Chapter 172. To approve mutual cessions of territory by the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota and the consequent changes in the boundary line between said States
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CHAP. 172.— An Act To approve mutual cessions of territory by the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota and the consequent changes in the boundary line between said States. September 13, 1918.[[S. 2180](/us/bill/65/s/2180).][[Public, No, 214](/us/pl/65/214).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Congress hereby consents Wisconsin and Minnesota.Cession of lands from Wisconsin to Minnesota consented to.to and approves of the cession by the State of Wisconsin to the State of Minnesota of the following-described territory, to wit:
All that territory formerly a part of the town of Buffalo, in the Description.county of Buffalo and State of Wisconsin, which lies northerly and westerly of the following-described line, to wit: Commencing at the point in the center line of the main channel of the Mississippi River above Island Numbered Seventy-two, where the center line of the channel running between Island Numbered Seventy-two and Island Numbered Seventy-one intersects the center line of said main channel, and running thence easterly and southeasterly along the center line of the channel between said islands and between said Island Numbered Seventy-two and the main Wisconsin shore to the centerline of the main channel of said river, being lot numbered three in section numbered one, township numbered eighteen north, of range numbered eleven west of the fourth principal meridian, and commonly known and described as Island Numbered Seventy-two in the Mississippi River, duly made by the act of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, known as chapter sixty-four of the session laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, approved April ninth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and assented to and accepted by the State of Minnesota by act of its legislature, known as chapter one hundred and sixteen of the session laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, approved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, an authenticated copy of which act has been duly filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Wisconsin, and by the written acceptance of the governor of the State of Minnesota filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Wisconsin on the twenty-fourth day of April, nineteen hundred and seventeen; and the boundary line between the said States at the location of said cession is hereby described and declared to be as follows, to wit:
Commencing at the point of intersection of the center line of the main channel of the Mississippi River with the center line of the channel running between Island Numbered Seventy-two and Island Numbered Seventy-one and running thence easterly and southeasterly along the center line of the channel between said islands and between said Island Numbered Seventy-two and the main Wisconsin shore to the center line of the main channel of said river. Sec. 2. That Congress hereby consents to, and approves of, Cession of lands from Minnesota to Wisconsin consented to.the cession by the State of Minnesota to the State of Wisconsin of the following-described territory, to wit:
All that territory formerly a part of the town of La Crescent, in the Description.county of Houston and State of Minnesota, which lies easterly of the following-described line, to wit: Commencing in the northeast quarter of section numbered eleven, township numbered one hundred and four north, range numbered four west of the fifth principal meridian, at the point of intersection of the center line of the west channel of the Mississippi River with the center fine of the main east channel of said river and running thence southeasterly along the center line of said west channel to its intersection with the center line of said east channel of said river in the easterly part of section numbered twenty-four in said township and range, duly made by the act of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota known as chapter one hundred and sixteen of the session laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, approved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and assented to and accepted by the State of Wisconsin by act of its legis960lature known as chapter sixty-four of the session laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, approved April ninth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, an authenticated copy of which act has been duly filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Minnesota, and by the written acceptance of the governor of the State of Wisconsin, filed in the office of the secretary of state of the State of Minnesota on April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen; and the boundary fine between the said States at the location of said cession is hereby described and declared to be the center line of the west channel of the Mississippi River beginning at the point of intersection of said center line with the center line of the main east channel of said river, in the northeast quarter of section numbered eleven, township numbered one hundred and four north, range numbered four west of the fifth principal meridian and running thence southeasterly to the point of intersection of the said center fine of said west channel with the center line of the main east channel of said river, in the easterly part of section numbered twenty-four, in said township and range.
Approved, September 13, 1918.