Chapter XLVI. establishing a Land-Office in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
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Chap. XLVI.— An Act establishing a Land-Office in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. April 20, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Land district created for sale of public lands. That all those parts or portions of the lower peninsula of the State of Michigan which is situated north of the line which divides townships twenty
(20)and twenty-one
(21)and all the portion of the upper peninsula which lies south of the line dividing townships forty-one
(41)and forty-two
(42)and west of range twelve
(12)west, together with all the islands in Green Bay, the straits of Mackinac, and Lakes Huron and Michigan, which are situated north of the township line first herein mentioned, and within the limits of said State exclusive of Drummond’s Island and its islets, be, and the same is hereby, includedCheboygan district.President shall establish a land-office therein. in a land district to be called the Cheboygan Land District; and for the sale of the lands in said district there shall be a land-office established at such point therein as the President shall select. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the President, by and withPresident to appoint a register and receiver in said district.Powers, duties and compensation. the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one register and one receiver for the land office in said district, who shall reside at the place designated for the land office, receive such compensation, give security and discharge all duties pertaining to such office, as are prescribed by law. Approved, April 20, 1854.