Chapter XLVI. *to create an additional Land District in the State of California*
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CHAP. XLVI.— An Act *to create an additional Land District in the State of California*. Feb. 10, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Susanville land district in California established. That so much of the districts of lands subject to sale under existing laws at Marysville and Shasta, in the State of California, as are contained in the following boundaries, shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Susanville district, bounded as follows :
Beginning at a point where the north boundary of townshipBoundaries. nineteen north, Mount Diablo meridian, intersects the eastern boundary of the State of California; thence west on the north boundary, of township nineteen north, to the corner of townships nineteen and twenty north, rangers] thirteen and fourteen east ; thence north to the corner of townships twenty-one and twenty-two north, ranges thirteen and fourteen east; thence west to the corner of townships twenty-one and twenty-two north, ranges eleven and twelve east; thence north to the corner of townships twenty-three and twenty-four north, ranges eleven and twelve east; thence west to the corner of townships twenty-three and twenty-four north, ranges eight and nine east; thence north to the corner of townships twenty-five and twenty-six north, ranges eight and nine east; thence west to the corner of townships twenty-five and twenty-six north, ranges five and six east; thence north between ranges five and six to the northern boundary of the State of California; thence east on said boundary line to the northeast corner of said State ; thence south on the eastern boundary of said State, to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the location of the office forLocation of office, how designated;may be changed. said district shall be designated by the President of the United States, and may be changed by him from time to time as the public convenience may seem to require. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be appointed byRegister and receiver; the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for said land district, who shall respectively be requiredtheir residence and pay. 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 offices in said State.
Approved, February 10, 1871.