United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 100

United States Statutes at Large, Volume 5
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Public Acts of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, Second Session, Chapter 100
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June 12, 1838.

Chap. C.An Act to establish two additional land offices in that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the river Mississippi.[1]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Two land districts created for the sale of the public lands. That for the sale of the public lands in that part of the Territory of Wisconsin situate west of the river Mississippi, two land districts are hereby created; one of which comprising all the lands south of the east and west line which forms the northern boundary of the township adjoining to, and immediately south of, the township in which the town of Davenport is sitaute, shall be called the Des MoinesDes Moines.
Dubuque—land office at
land district, the land office for which shall be stablished at the town of Burlington; and the other district, comprising the lands north of the said east and west line, shall be called the Du Buque land district, the office for which shall be established at the town of Du Buque.

President to appoint a register and receiver for each district.
Powers, duties, and compensation.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public moneys for each of the said districts, and who shall, respectively, be required to reside at the site of their offices, and have powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation, as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to the other land officers of the United States.

Public lands in said districts, except, &c. to be exposed to sale.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is authorized to cause the public lands in the said districts with the exception of section numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such other lands as may by law be selected in lieu thereof, and of such other tracts as he may select for military or 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.

President authorized to remove the said land offices.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever the President may deem it expedient, he is hereby authorized to remove the said land offices to such other places within those districts as he may judge proper.

Approved, June 12, 1838.