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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 15 STAT. · July 16, 1868 · Chapter CLXXV

Chapter CLXXV. to create the Office of Surveyor-General in the Territory of Utah, and establish a Land Office in said Territory, and extend the Homestead and Pre-emption Laws over the same

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Chap. CLXXV.— An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General in the Territory of Utah, and establish a Land Office in said Territory, and extend the Homestead and Pre-emption Laws over the same.July 16, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSee ch. 263, § 1.*Post,* p. 234.Surveyor-general for Utah Territory authorized.Salary, power, and allowances. the President, by and with the advice [and consent] of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a surveyor-general for the Territory of Utah, 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 survey or general of Oregon.
He shall have proper allowances for clerk hire, office rent, and fuel, not exceeding what is now allowed by law to the surveyor-general of Oregon. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatUtah land district constituted.Register and receiver, and their powers. the public lands of the United States within said Territory of Utah, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Utah district; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public money for said district, who shall be required to reside at the places at which said offices shall be located, and they shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to laud offices of the United States in other Territories.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatLand offices, how to be located. the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to locate said offices of surveyor-general and register and receiver of public moneys at some suitable place or places in said Territory. 92FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 175, 176. 1868. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPre-emption and homestead laws to apply. the pre-emption, homestead, and other laws of the United States applicable to the disposal of the public lands, are hereby extended over said district.
Approved, July 16, 1868.
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