United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 18
Chap. XVIII.—An Act to organize a new land district in the southern part of the State of Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Champagnole land district established. That the section of country in the southern part of the State of Arkansas, south of the base line, and east of the meridian, comprised within the following boundaries, to wit: between the line dividing ranges five and six on the east, the line dividing ranges twenty and twenty-one on the west, the dividing line between townships ten and eleven on the north, and the State line on the South, be made to form a separate district, to be called the Champagnole district, the seat of theOffice to be in Champagnole. land office for which shall be at the town of Champagnole, and be subject to removal by the President of the United States, whenever, in his judgment, it may be proper so to do.
Register and receiver to be appointed, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a register and receiver of public moneys appointed for said land district, who shall give security in the same manner and in the same sums, and whose duties and authority, compensation and emoluments, shall in every respect be the same, in relation to the lands to be disposed of in said district, as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public money in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands.
Registers, &c. at Little Rock and Washington to transfer documents, &c.Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the registers and receivers for the districts of land subject to sale at Little Rock and Washington, in the State aforesaid, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to transfer to the register and receiver for the district hereby created all the proper evidences, documents, records, and township plats, in relation to lands heretofore sold or subject to sale at those offices, respectively, which fall within the limits of the district hereby created.
Act to take effect in 3 months.Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the expiration of three calendar months from the date of the passing thereof.
Approved, February 20, 1845.