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 244 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 86, 87. 1861. the judicial districts of said Territory and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or subdivisions in each of said judicial districts by proclamation to be issued by him; but the legislative assembly, at their first or any subsequent session, may organize, alter, or modify such judicial districts, and assign the judges, and alter the times and places of holding the courts, as to them shall seem ro er and convenient. Constitution P Sho. 16. And be it jiertlzsr enacted, That the Constitution and all laws {,"£tLQ,"§,:fm of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the made applicable. sa¤:nforoeUand eigect within the said Territory of Dakota as elsewhere witthe nited tates. Sec. 17. And be it jiortlur enacted, That the President of the United m3f‘"°7'°"'€°"' States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a surveyor-general for Dakota, who shall locate his oiislce at such place as the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time direct, and whose duties, powers, obligations, responsibilities, compensation, and allowances for clerk hire, office rent, fuel, and incidental expenses, shall be the same as those of the surveyor-general of Nebraska and Kansas, under the direction of the Secretary of the Inteliior, and mach instructions as he may from time to time deem it advisa e to give im. Sec. 18. And Be it further macted, That so much of the public lands Wd di¤¤‘i<=*· of the United States in the Territory of Dakota, west of its eastern boundary and east and north of the Niobrara, or Running Water river, umd1m be formed into a land district, to be called the Yancton district, at canon. such time as the President may direct, the land office for which shall be located at such point as the President may direct, and shall be removed from time to time to other points within said district whenever, _ in his opinion, it may be expedient. Rqzlrtvr wd Sec. 19. And be it _/itrtker enacted That the President be, and he is '°°°"°" hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver for said district, who shall respectively be required to reside at the sith of said office, and who shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compitipsanopksgs aée ppdmgy be prescribed by law in relation to other land- 0 ces o e ni tates. Sec. 20. And be it jiertller enacted, That the river in said Territo D*k°*¤ mm- heretofore known as the “River anx Jacques," or “James river," sharh hereatler be called the Dakota river. _ Sso. 21. Ami be itj·iu·ther enacted, That, until Congress shall otherwise Uxgrdggsprfuh direct, that portion of the Territories of Utah and Washington between in n ldd64M" the forty·iirst and forty-thn·d degrees of north latitude, and east of the Ndbisska. thirty-third meridian of longitude west from Washington, shall be, and is hereby, incorporated into and made a part of the '1`erritory of Nebraska. Approved, March 2, 1861. .¥£'£?;a@;. cm. rxxxvu.-asa.: e swam. .4e,..pp»z rmwym one a:  undred   An   pmvndmgfar keeping and dzstrzibuting all m,,,,;,,,,;,,,; .Bc€¢enacted_by the SenateandH>useqf12e]m·c:e2•tativesqftI•e United   f‘;f:d;r0wr;Sca Oo(agrus assernbledih That in all cases where the h mw su Ply _ pl y ocument is msu cient to supply one umtitution um inntltuubn. therew1t.h,uporr the designation of each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, as required by existing law, the same may be distributed_ by the Secretary of the Interior to such incorporated colleges, public libraries, athenseums, literary and scientific institutions, boards of trade, or public associations, as he may select.