TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 27. 1831.
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be a land office established at such place within the district, as the Presi-dent of the United States may designate, who is hereby authorized tochange the location of such office, whenever, in his opinion, the publicinterest may require it.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land office now establishedat Monroe, shall be removed to the place designated for the location ofthis office, and the register and receiver of the Monroe land office, shallsuperintend the sales of public lands within said district, who shall givesecurity in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation,emoluments, duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be the same,in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their office, 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 publiclands.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands lying eastof the meridian line in the territory aforesaid, which are not nowembraced in the district of Detroit , be, and they are hereby, attachedthereto; and it shall be the duty of the register and receiver of theland office in said district to deposit in the land office at Detroit all therecords, books, and papers, surveys, &c. which pertain to said land officeat Monroe, which shall be kept by the register and receiver of the landoffice at Detroit , as a part of the records of said office.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all such public lands as shallhave been offered for sale to the highest bidder at Monroe or Detroit ,pursuant to any proclamation of the President of the United States , andwhich are embraced within the provisions of this act, and which landsremain unsold at the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to beentered and sold at private sale, by the registers of the land offices towhich they are hereby attached; and all provisions of law applicable to thepublic lands, to which this act applies, shall continue in full force and effect.
Sec. 5. A nd be it further enacted, That so much of the state of Illinois as lies between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, bounded on the southby the base line, on the north by the northern boundary of that state, andon the extreme east by the third principal meridian, be formed into aseparate land district, the offices for which to be located where it willbest accommodate purchasers and others, by the President; and a regis-ter and receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of theUnited States shall deem proper.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That another district be also formedin that state, on the north of the dividing line between townships sixteenand seventeen north of the base line, and east of the third principalmeridian, including all that part of the state to its northern boundary,the offices for which to be located by the President, where the publicinterest and the convenience of purchasers may require; and a registerand receiver shall be appointed at such time as the President of theUnited States shall deem proper.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receiversshall reside, respectively, at the places where the land offices are located,give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compen-sation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, in every respect, be thesame, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices,as may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers ofpublic moneys in the several offices established for the disposal of thelands of the United States north-west of the river Ohio .
Sec. 8. And, be it further enacted, That the said lands shall be disposedof in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions, as are ormay be provided by law for the sale of other lands of the United States :Provided, That no tracts of land excepted from sales by virtue of anyformer acts, shall be sold by virtue of this act.
President tolocate the office.
Monroe landoffice removed.
Lands to beentered and soldat their appro-priate offices.
Offices.
Another dis-trict established.
Offices.
Residence, se-curity, &c. ofregisters and re-ceivers.
Sale of lands.