Chapter 242. creating Yakima land-district in Washington Territory
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CHAP. 242.— An Act creating Yakima land-district in Washington Territory.June 16, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United StatesYakima land-district in Washington Territory created. of America in Congress assembled*, That all that portion of Washington Territory bounded by a line commencing at a point of the intersection of the line between townships six and seven north, and between 284 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 242, 243. 1880. ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east of the Willamette meridian;Boundaries defined. and running westerly along said line between townships six and seven north to the summit of the Cascade Mountains; thence northerly along said summit to the boundary line between the United States and British Columbia; thence east along said line to the Columbia guide meridian; thence south on said meridian to the line between townships sixteen and seventeen north; thence west along said line to the line between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east; thence south along said line to the place of beginning, shall constitute a separate land district, to be called the Yakima land district, the office of which shall be located at Yakima City therein.
Sec. 2. That the President shall appoint, by and with the advice andRegister and receiver authorized to be appointed. 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 the like officers now receive in the other land-offices in said Territory.
Sec. 3. That all persons in said district who, prior to the opening ofProofs and entries and other unfinished business transferred to Yakima land-office. said Yakima land-office, shall have filed their declaritory statements or applications for preemption, homestead, or other land rights, in any other land-office in said Territory of Washington, shall hereafter make proofs and entries at said Yakima land-office; and all unfinished business in any other land-office relating exclusively to lands in said Yakima land district shall be transferred to said Yakima land-office when notified by the officers of the opening thereof.
Approved, June 16, 1880.