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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 11 STAT. · July 8, 1856 · Chapter LIX

Chapter LIX. *authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of theSurvey of southe

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Chap. LIX.— An Act *authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of theSurvey of southern boundary of Kansas. United States is hereby authorized and directed to cause the southern boundary line of the Territory of Kansas, between the State of Missouri and the Territory of New Mexico, to be surveyed and distinctly marked, and a plat of said survey shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary1856, ch. 170.*Post*, pp. 139, 140. of the Interior, and another plat of said survey shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Kansas.
Approved, July 8, 1856. Chapter LXV: for the Construction of a Road from Fort Ridgley in the Territory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska. 11 Stat. 27 1856-07-22 Chapter LXV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-11 34 2 public
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*authorize the President of the United States to cause the Southern Boundary Line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked.* July 8, 1856. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the President of theSurvey of southe
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