TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 77. 1833.
Chap. LXXVII .—An Ad to create sundry new land, offices, and io alter the boun-daries of other land offices of the United States .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the landsceded to the United States by the treaties made and concluded with theChoctaw tribe of Indians, near Doak’s Stand, on the eighteenth day ofOctober, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and at Dancing Rab-bit creek, on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eighthundred and thirty, as is situated north of the line dividing townshipsnineteen and twenty, and west of the line dividing ranges seven and eight,east, be, and the same is hereby, established into a land district, to bedesignated as the north-western district.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, To so much of the land ceded bythe Choctaw tribe of Indians to the United States , by said treaty of thetwenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty,as is situated west of the basis meridian, and south of the dividing linebetween townships nineteen and twenty, north, be, and the same isattached to the Choctaw district, established by an act of the seventh ofMay, eighteen hundred and twenty-two.
Sec. 3. A nd be it further enacted, That so much of the lands cededto the United States , by said treaty of the twenty-seventh of September,eighteen hundred and thirty, as is situated north of the dividing line be-tween townships seven and eight, east of the basis meridian, and southof the north-western district, and the southern boundary of the lands ofthe Chickasaw tribe of Indians, shall constitute a land district to bedesignated as the north-eastern district; and the lands of the UnitedStates in the counties of Monroe and Lowndes, now subject to sale inthe Choctaw district, shall, from and after the first day of May next, besubject to sale at the land office in the said north-eastern district; and itshall be the duty of the register at Mount Salus, under instructions fromthe commissioner of the general land office, to transfer all such books,maps, records, field notes, and plats, or transcripts thereof relating to thesurveys of the public lands in Monroe and Lowndes counties, to theregister of the north-eastern district, as may be necessary to enable himto comply with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the land cededto the United States by the said treaty of the twenty-seventh of Septem-ber, eighteen hundred and thirty, as is situated south of the dividing linebetween townships seven and eight, be attached to, and constitute a partof, the Augusta land district.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That, for the disposal of the publiclands in the north-eastern and north-western districts, a land office shallbe established in each, at such convenient place as the President of theUnited States may designate; and, for each of said offices, a register andreceiver shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice andconsent of the Senate , who shall severally give bond and security, ac-cording to law, before entering on the duties of their respective offices.They shall receive the same compensation, fees, and emoluments, andshall perform similar duties, and possess the same powers, with all otherregisters and receivers of public moneys of the United States , and shall,in all respects, be governed by the laws of the United States providingfor the sale of public lands.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That so much of the Edwardsville land district as lies north and north-west of the Illinois river, betweensaid river and the Mississippi , be, and the same is hereby, attached to theQuincy land district, in the state of Illinois ; and that ranges one and twowest of the third principal meridian, embracing all townships from thebase line to the southern boundary of the Sangamon land district, be,
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Statute II.March 2, 1833.
Choctaw landsto form north-western landdistrict.
Bounds.
Choctaw dis-trict, by act ofMay 7,1822, ch.93, extended.
North-eastern
district.
Bounds.
Lands in Mon-roe, &c. to besubject to sale.
Transfer ofbooks, &c.
Land officesof north-easternand north-west-ern district.
Quincy district:partofEdwards-ville district at-tached thereto.
VandaJia dis-trict : additionthereto.