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 352 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 86, 87. 1849. removed tcSti11- Croix, to Stillwater, in the county of St. Croix, in the proposed Te;. "“*°"· rimry of Minnesota; and sales of the public lands in said district shan thereafier be held at Stillwater, in the county aforesaid. Additionmand Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the sale of the public f;ffict“Qr‘;a2:§fi lands in the Territory of Wisconsin, an additional land office and land Post P_ ML district are hereby created, comprising all the lands not included wishin ’ the districts of land subject to sale at Green Bay, Milwaukee, or Mineral Point, which shall be called the western land district. Register- and Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is and compensa- district, 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 arc, or may be, prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States. _Lands in said Suc. 4. And be itfurtlwr enacted, That the President is authorized gt;°;5°:0I";5;·°"` to cause the public lands in the said district, with the exemption of sections numbered sixteen, in each township, reserved for the use of schools, or such other lands as may be selected by law in lieu thereof} and of such other tracts as he may select for military or other purposes, to be exposed to sale in the same manner, and upon the same terms and conditions, as the other public lands of the United States. fresidentto qc- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President is hereby 2g;;;? 022 me authorized to designate the site at which the said office shall be estab- ` lished, and to remove the same to any other place within said district, whenever, in his opinion, it may be deemed expedient. APPROVED, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849. Can. LXXXVI. — .61; Act in relation to the Fo: and Wisconsin Rirer Rescrrm ‘;""’— tion, in the State of Wisconsin. _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the °fCf;;g'*;1¤*Q§; Dhitcal States of America in Cqngressassembled, That ell land entries Gmm Bay had made m the Green Bay land district, in the State of Wisconsin, upon district con- the odd-numbered sections of the Fox and Wisconsin River reservation, B‘i§§g‘Ch UO in said State, subsequent to the passage of an act entitled "An Act t0 '` grant a certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, and connect the same by canal, in the Territory of Wiseo¤sin," approved on the eighth day of August, eighteen hun; dred and forty-six, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be good P¤¤ViS¤· and valid as though said act had not been passed: Provided, nevertheless, That. the governor of said State is hereby authorized to select the same quantity of other lands in lieu thereof; subject, however, to the approval of the President of the United States. Cm-min other SHG. 2. And be it further enacted, That all similar entries made °°¤· upon the even-numbered sections of said reservations be also declared ° to be as good and valid as though said reservation had not been made. Avmovnn, March 2, 1849. March 2, 1849. Cru?. LXXXVII. -.8n Act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the Swamp """""' Lands therein. certain swam Be it enacted by tin: §'enate and Hmzse of Representatives of flw lands granted tg United_ States of America m Congress assembled, That to and the State sms of Louisi- of Louisiana in constructing the necessary levees and drains to reclaim ““· the swamp and ovcrllowed lands therein, the whole of those swamp Mid overilowcd lands, which may be or arc found unfit for cultivation, shall bc, and the same are hereby, granted to that State.
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 * £€,°:;:° {Jug; the Senate, a register and a receiver of the public moneys for the said