Chapter 327.
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CHAP. 327.— An act to establish the Lincoln Land District in the Territory of of New Mexico.March 1, 1889. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands. Lincoln laud district, N. Mex., established. Boundaries. That all that portion of the Territory of New Mexico embraced in the following described boundaries to wit, beginning at a point on the line running north and south between the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico, where such line would be intersected by the township line between townships numbers one and two north of the base line, and running thence west to the southwest corner of San Miguel County along the line between the Counties of Lincoln and San Miguel, said southwest corner being on said line in range number nineteen west of the New Mexico principal meridian, thence north to the southeast corner of Valencia County, a distance of about four miles, thence west on the south line of Valencia County parallel with the line between townships numbered one and two through township number two north to the east line of range number eight east of the New Mexico principal meridian, thence south along said range line between ranges numbered eight and nine east of said principal meridian to the second standard parallel south on the line between townships numbered ten and eleven south of the base line, thence east along said parallel to the line between ranges numbered ten and eleven south of the base line, thence south along said range line to the township line between townships numbered twelve and thirteen south, thence east along said last named line to the meridian of longitude number twenty-eight degrees thirty minutes west from Washington, thence south along said meridian line to the line of the State of Texas, thence east along said line to the southeast corner of the Territory of New Mexico and thence north along the boundary line between the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico to the point of beginning, shall be constituted a separate land district to be known as the Office at Roswell.Lincoln Land District, and the office of said district shall be located at the town of Roswell in said Territory.
Sec. 2. Register and receiver to be appointed. That the President of the United States shall nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate appoint a register and receiver of the public moneys of the United States for said district, who shall reside in the place where said land office is located and shall have the same powers, perform the same duties and receive the same emoluments as are or may be prescribed by laws and regulations in relation to other land officers in the Territories of the United States.
Approved, March 1, 1889.