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 848 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 71, 72. 1849. ries, to wit: Beginning at the point on the nortllcru boundary of the State intcrseeted by the line betvgeep ranges thmecn and fourteen; thence south along that line until xt mtcrsects the hne between townships fifiy-iivo and fifty-six`; thence west along that line until it intersects the line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four; thence north along the last mentioned line to the northern boundary of the State; thence oust with said boundary line to the beginning, shall be To be callpd formed into a new land district, to be called the “Qhoriton dist.;-i4;t;" $_l‘;‘i°°“ d"' and for the sale of the public lands within the district hereby oem- Lend omce to stituted, n land offuce shall be established at such most eonvenient place b¤ established- within the said district as the President of the United States mgy designate. Register and Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the officc in the land 1‘¢<;¤i*'¢1‘ W be ¤P· district hereby created, :1 register aud, receiver shall be appointed by P°&lQ,°°;;,c b0nd the President, by and with the advice and consent oigthe Senate, who shall severally give bond and security, according to aw, be ore enter- 'lfheircomppn- ing on the duties of their respective offices. They shall receive the §;‘°”# d“"°s* same compensation, fecs,aud emoluments, and shall perform similar ` duties, and possess the same powers with all other registers and receivers of land offices, and shall, in all respects, be governed by the laws of the United States providing for the sale of the public lands. Books, maps, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of the &¤·.¤f the Foy- General Land Office shall cause to be transferred to the land oiice zfggggigismig hereby created all such books, maps, records, field notes, and plats, or new omee. transcripts theroofl relating to the surveys and entries of the publlc lands m thxs d1smct, as may be necessary for the sale of the public lands in compliance with the provisions of this act. Arlmcvzn Fcbrua 26 1849. 7 ry I Féb- 26, 1849- CHAP. LXXI.—An Ae: taprovidefar carrying into Execution, in Part, the Zu·zU`th Jrticlz of the Treaty with Mexico, concluded at Guadupc [Guadalupe} Hxdalgn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Appmp;-59,;;.m, sums of money bo, and the same orc hereby! appropriated out of ang? money m the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose o carrying mto execution, m part, the twelfth article of the treaty between the United States and Mexico, made and concluded at Guadalopc Hidalgo ou the second day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-cngbt. _I¤S'¢¤h¤¤¤* Md For payment of the instalment and interest which wlll fall due, under §'6f°Q€9?“°MéY sold article, on the thirtieth day of May, in the yeeut of our Lord $3,720,000. eighteen hundred and forty-mno, the sum of three million seven hundred und twenty thousand dollars, I¤sm1me¤z and For payment of the instalment and interest which will fall duo, under §'6°°§°§§0d“°M°Y said article, on the thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord $5,640,060. eighteen hundred and {lily, the sum of three million five hundred and forty thousand dollars. Armzovms, February 26, 1849. Feb. 26, 1849. CHAP. LXXII. -— .61:. Act to extend the Provision: ofan ce! Approved the thirdef •·i‘t—· March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, for mrrying into Efect the ezislmg 1847* °h· 6* compacts FiM the State: af Alabama and Mhmeippi, with Regard to tho JW per cent. un and School Reservations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provxsnous