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acted, that said State shall retain the
number Of representatives prescribed
by the act of admission thereof into the
Union until a new apportionment, and
for this purpose the whole number of
representatives is hereby increased to
two hunded and thirty-tour until such
apportionment. l
Sec. 2. Ind be ii further caqcicd,
That if, at any future decenial cnumera-
ton Of the inhabitants of the United
States, the census of any district or sub
division in the United States shall have
been improperly taken, or if the returns
Of any district or subdivision shall be ac-
cidentally lost or destroyed, the Secreta,
ry of the Interior shall have power to
order new enumeration Of such district
or subdivision.
Sec. 8. and be 1t further enacted,
That the twentieth section of the said
act be amended by striking out the words
"has been" from the last line, and insert
ing the words "may necessarily be" in
lieu thereof
Approved, July 80, 1862.
CuAp. LXXV.--An Act to establish adj
ditional Land Districts in the State Of
Wisconsin.
BE 1eaacted blythe Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
so much of the public lands ofthe United
States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies
within the following boundaries, to wit
commencing at the southwest corner OF
township fifteen, north of range two, east
of the fourth principal meridian, thence
running due east to the southeast corner
of township fifteen north Of range eleven,
east of the fourth principal meridian,
thence north along said range line to the
north line of the State Of Wisconsin,
thence westerly along said north line to
the line between ranges one and two,
east of the fourth principal meridian,
thence south to the place of beginning,
shall be formed into a new land district,
to be called the Stevens Point Land Dis
trict, and for the sale of the public lands
within the district hereby constituted, a
land-ohice shall be established at tStevens
Point, on the Wisconsin River, as soon
as the public convenience may require
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Sec. 9. And be ii .fwt1or enacted,
That so much Of the public lands ofatho
United States, in the State of Wisconsin,
as lies within the following boundaries,
to wit:--commencing at point where
the line between townships ten and eley-
en-, north, touches the Mississippi River,
thence due east to the fourth principal
meridian, thence north to the line be-
tween townsips fourteen and fifteen, north,
thence east to the southeast corner OF
township fifteen, north Of range one, east
Of the fourth principal meridian thence
north on the range line to the south line
of township number thirty-one, north,
thence west on the line between town
ships number thirty and thirty-one, to
the Chippewa River, thence down said
river to its junction with the Mississippi
River, thence down the Mississippi River
to the place of beginning, shall be formed
into a new land district, to be called the
La Cross Land District, and for the sale
of the public lands within the district
hereby constituted, a land-oAiee shall be
established at La Crosse, on the Missis-
sippi River, as soon as the public conyen-
ience may require it.
Sec. 8. And be Il .futher enacted,
That the President is hereby authorized
to cause the removal Of either of the Of
fees created by this act, to any other
place within said districts, whenever, in
his opinion, such removal may be deem