Excerpt from General and Special Laws Passed at the Sixteenth Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota: Begun and Held at Bismarck, in Said Territory, on Tuesday, the 13th Day of January, A. D. 1885, and Concluded March 13th, A. D. 1885 All that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, namely: Commencing at a point in the main channel of the Red River of the North, where the forty-ninth de gree of north latitude crosses the same thence up the main chan nel of the same, and along the boundary of the State of Minnesota to Big Stone lake; thence along the boundary line of the State of Minnesota to the Iowa line; thence along the boundary line of the State of Iowa to the point of intersection between the Bi Sioux and Missouri rivers; thence up the Missouri river, ang along the boundary lme of the State of Nebraska to the mouth of the Niobrara or Running Water river; thence following up the same, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the mouth of the Keha Paha or Turtle Hill river; thence up that river to the forty-third parallel of north latitude; thence due west to the twenty seventh meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence due north on that meridian to the forty-ninth degree of north lat itude; thence east along the forty-ninth de free of north latitude to the place of beginning, is organized into a temporary govern ment by the name of the Territory 01 Dakota. [section 1900 of the Revised Statutes of the United Mea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.