Chapter 946.
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CHAP. 946.— An act creating an additional land office in the State of North Dakota.September 26, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Minot land districts N. Dak., established. That all that portion of the StateBoundaries. of North Dakota, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of the State of North Dakota; thence east along the north boundary of said State to a point at the intersection of said line with the eleventh guide meridian; thence south along said meridian to the twelfth standard parallel; thence west along said parallel, when produced, to the western boundary line of said State of North Dakota; thence north along the western boundary line of said State to the place of beginning, be, and is hereby, constituted a new land district, to be called the Minot land district Sec. 2.
That the President shall designate the place in the districtLand office to be designated. at which the land office shall he located. Sec. 3. That the President, by and with the advice and consent ofRegister and receiver to be appointed. the Senate, is hereby authorized to appoint a register and receiver for said land district hereby created, who shall discharge like and similar duties and receive the same amount of compensation therefor as other officer’s discharging like duties in the land offices of the State of North Dakota; and said land district shall be subjected, asChanges of district and office. other land districts are, under the laws, to be changed or consolidated with any other1 district or districts, and the land office may be changed to any other location by order of the President.
Approved, September 26, 1890. Chapter 947: granting the right of way to the Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph, and telephone line from the city of Anthony, in the State of Kansas, through the Indian Territory, to some point in the county of Grayson, in the State of Texas. Chapter 947 26 Stat. 485 1890-09-26 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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