Chapter CVII. to create a new Land District in the Territory of Washington
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CHAP. CVII.— An Act to create a new Land District in the Territory of Washington.March 3, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all the public lands in theWalla-Walla-land district in Washington Territory established. Territory of Washington lying east and north of the following boundaries shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Walla-Walla district, to wit: Beginning on the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions, on the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence southerly along the line established by the first section of the act of May *ten* [sixteen], eighteen hundred and sixty, entitled “An act to create anBoundaries.1860, ch. 50, § 1.Vol. xii. p. 16. additional land district in Washington Territory,” to the line dividing townships ten and eleven north; thence east to the line dividing ranges nineteen and twenty east; thence south along said line to the Columbia river.
Sec. 2. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint,Register and receiver; by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session after such appointment, a473FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 107–110. 1871. register and receiver for said district, who shall be required to reside atresidence and pay. the city of Walla-Walla until such time as the President, in his discretion, may remove the site of said land office from said city, be subject to theSite of land office may be changed. same laws, and entitled to the same compensation as is, or may hereafter be, provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers in said Territory.
Approved, March 3, 1871.