Chapter 320. To create an additional land district in the Territory of New Mexico, to be known as the “Fort Sumner land district.” June 22, 1910.[[H
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CHAP. 320.— An Act To create an additional land district in the Territory of New Mexico, to be known as the “Fort Sumner land district.” June 22, 1910.[[H. R. 19268](/us/bill/61/hr/19268).][[Public, No. 229](/us/pl/61/229).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That an additional land district Public lands. Fort Sumner land district, N. Mex., created. Boundaries. is hereby created in the Territory of New Mexico, to embrace lands described as follows:
Beginning at the point where the township line between townships four and five north of the base line parallel intersects the boundary line between the Territory of New Mexico and the State of Texas; running thence west from said intersection along said township line to its intersection with the line between ranges fifteen and sixteen east of the New Mexico prime meridian; thence south along said range line to its intersection with the township line between townships five and six south; thence east along said township line to the boundary line between the Territory of New Mexico and the State of Texas; thence north on and along said boundary line to the place of beginning; and that Fort Sumner, within said district, is hereby designated Land office. as the site for the land office thereof.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause all plats, maps, Transfer of plats, etc. records, and papers in the Roswell and Sante Fe land offices which relate to or form a necessary part of the record of the lands embraced in the land district hereby created to be transferred to the same, and said district created as aforesaid shall be known as the “Fort Sumner land district.” Sec. 3. That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the Register and receiver to be appointed. consent of the Senate, a person to act as register and also a person to act as receiver of the aforesaid Fort Sumner land district, and that such clerical force as may be necessary shall be assigned to the said Fort Sumner land office by the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, June 22, 1910.