Page:1862 Territory of Dakota Session Laws.pdf/259

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
242
COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.
[CHAP. XIII.

COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.


CHAPTER 12.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE COUNTY OF BON HOMME, AND LOCATE THE COUNTY SEAT THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Boundaries of county of Bon Homme.Sect 1. The district of country embraced within the following described boundaries, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, a county, to be known as Bon Homme county, to wit: commencing at a point on the Missouri river, on line between ranges 57 and 58; thence along the main channel of the Missouri river to the mouth of Choseau creek; thence along the eastern and northern boundary of the Yankton Indian Reservation to the north line of township No. 96; thence east along said line to the range line between ranges 57 and 58; thence south on said range line to the place of beginning.

Town of Bon Homme declared county seat.Sect. 2. And the town of Bon Homme is hereby declared to be the county seat of the said county.

Take effect, when.Sect. 3. This bill shall take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor.

Approved April 5, 1862.
W. JAYNE, Governor.

CHAPTER 13.

AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLAY COUNTY IN THE TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Boundaries of county of Clay.Section 1. That the district of country embraced within the following described boundaries shall be, and is hereby