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 62 FIFTYJTIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 153, 156. 1890. north; thence east along the said seventh standard parallel to the southeast corner of township twenty-nine north, range seventy-one west; thence north on the line between ranges seventy and seventy- one west to the southeast corner of township thirty-one north, range seventy-one west; thence east along the line etween townships thirty and thirty-one north to the eastern boundary-line of the said Territory to the lace of beginning, shall constitute a new land district, an the land) office of the said district shall be located at such place · in said district as the President mag direct. Resivwrés ¤b¤<1 re- Sec. 4. That the President te, an is herebg, authorized to apploint, $°;,"{.€§f ° ° °p` by and with the advice and consent of the enate, or dur.ng the recess thereof, and until the next session alter such appointment, a register and receiver for each of said districts, who shall be required to B¤¤\<i¤¤¢=¤- reside in the town in their respective districts as may be designated for the location of the land office, and they shall be subject to the same laws and be entitled to the same compensation as is or may be provided by law in relation to the existing and offices and officers in said Territory. Approved, April 23, 1890. Ap-u g5,;mc_· CHAP. 156.-Au act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary ———-Y- of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holdin an international exhibition of arts; industries, manufactures, and the product of the soil, mine, and sea in the city of Chicago, in the State of Iliinois. gumu., Whereas, It is fit and appropriate that the four hundredth anni- · versary of the discovery o America be commemorated by an exhi- - bition of the resources of the United States of America, their devel- · opment; and of the pro of civilization in the New World ; and Whereas, Such an ion should beof a national and international character, so that not only the people of our Union and this continent, but those of all nations as well, can participate, and ghould tlrieirefepe have the sanction of the Congress of the United tates: ere ore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the W¤r1q‘¤ Gclumbian United States of America, in Congress assembled, That an exhibition E"°“m°"‘ of arts, industries, manufactures, and products of the soil, mine, and $g*°g_§°{¤§Lu¤nm sea shall be inaugurated in the year eighteen hundred and ninety- msc. two, ip (phe city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, as hereinafter rovi e . 1mw0m·.e0;um. P Sec. 2. That a commission, to consist of two commissioners from {’,‘,{“$m°g*”*°° °°°· each State and Territory of the United States and from the District ’of Columbia and eight commissioners at large, rs hereby constituted to be designated as the World’s Columbian ommission. AP intme¤to£oom· Sec. 3. That said commissioners, two from each State and Ter- °"°”’°"" ritory, shall be appointed within thirty days from the passage of this act by the President of the Unite States, on the nomination of the governors of the States and Territories, respectively, and by the President eight commissioners at large and two from the District of Columbia; and in the same manner and within the same time Arm-me mms there shall be appointed two alternate commissioners from each “i°"""’°"‘ State and Territory of the United States and the District of Columbia and eight alternate commissioners at large, who shall assume and perform the duties of such commissioner or commissioners as may be unable to attend the meetings of the said commission ; and _Political r-epmsema in such nominations and appointments each of the two leading polit- °"?g,,,,,,,,,,,, med ical parties shall be equally represented. Vacancies in the commission nominated by the governors of the several States and Territories, respectively, and also vacancies in the commission at large and from the District of Columbia may be iilled in the same manner