The Empire County argus., 1854-06-24
Public, No. 1871 1


AN ACT to establish additional land district in the Terri
tory of Minnesota. +i' ~
Be il enacted 6y tile Senate aRd House Of Representatives.
Of tie United States Of nicu in C5ngress assembled
That for the sale of the public lands to which the Indian
title has been extinguishedby the treaties which
may hereafter be extnguished within their limits in the
Minnesota Territory west Of the Mississippi river there
is hereby created four additional land Districts bounded
follows, to 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 to the Big Sioux rivers shall
comprise of said districts to be called Root river dis
trct All that portion lying between the township line
last mentioned, and the line dividing townships hun
dred and ten and hundred and eleven aud 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 hundred and fifteen, and hun
dred and sixteen and between the rivers above mentioned
except the townships recently surveyed west of the Miss
the reservation at Fort Smelling the whole of which town
ships shall be attached to and constitute part of the
Minneapolis disct) shall constitute third district to be
designated the Red Wing disrict and all that portion
situated north of the limits last described south of the
line dividing townships one hundred and twenty and one
hundred and twentyone between the Mississippi river
and the treaty line which from he Big Sioux river
to Lake Tavers together with all the fractional townships
hundred and wentyone situated east Of the range
line dividing ranges tweny-four and twenty-five west
shall comprise the fourth district 10 be known as the Min
neapos district And all the residuary portion of said
lands situated north of the line which divides townships
hundred and twenty and one hundred and
and west of range twen-fonr west of the fifth principal
the drft-wood and the Red river OF the north shall be-
and hereby attached to the district of lands subject
sale at Sauk Rapids
SEC @ Ind be Ii tgther enacted That the President of
the United States be- and he is hereby authorized ap
point by and with the advice and of the Senate
register and receiver of the public moneys for each of the
said districts hereby created who shall respectively
be required to reside at the site of their Offices and who
shall have the powers perform the duties and
be entitled to the compensation, may be
prescribed by law in relation to other land officers Of thu
United States.
SFc z md be ,fsJ hiatt fha danfis
authorized to the public lands in said districts with
the exception of such have been be reserved m
other purposes TO be exposed 10 sale in the manner
and upon the and conditions the other pub
lie lands of the United States.
SEC. A. Ind belt fs,ther enacted That the Pre.denth il
hereby authorized TO designate the location OF the Offices
for said districts and change the whenessrn il
his opinion the public good ssal require it,
Approved April IL, 1854, -r ..,t s..a.,s