The Empire County argus., 1854-05-27
Public, No. IS,
AN ACT to establish additional land district

Public No. is,
AN ACT to establish additional land district in the Terri
tory of Minnesota
BE enacted By the Senate aAd House Of Representatives
u tile United States c Anertca IN COngteSS aSSemJted
That for the sale of the public lands to which the Indian
title has been extugusouby the recent treaties which
may hereafter be exg u>hed within their limits in the
Minnesota Territory of the Mississippi river, there
hereby created four additional land districts bounded
follows wit: All that portion situated between the
northern boundary OF the State of Iowa, and the line
which divides townships hundred and five and one
hundred and six of the fifth principal meridian, and
tending from the Mississippi the Big Sioux rivers shall
comprise OF said districts to be called Root dis
tric All that portion lying between the township line
last mentioned aud the line dividing townships one hun
ded aud ten and one hundred and eleven and between
said rivers shall constitute another of said Districts to be
called the Winona district All that portion situated north
of the district last mentioned and south of the line which
divides townships one hundred and fifteen, and hun
dred and siXeen and between the rivers above
except the townships recently surveyed of the Miss
sspp river from ihe lourn prnclpai meridian to include
the reservation at Fort Smelling he whole of which
ships shall be attached to and constituted part of The
Minneapolis dstrict snail constitute third district be
designated the Red Wing district and all that portion
situated north Of the limits last described, south of
line dividing townships one hundred and twenty and
hundred and twenty one, between the Mississippi river
and the treaty line which from the Big Sioux river
Lake Travers together with all the fractional townships
hundred and twenty-one situated east Of the range
line dividing ranges twenty -four and twenty-five west
shall comprise The fourth district TO be known the Min
neapo ds.iIc And all the resduary portion of said
lands situated north OF the line which divides townships
hundred and twenty and one hundred and
and Of range twenty our west OF the fifth principal
neridan and oi the Mississippi river extending
lie drft-wood and the Red river OF the north shall be-
and is hereby attached 10 the district of lands subject
sale at Sauk Rapids.
SEC g. And be fufther enacted, That the President of
the United States be- and lie is hereby authorized to a
point by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
register and receiver of the public moneys for each of the
SAID districts hereby created who shall respectively
be required reside at the site of their Offices and who
shall have the powers perform the duties and
be entitled to the compensation, as may be
prescribed by law in relation to other land officers OF the
United States.
SEC. B. Aad be II FURTHER enacted That the President
authorized to the public lands in said districts with
the exception of such have been may be reserved for
other purposes to be exposed TO sale in The manner
aud upon the terms and conditions the other pub
lie lands of the United States.
SEC. A. Ind be athe enacted That the President is
hereby authorized 10 designate the location OF the offices
for SAID districts, and change the whenever in
his opinion the public good shall require it.
AnprOA ed Aurl =. 1874