Chapter 48.
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CHAP. 48.— An act to create an additional land-district in the Territory of Idaho Feb. 4, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Idaho.Oneida land-district. That all that portion of the Territory of Idaho described and bounded as follows, namely: Commencing at the southeastern corner of said Territory: thence running west on the line between said Territory and the Territory of Utah to the line between ranges numbered twenty-three and twenty-four east, Boise meridian; thence north to the southern boundary of Lemhi County; thence west to the western line of said Lemhi County; thence north on said western line of said county to the line between the Territories of Idaho and Montana; thence easterly on said Territorial line to the eastern boundary of the Territory of Idaho; thence south on the line of the eastern boundary of Idaho Territory to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate land district, to be called Oneida land-district, the office of which shall *Proviso*.be located at Oxford, in Oneida County: *Provided,* The President of the United States may change the location of said land-office, from time to time, as the public interests may require.
Sec. 2. Register and receiver. That the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, 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 responsibilities; and shall receive the same fees and emoluments as like officers now receive in other land-offices in said Territory. Sec. 3. Unfinished business.
That all persons in said district who, prior to the opening of said Oneida land-office, shall have filed their declaratory statements, or application for preemption, homestead, or other land rights, in any land-office, in said Territory of Idaho, shall hereafter make proofs and entries at said Oneida land-office; and all unfinished business in any other land-office relating exclusively to lauds in said Oneida land-district shall be transferred to said Oneida land-office when notified by the officers of the opening thereof.
Approved, February 4, 1879.