Chapter 19. To create an additional land district in the State of Nevada
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CHAP. 19.— An Act To create an additional land district in the State of Nevada.October 3, 1913.[[S. 2727](/us/bill/63/s/2727).][[Public, No. 19](/us/pl/63/19).] *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.Elko land district, Nev., created.Description.[R.S., sec. 2256,p. 406, amended](/us/rs/sec2256/p406).is hereby created for the State of Nevada to embrace the lands contained in the following-named counties, to wit:
Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine, described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the common corner between 204 townships thirty-eight and thirty-nine east, range forty-seven north, Mount Diablo base and meridian, being on the north boundary line of the State of Nevada; thence south on the dividing line between townships thirty-eight and thirty-nine east, to its intersection with the third standard parallel north, said parallel being the dividing line between ranges fifteen and sixteen north, of Mount Diablo base line; thence east along said third standard parallel north to the intersection of the Ruby Valley guide meridian, being the dividing line between townships fifty-five and fifty-six east; thence south along said Ruby Valley guide meridian to its intersection with the first standard parallel north, being the dividing line between ranges five and six north, of Mount Diablo base line; thence east along said first standard parallel north, between said ranges five and six, to the east boundary line of the State of Land office.Nevada; thence north along the east boundary line of the State of Nevada to the north boundary line of the State of Nevada; thence west along the north boundary line of the State of Nevada to the point of beginning.
The city of Elko, in the county of Elko, is hereby designated as the site of said land office, and the district shall be known as the Elko land district. Sec. 2. Transfer of plats, etc.That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause all plats, maps, records, and papers in the Carson City land office, which relate to or form a necessary part of the records of the lands embraced in the district hereby created, to be transferred to the Elko land district. Sec. 3. Register and receiver authorized.That the President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and a receiver for said land district, and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may be hereafter provided by law in relation to the existing land offices and officers of said State.
Approved, October 3, 1913.