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248 . 7. This act shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage, and approval by the governor.
 * Approved April 24, 1862.

W. JAYNE, Governor.

1. That so much territory as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created into and declared to be one county,to be known as Todd county, to wit: commencing in the middle of the channel of the Missouri river at the mouth of the Niobrarah river; thence up the main channel of the Niobrarah river to the south-east corner of the Ponka Indian Reserve; thence north, on the east line of said reserve, to Ponka creek; thence up the main channel of said creek to the north-west corner of the aforesaid reserve; thence on the west boundary line of said reserve to the Niobrarah river; thence up the main channel of said river to the west boundary line of the lands ceded by the Ponka Indians to the United States government; thence on a direct line to the south-west corner of the Fort Randall Military Reserve; thence on the south line of said reserve, to the south-east corner of the same; thence on the east line of said reserve, to the Missouri river; thence down the centre of the main channel of said Missouri river to the point of commencement.

. 2. The county seat of Todd county, is hereby located and established at Mixville, on the Niobrarah river.

. 3. That so much territory as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created