March 2, 1849.
Chap. LXXXIV. — An Act for changing the Location of the Land Office in the Chippewa Land District,
and establishing an additional Land District in the State of Wisconsin.
Land office at Falls of St. Croix, Wisconsin, to be removed to Stillwater.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That from 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.
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Croix, to Stillwater, in the county of St. Croix, in the proposed Territory of Minesota;
and the sales of the public lands in said district shall thereafter be held at Stillwater,
in the county aforesaid.
Additional land office and land district created.
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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, Milwaukee, or Mineral Point,
which shall be called the western land district.
Register and receiver to be appointed; their powers, duties, and compensations.
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, prescribed by law in relation to other land officers
of the United States.
Lands in said district to be exposed to sale.
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.
President to designate the site of land office.
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.
Approved, March 2, 1849.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 351-52