Chapter XCV. *to reduce and define the Boundaries of the Military Reserve at the Saint Peter’s River, in the Territory of Minnesota.*August 26, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Boundaries of the military reserve at Fort Snelli
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Chap. XCV.— An Act *to reduce and define the Boundaries of the Military Reserve at the Saint Peter’s River, in the Territory of Minnesota.*August 26, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* Boundaries of the military reserve at Fort Snelling in Minnesota reduced and defined. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby required to cause the lines of the present military reserve at Fort Snelling, in the Territory of Minnesota, to be so contracted as to embrace the following boundaries, to wit:— Beginning at the middle of the channel of the Mississippi River below Pike’s Island; thence ascending along the channel of said river in such a direction as to include all the islands of the river, to the mouth of Brown’s Creek; thence up said creek to Rice Lake; thence through the middle of Rice Lake to the outlet of Lake Amelia; thence through said outlet and the middle of Lake Amelia, to the outlet of Mother Lake; thence through said outlet and the middle of Mother Lake, to the outlet of Duck Lake; thence through said outlet and the middle of Duck Lake, to the southern extremity of Duck Lake; thence in a line due south to the middle of the channel of the Saint Peter’s River; themce down said river so as to include all the islands to the middle of the chanelLand reserved therefrom. of the Mississippi River; reserving further, for military purposes, a quarter section on the right bank of the St.
Peter’s River, at the present ferry; and also a quarter section on the left bank of the Mississippi River, at the present ferry across that stream. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* The remainder of said reserve to be surveyed and sold.That the Comissioner of the General Land-Office be, and he is hereby required to cause to be surveyed as soon as practicable, so much of the lands heretofore included in the military reserve aforesaid, but without the limits of the said military reserve aforesaid, as defined by this act, as have not already been surveyed; and to cause the same, together with such of said lands asTHIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 96. 1852.37 have been so surveyed, with the exceptions hereinafter set forth, to be sold at public sale, under the direction of the President of the United States. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the land on which the establishmentMendota and adjacent settlements reserved from sale, and authorized to be entered as a town lot. of the Fur Company is situated, known as Mendota, with the settlements immediately around the same, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres, be, and the same is hereby reserved from sale during the term of one year after the lands surrounding the same shall be offered for sale; and the proper authorities are hereby authorized at any time during said year, to enter the same for a town site, agreeably to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of “An act for the relief of the1844, ch. 17. citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States under certain circumstances,” approved May twenty-third eighteen hundred and forty-four.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the lands comprised withinSaid lands made a part of the Chippewa Land District. the limits of said reserve, be, and the same are hereby annexed to and made a part of the Chippewa Land District, in said Territory of Minnesota. Approved, August 26, 1852.