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April 20, 1836.

Chap. LIII.An Act to carry into effect the treaties concluded by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians on the twentieth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Moneys received for lands to be paid into the Treasury. That all moneys received from the sale of lands under the stipulations of the treaties with the Chickasaw Indians of the twentieth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, in the same manner that moneys received from the sales of public lands are paid into the Treasury.

Payment under the instructions of the President.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all payments required to be made, and all moneys required to be vested by the said treaty, are hereby appropriated in conformity to it, and shall be drawn from the Treasury, as other public moneys are drawn therefrom, under such instructions as may from time to time be given by the President.

Special account to be kept, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all investments of stock, required by the said treaty shall be made under the direction of the President; and a special account of the funds under the said treaty, shall be kept at the Treasury, and a statement thereof shall be annually laid before Congress, and the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, heretofore appropriated, agreeably to the said treaty, and to aid in its fulfilment shall be refunded to the Treasury, as soon as funds sufficient therefor, are received from the sale of the said lands.

Approved, April 20, 1836.

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April 20, 1836.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. LIV.An Act establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin.[1]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,What country shall constitute the Wisconsin Territory. That from and after the third day of July next, the country included within the following boundaries shall constitute a separate Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, by the name of Wisconsin; that is to say: Bounded on the

  1. The acts which have been passed relative to the Territory of Wisconsin have been:
    An act to establish the Territorial Government of Wisconsin, April 20, 1836, chap. 54.
    Appropriation for the public buildings and library of the Territory of Wisconsin, Civil and Diplomatic appropriation, act of May 9, 1836, chap. 59.
    An act for laying off the towns of Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Bellevieu, Du Buque and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, July 2, 1836, chap. 262.
    An act to amend an act, entitled “An act for laying off the towns of Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Bellevieu, Du Buque and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes,” approved July 2, 1836. March 3, 1837, chap. 36.
    An act to give the approval and confirmation of Congress to three several acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, incorporating banks. March 3, 1837, chap. 75.
    An act making appropriations for completing the public buildings in Wisconsin, June 18, 1838, chap. 117.
    Post routes in Wisconsin, an act to establish post routes, and to discontinue others, July 7, 1838, chap. 172.
    An act to divide the Territory of Wisconsin, and to establish the Territorial Government of Iowa, June 12, 1838, chap. 96.
    An act to authorize the construction of certain improvements in the Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes, March 3, 1839, chap. 72.
    An act to create the office of Surveyor of public lands in the Wisconsin Territory, June 12, 1838, chap. 99.
    An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Wisconsin, June 12, 1838, chap. 110.
    An act to grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river, June 18, 1838, chap. 114.
    An act to alter and amend the organic law of the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, March 3, 1839, chap. 90.
    An act to define and establish the eastern boundary line of the Territory of Wisconsin, June 12, 1838, ch. 101.
    Brotherton Indians subjected to the laws of the United States and of Wisconsin, Act of March 3, 1839, chap. 83, sect. 7.
    Appropriation for the survey and examination of the country between the mouths of the Menomonie and Montreal rivers, for the purpose of designating and marking the boundary line between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin, March 3, 1841, chap. 36, sect. 3.
    An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights, September 4, 1841, chap. 16, sect. 2.
    Appropriations for Wisconsin Territory, May 18, 1842, chap. 29, No. 108, &c.