Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the common council, as soon as the title to the said lands shall be obtained, to ascertain the number of persons legally or equitably entitled 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 entitled as aforesaid: Provided, That every person or persons to whom lots or squares shall be so deeded, shall previously have paid the sum of one dollar for each deed and acknowledgment, so required to be made.
Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the president and common council to cause a plat of the survey of said town to be recorded in the office of the register of the county wherein said town is located, in conformity with the provisions of the statutes authorizing the record of town plats in this territory.
Sect. 5. That John B. Wilkie shall be the first president of said town corporate, and shall serve from and after this act, until his successor shall be chosen and qualified, under such rules and regulations as the common council, with the consent of the president, shall establish; and in the event of any vacancy of the president, the common council may fill the same, and if in the common council, the same shall be filled by the president of the said town corporate.
Sect. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved May 5, 1862.
CHAPTER 25.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF YANKTON.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:
Section 1. That so much land as is contained in the following described tracts, to wit: lots number three and four (3 and 4), in section eighteen (18); the north half of the south-west quarter of section eighteen (18); the north-west
