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COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.
[CHAP. XV.

CHAPTER 15.

A BILL FOR AN ACT CREATING AND ESTABLISHING JAYNE AND HUTCHINSON COUNTIES, DEFINING THE COUNTY LINES OF THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

Boundaries of county of JayneSection 1. That so much of the Territory of Dakota as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created into, and declared to be a county to be known as Jayne county, to wit: commencing at the north-east corner of Yankton county; thence north thirty miles; thence west twenty-four miles; thence south to the north-west corner of Yankton county; thence east on the north boundary line of Yankton county, to the point of commencement.

Attached to county of Yankton for stated purpose.Sect. 2. The said county of Jayne is hereby attached to the county of Yankton for election, judicial, and revenue purposes.

Boundaries of county of Hutchinson.Sect. 3. That so much of the Territory of Dakota as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created into, and declared to be a county, to be known as Hutchinson county, to wit: commencing at the north-west corner of Bon Homme county; thence north on the east boundary line of Gregory county thirty miles; thence east to the north-west corner of Jayne county; thence south on the west boundary line of Jayne county to the north-west corner of Yankton county; thence west on the north boundary line of Bon Homme county to the point of commencement

Attached to Bon Homme county for stated purposes.Sect. 4. The said county of Hutchinson is hereby attached to Bon Homme county for election, judicial, and revenue purposes.

Take effect, when.Sect. 5. This act to take effect, and be in full force, from and after its passage, and its approval by the governor.

Approved May 8, 1862.
W. JAYNE, Governor.