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CHAP. XVIII.]
COUNTIES AND COUNTY SEATS.
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into and declared to be a county, to be known as Gregory county, to wit: commencing in the centre of the main channel of the Missouri river opposite the north-west corner of the Fort Randall Military Reserve; thence on the west line of said reserve to the south-west corner of the same; thence west on a direct line to a point on the Niobrarah river, where the west boundary line of the tract of lands ceded to the United States by the Ponka Indians strikes the same; thence on the last-named boundary line to the Missouri river; thence down the centre of the main channel of the last-named river, to the point of commencement.

Attached to Todd county for stated purposes.Sect. 4. That the said county of Gregory be, and the same is hereby attached to the county of Todd, for revenue, election, and judicial purposes.

Boundaries of the county of Charles Mix.Sect. 5. That so much territory 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 Charles Mix county, to wit: commencing at the north-east corner of the Yankton Indian Reserve; thence north to Fire Steel creek; thence east up the main channel of said creek to its source; thence on a direct line to the head of the main branch of Fish or Pratt creek; thence down the main channel of said creek to the Missouri river; thence down the main channel of said river to the south-west corner of the Yankton Indian Reserve; thence on the west line of said reserve to the north-west corner of the same; thence on the north line of said reserve to the point of commencement.

Papineau declared county seat.Sect. 6. The county seat of said county of Charles Mix is hereby located and established at Papineau on the Missouri river, on the claim of Mr. Papineau.

Boundaries of the county of Bruguier.Sect. 7. That so much territory 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 Bruguier county, to wit: commencing at the mouth of Fish or Pratt creek; thence up the main channel of said creek to the source of its main branch; thence on a direct line to the source of Fire Steel creek; thence due west to the Missouri river; thence down the main channel of said river to the point of beginning.

Attached to Charles Mix county for stated purposes.Sect. 8. The said county of Bruguier is hereby attached to the county of Charles Mix for election, judicial, and revenue purposes.