Chapter XLIII. to create an additional Land District in the State of Minnesota
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CHAP. XLIII.— An Act to create an additional Land District in the State of Minnesota.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.Additional land district established in Minnesota;boundaries and office; the President of the United States he, and he is hereby, authorized to establish an additional land district in the State of Minnesota, embracing all that part of the present Alexandria land district which lies north of township number one hundred and thirty-six north, and west of range number thirty-live west of the fifth principal meridian, and to fix from time to time the boundaries thereof, which district shall be named after the place at which the office shall first be established; and the President shall have power to fix from time to time the location of the office for such district.
Sec. 2. Thatregister and receiver, their residence, powers, and pay. the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver for said land district, who shall be required to reside at the site of the land-office for said district, who shall be subject to the same laws and responsibilities, and whose compensation, respectively, shall be the same as that now allowed by law to other land officers in said State. Approved, March 12, 1872.