Chapter CCXII. *to change the Boundaries of the Land Districts in the State of Iowa, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all that portion of Land districts established in Iowa.public lands in
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Chap. CCXII.— An Act *to change the Boundaries of the Land Districts in the State of Iowa, and for other Purposes.* March 3, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all that portion of Land districts established in Iowa.public lands in the State of Iowa lying north of township line dividing townships ninety-three and ninety-four, and east of the range line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five, shall constitute a new land district, Turkey River district.to be called the Turkey River district.
That all that portion of the public lands in said State, now situated in the northern land district which lies north of the township line dividing townships eighty-five and eighty-six, and not included in the Turkey River and Dubuque districts, Fort Dodge district. Fort Des Miones district.shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Fort Dodge district, and the name of the northern district is hereby changed to, and shall be hereafter called the Fort Des Moines district.
That all that portion of the public lands in said State, now lying in the Kanesville district, and situated north of the township line dividing townships eighty-five and eighty-six, Sioux River district. Council Bluffs district.shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Sioux River district, and the name of the Kanesville district is hereby changed to, and shall be hereafter called, the Council Bluffs district That townships eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 213. 1855. 715ninety-two, and ninety-three, of ranges seventeen and eighteen, are hereby attached to and made a part of the Dubuque land district, and townships Dubuque district. Charitan land district.sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, and seventy-five, of ranges thirty-two and thirty-three, are hereby attached to and made a part of the Charitan land district. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United Register and receiver to be appointed.States be and he is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for each of the districts respectively hereby created, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the respective office to which he may be appointed, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation, as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United Sales of land authorized in said districts, except, &c.States is authorized to cause the public lands in said districts respectively, (with the exception of sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and such other tracts as may be selected for military or other purposes,) to be exposed to sale in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as the other public lands of the United States.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the United President may establish and change sites.States is hereby authorized to designate the sites at which each of the several offices shall be established, and to remove the same to any other places within said districts respectively, whenever in his opinion it may be deemed expedient- Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That any locations or sales of land, Acts done at old districts, validity of.in either of the districts of land now subject to sale at Dubuque, Fort Des Moines, or Kanesville, after the passage of this act, and before the receipt, by the land-officers respectively, thereat, of instructions from [the] Commissioner of the General Land-Office, under this act, shall be as good and valid in law as if this act had not been passed.
Approved, March 3, 1855.