae thence west
wiih no said boundary 10 ahe wsst line Of
range Jon weU; thence south with said range
line 'atbe north lins Of township this,y-fou,
north thence east With the said township
6ss Ia sds place Of beginning.
Sec.'S. Ind ts IL Jlrsher enacted, That so
coon ss, ia the opinion Of the President Of the
Unacd Ststss, there shall DO q su0icient
Qsandsy of the public lands surveyed, wahin
Gil o. esthsr Of the lAnd districts hereby esiab-
Ushsd, 20 authofiss The opening OF ell, or eth.
Os OF the land Offices sfsresstd, he shsll cause
ere samc 10 be opened, and shall proceed
6fsm time to ti~s 10 appoint, viii the sd..
vice and eoossnt OF the Senate, for each oi
The said Offices, a register, and receiver VI
p0oIie moneys, Who shall give security 10 tie
came sums, and Ia the sane msonss, and
whose compensation, smolumsots and duues
md ss,hori;y shall IN every respect be rhe
esos, in relation 10 the lands which shall be
Aspossd Of at their Offices a. are, or usy be,
crowded BY Isw, " resstion 10 the resisters
cod rsceisers Of poblic moneys 10 the several
4nd o0ices established for the dispossi of
md of the Un,,ed SsA.ss, aossh-weat Of ,bs
Sivss Osio, ,od aboss the mouth Of the Kea.
oac1J dvsr
Sec. 3. Isd ts IL further enacted, Thai
UAsoeve, issl odiee shall have been es,so
,Oshsd 10 any Of tie districts aforesaid, and
etoissss sod receiver OF public monies ,sp /.
e(jsssd Gss The SAINT, the Psesidsn. cF Ne