town council of said town, and shall be known as “The Town Council of Richland," and any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sect. 3. P. Bliss as president, M. M. Rich as recorder, and A. R. Phillips, W. Frisbie, and Ole Kittleson, 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 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 can be entered under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled "An Act for the relief of citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States under certain circumstances," approved May 23, 1854.
Sect. 5. It shall be the duty of the town council, as soon as the title to the said lands shall be obtained pursuant to the third and fourth sections of this act, to ascertain the number of persons entitled legally or equitably to lots or squares within said town, and to deed, under the hand of the president and seal of the corporation, to every such person as aforesaid : Provided, That any person or persons to whom lots or squares shall be deeded, shall previously have paid the sum of one dollar for each deed and acknowledgment so required to be made.
Sect. 6. If any vacancy should occur in any of the offices of the town council aforesaid, a quorum of said town council duly assembled, shall at any time fill said vacancy.
Sect. 7. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved May 12, 1862.
W. JAYNE, Governor.
