26 THIRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 77. 1852. shall be established at Stevens Point, on the Wisconsin River, as soon as the public convenience may require it. · L,,q,.,,,,, 1,,,,1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the- public lands dislript <=0rgSf·itu— of the United States, in the State of Wisconsin, as lies within. the follow- 3: m w‘“°°‘“' ing boundaries, to wit :— commencing at a pomt where the line between townships ten and eleven, north, touches the Mississippi River, thence due east to the fourth principal meridian, thence north to the line between townships fourteen and iitteen, north, thence east to the southeast corner of township fifteen, north of range one, east of the fourth principal meridian, plhence north op tlple range line totghelsoutlplpne of townshi number t irt -0ne, nort 1, thence west on e me e ween townshiiis number thiriy and thirty-one, to the Chippewa River, thence down said river to its junction with the Mississippi River, fthencp down the Mississi i River to the place of beginning, shall be orme into a pmvgsgon for new land digiiict, to be called the La Crosse Land District, and for the 3 l¤¤d·¤Vl<=¤ M sale of the public lands within the district hereby constituted, a land- L8 C"°SS°‘ office shall be established at La Crosse, on the Mississippi River, as soon as the public convenience may require it. Sm 1,md_,,m_ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby authorccs may) be re- ized to cause the removal of either of the offices created by this act, to ’,{‘°‘"?d Y lm any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, such resident. . removal may be deemed expedient. provision for Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is W6 *?§P<>i¤¤m¤¤¤ hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
d,;??,,;?' Senate, a register and a receiver of public moneys for each of the said
districts, who shall respectively be required to reside at the site of said office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land-officers of the United States. And in case it shall be found necessary or expedient to establish said districts, or either of them, during the recess of Congress, the President shall be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint the necessapycofficers during such recess, and until the end of the next session o ongress: Pro- Acgkwhen to vided, however, That this act shall not go into effect until at least six hh °'"" months after its passage. Bgqkg gw_ to Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the m¤‘¤¤¤l’¤¤i¤¤<ld*¤ General Land-Ofiice shall cause to be transferred to the land-offices °,§°,‘fw ”‘“hereby created, all such books, maps, records, iield notes, and plats, or tranlpcrépts therpxot, relating tpl the surveys and entries fof the public lands in the istricts ereby create , as may be necessar or the sale of the public lands, in compliance with the provisions of dns act. Approved, July 30, 1852. August 2, 1852. Cntr. LXXVII. —- An Acrto create three additional Land in the State oflvwa. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The Gbsnton, United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of migfggufiud the public lands in the State of Iowa, lying west of the range line dividing Rive; nm.; dg,- ranges seventeen and eighteen, and east of the range line dividing
- F§>l¤»{=0¤¤fif¤- ranges thirty~one and thirty-two, and now included in the district of
° m °W°l' lands subject to sale at Fairfield, shall comprise a new land district, to be called the Charlton District ; that so much of the public lands in said State, now included in the Iowa and Dubuque land districts, as lie between the range line dividing ranges sixteen and seventeen, and the range line dividing ranges thirty-three and thirty-four, shall form a new land district, to be called the Northern District; that all that portion of the public lands in said State, now included in the district subject to sale at Fairfield, and lying west of the range line dividing ranges thirty-
