Chapter CXVII. *to establish the Office of Surveyor-General of Utah, and to grant Land for School and University Purposes.* Feb. 21, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
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Chap. CXVII.— An Act *to establish the Office of Surveyor-General of Utah, and to grant Land for School and University Purposes.* Feb. 21, 1855. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized Appointment of a surveyor-general for Utah. Salary, power, and duties. 1851, ch. 84.to appoint a surveyor-general for Utah, whose annual salary shall be three thousand dollars, and whose power, authority, and duties, shall be the same as those provided by law for the surveyor-general of Oregon, prior to the act of July seventeen, eighteen hundred and fifty-four: and he shall locate his office from time to time at such places as may be directed by the President of the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That when the lands in said territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United Reservations for schools.States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said territory, and in the States and territories hereafter to be created out of the same.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That when the lands in said territory shall be surveyed as aforesaid, a quantity of land equal to two townships Reservation for an university.shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved for the establishment of a university in said territory, and in the State hereafter to be created out of the same, to be selected under the direction of the legislature, in legal subdivisions of not less than one half section, and to be disposed of as said legislature may direct Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That full power and authority are Rules and regulations authorized.hereby given to the Secretary of the Interior to issue all needful rules and regulations for fully carrying into effect the several provisions of this act.
Approved, February 21, 1855.