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CHAP. XVIII.] into and declared to be a county, to be known as Gregory county, to wit: commencing in the centre of the main channel of the Missouri river opposite the north-west corner of the Fort Randall Military Reserve; thence on the west line of said reserve to the south-west corner of the same; thence west on a direct line to a point on the Niobrarah river, where the west boundary line of the tract of lands ceded to the United States by the Ponka Indians strikes the same; thence on the last-named boundary line to the Missouri river; thence down the centre of the main channel of the last-named river, to the point of commencement.

. 4. That the said county of Gregory be, and the same is hereby attached to the county of Todd, for revenue, election, and judicial purposes.

. 5. That so much territory as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created into and declared to be a county, to be known as Charles Mix county, to wit: commencing at the north-east corner of the Yankton Indian Reserve; thence north to Fire Steel creek; thence east up the main channel of said creek to its source; thence on a direct line to the head of the main branch of Fish or Pratt creek; thence down the main channel of said creek to the Missouri river; thence down the main channel of said river to the south-west corner of the Yankton Indian Reserve; thence on the west line of said reserve to the north-west corner of the same; thence on the north line of said reserve to the point of commencement.

. 6. The county seat of said county of Charles Mix is hereby located and established at Papineau on the Missouri river, on the claim of Mr. Papineau.

. 7. That so much territory as is embraced in the following described limits be, and the same is hereby created into and declared to be a county, to be known as Bruguier county, to wit: commencing at the mouth of Fish or Pratt creek; thence up the main channel of said creek to the source of its main branch; thence on a direct line to the source of Fire Steel creek; thence due west to the Missouri river; thence down the main channel of said river to the point of beginning.

. 8. The said county of Bruguier is hereby attached to the county of Charles Mix for election, judicial, and revenue purposes.