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CHAPTER XII.

AN ACT CHANGING THE BOUNDARY LINES OF CHARLES MIX COUNTY, AND ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY LINES OF BUFFALO COUNTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota:

Section 1. That the district of country embraced within the following described boundaries shall be and is hereby declared to be Charles Mix county, to wit: Commencing at the confluence of Choteau creek with the Missouri river, thence along the line between the Yankton Indian Reservation and the county of Bon Homme, to the northwest corner of said county, thence north to the northwest corner of the county of Hutchinson, thence due west to the Missouri river, thence down the main channel of said river to the point of beginning.

Sec. 2. The town of Arshambo is hereby declared to be the county seat of Charles Mix county.

Sec. 3. That so much of the Territory of Dakota as is embraced within the fellowing: boundaries be and the same is hereby established into a county to be known: as the county of Buffalo, to wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of Hutchinson county, thence on a line due north to the line of the lands ceded by the Yankton Indians to the United States government, thence along said line of ceded lands to the Missouri river, thence down the main channel of said river, to the northwest corner of Charles Mix county, thence east along the north boundary line of Charles. Mix county to the point of beginning.

Sec. 4. The said counties of Charles Mix and Buffalo shall be and are hereby attached to the county of Bon Homme for judicial purposes.

Sec. 5. The said county.of Charles Mix shall constitute the fifth council and representative district, and shall be entitled to a representation of one member of the council and two members of the house of Representatives, and the said county of