THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 143, 144, 155, 156. 1866. 77 patent office, to the credit of the patent fund; and no appeal from the 2;**** primary examiner to the examiners-in-chief shall hereafter be allowed un- ’ ' til the appellant shall pay said fee. Approved, June 27, 1866. CHAP. CXLIV. -An Act to establish a Land Office in the Territory of Idaho. June 27, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Cbngress assembled, That the public lands within the Territory of Idaho to which the Indian title is or shall be extinguished ldoholund disshall constitute a new land district, to be called the Idaho district, to be mu “t"bI‘Sh°d‘ located at Boise City, Ada county; and the President is hereby author- Location, ized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a. regis- Register and ter and receiver of public moneys for said district, who shall be required r<·><>si*‘s¤‘· to reside at the place at which said office shall be located, and they shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be entitled to the Duties, pay, same compensation as are or may be prescribed by law in relation to land &°· offices of the United States in other Territories. Approved, June 27, 1866. CHAP. CLV. — An Act amendatory of the orgamb Act of Washington Territory. goo 29, 1866- Be it enacted by the Senate and House ey" Representatives of the (batted Ssssioos of States of America in Congress assembled, That after the next annual ses- iw2E;'?)? sion of the legislative assembly of said Territory the sessions shall be bi- Territory to be ennial. Members of the council shall be elected for the term of four bl*}ll‘“l“l- f cm years, and members of the house for the term of two years, and shall re- ,,,,,,::5 gfmmgl ceive the sum of six dollars per day instead of three dollars heretofore bers of)thecounallowed, and shall also receive the same mileage now allowed by law. °‘1““d h°“S°‘ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That each house shall have authori- Em-olling clerk ty to elect, in addition to the officers now allowed by law, an enrolling f°" each h°“F°· clerk, who shall receive five dollars per day. The chief clerks shall re- c,5;g'§£d°g}ifer ceive six dollars per day, and the other officers elected by said legislature smears. shall receive five dollars per day each. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the first election, for the nrst Time of first biennial session under this act, shall be at the time of holding the general Pl°¤**l¤l °l€°· election for the Territory in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. wm Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the act of the legislative as- The act of the sembly of the Territory of \Vashington, approved January fourteenth, }$g‘i{;‘g‘;fn§‘g;;g eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act in relation to the county cohnty igidisapof Skamania," be and the same is hereby disapproved. P¤‘<>V°d· Approved, June 29, 1866. CHAP. CLVI. —-An Act to create the Office of Surveyor-General in Idaho Territory. June 29, 1866. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President, by and with e,,3",};,°Q°;£§°“' the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, author- ` ized to appoint a surveyor-general for Idaho, whose annual salary shall be Salary_ three thousand dollars, and whose power, authority, and duties shall be Duties_ the same as those provided by law for the surveyor-general of Oregon. He shall have proper allowances for clerk hire, office rent, and fuel, not Allowances. exceeding what is now allowed by law to the surveyor-general of Oregon, and he shall locate his office at Boise City, in said Territory of Idaho. Officc at Boiso Approved, June 29, 1866. CW-
