Chapter LXII. *to authorize the President of the United States in Conjunction with the State of California, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of California.* May 26, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
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Chap. LXII.— An Act *to authorize the President of the United States in Conjunction with the State of California, to run and mark the Boundary Lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of California.* May 26, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the United Commission to run boundaries between United States Territories and California. Boundaries.States be, and he hereby is, authorized and empowered to appoint a suitable person or persons, who, in conjunction with such person or persons as may be appointed on behalf of the State of California for the same purpose, shall run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of California; commencing at the point of intersection of the forty-second degree of north latitude with the one hundred and twentieth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, and running south on the line of said one hundred and twentieth degree of west longitude until it intersects the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude; thence running in a straight line in a southeasterly direction to the river Colorado at a point where it intersects the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude.
Landmarks to be placed at corners, &c. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That such landmarks shall be established at the said point of beginning, and at the other corners and on the several lines of said boundary as may be agreed on by the President of the United States, or those acting under his authority, and the said State California to pay those employed by her.of California or those acting under its authority: *Provided,* That the person or persons appointed and employed on the part and behalf of the State of California are to be paid by the said State: *Provided, further,* Who to be employed by the United States.that no persons except a superintendent or commissioner shall be appointed or employed in this service by the United States, but such as are required to make the necessary observations and surveys, to ascertain such line and erect suitable monuments thereon, and make return of the same.
Approved, May 26, 1860.