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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 14 STAT. · March 2, 1867 · Chapter CLXXIX

Chapter CLXXIX. *to create the Office of Surveyor-General in the Territory of Montana, and establish a Land Office in the Territories of Montana and Arizona.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Surveyor-general for Montan

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CHAP. CLXXIX.— An Act *to create the Office of Surveyor-General in the Territory of Montana, and establish a Land Office in the Territories of Montana and Arizona.* March 2, 1867. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Surveyor-general for Montana. That the President, by the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to Salary and duties.appoint a surveyor-general for Montana, 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.
Clerk hire, office rent, and fuel.He shall have proper allowances for clerk hire, office rent and fuel, what is now allowed by law to the surveyor-general of Oregon. Sec. 2. Montana and Arizona land districts established. *And be it further enacted, *That the public lands within the Territories of Montana and Arizona, to which the Indian title is or shall be extinguished, shall each respectively constitute a new land district to THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 179–182. 1867. 543 be called the Montana district and the Arizona district respectively, and the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public moneys forRegisters and receivers; each of said districts respectively, who shall be required to reside at the places at which said offices shall be located, and they shall have the sametheir duties and compensation. powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to land offices of the United States in other Territories.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That the Secretary of the InteriorLocation of offices. is hereby authorized to locate said offices of surveyor-general and registers and receivers of public moneys. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted, *That the Territory of Arizona isArizona attached to surveying district of California. hereby attached to the surveying district of California. Approved, March 2, 1867.
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