Chapter XLII. to create an additional Land District in the State of Nevada
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CHAP. XLII.— An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of Nevada.March 12, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatSee 1872, ch. 241.*Post,* p. 192.Elko land district established in Nevada;boundaries; all that portion of the State of Nevada, embraced in the following described limits, to wit, commencing at the corner common to townships twenty-four and twenty-five north, range forty-four and forty-five east, Mount Diable base and meridian; thence running due east to the eastern boundary line of the State of Nevada; thence north on said eastern boundary of said State to the north boundary of said State; thence west on said north boundary of said State to the eastern boundary of the Carson land district; thence south along said eastern boundary of the Carson land district to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate land district, to be called the Elko land district,location of office; the office of which shall be located at Elko, in Elko county, State erf Nevada; which location may be changed by the President of the United States from time to time as the public interest may require.
Sec. 2. Thatregister and receiver, their residence, powers, and salaries. the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or in the recess of the Senate, a register and a receiver of public moneys for said district, and said officers shall reside in the place where said land-office is located, and shall have the same powers and receive the same emoluments as the same officers now receive in the other land districts in said State. Approved, March 12, 1872.