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incut upon revenue bonds, had not been passed, and the said commis-sions had been paid to the collector, to whom the same are herebygiven, during his continuance in office, and at the first maturity of thesaid bonds.
Approved, June 12, 1838.
Chap. XCIX. —An Act to create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands in theWisconsin Territory. ( a )
He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That a Surveyor for theTerritory of Wisconsin shall be appointed, who shall have the sameauthority, and perform the same duties respecting the public lands andprivate land claims in the Territory of Wisconsin, as are now vested inand required of the Surveyor of the lands of the United States in Ohio .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of theSurveyor for Ohio to deliver to the Surveyor for Wisconsin Territory,all the maps, papers, records, and documents relating to the publiclands and private land claims in the said Territory of Wisconsin, whichmay be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticableto make a separation of such maps, papers, records and documents,without injury, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof, certified byhim, to be furnished to the Surveyor for Wisconsin Territory; whichcopies shall be of the same validity as the originals. And the Secretaryof the Treasury is hereby authorized to cause the expense attending thetransfer of the records to be paid out of the appropriation for surveyingthe public lands.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Surveyor for WisconsinTerritory, to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall establish hisoffice at the town of Du Buque, in the Territory of Wisconsin; andthat he shall be allowed an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars, tocommence at such period as his office shall be in readiness for opera-tion ; and he shall be authorized to employ one draughtsman and clerk,whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed sixteen hundred dollarsper annum. He shall also be allowed the sum of three hundred andfifty dollars per annum, for office-rent, fuel, and other incidental expensesof his office; to be paid out of any money appropriated for surveyingthe public lands.
Approved, June 12, 1838.
Chap. C.— An Act to establish two additional land offices in that part of Wiscon-sin Territory west of the river Mississippi . (J)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That for the sale of thepublic lands in that part of the Territory of Wisconsin situate west ofthe river Mississippi , two land districts are hereby created; one of whichcomprising all the lands south of the east and west line which forms thenorthern boundary of the township adjoining to, and immediately southof, the township in which the town of Davenport is situate, shall becalled the Des Moines land district, the land office for which shall beestablished at the town of Burlington ; and the other district, com-prising the lands north of the said east and west line, shall be calledthe Du Buque land district, the office for which shall be establishedat the town of Du Buque.
Sec. 2. And. be it further enacted, That the President be, and he ishereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
Statute II.June 12, 1838.
A Surveyor tobe appointed,who shall havethe same autho-rity, &.C.
Surveyor forOhio to deliverto Surveyor forWisconsin allmaps, &,c. inhis office, relat-ing to lands inWisconsin; orcertified copies.
Expense of thetransfer to bepaid, &,c.
Surveyor ofWisconsin toestablish his of-fice at Dubuque .
Salary.
Authorized toemploy a drafts-man and clerk—their salaries.
Office rent.&c.
Statute II.June 12, 1838.
Two land dis-tricts created forthe sale of thepublic lands.
Du Buque—land office at.
President toappoint a regis-
(a) See notes to the act establishing the territorial government of Wisconsin, April 20, 1836, chap. 54.
(b) See notes to the act of June 12, 1838, chap. 96.