Chapter CLXIV. to create an additional Land District in the State of Oregon
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CHAP. CLXIV.— An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of Oregon.July 3, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the President of the UnitedAdditional land district in Oregon established. States be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an additional land district in the State of Oregon, and to fix from time to time the boundaries thereof, which district shall be named after the place at which the office83THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 164, 165. 1866. shall first be established; and the President shall be authorized hereafter,Boundaries and location of districts and offices may be changed. from time to time, as circumstances may require, to adjust the boundaries of any and all of the land districts in said State, and change the location of the land office from time to time when the same shall be expedient. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, orRegister and receiver.Residence.Pay and fees. during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next ensuing session, a register and receiver for said land district, who shall be required to reside at the site of the office, shall be subject to the same laws and responsibilities, and whose compensation and fees shall be respectively the same per annum, as are now allowed by law to other land officers in said State.
Approved, July 3, 1866.