Chapter XCVIII. *to establish an additional Land District in the State of Kansas*
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CHAP. XCVIII.— An Act *to establish an additional Land District in the State of Kansas*. May 11, 1870.See *Post*, p. 298. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Arkansas land district established in Kansas. That all that portion of the State of Kansas lying south of the fourth standard parallel, and west of the east line of range twelve, east of the sixth principal meridian in said State, shall constitute an additional land district, to be called the Arkansas district, the location of the office for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him, from time to time, be changed as the public interests may seem to require.
Sec. 2. Register and receiver;*And be it further enacted*, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever the public interests shall require, to appoint, in accordance with existing laws authorizing appointments to office, a register and a receiver for the district hereby created, who shall each be their residence, duties, and pay.required to reside at the site of the office for said district, have the same powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United Slates.
Sec. 3. Certain sales and locations confirmed.*And be it further enacted*, That all sales and locations made at the offices of the districts in which the lands embraced in this district have hitherto been included, situated within the limits of this district, which shall be valid and right in other respects, up to the day on which the new office shall go into operation, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed. Approved, May 11, 1870.