Chapter XXXV. to establish additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota
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Chap. XXXV.— An Act to establish additional Land Districts in the Territory of Minnesota. April 12, 1854. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Four additional land districts created for sale of public lands. That, for the sale of the public lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished by the recent treaties, or which may hereafter be extinguished within their limits in the Minnesota Territory west of the Mississippi River, there is hereby created four additional land districts, bounded as follows, to wit:
All that portion situated between the northern boundary of the State of Iowa, and the line which divides townships one hundred and five and one hundred and six of the fifth principal meridian, and extending from the Mississippi to the Big Sioux rivers, shall comprise one of said districts, to be called Boot River district.the Root River District. All that portion lying between the township line last mentioned, and the line dividing townships one hundred and ten, and and one hundred and eleven, and between said rivers, shall constitute Winona district.another of said districts, to be called the Winona District.
All that portion situated north of the district last mentioned, and south of the line which divides townships one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and sixteen, and between the rivers above mentioned, except the townships recently surveyed west of the Mississippi River from the fourth principal meridian, to include the reservation at Fort Snelling, (the whole of which townships shall be attached to and constitute a part of the Minneapolis Red Wing district.District,) shall constitute a third district to be designated the Red Wing District; and all that portion situated north of the limits last described, south of the line dividing townships one hundred and twenty and one hundred and twenty-one, between the Mississippi River and the treaty line which runs from the Big Sioux River to Lake Travers, together with all the fractional townships one hundred and twenty-one situated east of the range line dividing ranges twenty-four and twenty-five west, shall Minneapolis district.Lands subject to sale at Sauk Rapids.comprise the fourth district, to be known as the Minneapolis District.
And all the residuary portion of said lands situated north of the line which divides townships one hundred and twenty and one hundred and twenty-one, and west of range twenty-four west of the fifth principal meridian, and west of the Mississippi River, extending to the drift-wood and the Red River of the north, shall be, and is hereby attached to the district of lands subject to sale at Sauk Rapids. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the President of the United President to appoint a register and receiver for each district.States be, and be is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of the public moneys for each of the said new districts hereby created, who shall re-THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 46, 47. 1854.275spectively 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 thePowers, duties and compensation. 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 is authorizedPublic lands in said districts, except, &c., to be exposed to sale. to cause the public lands in said districts, with the exception of such as have been or may be reserved for 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 hereby authorizedPresident authorized to remove said land offices. to designate the location of the offices for said new districts, and change the same whenever in his opinion the public good shall require it. Approved, April 12, 1854.