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ranges thirteen and fourteen; thence north to the northern boundary lineof the state of Missouri; thence east with the state line to the river Des-moines; thence, with the river Desmoines and the state line, to the Mis-sissippi river; thence, with and down the Mississippi river to the place ofbeginning, so as to include all the islands within the limits of the state ofMissouri , shall be formed into a new land district, to be called “The dis-trict of Salt river,” and, for the sale of the public lands within the districthereby constituted, there shall be a land office established at such place,within the said district, as the President of the United States may desig-nate.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register andreceiver appointed to said office to superintend the sales of public landsin the said district, and who shall reside at the place where said office isestablished, give security in the same manner and sums, and whose com-pensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, bethe same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of, at their offices, as areor may be, by law, provided, in relation to the registers and receivers ofpublic moneys, in the several offices established for the sale of the publiclands.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all such public lands, embracedwithin the district created by this act, which shall have been offered forsale to the highest bidder, at St. Louis , pursuant to any proclamation ofthe President of the United States , and which lands remain unsold at thetaking effect of this act, shall be subject to be entered and sold, at privatesale, by the proper officer or officers of the land office hereby created, inthe same manner, and subject to the same terms and upon the like con-ditions, as the sales of said lands would have been subjected to, in theland office at St. Louis , had they remained attached to that office.

Approved, May 26, 1824.

A register andreceiver to beappointed.

All lands em-braced withinsaid districtwhich havebeen offered forsale pursuant toany proclama-tion of the Pre-sident, and nowremain unsold,liable to be dis-posed of at pri-vate sale.

Chap. CLXXII .—An Act to provide for the sale of lands conveyed to the UnitedStates in certain cases , and for other purposes .

JBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America.) in Congress assembled. That the agent of the treasurybe, and he hereby is, authorized, in all cases where the estates of insolventdebtors have been, or hereafter shall be, assigned to the United States ,under the act of the sixth June, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, en-titled “An act providing for the discharge of persons imprisoned for debtsdue to the United States , to sell such estates, whether real or personal,at such time, and in such manner, as, with the approbation of the Secre-tary of the Treasury, he shall think fit, for the best price that can be hadtherefor, and to make all needful conveyances, assignments, or transfers,of the same, to the purchaser or purchasers.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That, at any and every sale, onexecutions, at the suit of the United States , of lands or tenements of adebtor, it shall be lawful for the United States , by such agent as the agentof the treasury shall appoint, to become the purchaser of such lands andtenements: Provided , That in no case shall such agent bid in behalf ofthe United States for a greater amount than that of the judgment forwhich such estate may be exposed to sale, and the costs; and it shall bethe duty of the marshal of the district in which such sale shall be held,in case such purchases shall be made, to make all needful conveyances,assignments, transfers, to the United States ; and the agent of the trea-sury is hereby authorized, with the approbation of the Secretary of theTreasury, to sell and convey the said lands and tenements in the samemanner as is directed by the first section of this act, in respect to landsand tenements assigned by insolvent debtors.

Statute I.May 26, 1824.

In all caseswhere the es-tates of insol-vent debtorshave been, orshall be, as-signed to theUnited States under the act ofJune 6, 1798,ch.49,the agentof the treasuryis authorized tosell such estate,whether real orpersonal.

United States may become thepurchaser oflands or tene-ments of a debt-or, when sold attheir suit.

Proviso.