The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-15
BY AUTHORITY.

fPUBLIc Acr-No. Al

tPuBLIc Acr-No AL
AN ACT to reduce and define the
boundaries of the military reserve at
the Saint Peters river, in the Tcrritoy
of Minnesota.
BE u enacted Jythc Senate anil UouSc
Of Representatives Of tie UnUcd Suites
Of Amcrica IN Congress aSScmbicd,
That the Secretary of War be, and he is
hereby, required to cause the lines of the
present military reserve at Fort Smelling,
in the Territory of Minnesota, to be so
contracted as to embrace the following
boundaries, to wit
Beginning at the middle of the channel
of the Mississippi river, below Pixies Is
land thence ascending along the chan
mel of said river in such direction as to
include all the islands of the river, to
the mouth of Browns creek thence up
said creek to Rice lake thence through
the middle of Rice lake to the outlet of
Lake Amelia, to the outlet of Mother
lake thence through said outlet and the
middle of Mother lake, to the outlet of
Duck lake; thence through said outlet
and the middle of Duck lake. to the
southern extremity of Duck lake; thence
IN line due south to the middle of the
channel of the Saint Peters river thence
down said river so as to include all the
island to the middle of the channel of
the Mississippi river; rescrving further,
for military purposes, a quarter section
on the right bank of the Saint Peters
river, at the present ferry; and also a
quarter section on the left bank of the
Mississippi river at the present ferry a.
cross that stream.
See. ,, And be it further enacted,
That the Commissioner of the General
Land Office be and he is hereby re1uir-
cd to cause to be surveyed, as soon as
practicable, so much Of the lands here
tofore included in the military reserve
aforesaid, but without the limits of the
said military reserve aforesaid as dcfin-
cd by this act, as have not already been
surveyed and to cause the same, to,
gether with such of said lands as have
been so surveyed, with the exceptions
hereinafter set forth, to be sold al pub
lie sale, under the direction of the Pres
ident of the United States
See. 8. And be it further enacted,
that the land on which the establishment
of the Fur Company is situated, known
as Mendota,with the settlements immed
lately around the same, not exceeding
three hundred and twenty acres, be and
the same is hereby reserved from sale
during the term of one year after the
lands surrounding the same shall be Of
fcred for sale and the proper authori
ties are hereby authorized, at any time
during said year, to enter the same for a
town site,agreeably to and in accordance
with the terms and conditions of An
act for the relief of the citizens of towns
upon the lands of the United States, un'
der certain circumstances approved
May twcnty-third, eighteen hundred and
forty-four.
See A. And be it further enacted,
That the lands comprised within the linn
its of said reserve be and the same are
hereby annexed to and made a part o.
the Chippewa Land District,in said Ter
ritory Of Minnesota.
LINN BOYD,
ISPeakero Of Tie House Of Representatives..
WILLIAM h. KING,
PrcsideW If The Senate pro fcmPore.
Approved, Aug 20, 1852.
MlLLARO FILLMORE.
Pubic Acr-No. 4s.]
AN ACT authorizing imported goods