Sect. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and approval by the governor.
Approved April 10, 1862.
CHAPTER 21.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF ELK POINT.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That so much land as is contained in the south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section nineteen, township ninety-one, north range forty-nine west; and the south-east one quarter of the north-east one quarter of section twenty-four, township ninety-one, north range fifty west, be, and the same is hereby, created a town corporate by the name of Elk Point, and shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and responsibilities usually enjoyed by municipal corporations.
Sect. 2. That, for the good order and government of said town, it shall be lawful, and there shall be established a president, recorder, and three trustees, who shall constitute the town council of said town, and shall be known as “The Town Council of Elk Point," and any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sect. 3. John R. Wood as president, E. B. Wixson as recorder, and Myron Sheldon, William Adams, and Preston M. Hotchkiss, shall be known and are hereby constituted the town council of said town, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and who shall have full power and authority to make and establish all needful rules and regulations for the government of the said town.
Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the president, with the consent of the town council of said town corporate, to enter so much land within the corporate limits of said town, as
