Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of October, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-eight, townships fourteen north to twenty-three north, inclusive, in ranges four and five west, shall be detached from the north-western land district, Louisiana; and the same shall, from and after the date aforesaid, be attached to, and form a part of, the district north of Red River, Louisiana; and it shall be, and is hereby, made the duty of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause the land office in the district north of Red River to be furnished with the plats and other papers, or transcripts thereof, relating to the townships aforesaid, and to have this act carried into full effect.

Approved, June 16, 1848.