The Empire County argus., 1854-06-10
Public, No. 1871
AN ACT to establish additional land district in the Terri.


AN All to establish additional land district in the Terri
tory of Minnesota
Be enacted By tile Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of Ahaerica in C6ngyeSs assembled
That for the sale of the public lands which the Indian
title has been extngushedby the recent treaties or which
may hereafter be exngushed within their limits in the
Minnesota Territory west Of the Mississippi river there
hereby created four additional land districts bounded
as follows, to wit: All that portion situated between the
northern boundary of the State of Iowa, and the line
whiOh divides townships one hundred and five and
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 river dis
tric All that portion lying between the township line
last mentioned, and the line dividing townships one hum
dred and ten, and hundred and eleven and between
said rivers shall constitute another of said dis rics 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 one hum
ded and sixteen and between the rivers above mentioned
except the townships recently surveyed west of the Miss
sspp river from the fourth principal meridian to include
the reservation at Fort Smelling the whole of which town.
ships shall be attached to and constitute part of the
Minneapolis disrct shall constitute third district to be
designated the Red Wing district and all that portion
situated north of the limits last dscrbed south of the.
line dividing townships hundred and twenty and
hundred and twentyone between the Mississippi river
and the treaty line which from the Big Sioux river
to Lake Travers together with all the fractional townships
hundred and wenyone situated east Of the range
line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five west,
shall comprise the fourth district to be known the Min
neapois district And all the residuary portion of said
lands situated north of the line which divides townships
hundred and twenty and one hundred and wentyone
and west of range twenyfour vest of the fifth principal
meridian, and west oi the Mississippi river, extending to-
the drft-wood 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, g. 4nd be ftder enacted That the President of
he 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 same powers perform the duties and
be entitled TO the compensation are or may be
prescribed by law in relation other land officers Of the
United States.
SEC g. Andbe II further enacted That the President IL
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
and upon the and conditions the other pub
lie lands of the United States
SEC 4. Aad be3 further enacted, That the President is
hereby horzed to designate the location of the Offices
for said new districts and change the same whenever in
his opinion the public good shall require it.
Approved April II, 1904,