Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-04-15
[PUBLIc--No. 1877
AN ACT to establish additional land districts in the Ter
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AN ACT to establish additional land districts in the Ter
ritory Of Minnesota. Il
Bc enacted By The Senate and House of Representations
Of the United States Of AmecG IN Congress assembled That
for the sale OF the public lands to which thoIndian title
has been exnguished by the recent treaties, which
may hereafter be extngushed 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 the State of Iowa and the line which
divides townships ne hundred and five and hundred
and six Of the fifth principal meridian, and extending
from the Mississippi the Big Sioux rivers shall COM
prise Of said districts to be called the 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, and between
said rivers shall constitute another of said districts
be called the Wnona district All that portion situated
north of the district last mentioned and south of the line
which divides townships hundred and fifteen and
hundred and SIXTEEN and between the rivers above
toned except the townships recently surveyed
the Mississippi river from the fourth principal meridian
to include the reservation at Fort Smelling he whole of
which townships shall be attached to and constitute part
OF the Minneapolis dstrict shall constitute third dis
trc to be designated the Red Wing district And all that
portion situated north of the limits last described south
OF the line dividing townships hundred and twenty
and one hundred and twenyone between the Mississippi
river and the treatyne which runs from the Big Ssux
river to Lake Travers together with all the fractional
townships one hundred and tweny-one, situated of
the rangene dividing ranges twenty -four and twenty
five wes shall comprise the fourth district be known
ton of said lands situated north Of the line which divides
townships hundred and twenty and hundred and
and west of range twenty -four of the fifth
principal meridian, and west Of the Mississippi river
tending to the drfwood and the Red river Of the NORTH
shall be and is hereby attached to the district Of lands
subject to sale at Sauk Rapids.
Sec. 4nd be Il further 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 respec-
lively be required to reside at the site Of their Offices and
who shall have the same powers, perform the du-
ties, and be entitled to the compensation
may be prescribed by law in relation to other land OFF,
GERS Of the United States
Sec g. And belt further enacted, That the President is
authorized 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
and upon the same terms and conditions the other pub
lie lands Of the nited States
Sec 4. find be further enacted That the President is
hereby authorized to designate the location of the offices
for said new districts and change the whenever in
his opinion the public good shall require it.
Approved, April r. 1854.