Chapter 140.
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CHAP. 140.— An act to create three additional land districts in the Territory of Dakota. Mar. 3, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Additional land districts, Dakota, authorized.Boundaries, etc. That all that part of the Territory of Dakota bounded as follows, to wit, commencing at the most easterly point where the Missouri River crosses the second standard parallel; thence up and along said river to the most westerly point where said river crosses said parallel; thence west on said parallel to the south fork of the Cheyenne River; thence south west along said south fork of said Cheyenne River to the twenty sixth degree of longitude west from Washington; thence south to the south boundary of the Territory of Dakota; thence cast along said south boundary of said Territory to the Missouri River; thence north westerly along said river to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new Location of offices.land district, and the office shall be located at such place in said District as shall be designated by the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. Boundaries. That all that part of the Territory of Dakota bounded as follows, to wit, commencing at the most westerly point where the Missouri River intersects the second standard parallel; thence northerly along said river to the fifth standard parallel; thence west to the twenty sixth degree of longitude west from Washington; thence south to the north fork of the Cheyenne River; thence east and south along said river to its mouth; thence up and along the south fork of the Cheyenne River to a point where the second standard parallel produced would intersect said river; thence east to the, Missouri River, at the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new land district, and the office shall be located at such place in said district as shall be designated by the President of the United States.
Sec. 3. That all that part of the Territory of Dakota bounded as follows, to wit, commencing at a point on the twelfth standard parallel between ranges sixty three and sixty four; thence north to the north boundary of the Territory of Dakota; thence west along said boundary to the eleventh guide meridian ; thence south along said meridian to the twelfth standard parallel; thence east to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, constituted a new land district, and the office Location of office, etc.in said district shall be located at such place as shall be designated by the President of the United States.
Sec. 4. Appointment of registers and receivers authorized.Duties, compensation.*Proviso*. That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint a register and a receiver for each of said land districts, who shall discharge like and similar duties and receive the amount of compensation allowed by law to other officers discharging like duties in the land offices of said Territory: *Provided *That such officers shall not be appointed nor land offices opened in the districts created by the first and second sections of this act until a cession, shall have been made by treaty duly ratified by Congress of a portion of the Great Sioux Indian Reservation within the limits of the said districts.
Approved, March 3, 1883.