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 598 SIXTIETH cosemsss. sm. II. om. 77, 78. 1909. northeast corner of township twelve north, range eleven east; thence south along the range line between ranges eleven and twelve to where the same intersects the township line between townships six and seven north; thence west on said township line between townships six and seven to a point where the same intersects the boundary line between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming; thence north on the boundary line between the States of South Dakota and Wyoming and Montana to the point of bemning, be, and the same hereby is, constituted a new nd district, to be known as the Bellefourche land district; and the United States land office for said district is hereby c,§§,°,{.‘f“°' ‘”" "°‘ located at the town of Bellefourche, ‘in Butte County. That the A1>1><>1¤¤¤¤¤¤¢- President be, and he hereby 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 ¤·¤¤v¢¤¤¤¤¤¤··>*¤· to the same compensation as is or may be hereafter provided by law in ‘ relation to the existing land offices and officers in said State. Approved, February 6, 1909. February •>, 1909- CHAP. 78. —An Act Authorizing the sale of lands at the head of Cordova Bay, lS·“m·l in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes. mtu ,s zu cg "dc Oi B 1 Be it enacted by tac Senate and .House0fRepresentativea of tfw United Aha} °" "’ States of Amerwn an Oondgress assembled, That a corporation to be hereb°f°**¥$;·  after duly organized un er the name and style of the Cordova Bay ment ma Town-Bite Harbor mprovement and Town-Site Cornpany and colnposed of the ,,°{,§';,’}L‘,{,i,,'{“,,{,,§“,,§Q following·namedMpersong., to wit: John . McGraw, ward Lewin, _ and Donald A. cKenz1e, or any of them, and such others as may hereafter become associated with them as incorporators, shall be per· P¤‘*°° 1** ¤¤¤·>· mitted to purchase at the price of two dollars and iift cents r acre umn. _ Y P9 not to exceed two thousand acres of such nonmmeral lands of the United States as may be selected by said corporation and approved by the becretar of the Interior, including tide or mud flats, situated at l·°°¤**¤¤- the head of Uordova Bay, at approximately latitude sixty degrees and thirty minutes north, and longitude one hundred and fort -six west of Greenwich, in the district of Alaska, the same to be lbcated in as nearly compact form as (possible with a front of not to exceed two miles on the wharfage an dock area to be reserved by the Secretary of W ar as provided in section three of this Act, in order to eifect the Purpose. improvement of said lands for town-site purposes and for the promo~ tion and convenience of commerce with foreign nations and among the f",f';,"g· wm",",,,, several States: Rrovidéd, [unvmw, Thutthe Secretary of the Interior mm ·>¤m.e¤¤. is hereby authorized and directed to withdraw from all forms of location or entry not to exceed three thousand acres to be selected by him nin sunrouinlnug tina land hereby made purchasahle. subject to future _ is 11on y e on ·ess. ,,§‘Qf{T "'*"“’ "°'  2. That no land; covered by any valid existing claim or right heretofore initiatcd or recognized under any law of the United States shall be sub]ect to purchase under this Act until all rights thereunder gain been transferred to said corporation or relinquished to the United a es. a¤Iéi?gw:;e¤x;rig¤l°r Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, shall establish a wharfage and dock area extending] along the entire water front of the_land(proposed to be_bought by sai corporation and one thousand feet in wi th, thereby fixing the seaward line of said wharfage and dock area, and the area thus established IS hereby reserved and shall remain under the control of the United H _ States, in trust, however, for the future State which may be created, P,;';?- including the same or any part thereof within its boundaries: Itcvided That wharves, docks, slips, and waterways may be constructed and main; tained within such wharfage and dock area in accordance with plans approved and terms and conditions prescribed from time to time by