Chapter CCCIV. for the Creation of an additional Land District in the State of California
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CHAP. CCCIV.— An Act for the Creation of an additional Land District in the State of California.July 15, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That so much of the districts ofShasta land district in California established. lands now subject to sale at Humboldt and Marysville, in the State of California, as are contained within the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Shasta district, bounded as follows:
On the north and east by the boundary lines of the State; on theBoundaries. south by the fifth standard parallel north; and on the west by the line between ranges ten and eleven west of the Mount Diablo base and meridian, the location of the office for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and may be changed by him from time to time, as the public interest may seem to require. 366 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 304, 305. 1870. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That there shall be appointedRegister and receiver; by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver for said land district, who shall respectively be requiredtheir residence, pay, &c. to reside at the site of the office, be subject to the same laws, and entitled to the same compensation, as is, or may hereafter be, prescribed by law in relation to other land officers in said State.
Approved, July 15, 1870.