Chapter LXXVII. *to create three additional Land Districts in the State of Iowa.*August 2, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* The Chariton, Norhern, and the Missouri River land districts constituted in Iowa
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Chap. LXXVII.— An Act *to create three additional Land Districts in the State of Iowa.*August 2, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* The Chariton, Norhern, and the Missouri River land districts constituted in Iowa.That all that portion of the public lands in the State of Iowa, lying west of the range line dividing ranges seventeen and eighteen, and east of the range line dividing ranges thirty-one and thirty-two, and now included in the districtt of lands subject to sale at Fairfield, shall comprise a new land district, to be called the Chariton District; that so much of the public lands in said State, now included in the Iowa and Dubuque laud districts, as lie between the range line dividing ranges sixteen and seventeen, and the range line dividing ranges thirty-three and thirty-four, shall form a new land district, to be called the Northern District; that all that portion of the public lands in said State, now included iti the district subject to sale at Fairfield, and lying west of the range line dividing ranges thirty-oneTHIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 78. 1852.27 and thirty-two, and all that portion of the public lands now included in the districts subject to sale at Iowa City and Dubuque, and lying west of the range line dividing ranges thirty-three and thirty-four, shall form a new land district, to be called the Missouri River District; and that the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque shall hereafter be bounded on the north by the northern boundary line of the State of Iowa. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President be, and he isAppointment officers for said districts. 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 said districts, respectively, who shall each be required to reside at the site of the respective office to which they 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-offices of the United States.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the President is authorized toSale of lands in said districts. eause 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 other lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof, and of such other tracts as he may select 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 is herebyPresident may establish and alter sites of offices in said districts. 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 location or sales ofSales in other districts confirmed. land lying in either of the districts hereby created, made by the land-officers at Dubuque, Iowa City, or Fairfield, after the passage of this act, and prior to the receipt by them 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, August 2, 1852.