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26 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS". Sess. I. Ch. 57, 58. 1856. In the House of Representatives of the United States, July 8th, 1856. The House of Representatives having been notihed by the Senate that the bill entitled “A.n act making an aiépropmation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair flats, in the tate of Michigan," had been returned by the President, with his objections to the Senate, in which it originated, and that the Senate, having proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the same, had “Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the Senate agreeing to pass the same," the House of Representatives proceeded, in pursuance of the Constitution, to reconsider the said bill; and Resolved, That the said bill do pass, two thirds of the House of Representatives agreeing to pass the same. Attest: WM. CULLOM, Clerk fbuse of Reps. 8 6. Cxnr. LVII.—-An Act to lain zine Act appmvedfwel In A `,eightecn hundred and

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Bc it enacted by the Senate and Hrousc of Representatives of the United Certain islands States of America in Congress assembled, That the words “west of the l”°l“'i°d $135 Mississippi River," employed in the description in the first section‘of the giggitjgi act of twelfth April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to 16M, ch. 85. establish additional land districts in the territory of Minnesota," shall be construed so as to embrace all the islands lying west of the middle of the V°L x' P' 27* main channel of said river, in the new districts created west of the same by said act. Approved, July 8, 1856. July 8, 1g5g__ Cnn. LVIH.—-An Act to establish hg; Land Districts in the Territory of —-.—- mneso . Bc it enacted by the Senate and Hams of Representatives af the United Two additional States of America dn Congress assembled, That all that portion of the md msu-gc;,; gs. Territory of Minnesota which lies north of the line dividing townships ¤¤b1i¤h¤d· forty-five and forty-six, north of the base line east of the Mississippi Amended River, and north of the nearest township line, to be determined hereafter $5;% °hégg· by the commissioner of the General Land-Oice, west of said river, ex- °`°’ p'tending thence west to the Missouri River, be, and the same is hereby divided into and shall constitute two additional land districts, to wit: All that portion lying east of the line dividing ranges eighteen and nineteen west of the fourth principal meridian shall constitute a land district, to be called the northeastern land district; and all that portion west of the line dividing said ranges eighteen and nineteen shall constitute an additional land district in said territory, to be called the northwestern land district, the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him from time to time be changed, as the public interests may seem to require. pmpens fcrsaid Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is °·‘“m°“· hereby authorized, whenever in his judgment the public interest sha1` require, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof; and until the end of the next session of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each or either of the districts hereby created, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are pp in/aiysbq prescribed by law, in relation to other land-offices of the ni e a es. Sec. 3. Ami be it further enacted That the President is authorized to