Chapter CXCVI. to regulate the Compensation of Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices in the several States and Territories, in the Location of Lands by States and Corporations under Grants from Congress
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Chap. CXCVI.— An Act to regulate the Compensation of Registers and Receivers of the Land Offices in the several States and Territories, in the Location of Lands by States and Corporations under Grants from Congress.July 1, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatFees of registers and receivers of land-offices. from and after the passage of this act, in the location of lands by states and corporations under grants from congress for railroads and other purposes, (except for agricultural colleges,) the registers and receivers of the land-offices of the several states and territories, in the districts where such lands may be located, for their services therein, shall be entitled to receive a fee of one dollar for each final location of one hundred and sixty acres, to be paid by the state or corporation making such location, the same to be accounted for in the same manner as fees and commissions on warrants and preëmption locations, with limitations as to maximums of salary prescribed by existing laws, in accordance with such instructions as shall be given by the commissioner of the general land-office.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatBurlington and Missouri River R. R. may change its location. the Burlington and Missouri River railroad company may so far change or modify the location of the uncompleted portion of its line, as shown by the map thereof now on file in the general land-office of the United States, so as to secure a better and more expeditious route to the terminus of said line on the Missouri River, said new line to be located within the limits of the land grant made by the United States to aid in its construction; and said change shall not impair the right to, nor change the location of, their present land grant.*Post*, pp. 528, 573.
A map of the change sliall be filed with the commissioner of the general land-office within one year after the passage of this act. Approved, July 1, 1864.