The Empire County argus., 1854-06-17
[PuEIc, No. 1s.1
AN ACT TO establish additional land district in the Terri.

AN AZ 10 eStaDS auullUnul land district the Terri.
tory q Minnesota
Be II enacted 1ge hod qnd House Of Representatives
LIZ tie t"te@ States V America in CGngreSs assembled
That for the sale of the public lands which the Indian
title has been extnguishedb by the treaties or which
may hereafter be eXtnguShcd within their limits in the
Minnesota Territory the Mississippi river there
is hereby created four additional land dis cts bounded
rs follows, to wit: All that portion situated between the
northern boundary OF the Stare Of Iowa, and the line
which divides townships one hundred and five and one
hundred and six OF the fifth principal meridian and ex
tending from The Mississippi 10 the big Sioux rivers shall
comprise one OF said DISTRICTS TO be called Root river dis
tric All that portion living between the township line
last mentioned aud the line dividing townships one hun
ded and ten and one hundred and eleven, between
sad rivers shall constitute another of said districts TO 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 one hum
dred and sixteen and between The rivers above mentioned
except the townships recently surveyed west of the Miss,
Sspp river from the fourth principal meridian, include
me reservation at Fort Smelling One whole of which town
ships shall be attached to and constitute part of the
Minneapolis district shall constitute third district to be
designated the Ned 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 ana 'Wenty,on between the Mississippi river
ana The treaty line which runs from the Big Sioux river
TO Lake Iaves together with all the fractional townships
one hudlcd and weniyone situated east ii, the range
lne dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty yve west
shall comprise The fourth district TO be known the Min
neapois district And all the iesiduary portion of said
lands situated north of the line which divides ownshins
hundred and twenty and hundred and twenty one
and west Of range twenytour of the fifth principal
meridian and west oi the Mssiss pp river extending 70
the driitwood and the Red river OF the north shall be
and is hereby attached to the district of ands subject to-
sale at Sauk Rapids
SEC. 9 4nd 6e fther enGced 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 same powers perform the same duties and
be entitled TO the same compensation may be
prescribed by law in relation to other land officers Of the
United States.
SEC. 3. AadJe FURTHER enacted That the President is
authorized TO the public lands in said districts with
the exception Of such have been be reserved for
other purposes be exposed TO sale in the same manner
and upon The terms and conditions the other pub
lie lands of the United States
SEC 4. And be fayher enacted, That the President is
hereby authorized designate the location of the Offices
for said districts and change the same whenever in
his opinion the public good shall require it,
Approved April II, 1884