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THIRTY»SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 94, 95. 1862. 418 CHAP. XCIV. -·An Act to establish a Land Office in Colorado Territory, and jbr other June 2, 1862. Purposes. _"""—"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States <y" America in Congress assembled, That all the lands belonging Ifublic lands to to the United States to which the Indian title has been or shall be ex- g}{;°§,fj*ge‘;;,d;;? tinguished shall be subject to the operations of the preemption act of the tinguished to be fourth of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and under the con- Subject Fo *}*6 ditions, restrictions, and stipulations therein mentioned: Provided, how- prig;pU;n;§t‘ ever, That when unsurveyed lands are claimed by preemption, notice of V0, llc455 the specific tracts claimed shall be filed within six months after the survey Nopeé 1);,,,19,, has been made in the lleld; and on failure to file such notice, or to pay to be meh. for the tract claimed within twelve months from the tiling of such notice, Effect of failure the parties claiming such lands shall forfeit all right thereto, provided t° M “°°°°‘ said notices may be filed with the Surveyor General, and to be noted by him on the township plats, until other arrangements have been made by law for that purpose. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the public lands within the _Colorado_dis- Territory of Colorado to which the Indian title is or shall be extinguished °"°‘ ””·bl"’h°°l· shall constitute a new land district, to be called the Colorado district; and the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a register and receiver of public moneys for said R89i5m ud district, who shall be required to reside at the place at which said office mwven shall be located, and they shall have the same powers, perform the same P°W€’¤_» d¤*i°¤: . . . and salaries. duties, and be entitled to the same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to land offices of the United States in the State of Kansas. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That an act entitled “An act to G¤;<i¤¤¤¤¤ Mi graduate [and reduce] the price of the public lands to actual settlers and r°§§;,;déh_ 24* cultivators," be and the same is hereby repealed. Vol. x. p. 574. Armovnn, June 2, 1862. Can. XCV. -—An Act to establish certain Post-Routes, and for other Purposes. June 2, 1862. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post routes States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be estab- °S*°·l>l¤¤héd- lished as post roads : CALIFORNIA. California. From San Juan to New Idria. From San Diego, via Santa Isabel, to Buena Vista. From San Diego, via San Luis Rey, San Juan Capistrano, and Anaheim, to the city of Los Angelos. From Chico to Humbug Valley. From Quincy to Richmond. From Cuison, Nevada Territory, to Aurora, California. From Lancha Plana, via Poverty Bar, Jenny Lind, Brushville, Salt Spring Valley, Copperopolis, and J effersonville, to Sonora. CONNECTICUT. Connecticut_ From New Milford to Washington. INDIANA. Indiana. From Valparaiso, via Tassinong and Garris Bridge, to Rensselaer. From Livonia, via Claysville, to Campbellsburg. From Columbus, via Bethany, New Bellsville, and Christiansburg, to Houston. From Rensselaer, via Meadville and Brook, to Kent Station. From Kendallville, via Rome and Wolcottville, to La Grange Centre.