THATfrom and after the thirtieth June next, the land office for the sale of the public lands in the Chippewa land district, shall be removed from the falls of St. Croix, to Stillwater, in the county of St. Croix, in the proposed territory of Minnesota; and sales of the public lands in said district shall thereafter be held at Stillwater in the county aforesaid.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the sale of the public lands in the Territory of Wisconsin an additional land office and land District are hereby created, comprising all the lands not included within the Districts of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Milwaukie or Mineral Point which shall be called the Western Land District.

Sec. 3. 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 a receiver of the public moneys for the said district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be pres-cribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President is authorized to cause the public lands in the said district, with the exemption of sections numbered sixteen in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such other lands as may be selected by law 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.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorized to designate the site at which the said office shall be established, and to remove the same to any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient.