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EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch. 172. 1824. Bl ranges thirteen and fourteen; thence north to the northern boundary line of the state of Missouri; thence east with the state line to the river Desmoines; thence, with the river Desmoines and the state line, to the Mississippi river; thence, with and down the Mississippi river to the place of beginning, so as to include all the islands within the limits of the state of Missouri, shall be formed into a new land district, to be called “The district of Salt river," and, for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, there shall be a land office established at such place, within the said district, as the President of the United States may designate. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register ¤¤d m:eE:§:_':'b':d receiver appointed to said office to super-intend the sales of public lands ,PP,,,,,,,,;_ in the said district, and who shall reside at the place where said office is established, give security in the same manner and sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands to 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. Sec. 3. And be itfcrther enacted, That all such public lands, embraced b Al£“H‘g.““" within the district created by this act, which shall have been offered for ,3; disgjctln sale to the highest bidder, at SL Louis, pursuant to any proclamation of which have the President of the United States, and which lands remain unsold at the *:1*** °“`°'°d Y"' taking effect of this act, shall be subject to be entered and sold, at private :n;$:,·:,:°:° sale, by the proper olhcer or officers of the land office hereby created, in tion of the Prethe same manner, and subject to the same terms and upon the like con- ¤ld°¤F» Wd **3* ditions, as the sales of said lands would have been subjected to, in the fi;‘§Q’l°'{;'%,·j land office at St. Louis, had they remained attached to that office. posed or at pri. Approved, May 26, 1824. '**° °*l•- ·————- Srnvrz I. cm. cnxxir.-.4.. at to Pimero Me tok or noo, conveyed to on vom _¤£*5;$i=j; States in certain cases, and for otbn purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ey`Rq1resenta,tives of the United w,f;_;‘llh;“;: States if America, in Congress assembled, That the agent of the treasury t,,,,,, ,,;,,,,,,1, be, and he hereby is, authorized, in all cases where the estates of insolvent vent debtors debtors have been, or hereafter shall be, assigned to the United States, g:°’;f"' under the act of the sixth June, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, en- signed tj, the titled “An act providing for the discharge of persons imprisoned for debts United States due to the United States, to sell such estates, whether real or personal, ;“d:'6*l’*;,';’g°' at such time, and in such manner, as, with the approbation of the Secre· c;l°49_{h, aggm tary of the Treasury, he shall think fit, for the best price that can be had ortho treasury therefor, and to make all needful conveyances, assignments, or transfers, *“ ;“"h°;*’°d ‘° of the same, to the purchaser or purchasers. ::1,,,:::, Sling; Sec. 2. And be it_f·in·lhcr enacted, That, at any and every sale, on personal. executions, at the suit of the United States, of lands or tenements of a UTM stm' debtor, it shall be lawful for the United States, by such agentas the agent ”:;{,h;:;":,-°h° of the treasury shall appoint, to become the purchaser of such lands and lima. or tooo. tenements: Provided, That in no case shall such agent bid in behalf of ¤¤¢¤¤ °*`= debtthe United States for a greater amount than that of the judgment for "ld “ which such estate may be exposed to sale, and the costs; and it shall be pious.}, the duty of the marshal of the district in which such sale shall be held, in case such purchases shall be made, to make all needful conveyances, assignments, transfers, to the United States; and the agent of the treasury is hereby authorized, with the approbation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to sell and convey the said lands and tenementsin the same manner as is directed by the first section of this uct, in respect to lands and tenements assigned by insolvent debtors.
