United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 84
Chap. LXXXIV.—An Act to establish additional land offices in the states of Alabama and Illinois.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the sale of the unappropriated public lands in the state of Alabama, the following districts shall be formed, and land offices therefor established:District and land office at Tuscaloosa.
District and land office at Conecuh Courthouse. All the public lands, as aforesaid, bounded on the north by the line which separates townships numbered fourteen and fifteen, in the district of Huntsville; on the south, by the line which separates townships twenty-two and twenty-three, in the district of Cahawba, and the district east of Pearl river; and on the east and west, by the lines of the state of Alabama; shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Tuscaloosa. And all the public lands, as aforesaid, bounded on the south by the southern boundary of the state of Alabama; on the west, by the line separating ranges four and five, east of the basis meridian, to the line separating townships five and six north, in the district of Cahawba; thence, east, with said line, to the line separating ranges twenty and twenty-one; thence north, with the said line, to the line separating townships eleven and twelve; thence, east, with said line, to the eastern boundary of the state of Alabama, and bounded on the east by the eastern boundary of said state; shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Conecuh Courthouse.
Part of Shawneetown district to form a separate land district.
Land office at Vandalia.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public lands, heretofore included in the Shawneetown land district, as lies east of the third principal meridian, north of the base line, and west of the range line, between ranges numbered eight and nine, east of the said third principal meridian, shall constitute a separate land district; and, for the sale of the public lands therein, there shall be a land office established at Vandalia, the seat of government for the state of Illinois.
Another land district at Illinois.
Land office at Palestine.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the public land as lies north of the base line, east of the aforesaid range line, and west of the Big Wabash river, as lies in the state of Illinois, shall also constitute a separate land district; and for the sale of public lands, there shall be a land office established at the town of Palestine, on the said Wabash river.
A register and receiver for each of the land offices, with compensation &c. as in other cases.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and receiver appointed to each of the aforesaid land offices, to superintend the sales of the public lands in their respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated in their respective districts, who shall reside at the places designated in their respective districts, at which the offices are fixed, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands.
2d, 3d, and 5th sections of the act of 3d March, 1819, ch. 92, applicable, &c., so far as they have not been changed, &c.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the second, third, and fifth sections of the act, entitled “An act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish land offices for the disposal of the public lands, not heretofore offered for sale, in the states of Ohio and Indiana,” approved March the third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the aforesaid districts and offices, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of the United States.
Approved, May 11, 1820.